7 THINGS TO DO AT BANTUG LAKE RANCH

7 THINGS TO DO AT BANTUG LAKE RANCH

Do you want to unwind from the busy and noisy atmosphere of the city? Why don’t you go out  and commune with nature? Want to chill in a place where you are ambient by trees, where you can hear the sounds mother earth produce, listen to the gushing of the water, and feel the coolness as it touches your skin? Are you an animal lover? Do you like the feel of a rider feeling one with the horse? Do you want to spend time with friends, celebrating the wonders and beauty of life or just spend an ordinary day in an extraordinary way? A place is waiting for you. It is just a short ride from the heart of the city.

Bantug Lake Ranch is the perfect place for you. You can chill and relax while enjoying activities and amenities that will surely delight you, your family, and friends. You can locate the green and secluded lake ranch at Barangay Alangilan, Bacolod City. The owner inherited it from his Father Abelardo Bantug Jr. In 2009, the siblings, Michael and Reeda Bantug made the luxuriant orchard poultry and sugarcane field into a lake-ranch. While the family is selling farm lots, Michael decided to dig a lake. The lake is made of fresh water from a running creek that’s generating the water back to the creek. Animal-lover Michael decided to purchase prizewinning breeds and other animals. Some animals are from the benevolent benefactors that also love animals. Now Bantug Lake Ranch is also the home of the animals.

Chill and enjoy the following amenities and activities:

1. Horse feeding and petting 

Animal lovers will find this activity very heartwarming. Getting close to the animals and touching and feeding them would give one a sense of satisfaction. One can also make the animals feel loved and cared. Horses are a bit scary in the first place, but actually, they are friendly if you’re good to them. A lot of horses are scattering around the picnic area. If you want to feed them, there is food available just for them, and it will only cost you P25.00 per jar. The experience of actually feeding the horses and spending time with them are moments that you can forever treasure. A farm assistant is always available to assist those who want to go near the horses and feed them. You can always capture this moment through a photo shoot with the horses. Feeding the horse is a personal experience one just can’t let pass.

2. Horseback riding 

Children and young adults, and even adults will enjoy riding the horses on the ranch. They are high-breed horses that were intentionally put there to give customers a unique experience. Horseback riding is more fun in Bantug Lake Ranch than any Ranch here in Bacolod City. Experience the thrill and excitement as you get on the horse’s back. You can be a rider for 15 minutes and enjoy just going around the area for only P150.00 per 15 minutes.

3. Kalesa Ride 

If you don’t feel like riding a horse, you can surely make the horse pull a calesa, while you enjoy sitting there like a princess. It will only cost you P50.00 and will give you two-round travel around the bullring area. The calesa is only made for you. You will never regret the time and the bonding with friendly horses and the same time meet new friends and acquaintances while riding a horse or a calesa. You can also be nostalgic as you sit in the calesa imagining yourself wearing a Maria Clara dress feeling like a real “Haciendera”.

4. Boating and fishing
You cannot just leave Bantug Ranch without trying  the boat/canoe. You can spend the afternoon cooling off in a man-made lake. Boating or Canoeing is an exciting activity where you can explore the vast man-made lake while canoeing; you can bond with live tilapias that can be viewed underwater. Boating or canoeing is only P50.00 per head. If you are a fishing enthusiast you would be inspired by the deep sea fishing attractions. The activity  will surely relax your mind, at the same time make your muscles and mind active .

5. Swimming 
A good swim will surely relax your body. Cool, yourself as you dip in the refreshing and soothing cold water of the pool. The swimming pool can be found near the Ranch Restaurant. If you’re planning to have a pool party, then Bantug Lake Ranch is the place for you. They also offer catering services. Pool entrance is P120.00 per head, and you can already swim the whole day.

6. Picnic area and Camping

Do you like staying under the sun, or even under the moon? Grab your picnic mats and tents and spend the day having fun, eating food and bathe under the sun, or enjoy the cool evening breeze as you lie on the cool grass and stare at the moon or count the stars with someone you love.

