Mabinay Spring & Langub Festival
Mabinay, Negros Oriental · about 113 km from 3ACs Apartment, Talisay City
A clear, cold, spring-fed lagoon in the 'Caves Capital', born — the legend says — from a maiden's tears.
About
In the heart of Mabinay town, Mabinay Spring Resort in Tadlong, Poblacion is a peaceful lagoon of cold, crystal-clear spring water under tall trees — perfect for a swim or a kayak after a day of caving. Legend says the spring rose where the maiden Binay disappeared out of grief for a lost love, and that she still weeps to feed it. Every January the town celebrates the Langub ('cave') Festival, which honours and helps protect its many caves.
History
Mabinay is the most populous town in Negros Oriental, cooler than the coast because it sits inland, and is known as the Caves Capital, with about a hundred caves still unexplored.
Why visit
The perfect cool-down after the Mabinay caves.
How to get there
Mabinay town proper, inland on the Bais–Kabankalan road, about 2 hours from Dumaguete.
- Bus Dumaguete–Bayawan via Mabinay or Bais–Kabankalan route
- Tricycle
Prices (estimates)
- EntranceSmall fee — check at the resort
- KayakAsk at the resort
Hours / best time: Daytime; Langub Festival in mid-to-late January
Nearby places
- Mabinay Caves — Spelunking capital of Negros — over 100 caves.
- 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.