World Heritage in Philippines

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Map of World Heritage in Philippines

Legend

●● Cultural
●● Natural
●● Mixed
●● Tentative

World Heritage Sites

Site	Inscribed	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating
Baroque Churches	1993	Cultural	16	207	2.95
Mount Hamiguitan	2014	Natural	3	14	2.99
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River	1999	Natural	17	110	3.43
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras	1995	Cultural	16	99	4.02
Tubbataha Reefs	1993	Natural	3	13	3.49
Vigan	1999	Cultural	10	91	3.13

Tentative List

Site	Added	Scheduled	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating
Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary	2024		Natural	0	1	N/A
Apo Reef Natural Park	2006		Natural	2	5	100%
Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (EXT)	2006		Cultural	2	29	100%
Batanes Protected landscapes and seascapes	1993		Cultural	1	2	N/A
Butuan Archeological Sites	2006		Cultural	1	3	100%
Chocolate Hills Natural Monument	2006		Natural	4	43	100%
Colonial Urban Plan and Fortifications of the Walled City of Manila	2024		Cultural	1	28	50%
Coron Island Natural Biotic Area	2006		Mixed	2	22	100%
Corregidor Island and Historic Fortifications of Manila Bay	2024		Cultural	0	4	0%
El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area	2006		Natural	3	33	91%
Kitanglad and Kalatungan Mountain Ranges: Sacred Sites of Bukidnon	2024		Mixed	2	3	100%
Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape	2015	2026	Cultural	2	20	100%
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (Extension) - Pujada Bay (EXT)	2024		Natural	1	4	N/A
Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park	2006		Natural	1	2	100%
Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park	2006		Natural	2	2	100%
Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape	2015		Natural	0	0	100%
Mt. Pulag National Park	2006		Natural	1	5	100%
Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park	2006		Natural	1	3	N/A
Prehistoric Sites of the Cagayan Valley Basin	2024		Cultural	1	2	N/A
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Extension) (EXT)	2024		Cultural	0	7	100%
Samar Island Natural Park	2024		Natural	1	2	N/A
The Historic Towns and Landscape of Taal Volcano and its Caldera Lake	2024		Mixed	2	12	100%
The Sugar Cultural Landscape of Negros and Panay Islands	2024		Cultural	0	9	100%
The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun Point	2006	2027	Cultural	1	10	100%
Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary	2015		Natural	0	1	N/A

Former Tentative Sites

Site	Added	Removed	Reviews
Jesuit Churches of the Philippines	1993	2015	0
Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves	2006	2024	1
Ligawasan Marsh	2006	2015	0
Mount Apo Natural Park	2009	2015	0
Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape	2006	2015	0
Neolithic Shell Midden Sites in Lal-lo and Gattaran Municipalities	2006	2024	1
Panglao Island, Bohol	2006	2015	0
Petroglyphs and Petrographs of the Philippines	2006	2024	3
San Sebastian Church	2006	2015	1
Spanish Colonial Fortifications of the Philippines	2006	2015	1
The Maranao settlement of Tugaya	2006	2015	0

Country info

Official Name

Philippines

Region

Asia and the Pacific

WHC location

WHC member

Recent Reviews

Kitanglad and Kalatungan Mountain Ranges (T) Boj Egypt - 04-Apr-25
Samar Island Natural Park (T) Boj Egypt - 04-Apr-25
Walled City of Manila (T) Kyle Magnuson California - United States of America - 26-Jan-25 -
Kitanglad and Kalatungan Mountain Ranges (T) GabLabCebu Philippines - 05-Jan-25 -
Mount Hamiguitan (Extension) - Pujada Bay (T) Boj Egypt - 21-Nov-24
Mount Hamiguitan Thomas Buechler Switzerland - 23-Apr-24 -
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River NoahFranc Germany - 24-Sep-23 -
Tubbataha Reefs Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 26-Dec-22 -
Vigan Els Slots The Netherlands - 17-Dec-05 -
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras Els Slots The Netherlands - 17-Dec-05 -

Country Complete

The following 7 Community Members have visited all WHS in this country:

Clyde . Luis Filipe Gaspar . Randi Thomsen . Svein Elias . Thomas Buechler . Wojciech Fedoruk . Zoë Sheng .

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