Pulang Lupa is the peak of 50 hectares of hilly agricultural land called Sitio Santol, less than 2 kilometers from the town center of Tiaong, province of Quezon, in the Philippines. Although it has had idle and limited agricultural productivity with its coconut plantation, fruit-bearing trees and seasonal crops, it has provided increasing sanctuary for birds (see Birdwatching) and wildlife uprooted by a widening perimeter of commerce and subdivisions. The land is also habitat for a large variety of medicinal plants that has provided the abutting communities a wild-crafted source for their traditional remedies (see Philippine Alternative Medicine). And, in the micro of its flora, there is a fascinating world of insects and bugs (see Insects & Bugs).

The place has been traditionally referred to as Pulang Lupa because of the color of volcanic soil found in abundance at the peak. Historically, it has been called "Pinagbanderahan" (Flag Site), where the Japanese held a strategic station during its provincial occupation in World War II. The folklore is replete of buried treasures, still undiscovered in the tunnels and caves in the bowels of Sitio Santol.

The Shatong Puti sa Pulang Lupa is a complex of buildings being built at the peak. At present, the complex includes a library, a small theater, an art gallery, conference and workshop facilities, an antique shop and four guestrooms. (See: Pulang Lupa Photos) The site is also ideal for camping; tents are available for rental.
Foremost in its vision is to provide educational opportunities and a place of activities for the communities that abut it and for the schools of Tiaong and neighboring towns. (See: Pulang Lupa Foundation & Scholarships and Educational Assistance Funds)

And, for the weary traveler in search of respite, it is a place for solitude. To contemplate, to while away . . . . To be engulfed by sounds of birds. To indulge on a vista of an unending circumference of mountains and the verdant rural countrysides. . . the morning sunrises wrapped by wisps of awakenng low lying clouds. . . . the capricious colors of the sunsets. And at nights, there are the celestial starlit skies and the layers of sounds that hide in the dark. . . . .