Bongao_Peak
Mount Bongao (famously known as Bud Bongao) is a mountain located on Bongao Island in the province of Tawi-Tawi. It is a mountain formed with six limestone pillars that serves as its six peaks. It is the Philippines' southernmost peak.[2]
Bud Bongao is inside the Bongao Peak Eco-Tourism Park that was inaugurated on July 3, 2017.[3] It is a 250-hectare forest that is one of the last remaining moist forests in the Sulu Archipelago.[4]
The mountain is of spiritual and traditional importance to the indigenous Sama Dilaut people.[5] The mountain is also considered sacred where it is believed that two Islamic preachers[6] who were direct followers of Karim ul-Makhdum, are buried under what is called Tampat Rocks,[4] although the site was already sacred even before Islam arrived. Karim ul-Makhdum brought Islam to the Philippines in the year 1380.[7]