Mabinay Caves
Mabinay, Negros Oriental · about 113 km from 3ACs Apartment, Talisay City
NatureAdventure
Spelunking capital of Negros — over 100 caves.
About
Mabinay has more than a hundred caves; Mainit and Crystal caves are open for guided spelunking with underground rivers and crystal formations.
History
The Langub Festival ('langub' means cave) celebrates this underground heritage.
Why visit
Adventure halfway between Bacolod and Dumaguete.
How to get there
On the Kabankalan–Mabinay–Dumaguete road; guides at the municipal tourism office.
- Ceres bus Bacolod–Dumaguete (get off in Mabinay)
Prices (estimates)
- Guide & fees≈ ₱200–500 per group
Hours / best time: Daytime
Nearby places
- Mabinay Spring & Langub Festival — A clear, cold, spring-fed lagoon in the 'Caves Capital', born — the legend says — from a maiden's tears.
- Himampangon Cave & Candabong Forest — Manjuyod's other side: a rock-formation cave and a protected upland forest above the sandbar coast.
- Niludhan Falls — A wide curtain waterfall right beside the Bayawan–Mabinay highway — one of Negros Oriental's prides.
- Mantahaw Falls & Lake, Bindoy — A small, pretty waterfall and a clear lake in the hills of Bindoy, plus mangroves on the coast.
- Ban-ban Forest, Ayungon — One of the last virgin forests on Negros, in the hills above Ayungon.