Guadalupe Mabugnao Mainit Hot Spring National Park is a

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of the

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located in

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Guadalupe in

Carcar Carcar, officially the City of Carcar ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Carcar; fil, Lungsod ng Carcar), is a 5th class component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 136,453 people. Carcar City is ...

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, some 50 kilometers from the provincial capital

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. The park covers an area of 57.50 hectares occupying an important watershed forest reserve in the central Mantalongon mountain range. It was declared a national park in 1972 by virtue of Republic Act No. 6429. The park is frequented by daily visitors for its hot springs where cottages and pools have been developed. Life-size statues of saints and Christ including that of

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have also added to its tourist attractions. A trail up a hill leads to at least three caves, the most explored being Cave Lorett and Cave Moymoy. Near Cave Lorett is another spring and four rivers. The park also contains a dam that supplies Carcar's water.

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Mabugnao and Mainit Cave

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