Discovered and founded by Spanish exploring party led by Captain
Pedro de Chavez and Franciscan Father Tomas Francisco
The present Buhinons are the descendants of the refugess and survivors who also fled
from the wrath of Albay's Mt. Mayon when it erupted on February 1, 1814 hence the town's
name nakaBuhi which means the one that got
away or escaped.
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Four hundred fifteen years old, Buhi today is very rich in natural resources.
Its rain forests, towering mountains, verdant hills, fields and valleys, singing
brooks, springs, streams, rivers and waterfalls are intact for discriminating tourists,
nature lovers, mystery hunters, futuristic investors and carping artists to explore and
perhaps enrich. YES, Buhi is a watershed, a national park in the making with a
Baguio like climate,
destined to be nearest to your heart and countenance.
There is a place for you. BUHI, "the Beautiful, the Bountiful"
Pick your choice: An excursion at the cascading waterfalls of Itbog, Baybay,
Binangkaan, Pitong Sagurong, San Rafael, and Sinillaran. A magical climb to
Mt. Asog via its seven lakelets and enchanted Sarikaw. An adventure
hike to Asupre Spring of Iraya. A moonlight truce over Lake Buhi.
Come. BUHI beckons for a Special You...
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on April 14, 1578, Buhi is in Southern part of Camarines Sur province in the Bicol
Region.
Its world-famous Lake Buhi, the habitat of the Sinarapan,
earth's smallest commercial fish, was formed out of Mt. Asog's eruption on January 4, 1641
which, according to historical accounts, buried beneath said lake the first inhabitants
of the town.
General Information
Location
Southern Part of Camarines Sur
Land Area
22,585 hectares
Elevation
200 feet above sea level
Population
60,000 as of May 1993
Number of Barangays
38 (6 at Poblacion, 32 rural)
Lake Buhi Area
1,800 hectares
Main Products
Rice, corn, copra, freshwater fish, vegetables and root crops
Distances to:
15 kms - Iriga City, 52 kms - Naga City, 75 kms - Legazpi City, 600 kms - Manila
Means of transportation
Bus, jeepney, tri-mobile and motorized bancas
Means of communication
Telephone, telegraph, radio and cable TV
A Nature Lover's Nest
Now either you may be a weary traveller, a restless soul, a surrendering poet,
a never-satisfied-adventuring businessman, an avid searching investor, a nature
drinker, an unaffected child of the universe, one who cannot tolerate anymore a
deteriorating plastic world, a tired fellow of city life's everybody humdrums, or you
reached up early the end of your rainbows who feels getting away but nowhere to go.
Buhi means escape. Away from the wrath of it all. It's so remotely
near. Hidden for centuries. A world famous unknown. A paradise preserved. Unspoiled.
Quite ruggedly tamed. Believed to be a prehistoric caldera. A mystery. A paradox.
A challenge. An oppurtunity. A jewel. Malauyay!
To explore. To discover. To be a part of you.
Attend the town fiesta on May 24-25 each year.
Have a picnic at Buluang Springs and medicinal waters of San Vicente or at
Antipolo's Pungol and Minabangka Springs. Or simply be alone with your
family, lovers or friends at Magindara Resort, Punta Esmeralda,
La Roca Encantada and Paayahayan along the lakeshores, or wherever you
wish for there are myriads of wonderful places to go and unique events to enjoy all
year-round in Buhi.
From the original journal Buhi Beckons, May 1993, published by the Local Government of Buhi.
Comments to: Raul 'Bong' Nomo
and to Angelo 'Kabz' Reyes, Town Councillor
HTMled by Bicolanos in Internet author,
Jaime Jay So Jr.