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How to Travel to
Mabinay, Negros Oriental, from Cebu City & Cebu Island ●One way is to travel from Cebu City to Dumaguete (Negros Island gateway city) is via the Ocean Fast Ferry, which has a fast ferry (3 hour trip) leaving Cebu City for Dumaguete via Tabilaran (Bohol Island) at 6:30 a.m. The Ocean Fast Ferry departs Cebu City from Pier 1 in the port area. To confirm the latest ferry schedule and to make a seat reservation, phone in Cebu 255-7560. Website: http://www.oceanjet.net Upon your arrival in Dumaguete, take a tricycle to the Ceres bus terminal and then board a bus going to Bacolod via Mabinay (and NOT via San Carlos). ●Cokaliong Shipping Lines has a regular ferry (at least six hours of travel) from Cebu City to Dumaguete several times a week. Its Cebu phone is 232-7211 thru 72-18. Upon your arrival in Dumaguete, take a tricycle to the Ceres bus terminal and then board a bus going to Bacolod via Mabinay (and NOT via San Carlos). ●Private Vehicle or Ceres Bus and Ferry Combination to Tampi Crossing and/or Dumaguete City, Negros Island. You can drive your own private service vehicle from Cebu to Negros Island (use Maayo Ferry to carry your vehicle across the short ocean gap between the two islands), or you can get on a special air conditioned Ceres bus or (non-air conditioned at a lower price) at the main Cebu City bus terminal for a trip that includes the bus going onto the Maayo Shipping ferry to cross the ocean from Cebu Island to Tampi, Negros Oriental---you can either get off the bus at Tampi Crossing to take another Ceres bus northward to Mabinay, or continue onward, southward (away from Mabinay) to Dumaguete City if you want to visit beautiful Dumaguete prior to your continuing trip to Mabinay. ●Fly from Cebu City to Bacolod. The Bacolod Airport is on the national highway on the south side of Bacolod. Walk 50 meters from the terminal to the national highway to catch a Ceres bus going to Dumaguete City via Mabinay (about a 3 hour trip). |
 Ceres bus from Cebu City on the ferry crossing the ocean to Tampi Crossing, Negros Island, approximately a half hour trip. |
 This is how private cars, trucks, and buses drive onto the Maayo Shipping ferry to cross the ocean to Negros Island. |
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 A view of Negros Island taken from the Maayo Ferry on the way from Cebu Island to Negros. Note the clearness of the water and the coral reefs in the photo. |
 A view of Cebu Island from the Maayo Ferry prior to departure to Negros Island. |
