Camaya Waterfalls-3 or Camaya Falls-3 is the smallest and most easily accessed of the three waterfalls in Camaya Coast

Camaya Coast

Camaya Coast is a popular beach and the name of the surrounding 300-hectare suburb in Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines. Camaya Coast is located 7 kilometers west of the Bataan Export Processing Zone business district, in the local government area of Mariveles, Bataan, the Philippines...

, Mariveles

Mariveles

Mariveles may refer to:* Mariveles, Bataan * Mariveles Mountains...

 in the south-western part of the Bataan

Bataan

Bataan is a province of the Philippines occupying the whole of the Bataan Peninsula on Luzon. The province is part of the Central Luzon region. The capital of Bataan is Balanga City and it is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north...

 peninsula in the island of Luzon

Luzon

Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...

 in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. It is one of the main tourist attractions in Camaya Coast, a residential-beach resort area currently under development.

Flora and fauna

The forest where the waterfalls is located contains many dipterocarps, orchids, and vine

Vine

A vine in the narrowest sense is the grapevine , but more generally it can refer to any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent, that is to say climbing, stems or runners...

s and other plant species including tsaang gubat. Various species of fungi growing in tree trunks have been documented.

There are a number of interesting animals that inhabit the area in and around the three waterfalls in Camaya. The most notable include: the Japanese Sparrowhawk

Japanese Sparrowhawk

The Japanese Sparrowhawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers....

, the endangered Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga Jefferyi)

Philippine Eagle

The Philippine Eagle , also known as the Monkey-eating Eagle, is an eagle of the family Accipitridae that is endemic to forests in the Philippines. It has brown and white-coloured plumage, and a shaggy crest, and generally measures in length and weighs...

 commonly known as the “monkey-eating eagle, the Philippine Eagle Owl

Philippine Eagle Owl

The Philippine Eagle-Owl is an vulnerable species of bird belonging to the Strigidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines, where found in lowland forests on the islands of Catanduanes, Samar, Bohol, Mindanao, Luzon, Leyte and possibly Sibuyan...

, the Rufous Hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax)

Rufous Hornbill

The Rufous Hornbill , also known as Philippine Hornbill and, locally, as Kalaw is a large species of hornbill.-Distribution and habitat:...

 which is locally known as kalaw, the endangered Giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus) which can only be found in the Philippines. Philippine deers (erroneously reported by some as wild goats) and crab-eating macaque

Crab-eating Macaque

The Crab-eating macaque is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia. It is also called the "long-tailed macaque", and is referred to as the "cynomolgus monkey" in laboratories.-Etymology:...

s were also recently spotted in the area.

External links

• Young, W.V. "Camaya Waterfalls" (video). http://wvyoung.com/camaya-waterfalls/
• "Camaya Coast" via Facebook (video, 4:30-5:10). http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2074920078222
• Beltran, Brian . "Camaya Coast" (video). http://brianibeltran.multiply.com/video/item/13