Tourism information on Mabinay

Mabinay

Negros Oriental-Cave Capital of the Philippines

With more than 400 caves that can be found in the town of Mabinay, the municipality may now be considered as the cave capital of the Philippines because of its explored and unexplored hidden treasure, on the same town can also be found the second longest cave in the country, the Odlongan cave.

According to Vice-mayor Ernesto Uy the local government of Mabinay is now planning to increase the fees charged to the visitors for the purpose that they will develop and maintained the beauty of the caves. Resolutions were approved for continuous exploration and development of these caves, with more funding requirement for the acquisition of equipment, among others, he said.

The town is now recorded at least 50 out of 400 caves that have been developed and explored wherein the local government of Mabinay organized different activities such as extreme sports, kayaking and rappelling for the local and foreign tourist. Another discovery from the beauty of nature in Mabinay is the Bugsok falls; a 70 meter high falls where a hot spring is located. The municipality is now requesting a fund from Negros Oriental Governor Emilio Matias II for the development and beautification of the said falls.

Geography

Mabinay can be found in the second district of the province of Negros Oriental in the Central Visayan Region of the Philippines. It is an upland municipality located 87 kilometers north of Dumaguete City, near the boundary of Negros Oriental and Occidental.

It is politically subdivided into 32 barangays:

Abis
Arebasore
Bagtic
Banban
Barras
Bato
Bugnay
Bulibulihan
Bulwang
Campanun-an
Canggohob
Dagbasan
Dahile
Himocdongon
Hagtu
Inapoy

Lamdas
Lumbangan
Luyang
Manlingay
Mayaposi
New Namangka
Old Namangka
Pandanon
Paniabonan
Pantao
Poblacion
Samac
Tadlong
Tara
Cansal-ing
Napasu-an

Tourism

Mabinay Tourism Directory

Mabinay has a lot to offer in terms of its tourism activities and tourist sites.

Please click on the link above to read more about Mabinay tourism.

Source:

http://www.insidenegros.com/2008/10/10/mabinay-negros-oriental-cave-capital-of-the-philippines

http://elgu.ncc.gov.ph/ecommunity/mabinay-negor/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&

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