Don Salvador Benedicto, Mountain municipality in Negros Occidental, Philippines.
Don Salvador Benedicto is a mountain municipality comprising seven barangays spread across roughly 170 square kilometers with varying elevations. The landscape features mountain ridges and hillsides, while temperatures fluctuate based on altitude.
The municipality was founded in 1983 when federal law combined several remote barangays from neighboring regions. This act created a new administrative unit from portions of different older municipalities.
The seven barangays each maintain their own local traditions and agricultural methods passed down through generations. As you travel through the different villages, you notice distinct ways people work their land and shape their communities.
Access is provided via the Negros Translink Ecotourism Highway with bus connections from the south terminal in Bacolod City. Higher elevations can become slippery during rain, so sturdy footwear is advisable.
The region features rice terraces resembling those of Banaue and a magnetic hill where vehicles behave oddly on the road. Visitors report unusual gravity effects at this specific location along the SB13 road.
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