Cagayan: Callao Cave
Located in the municipality of Pe ñablanca in the province of Cagayan, Callao Cave is the most famous of the limestone caves found in the province. Callao Cave is found in the western foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains of the Philippines. The cave is under the Pe ñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape . A huge sign says it all Guess how many steps you need to take to get to the cave? Yup it's 183 steps The cave is probably the most "historical" cave in the country. In 2007 a fossilized 61-millimeter metatarsal bone of an early settler was discovered inside the cave. It was dated using uranium-series ablation and was found to be at least 67.000 years old. The remains of what was dubbed as the "Callao Man" antedated the 47,000-year-old remains of the Tabon Man. As a matter of fact, the Callao Man is considered as the oldest human remains in the Philippines. The NHI marker Aside from the Callao Man, another important historical f