Basay Coconut Drying Area
Description
Coconut drying and copra-related activity near coastal barangays. In Basay, a small town at the island’s southern tip, on the boundary between the provinces. Bananas here are several distinct varieties — saba for cooking into banana cue, turon and ginanggang; lakatan and latundan for eating fresh. Coconut groves feed three chains at once: copra, sap for tuba and vinegar, and fresh buko. Roadside stalls beside the groves are the cheapest place to buy either.
Tips
Genuinely off the tourist route with no visitor facilities — this is subsistence and local trade, so come with realistic expectations and buy from what"s actually there rather than looking for a market experience.
Stops
Southern Uplands & Coastal Food Chain
How to get there
Far southern tip, on the boundary road between the provinces; reachable from Bayawan or from the Negros Occidental side.
Best Times
Early morning — markets, landings and roadside stalls all run hardest before 8am.