Post by ppaaoolloo on Apr 18, 2010 14:34:19 GMT
Last week I flew in from Manila to hopefully document Leyte birds. The plan was to explore Lake Danao National Park but because of the weather (it kept raining, typical of Eastern Visayan localized weather patterns) we ended up chowing down and spending time on the lake hoping for the rain to stop.
Elevation's 600+ meters above sea level and the temp was 21+ degrees Celsius. Very comfortable and wonderful condition to go photographing birds.
If I had to live in Leyte I would love to have a home right beside the National Park.
Lake Danao is a guitar-shaped lake covering an area of 148 hectares in the island of Leyte, Philippines. The area around it is the 2,193-hectare Lake Danao National Park, which also includes the Amandiwin mountain range.
The lake is about 15 kilometers northeast of Ormoc City and is only a half hour drive along the Tongonan national road.
It was originally named "Lake Imelda" and was declared a natural park in June 2, 1972 by virtue of presidential memorandum issued by then President Ferdinand Marcos. Later it was renamed and declared as Lake Danao Natural Park in February 3, 1998 through Proclamation No. 1155 and is now protected by Republic Act No. 7586 otherwise known as the National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) Act of 1992. The lake supplies potable water to at least seven towns in Eastern Leyte including Tacloban City as well as the source of irrigation for ricelands in some municipalities like Dagami, Burauen, Pastrana and Tabon-tabon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Danao_%28Leyte%29
Camera: Canon PowerShot G9
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 7.4 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Support: Hand Held
Location: 11° 3'52.66"N, 124°42'12.83"E
Elevation's 600+ meters above sea level and the temp was 21+ degrees Celsius. Very comfortable and wonderful condition to go photographing birds.
If I had to live in Leyte I would love to have a home right beside the National Park.
Lake Danao is a guitar-shaped lake covering an area of 148 hectares in the island of Leyte, Philippines. The area around it is the 2,193-hectare Lake Danao National Park, which also includes the Amandiwin mountain range.
The lake is about 15 kilometers northeast of Ormoc City and is only a half hour drive along the Tongonan national road.
It was originally named "Lake Imelda" and was declared a natural park in June 2, 1972 by virtue of presidential memorandum issued by then President Ferdinand Marcos. Later it was renamed and declared as Lake Danao Natural Park in February 3, 1998 through Proclamation No. 1155 and is now protected by Republic Act No. 7586 otherwise known as the National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) Act of 1992. The lake supplies potable water to at least seven towns in Eastern Leyte including Tacloban City as well as the source of irrigation for ricelands in some municipalities like Dagami, Burauen, Pastrana and Tabon-tabon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Danao_%28Leyte%29
Camera: Canon PowerShot G9
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 7.4 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Support: Hand Held
Location: 11° 3'52.66"N, 124°42'12.83"E