Through the Oil Palms: Journey to La Palmera Mountain Ridge, Columbio, Sultan Kudarat

Avisala!

I have a lot of videos stored in my phone and I guess it's time to share some of them here. They're only short videos I took for IG reels, but I'm still so lazy editing them, so I'll just share them as is.

For this one, as I was scrolling through my saved videos, I was amazed by the oil palm plantation we passed by when we visited La Palmera Mountain Ridge in Columbio, Sultan Kudarat. When you say oil palm plantations, it's usually Malaysia and Indonesia as these two countries are the world's largest producers of palm oil. I didn't know we have oil palm plantations here in the Philippines. Maybe because it's located in a remote municipality in Mindanao and the reputation in that part of the country is not that good. It's only now that tourists are starting to explore the beauty that's hidden in those places.

Due to its remoteness, the only mode of transportation going to the ridge is via habal-habal or motorcycle. That's an adventure in itself; even going to Columbio is another adventure worthy of a different post. Anyway, I'm just amazed by how large the plantation is. It's almost like the whole mountain has been converted into oil palm groves. The guide told me that the locals prefer oil palm now because they can harvest almost every month and the value of oil palm fruits is higher now.

I guess that's it. I hope you'll enjoy this video!

Kim Ybañez

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