Best Places in Negros Occidental

Negros Occidental's wealth has always been in its land, its natural resources, its tourist attractions, charm in its people, and pride in its cuisine. Hereunder are some of the best places in Negros Occidental:

1. Sipalay, Negros Occidental

Sipalay is located at the southern portion of Negros Occidental. It is approximately 3 hours from Bacolod City by private car and about 4 hours when you ride a bus. Sipalay has many beautiful, clean, quiet and white sand beaches which everyone can enjoy swimming. The last time i went to Sipalay, Negros Occidental was May 2007. Read more...


2. Mambukal Resort, Negros Occidental


About 30 minutes drive away from Bacolod City lies a picturesque mountain resort managed by the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental. The Mambukal Mountain Resort located in the town of Murcia, Negros Occidental lies 1,200 feet above sea level and serves as gateway to Mt. kanlaon.

The resort was originally developed by a Japanese architect named Kokichi Paul Ishiwata in 1927. The resort started as a bath house and picnic garden and has provided cool haven for Negrenses and their guests. Read more...


3. Lakawon Beach, Cadiz, Negros Occidental

At the northern part of Negros Occidental, about 1 and a half ride from Bacolod City is Cadiz City where Lakawon Beach is located. From Cadiz City, you have to take a 20 minute pumpboat ride to the beautiful Lakawon Island of Cadiz, one of the best places in Negros Occidental...Read more...


4. Caribbean Waterpark and Resortel


At the heart of Bacolod City, one can find the Caribbean Waterpark and Resortel. It is located at Goldenfield Commercial Complex, about 5 minutes ride from downtown Bacolod. Caribbean Waterpark and Resortel is one of the best places in Negros Occidental! More pics...


5. Sea Mystic Beach Resort - Cauayan, Negros Occidental


Sea Mystic Beach Resort at Cauayan, Negros Occidental is about 2 and a half hours from Bacolod City when you drive a private car. The place is cool, quiet and relaxing...truly one of the best places in Negros Occidental. Read more...

Sipalay: the place to be in

Sipalay has various natural fascinations that one can see & experience. The 3-hour land trip to the city is truly rewarding as you start exploring the bounties that abound the place.

Beach Resorts

15-minute boat ride from the city proper is the Sugar Beach - German, Swiss and Filipino-owned resorts line this sugary beach, which offers an excellent place for swimming, and various water sports activities.

Not far from the Sugar Beach is the Tinagong Dagat - a hidden sea sprinkled with a dozen islets covered with lush vegetation. The sea bottom is covered with patches of sea grass beds, with the shoreline lined by old-growth mangroves.

Punta Ballo Beach is located in close proximity to Tinagong Dagat- This fine white sandy beach is more than a kilometer stretch. It's the nearest jump off point towards the sea ideal for snorkeling & diving due to the rich marine life.

Going more or less 10 minutes from the Punta Ballo Beach is Campomanes Bay - The bay is excellent not only for diving but for jet skiing, kayaking, and all sorts of water sports. It has an existing port that caters to medium-sized sea craft. The enclosed shape of the bay and islets in its opening provide calm waters even in harsh weather conditions. Entrance to the bay is a wide expanse of coral garden with various species of corals and fish.

Sipalay is truly one of the best places in Negros Occidental!

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Sipalay City: one of the best places in Negros Occidental

Formerly a barrio of Cauayan, Sipalay had the distinction of having been used as a garrison for Spanish soldiers guarding the southern corridor of Negros Island. Original immigrants of the place came from the island of Panay, the town being just across a short sea span from what is now Iloilo. When the new settlers arrived, they drove away the natives to the mountains. No roads existed during the time, and trading was easier with Iloilo and Panay through sailboats. When the Americans came development was introduced with the putting up of schools and roads. Literacy among residents was improved.


Sipalay became a lookout point when the Japanese occupied the country, with the town being used as an outpost by the guerillas . It was also in Sipalay, in Campomanes or Maricalum Bay, where the first American submarine landed to deliver arms and supplies for the forces commanded by airman-hero Col. Jesus Villamor.

The staging of the final fight with the Japanese jumped from this point when sufficient supplies shipped from Australia arrived.


Festivals

Pasaway Festival Sipalay City has been the copper belt of southern Philippines for more than five decades. The first industrial mining of copper transformed Sipalay into a booming town and eventually into a city. Pasaway Festival is a copper worship celebrated every March 31. Participants depict the tribes in ethnic costumes with copper ornaments dancing to the beat of Pasaway music.

