Saturday, January 8, 2011

Balaring Mangrove Sanctuary

Balaring Mangrove Sanctuary has a whooping 1.2 kilometers of bamboo  bridge and at the end of the bridge is a 3 storey bamboo tower. It is located at Barangay Balaring, Silay City which is known for seafood capital of Silay City and floating restaurants. The entrance fee is cheap and also the cottage. It is just a 30 minute trip from the provincial capital which is Bacolod City. It now has nearly 20,000 mangroves planted in this mangrove sanctuary.


Bamboo Bridge

View from the tower

towering mangrove trees at the bridge

at the end of the bridge

mangrove forest reservoir

three-storey bamboo tower

Mambukal Mountain Resort


Located at Barangay Minoyan, Municipality of Murcia, Negros Occidental, it is known for sulfur deposits, forest, the seven falls, adventurous sports, boating, swimming, bats, butterflies and nature tripping.


boating lagoon

slide for life marker

bats

falls

butterfly sanctuary

butterfly

mountains

forest

boating

boating at the lagoon

villas