The province in four syllables
MA for the Mangyan. HAL for Mt. Halcon. TA for the Tamaraw. NA for Naujan Lake. Four icons — one name Oriental Mindoro gives itself.
The indigenous peoples of Mindoro — Iraya, Alangan, Tadyawan, Tau-buid, Bangon, Buhid, Hanunuo and Ratagnon. Their weaving, basketry and Surat Mangyan, a pre-colonial script, are still practised today.
Mangyan Villages, Mansalay · Talipanan Mangyan Village, Puerto Galera
Culture and heritage places
2,586 metres. The highest point on Mindoro, and a climb the country's mountaineers speak of with respect. The trail country starts in Baco.
Mt. Halcon · Baco
Explore Baco
A wild dwarf buffalo found on Mindoro and nowhere else on Earth — the province's emblem of the forests, rivers and wildlife worth protecting.
Mts. Iglit-Baco National Park · Bongabong, Bansud, Gloria and Mansalay
Photos: tamaraw by Gregg Yan (colour-graded), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mt. Iglit by Allan Siquioco, CC BY 3.0
The fifth-largest lake in the Philippines and a Ramsar wetland of international importance — where migratory birds come to winter and the boardwalk runs out over the water.
Naujan Lake · Naujan
Explore NaujanFifteen towns, and a festival in every one of them.
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