Camarines Sur is known in elementary school textbooks for Lake Buhi where the world’s smallest edible fish, locally known as tabios (scientific name Mistichttys) abound in its serene and scenic waters. Today, the Province has become one of the Philippines’ top tourist destinations because of the CamSur Watersports Complex, a world class cable park designed for wakeboarding and wakeskating, and the Islands of Caramoan, a favorite site for international franchises of the popular reality show “Survivor” in Serbia, Israel, France, Bulgaria, and Sweden.
Matukad Island in Caramoan, Camarines Sur
Naga City is known as a pilgrimage capital in the Philippines where the Peñafrancia Festival, the largest Marian devotion in the country is held annually. Tens of thousands of pilgrims, devotees, tourists come to Naga City, Philippines every September for a nine-day festivities in honor of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, the Patroness of Bicol, endearingly addressed by Bicolanos as INA (mother). An excellent collection of heritage structures can still be found in Naga City in testimony of its identity as one of the original five royal cities of the Philippines during its Spanish-colonial era.
The 400 year-old Naga Metropolitan Cathderal in Naga City” href=”../../naga-city”>Naga City, known as “Nueva Caceres” during the Spanish-colonial era of the Philippines
