Tomongtong Mangrove Eco-Trail
Enrique B. Magalona (Saravia), Negros Occidental · about 17 km from 3ACs Apartment, Talisay City
Kilometre-long bamboo walk through 20-ft mangroves to the beach — with fresh blue crabs.
About
A bamboo pathway winds through about 20 hectares of tall mangroves to the shoreline, with a 360° viewing deck and the 'Tinagong Paraiso' picnic area. Vendors sell E.B. Magalona's famous blue crabs, talaba (oysters), crab-meat lumpia and other seafood. White herons feed in the mangroves.
History
Opened in June 2019 by the town and now run by a women's organization of Brgy. Tomongtong. Couples at the town's Valentine's Day mass wedding plant mangroves here. Accredited by DOT Western Visayas.
Why visit
Seafood feast and mangrove walk in one — E.B. Magalona is the 'Blue Crab Capital of Negros Occidental'.
How to get there
Brgy. Tomongtong, E.B. Magalona — a short drive from the national highway, about 30 minutes north of Bacolod.
- Bus/jeepney north to E.B. Magalona, then tricycle
- Private car
Prices (estimates)
- EntranceSmall fee
- Seafood≈ ₱150–500 per dish
Hours / best time: Daytime; check the tide — best at high tide
Nearby places
- Isla Madalag Eco-Haven — Bamboo restaurant on stilts in a mangrove — sutukil seafood and sunset watchtower.
- Balaring Mangrove Eco-Park — 50-hectare mangrove rehabilitation area with boardwalks and tree planting.
- Hawaiian-Philippine Company (HPCo) Sugar Mill — Oldest running sugar mill on Negros — still makes muscovado and runs steam trains.
- Bernardino Jalandoni Museum (Pink House) — Silay's 'Pink House' — a 1908 ancestral home kept as it was in the sugar era.
- Angel Araneta Ledesma House (Silay Tourism Office) — Heritage house that now holds Silay's culture, arts and tourism office — start your walk here.