Where to stay in Baler

The accommodation was at Ate Baby's. We shared the room with two (2) young ladies. The house has three (3) rooms, 1 downstairs and  2 upstairs.Our room has two (2) double deck beds and one (1) single bed. There are 2 comfort rooms and living room w/ tv and kitchen w/ equipment and dining area. Breakfast was included in the package so no one bothered to cook. Dinner is also served at P150/head with two (2) viands with unlimited rice, juice n fruits in season. Busog much ka.

There is also another house (painted green) beside the pink house where we stayed and other rooms at the other side of the property near the main dining hall. There is also a  plan to put a swimming pool to complete the resort.

Mineral water is refillable st the main dining area, good for me coz i had to drink 3 liters of water a day,

we stayed at the 2nd floor of the pink house, our veranda is on the right side

1st day breakfast - scrambled egss, hotdog, milo, skyflakes instead of rice

 2nd day breakfast- chicken fingers and pork flakes

main dining hall

breakfast 

living room

our room

hallway of the 2nd floor, that's our room, door near  the table

DOLE plantation

The visit to South Cotabato will not be complete if you will not drop by  the Dole plantation at Cannery road, 9504, Polomolok, South Cotabato. Though you need connection to be able to go inside Dole's Kalsangi club, we were privilege to  have joined a group that had that connection.

According to Gobal G.A.P-

The company operates on about 15,000 hectares as its base plantation. About 8,000 hectares of which is being leased by the company from the Dolefil Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative (DARBC), and about 5,000 hectares is also being leased from 1,600 individual landowners. Another 5,000 hectares are grower plantations. There are about 1,500 pineapple growers belonging to five (5) grower cooperatives. The grower program ensures the growers better return compared to farming traditional products like rice and corn which suffer from market price fluctuations and poor post-harvest facilities.

We were really amazed by the vast plantation of pineapple , unfortunately it was raining thus we were not able to go down our van and have a closer look at the plants and a photo session.

crane is part of the truck that is use to harvest the pineapple

the vast plantation from the viewing deck

Kalsangi Club House is such a great place. The exclusive residential and golf club complex for Dole managers looks so much of the US, maybe because of its lay-out and architecture, open lawns, trees and cool climate. The whole place sits at the foot of majestic Mt. Matutum.

golf course and pine trees

Dole mascot (banana & pineapple)

giant chess board

by the fire place

merienda

We found a new product in their chest freezer,  Dole Banana Dippers, a frozen banana covered in chocolate, a new dessert at P20.00 only.

The food is really cheap but delicious and meaty like this burger and club sandwich that cost less than P200 each.

Unleavend bread freshly baked is only P40.00