The Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park is a protected area within the province of Bukidnon, Mindanao in the Philippines. It is located about 50 kilometers south-east of a straight line in Cagayan de Oro. The area around the volcano Kitanglad on 14 December 1990 as National Park.
Locals Bukidnons, made up of the indigenous tribes of the Manobo and Talaandig live mostly in the forests, which they regard as holy, as these areas are used as burial grounds. Locals live from the forest, which they use as a source of food, but also for the natural medicine. Mountaineers and hikers must obtain a permit before entering the mountains of the tribes, and elders perform a ritual to appease the spirits of the ancestors benevolently.