sablayan

Welcome to Wonderful Sablayan!

Seated at the heart of Occidental Mindoro, this first class municipality is endowed with nature’s blessings making us the province’ top destination of local and foreign tourists.

The largest atoll-like reef in the country, Apo Reef, the underwater paradise is teeming with rich and colourful marine life, highly valued by diving enthusiasts. Our mainland is dotted by fine beaches and shorelines ideal for swimming, snorkelling and picnicking.

Our forests are home to unique wildlife, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. One can go trekking, bird watching, camping and even fishing, boating and bathing in our many lakes, rivers and waterfalls. It is also abode to Mangyan Indigenous Communities where cultural interaction is possible. In the town proper, we offer our Museum, Parks and Plaza for historical, cultural and recreational pursuit.
Most of all, the warmth and hospitality of our fellow Sablayenos will surely make your experience pleasurable, memorable and worth your while. Be among the privileged guests. Come...discover the Wonders.

Maraming Salamat Po!

Ecotourism, A Priority Program of the New Administration

The Ecotourism program of Sablayan was named as one of the Five (5) Point Agenda of the administration of Mayor Eduardo “Ed” Gadiano. This was revealed his Inagural address during the Oath Taking and Turn-Over Ceremony last July 1, 2010 held at the Sablayan Municipal Hall, attended by over a thousand and graced by Honorable Congresswoman Amelita C. Villarosa of the lone district of Mindoro Occidental.

A proven environmentalist with partiality for sustainable development, Mayor Ed Gadiano promised to provide all the needed support to make the ecotourism program of Sablayan and the other priority programs a success.

Education through establishment of a government college, Health service and facilities upgrading, Employment through placement matching and Poverty Reduction, together with ecotourism, completes the Five Point Agenda of the Gadiano Administration.

Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo
(Bubalus mindorensis)

is a small hoofed mammal belonging to the family Bovidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines and is the only endemic Philippine bovine. It is believed, however, to have once also thrived on the greater island of Luzon..

The first inhabitants of Mindoro. They belong to the Malay race. Like most natives in the Philippines, these people are short with snub noses and brown complexion.

Among the seven clans - Alangan, Buhid, Iraya, Hanunuo, Tadyaoan, Ratagnon and Batangan occupying the land, Batangas and the Alangans inhabit Sablayan, a town in the mid-western portion of the island.