1. Caving Adventure Travel Mark Dia Philippine Cave Guide Association Gaia Exploration Club Philippine Speleological Society

2. Why Caving  The great mountains have been climbed, the vast deserts crossed, long rivers run. Every corner of the planet has been mapped and analyzed, studied by satellite. As the global community shrinks, any explorer who would be the first to set foot on unknown land is left with three choices: fly into space, descend to the ocean floor, or go caving.

3. What Caving Offers  Has elements of various sports  Has different levels of difficulty –Horizontal, Vertical

4. Adventure/Tourism –Dry, Wet

5. Adventure/Tourism  Offers various points of interest  GEOLOGY

6. Adventure/Tourism –Biology

7. Adventure/Tourism –History

8. Adventure/Tourism –Archaeology Sagada burial caves

9. Philippine Caving Potential Karst areas in the Philippines based on Balázs 1973

10. Caving Areas and Infrastructure  Guides –Philippine Cave Guides Association –Local cave guides  Rescue Network  Many areas are unexplored Source: Varstvo Krasa Na Filipinih by D. F. Restificar, M. J. Day and P. B. Urich

11. Points of Contact  Philippine Speleological Society –Luzon  Gaia Exploration Club (GEC)  Sang-at Salog Outdoor Club (SSOC) –Visayas  Speleo Cebu  Western Visayas Caving Association (WVCA)  Bohol Explorers (BoEx) –Mindanao  Conservation Recreation Exercises (CORE)  Davao Speleological Society (DSPECS)  Sarangani Bay Outdoor Club (SBOC)  Speleo Mindanao

12. Training  Basic caving

13. Training  Survey and mapping

14. Training  Vertical Caving Techniques

15. Training  Cave tour guiding

16. Training  Cave rescue

17. Doña Remedios Trinidad