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Parks and the outdoors in Dumaguete

6 parks, gardens, beaches and walks in and around Dumaguete.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Parks and the outdoors in Dumaguete

  1. See

    Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park

    A large protected forest area centered on two volcanic crater lakes. The flora and fauna have been considerably degraded, but it's still an interesting daytrip.

  2. Do

    Bravo Golf Course

    Dumaguete Golf Course

    Beautifully kept 18-hole course with plenty of shade trees and Zebu cattle has a view of the sea and an air-conditioned club room. Quarterly green fees are PHP 15000 while 'walk-ins' pay PHP 750 for 9 holes, PHP 1250 for 18 holes M-Th rising to PHP 1000 & PHP 1500 at weekends. Caddy fees are PHP 175 or PHP 275, golf cart rental PHP 400 or PHP 650, an umbrella girl PHP 120 or PHP 180 and golf set rental PHP 650 or PHP 650 for 9 or 18 holes respectively. There is a hotel on-site with rooms from PHP 2250. The restaurant has a large, brick pizza oven and some other Italian dishes on the menu.

  3. Buy

    Cang's Department Store

    Moderate prices with UnionPay, Visa, JCB and MasterCards accepted, this is a good option for a weekly grocery shop on the ground floor since the basement car park is both free and underutilised. There is a food court on the top floor and the Filomena Cafe 2 (of Bethel Guest House fame) accepts cards too. Purified and cooled water is available free of charge from a self-service drinking fountain with glasses. On the first floor above the ground, small Philippines flags at PHP 6 each make good value and lightweight souvenirs if you are flying from nearby Dumaguete airport.

    Mon-Sat 9AM-7:30PM, Sun 10AM-7:30PM

  4. Eat

    Gyro Monsters

    Cheap and tasty shawarma; the best seller is beef or chicken shawarma wrapped in pita at PHP 30, or 35 with cheese. The most expensive thing on the menu is shawarma rice for PHP 50; two of the sandwiches are a better buy.If you expect shawarma as you would find it in the Middle East, you will be disappointed here. For that, at slightly higher prices, walk a block north to Mediterranean Food (Turkish, listed at ) or go to Tarbush (Lebanese, ).

    Mon-Sat 10AM to 9PM

  5. See

    Mt. Talinis

    The second-highest mountain in Negros Oriental at 1903 m, a dormant volcano, one of a group called the Cuernos de Negros (Horns of Negros). It has lakes, waterfalls and a mossy forest as well as a stream with sulfur vents. Local mountaineering groups frequent the mountain.

  6. See

    Silliman Zoo

    It conserves endangered Philippine native animals which are rarely seen; eg, spotted deer, warty pigs and crocodiles. Well worth the PHP 10 entry fee. They also need financial support. It's a 15-min walk from the city center or a PHP 8 pedicab ride.

    9AM-4PMPHP 10

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Dumaguete (CC BY-SA 4.0).