Bais City

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By boat

By bus

• Central Azucarera de Bais (CAB) Established in 1918 as the first two sugar centrals of Tabacalera in the country, pioneered in the manufacture of paper from bagasse. CAB propelled the province’s sugar industry into a top dollar earner. Buildings, early machines, implements and locomotives used for hauling sugar cane in olden times are on display, making the visit truly informative and interesting.

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• Baldwin Locomotive The Baldwin locomotive rests on memories of its heyday as the dean of the hacienda workhorses. The Central Azucarera de Bais was established in 1918 and the Baldwin locomotive was integral in the stimulation of the growth of the Negros Oriental sugar industry.
• Lag-it Beach A magnificent seven kilometre stretch of powder-white sand that disappears in the clear waters at high tide, a unique adventure for swimmers.
• White SandBar Reef Its shoreline is a vast stretch of powder-white sand that disappears at high tide, leaving sparkling azure waters, ideal for swimming and snorkeling
• Talabong Mangrove Park A 400-hectare protected mangrove forest which is a natural habitat and nesting place of birds and other wildlife. Talabong Mangrove Park is accessible by boat at high tide and visitors have to walk through a 5,968 split-bamboo boardwalk before reaching the park. There is a troupe of semi-wild macaque monkeys here.

• Mojon ChurchJust inside the southern boundary of Bais with Tanjay, this church is often overlooked because drivers' attentions are concentrated on the blind curve in the road. The inside, with it's gracefully curving screens and woodwork and finely carved mahogany altar pieces, is prettier than the outside. Next door are some fine, large colonial houses sheltering beneath a canopy of mature trees with epiphytes growing on them.

• Sipong Festival held every 7 September. A spectacular thanksgiving for the fruits of labour in the hot fields and the cold sea, by the native Baisnons of a city renowned as the cradle of the province’s sugar industry and as home of dolphins and siganids (danggit). The formal Mass in the Cathedral is preceded by choreographed street dancing with colourful floats and parades that the whole city has been preparing for weeks.
• Get a group together and hire a barca from Capiñahan Wharf in South Bais Bay for about and go Dolphin and Whale watching in the Tañon Strait. Afterwards the barca can moor for some snorkelling in the coral area beside the white sand bar.
• Open air ballroom dancing in the Plaza in front of the new Mercado de Bais on Friday and Saturday evenings. These are family occasions and there are tables and chairs laid out to eat barbecued foods. Free!
• Play tennis on the well maintained, municipal courts on tarmac - good floodlighting at night.
• Play volleyball in the outside municipal auditorium - good floodlighting at night.

• Sharon Academia Arapoc

  phone: +63 9182650474, +63 9357548647, +63 35 402-9892
  address: Brgy Okiot
  Dolphin & whale watching tour guide.

• Bais City Library

  address: Aglipay St
  Helpful and knowledgable staff in this one room, well-lit, air conditioned facility curate a collection of reference works in English. As well as a small lending collection, there are also current editions of national newspapers and some magazines to read.

• Bank of the Philippine IslandsTwo external ATMs accept Visa, UnionPay, JCB, Plusnet, Cirrus, Maestro and MasterCards 24/7, charging a fee of for each withdrawal. Users of Australian debit cards might want to try the "Savings" option if "Current" does not work. Maximum withdrawal in any one transaction is .

• Amorganda Supermarket

  address: P T Villanueva St
  A small, usually crowded shop with weak air-conditioning and poorly treated staff that accepts Visa and MasterCard.

• Casa Don Julian

  phone: +63 35 402-9547
  address: 581 Mabini St.
  A spotlessly clean and well maintained two storey house in nicely kept gardens built by a Spaniard quite a while ago and featuring four spacious guest bedrooms with polished teak floors and air-con. This is a well-kept secret since there is no sign outside and most locals will know it as "Aunty Teves' place".

• Casa Sandoval

  phone: +63 35 402-8216
  A two storey house on the left hand (East) side of the National Highway as you enter Bais from the North and with 9 rather small rooms. Free Wi-Fi. En suite rooms have nice shower rooms (unusual for accommodation of this price range in the Philippines) and small cable TV's (usual for accommodation of this price range in the Philippines)

• La Planta Hotel

  address: Mabini St
  Purpose built, two storey hotel in an attractive Spanish colonial style with a dark green and white colour scheme throughout. Seventeen medium size double rooms with individual air-con and hot showers, cable TV. Well kept, chlorinated outside swimming pool accessible by non residents for a daily charge of per child. A surprisingly stylish and atmospheric restaurant in the former power plant generating house has a very high ceiling and gallery with a mediocre and badly cooked menu; powerful fans but no air-con. Secure parking with night watchman is separated from the rooms by a garden.

• Sandoval Pensionne

  phone: +63 35-4028216
  address: Brgy talungon north Nat highway
  Fan double rooms. best priced rooms in Bais city

• Public ToiletsThe Philippines is the most equal country in Asia as far as gender inequality is concerned and Bais is no exception as far as the necessities of life are concerned.

• From Bais City you can ride a tricycle going to Polo. The minimum fare of tricycle is and it is only 5 minutes' travel.
• Tanjay (tan-high) is a city of 80,000 about 50 km from Bais City.