Medellin Sugarcane Fields

The sugarcane fields around Medellin are working farmland, not landscaping — this stretch of northern Cebu has grown cane since the Bogo-Medellin Milling Company set up here in the 1920s, and the mill still runs on the harvest today. The fields spread flat and open along the coastal plain, which is what makes them photogenic: nothing breaks the sightline between road and horizon.

• A bicycle covers the flat farm roads better than a car; most trails cut straight through the cane.
• Early morning and late afternoon give the best light; midday sun flattens the color and there’s no tree cover from the heat.
• Treat it as a stopover on the way through north Cebu rather than a destination on its own — bring water, there’s no facility to speak of.

Sugarcane has kept a coastal-plain economy like Medellin’s running through a century of shifting agriculture elsewhere on the island — the milling season still sets the rhythm for a good part of the town’s working year.

Explore More in North Cebu Mainland

• San Remigio Beach
• Luyang Cave
• Capitancillo Lighthouse