MA-AO NEGROS
At the turn of century, and when the mountains and upper hills in Negros were still covered by tropical forests, General Araneta surveyed a five hectare jungle area in the fresh mountain air with an elevation of about 500 meters above sea level. In the late 20s, the place was developed into a resort, and a Japanese gardener took care of the gardens. For President Manuel L. Quezon, Buenos Aires was also a refuge before he left with his family to Australia. Neglect and lack of maintenance brought about the natural death of the resort, until the City of Bago acquired the area from Maria Araneta Matti, granddaughter of the revolutionary leader, and with some financial support from the Department of Tourism, the city government started with its renovation.  The resort was reopened with a farmer's training center, hotel, restaurant, cottages, shedhouses, pavillons and three swimming pools.  A nearby nature idyll to the resort is Kipot Twin Falls, with a stairway leading to a small lake in which two cascades fresh and cool mountain water.