Asenso Manito

Manito is an idyllic town with people of integrity, honesty, and sincerity – the town’s most admired of.

Bound in the east by the coast of Albay Gulf in the eastern part of Albay Province, municipality of Sorsogon in the south, Poliqui Bay in the west, Municipality of Bacon, Sorsogon in the east, and Albay Gulf in the northern part is a home of MANITO. The municipality is one of the seats of the country’s largest producer of geothermal energy (Bacon-Manito Power Plant) under Energy Development Corporation (EDC) in the Bicol Region.

Manito can be reached both by land and sea. It is only an hour drive-away from the City of Legazpi and 45 minutes via motorboat travel if you wish to be fascinated by the seascape or take a closer view of the majestic mayon volcano.The municipality takes pride to seventeen (17) distinct cultural icons of the locality – Parong Hot Spring, Camanitohan River, Nag-aso Boiling Lake, Inangmaharang Mud Pool, Malobago White Beach, Manumbalay White Beach, Mulakbugak Waterfalls, Buhatan White Beach, Bagong Sirang Falls, Balasbas Falls, Nagotgot Falls, Danao Lake, Muladbucad Beach, Kinarabasahan Falls, Mangrove Plantation, and Energy Development Corporation (EDC) Eco-tourism parks (Butterfly sanctuary, Bat sanctuary, Twin Falls etc.)

Most of picturesque spots of Manito offer a diverse variety of activities that anyone visits our place will surely enjoy. Who will resist swimming in our most renowned Parong Hot Spring wherein you could both enjoy a cool swim and be amazed at boiling of the seawater during low tide as visitors believe it is the best therapy. Explore our one of its kind beaches found in the different barangays of Manito such as Malobago, Manumbalay, Cawit, and Muladbucad in barangay Hulogan. For those who love hiking and experience unique breath of fresh air, Bagong Sirang Falls, Balasbas Waterfalls, Danao Lake, Kinarabasahan Falls and Nagotgot Waterfalls are best to offer as you could hike on pristine trails winding through Manito’s virgin forest. You will be astonished as you can see the beauty of nature surrounding each spot.

Witness Manito’s very own wonders of nature: Nag-aso Boiling Lake in barangay Hulogan, Inangmaharang Mud Pool in barangay Nagotgot and the EDC’s eco-tourism parks and scenic spots.

Enjoy our signature Maniteño delicacies, the crab ginataan with vermicelli, tinutungang manok, pili nut candies, bicol express, tilmok, and etc.

Nobody leaves this place without this souvenir; high-quality softbroom made of tiger grass, the town’s considered One-Town One-Product.

Finding relief and serenity, please come and visit Manito. You will experience the comfort and warmth accommodation of our people that surely make your stay the most memorable one.

MAGAYA-GAYANG PAG-ABOT SA MANITO, ASIN IPADAGOS AN PAG-ASENSO!!!

Mayor Caesar S. Daep Atty.