THE CALBIGA (LANGUN-GOBINGOB) CAVE SYSTEMS

THE LOCATION   The Municipalitty of Calbiga- classified as a 4th class category under the Local Government standards and with it population of 18,900 (in 3,889 households) in 41 Barangays (villages) in the Province of Samar (Samar Island), is situated some 52 kilometers north of Tacloban City- the major capital in the Province of Leyte. Both the islands of Samar and Leyte are the two largest in the Eastern Visayas Region (Region-8), and are connected to each other by the famous San Juanico Bridge- the longest in Asia which, by itself, is a marvelous achievement in civil engineering.
The Italian Caving Team CALBIGA CAVE SYSTEMS   The island of Samar is where one of the largest karst formation in Asia is found, and the Calbiga Cave system near the town of Calbiga, Western Samar, is a system of some 12 cave systems located within an area covering 2,968 hectares.  The main cave-possibly the largest in Southeast Asia, is in Langun, situated about 6 kilometers from the town proper that is accessible by land transport (basically locat motorbikes), then by about an hour-long hike.    The Langun-Gobingob cave system was first explored by a party of Italian cavers in early 2005, and this was followed by another exploration undertaken by a French team.  Local caver and adventurer-explorer Joni Bonifacio led the Filipino counterpart in both initial explorations by these foreigners, during which time, they also found a number of interesting cave life forms and now these caves are famous for speleothems and a wide variety of cave life. There are numerous endangered species of bats living in the cave, as well as true troglobionts which are cave crickets and eyeless fish.
The French Caving Team THE FRENCH EXPEDITION

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