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General Info
About
Negros Oriental
Negros Oriental comprise 5,401 square
kilometers of Negros Island's southeastern
section, in the midpoint of the Central
Visayas. Its capital, Dumaguete City, is
popularly known as "The City of Gentle
People!" It has a land area of 3,551 hectares
and was granted a charter under RA327 which
was revised under RA5797.
Negros Island was originally called " Buglas",
but the Spaniards changed this to Negros
beacause of the darkskinned Negritos they
found there. The area that is now Negros
Oriental was administered from Cebu until
1734, when it was made a military district of
its own. In 1890, Negros Island was divided
into two politico-military provinces,
Occidental and Oriental. Under the civil
gouvernment established by the Americans,
Negros Oriental became a province on March 10,
1917.
The province´s terrain consits of rolling
hills, a few paleaus, and moutain rages which
for the most part are close to the narrow
coastal strip. Kanlaon Volcano, the highest
peak in the island of Negros at 2465 meter,
dominates the northern end of the province.
Another peak is Cuernos de los Negros at 2000
meter, at whose base Dumaguete lies. The whole
eastern part of Negros Oriental has a climate
characterized by no pronounced rainfall. The
other half of the province has distinct wet
and dry seasons.
Dumaguete is the provincial capital of Negros
Oriental. It is a small but thriving city,
with neat little park areas and what must be
the cleanest market in the Philippines.
Unaffected by modernization, it has managed to
retain its old-hometown atmosphere and
peaceful ambience.
DIVE SITES:
EL DORADO HOUSEREEF
The house reef is located just in front of the
resort, ideal for shore dives. The sandy
bottom slopes down from one to twenty meters
with many different coral blocks, sponges and
sea anemones. There is a large variety of rare
species on the reef. An ideal place for
training, excellent fun for night-dives and
macro photography.
MASAPLOD
A beautiful marine sanctuary which can be
reached by our boat in ten minutes. You can
see big fish schools, huge snappers and
sweetlips, stingrays and different kind of
scorpionfishes. Usually you will also meet a
huge turtle.
PIER
You can reach this very special divesite in 10
minutes by boat. There you can see seahorses,
big schools of batfishes, ghost pipe fishes
and a huge variety of corals and sponges. The
dive spot is fantastic for macro
photographers.
DAUIN
Just around the corner we have a spot for
something special! Seahorses, ghost pipe
fishes, frog fishes, different kind of lion
and scorpion fishes and nudibranches are very
common. And the place we call eel garden is
also unique. Excellent place for training and
night dives.
APO ISLAND
We can reach this highlight of the Visayas in
half an hour by boat. Spectacular and colorful
drift dives with big fish schools, turtles,
sea snakes and barracudas. Beautiful coral
gardens with a large variety of coral fishes.
We are sure that one of the ten first class
dive spot will soon become your favorite.
CLOWN FISH CITY
The famous Clown Fish City is located in the
Sanctuary of Apo Island. In the shallow part
of this divesite there are some coral blocks
covered with sea anemones and hundreds of
clown fishes. If you are lucky you will meet
also Napoleon fishes and a school of jack
fishes.
Getting there:
Boat: Pump boats/outriggers, ferries and fast
passenger boats are going from many different
places to other neighbor island like Cebu and
Siquijor- check up in books (Lonely planet is
a bible in this - or contact a tourist office
in a big city in the province) Air: PAL and
other airlines is going to and from Dumaguete
from other city´s in the Philippines - check
it up before you want to go, and where... |
