Valencia Upland Root Crop Belt
Description
Gabi, cassava, and camote farms in Valencia uplands. In Valencia, the upland town above Dumaguete, cooler and wetter, feeding the city’s markets. Cassava, camote, gabi and ube are the fallback staple in the uplands here — boiled as merienda, and the base of kakanin and budbud. Native siling labuyo grows in backyards rather than fields: small, fiercely hot, sold by the heap in the market.
Tips
Fees at the falls change often and are quoted inconsistently online — check at the Valencia tourism office before setting out rather than trusting a published figure. Habal-habal drivers will wait for you at the falls; agree the return before you get off. Bring footwear you don"t mind soaking for Casaroro.
Stops
Dumaguete–Valencia Food Belt
How to get there
Jeepney from the Valencia terminal in Dumaguete, roughly 9km and 30 minutes, historically ₱12-24. Habal-habal onward from Valencia terminal to the falls and upland farms.
Best Times
Morning for the falls and the market; late afternoon for view cafés.