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Tourism information on Dauin
Dauin
is a 4th class
municipality in the
province of
Negros Oriental,
Philippines. It is bordered on the north by
Bacong, on the south by
Zamboanguita, and on the west a mountain range separates it from
Santa Catalina. The municipality is a coastal town, the ocean forming
its eastern border. According to the
2000 census, it has a population of 21,077 people in 4,464 households.
Tourism
Main
Attraction:
Scuba Diving
Apo Island
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Dauin hosts several popular beach
resorts with both local and foreign tourists.
The coast of Dauin offers excellent
scuba dive sites with both coral reef and muck dive opportunities. The
municipality has established several sanctuaries, within which fishing and
boating is absolutely prohibited. This includes sites such as Mainit
sanctuary, Luca sanctuary, Dauin sanctuary and Masaplod sanctuary. These
sites are well preserved and offer a huge variety and quantity of life
forms.
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Thanks to the dark sand in the
coastal aerea, Dauin also offers some excellent so called Muck diving,
which on a point of view of biodiversity can be compared to the dives in
Lembeh Strait in Indonesia. Midring blueringed octopus, Wonderpus, Mimic
octopus, Poison ocellate octopus, Ambon scorpionfishes, Flamboyant
cuttlefishes and Bobbit worms are frequent sights on the sandy shores of
the municipality.
Apo Island is part of the jurisdiction of the municipality of Dauin.
The island is also a popular site for
scuba diving. As it is completely surrounded by coral reefs, the whole
island is a dive site. Popular dive sites include Coconut Point, Mamsa,
Cogon, Rockpoint and Chapel. Bigeyed Jacks, turtles, bumphead parrotfish
and frogfishes are inhabiting the reefs of the island. It is accessible by
boat, 30 minutes from the mainland.
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Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauin
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