Balanan Lake Resort opens

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Provincial Governor Emilio C. Macias II has announced the full opening services of BALANAN Lake Resort, the biggest of its kind in the province on May 19, when the Balanan Lake Development Authority starts implementing regular fees, according to Bobby Flores-Villasis of the Provincial Tourism Office. However, the Governor said, entrance is free every Tuesday.

Villasis said Balanan in many stages of development is visited by hundreds of trekkers who affirmed and experienced the awesome refreshing nature of the place. In Negros Oriental huge numbers of locals and visitors are heading in the opposite direction to Balanan, an inland and fresh option in Siaton 285 meters above sea level.

A pet project of Governor Macias, Balanan grew around a 24 hectare lake that is said to have been formed when an earthquake flung rocks downstream and erected a dam.

The resulting lake is fringed by hills and mountain ranges that rise 200 meters from the banks. Villasis also portrayed that along these margins are on old forest of close to a hundred dalakit trees and hundres of other species of more recent vintage, a 4 kilometer walkway on the lakeshore, waterfalls, a 7-room hotel, a staff breathtaking views of the shimmering Balanan Lake.

Balanan has various kinds of swimming pools are secreted beside shade trees. The more adventurous can check into a tree-house 60 feet above the ground, built on a dalakit.

Balanan is 60 kilometers from Dumaguete City, approximately an hour and a half travel by 4-wheel drive or motorbike.

Recently, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to allocated P1B billion from the Special Vehicle Control Fund for environmentally sustainable transport-related projects such as the alternative fuel.

“Against the backdrop of rising oil prices and climate change, the government has a long-term solution to oil price schools in the form of an indigenous fuel supply that’s easy on the pocket and not hard on the environment,” the President said.