Initially launched in June 2014 as Camaligan River Cruise Park, it was then renovated beginning 2016, and its reopening in 2017 attracted many visitors.[2]
The park is a joint project of Department of Tourism Region V and the Local Government Unit of Camaligan, Camarines Sur under the Bottom-Up Budgeting Program for the year 2015.[4] In 2014, it was planned only to be the docking site of the Camaligan River Cruise or M/B Camaligan, thus, first naming the park as Camaligan River Cruise Park.[5]
Being located near the Bicol River, the people of Camaligan gained their socio-cultural identity as river people and traders during pre-colonialism. The idea of building the park was to promote the town's culture and bring life to the river as it is a reminder of Camaligan's significant contribution in the history and its integral role for the emergence of Bicol civilization.[3]
Improvements
Part of the Phase V, a P5.5-Million 50-meter hanging bridge,[6] known as Camaligan Hanging Footbridge, or simply Camaligan Hanging Bridge, was erected which connected the isolated barangays of San Francisco and Tarosanan to the town proper of Camaligan.[7]
Other media
Camaligan River Park was featured in iJuander, a magazine show in GMA News TV on September 20, 2017.[8]
It was again featured in TV Patrol Bicol, a regional TV show under ABS-CBN on February 7, 2019.[9]