Dauin Native Fruit Trees
Description
Backyard mango, guava, and santol trees. In Dauin, the dive town south of Dumaguete, better known underwater than above. Backyard and smallholder fruit rather than commercial orchards — mango, guava, santol, duhat, rambutan, calamansi depending on the month. What’s piled at roadside stalls at any given time is what’s actually ripe nearby, which is the plainest way to read the season.
Tips
The roadside vegetable stalls between Dauin and Dumaguete are cheaper than either town"s market and worth stopping at on the way past. Access roads to the beachfront restaurants and brewery are rough and easy to miss from the highway — watch for small signs rather than expecting a clear turn.
Stops
Southern Uplands & Coastal Food Chain
How to get there
Jeepney or bus south from Dumaguete, around 30-40 minutes; tricycle for the last stretch to the resorts and roadside stalls.
Best Times
Early morning — markets, landings and roadside stalls all run hardest before 8am.