Sipalay City is one of the best places in Negros Occidental!

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A view from the top: Negros Occidental

We stop over here on top of a mountain between Cauayan and Sipalay, Negros Occidental...



My son and daughter Hilver and Precious during our stop over between Cauayan and Sipalay, Negros Occidental on our way to Sea Mystic Beach Resort: The view here at the top is breath taking and so beautiful, one of the best places in Negros Occidental!


This is me and my wife Vicvic during our stop over a mountain. You can see here the beauty of the deep blue sea from the top, one of the best places in Negros Occidental!






We usually travel as a family because we cannot enjoy if one is left at home or somewhere else. It's a beautiful experience if you are all together and the bonding is great...

Turtle Island at Sipalay, Negros Occidental

Another view of the Turtle Island at Sipalay, Negros Occidental, Philippines, one of the best places in Negros!

langub garden island beach resort

The water is as blue as the sky here at langub island beach resort, sipalay, negros occidental, philippines...

Paradise at langub garden island beach resort

Green, green, paradise at langub garden island beach resort, sipalay, negros occidental, Philippines...

Coconut trees at Langub Island Beach Resort

Coconut trees make Langub Island Beach Resort at Sipalay, Negros Occidental cool and peaceful. The clear, blue waters at the back is so inviting!

Takatuka Beach Resort

Takatuka Lodge and Dive Resort, Langub, Sipalay, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

Takatuka Beach Resort

Takatuka Lodge at Takatuka Beach Resort, Langub, Sipalay, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

White Sands and Blue Waters

A pose at bamboo relaxing coaches, green plants and white sand at Takatuka Beach Resort, Langub, Sipalay, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

Bermuda Beach Resort

One of nipa huts and white sand at Bermuda Beach Resort at Langub, Sipalay, one of the best places in Negros Occidental, Philippines!

Beautiful Langub Beach Resort

It’s so beautiful, so peaceful, it’s a paradise here at langub island beach resort, sipalay, negros occidental, Philippines.

Sipalay Pictures

My wife, Vicvic at langub beach resort, sipalay, negros occidental, Philippines.

Relaxing Moments At Sipalay

Relaxing moments at langub beach resort, sipalay, one of best places in Negros Occidental, Philippines!

Sipalay Islands

A closer view of the turtle island of sipalay, negros occidental.

Sipalay Island Hopping

On board a pump boat, I, vicvic, and my 2 kids, Hilver and Precious, on our way to langub island beach resort, sipalay, negros occidental. It takes only about 20 minutes from Sipalay to langub island beach resort through a pump boat with a fare of P300.00. You have first to contact the owner of the beach resort before going there.

Sipalay Adventures

A closer view of an island at Sipalay, Negros Occidental on our way to langub beach resort.

Sipalay Pictures

I and my wife, Vicvic, at Sipalay, Negros Occidental, just before going to langub beach resort. At the background is the “turtle island” of Sipalay, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

Discover Sipalay, Negros Occidental

About 200km from both Bacolod and Dumaguete, the remote seaside town of Sipalay (si-pah-lie) is surrounded by spectacular white-sand beaches, secluded coves, scattered islets, dive reefs and waters teeming with marlin, trevally and tuna.

The premier attraction here has to be the slice of paradise called Sugar Beach (Langub to the locals) - though keen divers may prefer the dedicated dive resorts of Punta Ballo.

The diving around Sipalay is some of the best in Negros. It's particularly suited to inexperienced or learner divers. At last count there were well over 30 dive sites in the area, including three wrecks (one from WWII). The resorts in Sugar Beach and Punta Ballo either have on-site dive centres or can arrange trips through an affiliated dive centre. Prices are fairly standard: one dive is US$20, equipment rental starts from US$5, an open-water certificate is US$300.

Boats for exploring the marine idylls of nearby Maricalum Bay and Tinagong Dagat can be hired (around P500) through the Sipalay Tourist Information Centre (0926 433 7318; cnr Rodrigo G Chua Blvd & Alejano St; high season 8am-5pm daily, low season 8am-5pm Mon-Fri), just back from Poblacion Beach.

Regular buses run between Sipalay and Bacolod (P145, 4½ hours). On the rough road between Sipalay and Dumaguete, buses terminate at Hinoba-an (first transfer) then Bayawan (second transfer) before finally continuing on to Dumaguete (total trip P160, six to seven hours including transfers).

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