Carbin Reef
Your comfort is our concern. We have our major accommodation facility managed by the City Government, Balay Kauswagan, with hotel amenities to make your trip hustle and worry free. Come visit Sagay! - City Government.
In recent years, Sagay City has prominently made a name for itself as an emerging tourism destination. It has been a favorite "Lakbay Aral" site for many LGUs because of its government projects and environmental protection programs which are worth emulating. With hard work and commitment of our leader and people we have transformed our city into an interesting place to visit, relax, learn, and enjoy.
Up Up Tourism!
Come and experience the town’s SEA, SAND, and SIGHTS at the 32,000 hectares Sagay Marine Reserve. Visit Carbin Reef, a 200-hectare marine sanctuary with its unique, tongue-shaped sand bar, clear blue water, virtually clean environment which offers a lot of exciting marine adventures as well as the sharing of learning process. And of course, Museo Sang Bata Sa Negros, a children's main museum is a place of un, activities and learning too! For LGUs scouting for Lakbay Aral destination, make it Sagay City!
Dairy Farm with high breed milking cows is a favorite place for kids to experience manual milking and a sampling of yummy fresh cow’s milk. The town’s have the one of the most modern slaughterhouses in the region which is of international standard. Sagay City Public Mall is a convenient and comfortable place for both local entrepreneurs and the buying public as well. The Sea Port located at Baranggay Old Sagay will soon operate and will surely open its doors for more business opportunities. Sagay City Piggery is a hygienic and well taken care of hog breeding farm for dispersal.
On top of all of these, the native cuisine is delicious, cooked in their own unique Sagaynon way with a wide variety of our succulent fresh sea foods. Experience Sagay breeze and history as you take a couple of hour’s trip on board a floating raft at Himogaan River Cruise!
Himoga-an River Cruise
The newest tourism activity in Sagay City, the cruise is a two-hour boat trip from Brgy. Fabrica wharf plying through the city’s longest river, Himoga-an and ends at Brgy. Old Sagay. There are interesting and delightful sceneries along the way like the carabao island, migratory birds frolickin on the mangroves.
The Sinigayan Festival is the city’s way of preserving and promoting the appreciation of our rich heritage by showcasing the vibrant colors of culture, the ingenuity and creativity of people and the abundance of seas and land.
Other Point of Interests
- Vito Church
- Produkto Sagaynon Center
- Balay Kauswagan
- Sagay City Garden and Living Tree Museum
- Sinigayan Kahoneros
- Panal Reef
- Macahulom Reef
- Molocaboc Island
- Sagay City Government Center
How to go to Sagay, Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental can be reached through its capital, the highly urbanized City of Bacolod, which is 55 minutes from Manila and 30 minutes from Cebu by air. By sea, it is an 18-hour cruise from Manila and one hour aboard sea crafts from Iloilo. By land-and-sea travel, it is seven hours from Cebu. From Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental, Bacolod is 5 hours away via Mabinay in the south, and via San Carlos City in the north: 6 hours via the coastal road and 5 hours via the Translink highway in Don Salvador Benedicto.
Sagay City is a two-hour drive from Bacolod City. Public utility vehicles plying the northern Negros route pass by this progressive city. From Cebu, one can reach Sagay via Toledo in about four hours including a one-hour ride in fast ferries.
Nearest Accommodations
- Nature's Village Resort - Talisay City, Talisay City, Bacolod / Negros Occidental, Philippines 6115
- L’ Fisher Hotel - 14th Lacson Sts., Bacolod City
- Hotel Pagcor Bacolod - Goldenfield Complex, Bacolod City
- Business Inn Hotel - 28 th South Lacson St. , Bacolod City
- Bacolod King’s Hotel - San Sebaslian-Gatuslao Sts , Bacolod City
- Regency Tourist Inn - Lacson Ext. Bacolod City
- Pearl Manor Pension - North Drive-Lacson St. Bacolod City