Giant Fruit Bats on Tabuk Island

  

A fisherman carefully removes his precious catch from his net, oblivious to the thousands of bats flying to their feeding grounds north of Palompon from their day sleeping roosts on Tabuk Island.

Tabok Island Palompon, Leyte

Palompon is one of the best place to live in the Philippines. The resident are hospitable and friendly minded. The beautiful island of tabok sheltering the town have a lot of attraction. The vat bird (Kabog) a nature beauty where thousands flying in the early morning and sunset. As a native of my beloved town I can suggest tourist to visit Palompon a paradise for nature lover.

 

Tabuk Marine Park and Bird Sanctuary-usa ka matahom nga pulo (islet) nga naa mahimutang sa sidlakang bahin atbang sa lungsod sa Palompon. May 222 ka ektarya ang gidak-on niining maong pulo nga nalukop sa mga kahoy'ng pagatpat ug miape. Nahimo kining marine park ug bird sanctuary, pinaagi sa ordinansa sa Lungsod niadtong 1996. Dinhi makita ang mga kabog (bat) Philippine mallards, Asian Dowitcher, Chinese Egret ug uban pang mga migratory ug endemic nga langgam. Sa mga cross-visitors, ang Tabuk tour package, naglangkob sa mga musunod: Trip to Bat Kingdom, Trip to Mallards Lair, Snorkeling, Bird Watching, Marine Safari, Scuba diving, ug uban pa.

Palompon, Leyte

Palompon is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 50,754 people in 10,790 households.

Palompon is 124 Kilometer (road distance) from Tacloban City, the provincial capital of Leyte Province, 66 Kilometers from Ormoc City, the commercial growth center of the western coast of Leyte province and 72 nautical miles from Cebu City. Palompon lies approximately at north latitude between 10 degress 55 minutes and 11 degrees 07 minutes and east longitude between 124 degrees 22 minutes and 123 degrees 29 minutes. It is bounded in the north by municipality of Villaba and Matag-ob, in the east by Ormoc City and Merida, in the south by Isabel and in the west by the Camotes Sea.

The land area of Palompon is 128.46 Kilometers, or 12,845.58 hectares. The municipality has fifty (50) barangays, ten (10) of which, are poblacion barangays of an area of approximately two square kilometers. The other (40) barangays are distributed along the coastline and the interior rural and mountainous areas.