The Anawangin Cove is a popular destination for campers and beach goers alike. Just the mention of the name Zambales and it will ring a bell for those who have gone to the cove that a trip to Pundaquit is never complete without feeling Anawangin’s mixture of volcanic ash and white sand beneath your feet.

Anawangin is the nearest cove from Pundaquit. It also is currently the most visited and developed. Portions of its land are owned by local families who also lives in Pundaquit. You will be greeted by its caretakers as soon as you arrive and there’s a minimal entrance fee that is used to develop and maintain the place.

It is unfortunate that structures such as cement houses or buildings can’t be built behind its shores, due to the fact that seasonal rain and monsoon softens the ground beneath it and waves brought about by the typhoons can easily reach the main campsite. Also, a stream flows from the mountains and through it’s banks during the rainy season.

Anawangin is surrounded by mountains of rocks theoretically known to be formed by ages of volcanic activities in the past. But the most surprising phenomenon which has occured in the past years were the growth of pine trees just behind the banks of the cove. The seeds were brought there by the memorable erruption Mt Pinatubo together with the ash fall.

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