page_title: Valencia, Negros Oriental
section_title: Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Valencia, Negros Oriental / Attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: Casaroro Falls in Valencia, Negros Oriental, Philippines.
context_page_description: Valencia, officially the Municipality of Valencia, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 34,852 people.
  It is located 9 kilometres west of Dumaguete City, the most populated city and capital of the province. The municipality was voted as "the greenest and cleanest" town of Negros Oriental in 2007.
  Our Lady of the Abandoned is the patroness of Valencia, and her feast day is celebrated annually every October 12 with the town fiesta. The fiesta is an official non-working holiday for the town.
context_section_description: The Filipino-Japanese Amity Memorial Shrine is located in Valencia. It stands at the foot of Mount Talinis and marks the spot where the combined Filipino and American troops including the Negrosanon guerrilla units fought the Japanese Imperial Army toward the end of World War II.
  Eco-tourism sites include:
  Tejero Highland Resort and Adventure Park - is the newest attraction in Central Philippines to offer the best value-for-your-money relaxation and recreation facility. It features a speed dual zipline, ATVs, segway, Aquazorb, slide, natural pools, restaurant and hotel. Located only 3 kilometers from town proper of Valencia, Tejero is the nearest natural attraction from Dumaguete, and considered the most popular of tourist destinations.
  Casaroro Waterfalls - as the province’s most photographed body of water, it is relatively enclosed by lush greenery and natural rock formations. The falls' cool water gushes down to a swimming hole.
  Forest Camp -  was first opened in 1990, as a 6,000 square meter property, today its 2.2 hectares of land is a vast camping ground, with 2 large nipa hut houses, 4 cottages, a tree house, a 250-people capacity conference/reception hall, a backpacker’s den and a dormitory that can hold up to 20 students.
  The Spanish Fountain - a relic of the town’s colorful historical past at the heart of the municipal plaza, has a unique sunken design, and was once the town’s major source of water supply (invented by an Augustinian Recollect Friars to channel water from an upland spring).
  Cata-al War Memorabilia - a private collection by an 84-year-old World War II survivor Porforio Cata-al,  at his residence cum museum. It includes bombs, grenades, Japanese and American bills, coins, medals, charred pieces of an authentic military uniform, and a Japanese soldier mummy
  Filipino-American-Japanese Amity Shrine - on a hilltop of Sagbang, this is a 3-sided pillar representing the 3 countries (Philippines, America and Japan), unveiled in 1977.
  Banica Swimming Lagoon - known as Tejeros resort, it has 2 man made pools fed by Banica River.
  Malabo/Pulangbato Falls - is a swimming and diving hole with many reddish rocks.
  Red Rock Hot Spring - dipping pool
  Mount Talinis - a 1903-meter peak in the Cuernos de Negros which has a number of volcanic lakes and extensive biodiversity.
  Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park - a protected area near Mount Talinis surrounding two crater lakes.
caption: Casaroro Falls
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