Rafael Salas Park and Nature Center: Going there
Continued from Buenos Aires Mountain Resort, another tourist destination in Negros Occidental
“Huh, is this it?” My sis and I wondered if we passed by a different route. The skies were gloomy and about to rain as we arrived at the Buenos Aires Mountain Resort. It was already high noon and our tummies were grumbling. Some friends toured us here many years ago and we remembered driving through some zigzag roads by the side of the mountain with breathtaking views of lush vegetation and hills below. How come we didn’t see them along the way?
After talking to the Buenos Aires resort staff at the Administration Office building, we later learned that the scenic views we remembered were actually on the road going further up to the Rafael Salas Park and Nature Center. The resort staff told us that the road visibility might not be favorable due to fog, nevertheless we decided to continue our way up, and we were thankful we did. The photos below can’t really capture the scenic views as we drove by the winding road going up to the eco park.
The staff was right, it was indeed foggy along the way. Notice the fog covering the mountains at the left side.
Lovely trees!
Are these giant ferns?
We had to stop a bit for this scenic view overlooking some areas of Negros Occidental.
Those coconut trees farther down looked sooo tiny. 🙂
Are we there yet? 😉
Finally… our destination.
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Hello,
Carmelita Rodriguez Salas (wife of Rafael Salas) is my godmother whom we visited last March 21, 2015. I would like to request permission to use all of the pictures you took in the park and incorporate this with the video I took which I will post in you tube for the rest of the Rodriguez family to view and appreciate the beauty and nature of the park. Carmelita or Tita Menchu as we call her is the youngest of 5 daughters to Luis and Epifania Jakosalem Rodriguez (my grandparents). Tita Menchu has 2 sons Rafael (Raffy) and Ernest all living in USA. My mother (Lourdes Rodriguez) is the eldest of the 5 sisters. (Myrna Adad, Toinette Osmena, Joy Ramas, Carmen Salas and Lourdes Jayme) I would gladly send you the link of the video when done. Thank you in advance. Stephen R. Jayme (Cebu City)
Hello Stephen, yes you may use the photos as long you don’t remove the watermark or copyright info. I would appreciate it if you can mention this website http://www.happysteps.net in your video in the credits section. Please like/follow us on Facebook/Twitter as well. Thanks!