Discover Negros Island: Bago

Our ultimate purpose of coming to Bago City is to visit Kipot Falls which is located in Ma-ao. From Pulupandan we rode a jeepney to Bago City which cost us 8 pesos each. It was just a short ride to the city. So since we are already at a new place we wanted to try something new of course. There are plenty of options as to where you can it at the city proper but since Bantayan Park is just a trike ride away, we decided to visit the place. 

This is the entrance of the park. 

What you can see inside the area. 

Chicken Inasal is a specialty of Bacolod but it is also adopted in neighboring places such as Bago City. We paid 194 pesos for a meal for two including softdrinks already. The restaurant is also located within the premises of Bantayan Park.

Saint John the Baptist Parish - Bago City

Afterwards, we went back to the city proper and rode a "double tire", a term they use to call a hybrid of bus and jeepney combined, to Ma-ao. It cost us about 20 pesos each and the picture below is where we had our stop to ride the tricycle to Kipot Falls. Within a short period of time it rained heavily and it affected our itinerary. When you go travel to different places, you will also notice the differences in the design of their tricycles. Look closely at the tricycles at Ma-ao, Bago. 

So we hired a tricycle instead for 300 pesos to bring us to Kipot Falls and back to Ma-ao. If it didn't rain and caused as delay, we could have only paid 15 pesos each to Kipot Falls and another 15 pesos back. Well since we were running out of time this was the best option for us.

Which also means that we get to request the driver to stop if we would like to take photos along the way. So here are some of them.

This was already taken inside the vicinity of the falls. There is no entrance fee. What's great about travelling in Negros province is that we have noticed that we didn't get to pay entrance fees in places we have visited. There are also cottages inside where you can have a picnic. There was a caretaker in the are who did not also accept the tip we gave him. Amazing isn't it? That gave me hope for the Philippines and to humanity as well. 

Kipot falls, everyone. The water is muddy due to the heavy rain. There's so much in nature and every peso we spent was worth it all. So after the falls we went back to Ma-ao and rode a "double tire" to Bacolod City. Thus our journey continues.