Wildlife· Mindoro (Paluan)· Philippines
Mount Calavite Wildlife Sanctuary
13° 28.9′ N · 120° 24.2′ E
The forested 1,500 m massif behind Paluan Bay, a protected sanctuary for the tamaraw (Mindoro's endemic dwarf buffalo) and the critically endangered Mindoro bleeding-heart dove.
Practical
Position: OSM summit 'Mount Calavite' (sanctuary boundary label 13.4525N 120.37571E). Wikipedia (Paluan): sanctuary covers 181.5 square km; summit given as 1,491 m in the text and 1,502 m in the infobox; summit views over Occidental Mindoro and nearby islands. Forest covers about 56% of Paluan municipality. Access, guides and permits not documented in our sources - ask at the Paluan municipal hall. From the anchorage it is also your weather tell: cloud capping the summit in the NE monsoon means 20+ knots in the Calavite Passage (Sail The Philippines).
Best for
Mountain scenery and endemic wildlife from Paluan Bay