7. The Ranch Restaurant

While watching your family, friends, or loved ones boating or swimming, you can relax or doze off in the Lake Side Cabana and enjoy the view while lying on a swing. While relaxing, you can also order food from the restaurant. Drink and dine…satisfy your hunger… After a thrilling experience riding a horse, or swimming in the pool, quench your thirst and satisfy your hunger at their restaurant. It offers varied and very delicious meals and dishes. The food is specially prepared to meet the taste and cravings of  every guest. And if you want to go organic, you can select from a variety of organic vegetables. And do not forget their specialty, the Polvoron, which will only cost you P10.00 per piece.

• The Ranch Restaurant Menu and Specialty
  Breakfast Homemade Corned beef with rice- 170.00
• Chorizo Recado with rice- 130.00
• Sisig with rice-150.00
• Tapa with rice- 170.00
• Tocino with rice- 165.00
• Fried Bangus with rice- 170.00
  Mains Pork BBQ with rice- 95.00
• Baby Backribs with rice- 180.00
• Cream of Mushroom Steak- 205.00
• Burger Steak with rice-155.00
• Lechon Kawali- 225.00
• Fried Chicken Wings- 215.00
• Sizzling Bangus-180.00
• Chicken Inasal with rice (Pecho)- 115.00
• Chicken Inasal with rice (Paa)- 105.00
• Rosemary Beef- 180.00 Chopsuey- 155.00
• Pancit Guisado- 140.00
• Bihon Guisado- 140.00
• Sotanghon Guisado- 140.00
• Potato Wedges- 75.00
• Shrimp Sinigang- 205.00
  Soup Molo good for two- 120.00
• Lomi good for two- 105.00
  Sandwiches Ham and Cheese- 110.00
• Clubhouse- 180.00
• Coffee 3 in 1- 20.00
• Milo-20.00 Shake-50.00
• One pitcher juice- 80.00
• Juice- 12.00
• Pepsi- 25.00 Water (B) – 20.00
• San Miguel Light- 50.00
• San Miguel Pilsen- 45.00
  Selecta Products Assorted Cornetto- 30.00
• Assorted Selecta Stick-15.00
• Pinipig- 15.00

Also, there is a convenient store just inside the ranch where you can buy souvenirs, personal materials, and other items.

Other features of the place:

Enjoy the Koi pond and watch them swim back and forth. Aside from viewing the Kois, you can also feed them. The Koi pond is a bit small, but the Koi are huge and going to their pond you will be passing the beautiful falling waters. The falls is a part of the lake. While exploring the man-made lake, you will also enjoy listening to the sound of the flowing water as it unites with its source—the creek.

Bantug Lake Ranch is also the home to other  animals. Animals are all over the place such as sheep,  ducks, chickens and peacocks. That’s why people love going back there because the place is a field with fascinating animals.

Lanzones and Rambutans are not the only trees that Bantug Lake Ranch has. There are a lot more you can find. And you will be thrilled seeing them. You can chill under these trees while sleeping or read a book. It could also be a place to waste your time, unwind and breathe fresh air.

“Bantug Lake Ranch is worth visiting. The activities are very affordable and a must experience, the food may be slightly overpriced, but the view is fantastic, and the personnel are very kind and welcoming and accommodating to us. No wonder why it is one of the Negros must go places. It was worth the experience, and we can’t wait to go back again in the future.”

How to get there

From Bacolod City, you can ride a jeepney going to Alangilan via Burgos Avenue. You can get there in just 30 minutes without traffic. The Alangilan-Burgos jeepney is at the Burgos Public Market. If you have you own car, you’ll be there in 20 minutes without traffic.

Address: Brgy, Alangilan, Bacolod City Phone: (043) 213-1916 E-mail: bantuglakeranch@gmail.com Facebook: Bantug Lake Ranch

Entrance Fee: P50.00— Regular P40.00—Students, Senior Citizen, Teachers with ID

AUTHORS: This article was contributed by the LCC-Bacolod BSBA-Marketing Students :Keziah Sheloah Geriane, Bryan Ermeo and Steph Alonzo.