Popular Tourist Destinations in Samar Part 9

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TOURIST DESTINATIONS
IN SAMAR

Samar is divided into three parts – Northern Samar, Western Samar and Eastern Samar. For purposes of clarity, Western Samar is simply referred to or called SAMAR.

Samar province is caught between mountain and sea. It is hilly, with mountain peaks and narrow strips of lowlands, which tend to lie in coastal peripheries or in the alluvial plains and deltas accompanying large rivers. It includes almost every kind of topography: mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, plains, coasts, and islands and is blessed with a lush rain forest harboring tropical flora and fauna, crossed by multiple navigable rivers, pocked by mysterious caverns and refreshing waterfalls. A tourist wanting something out of the ordinary may experience all these wonders of nature and still only be a few hours from civilization. – Read More: http://www.tourism.gov.ph/SitePages/InteractiveSitesPage.aspx?siteID=47

Samar Obelisk

Samar Obelisk Photo from: sltrippers.blogspot.com

This obelisk is located in the heart of Catbalogan City’s Samar Provincial Capitol Park. It depicts four major events in Samar’s history – the 1901 Balangiga Encounter that saw local revolutionaries inflicting the “worst single defeat” of the Americans during the Philippine-American War (1899–1902); the 1649 Agustin Sumoroy Rebellion in Palapag against the Spaniards; the October 15, 1596 arrival of the first Jesuit missionaries to Samar; and Queen Isabella II of Spain carrying a Royal Decree of August 11, 1841 declaring Samar as an independent province. Read More: http://wikimapia.org/24570595/The-Obelisk

San Juanico Bridge

Samar San Juanico Bridge Photo from: rangercabunzky.blogspot.com

San Juanico Bridge is part of the Pan-Philippine Highway and stretches from Samar to Leyte across the San Juanico Strait in the Philippines. Its longest length is a steel girder viaduct built on reinforced concrete piers, and its main span is of an arch-shaped truss design. With a total length of 2.16 kilometers (1.34 mi), it is the longest bridge in the Philippines spanning a body of seawater. Read More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juanico_Bridge

Mapaso Hot Spring

Samar Mapaso Hot Springs Photo from: www.tripadvisor.com.ph

Mapaso hot spring, sometimes called as miraculous hot spring, is located in Barangay Rizal II, Oquendo District, Calbayog City. From the city, it is 30-minute ride going to Oquendo through a motorcycle. When you arrived oquendo poblacion, you need to hike for about 15 minutes, reaching brgy Rizall II.

“Mapaso” literally means hot. Fresh crustaceans (pokot) abound when dropped on the spring because of its temperature. It is ideal to have a family bonding on this hot spring during cold seasons. Read More: http://www.samarenyo.com/index.php?/latest-post/Mapaso-Hot-Spring-in-Calbayog-city_28_1