Caraballo Mountains

The Caraballo Mountains is a mountain range in the central part of Luzon island in the Philippines, situated between the Cordillera Central and Sierra Madre mountain ranges. The mountains serve as the location of the river source of the Cagayan River, the longest in the country.

Caraballo Mountains
The mountains as seen from the Umingan-Lupao border
Dimensions
Length	54 km (34 mi) north-south
Width	15 mi (24 km)
Area	1,300 km2 (500 sq mi)
Geography
Caraballo Mountains
Country	Philippines
Provinces	Nueva Ecija Nueva Vizcaya Quirino
Range coordinates	16°8′37.8″N 121°10′4.8″E
Borders on	Cordillera Central Sierra Madre Cagayan Valley Central Luzon

Several portions of the mountain range are protected under the National Integrated Protected Areas System, including the Casecnan Protected Landscape and the Pantabangan–Carranglan Watershed Forest Reserve.

Transportation

The Caraballo Mountains can be reached by the Pangasinan-Nueva Ecija Road, taking one and a half hours to travel from the Downtown of San Nicolas.

Economy

Tourism

The Caraballo Mountains gained tourists because of the attractions and waterfalls that the Mountain Range offers. The mountains have 100–500 people going to the range each day.

Farming

Residents have their own backyard gardens, where they plant vegetables, which they sell in a nearby Public Market.

Gallery

• 
  A section of the range at Dupax del Sur
• 
  Dalton Pass in Santa Fe
• 
  Another view from the fields of eastern Pangasinan
• 
  Another view overlooking Dalton Pass

View of the mountains from the Welcome Arch in Umingan

See also

• Geography of the Philippines
• Battle for the Villa Verde Trail

External links

• Media related to Caraballo Mountains at Wikimedia Commons