PHILIPPINES BONSAI FOREST - Dinagat's Final Frontier (Secret History!)

LORETO, the northernmost municipality of Dinagat Island, and in some ways its final frontier.
And on Mount Redondo, is a more than one hundred hectare bonsai forest, sat in the clouds. A beautiful place, at the mercy of nature.
But first, we visit Sitio Campintac, otherwise known as Black Beach - it is where the US forces landed three days before beginning the liberation of the Philippines; a staging point for the Battle of Leyte.
And we cross so many wooden bridges to get here. A great adventure.
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00:00 Intro
00:19 Welcome Back To Libjo
00:58 The Road To Loreto
01:25 Big Fish At The Market!
03:45 Heading North Over Many Wooden Bridges
05:14 Black Beach: The First Landing Of The Philippines Liberation
07:36 Market Fresh Fish For Lunch
09:06 Going To The Bonsai Forest
09:40 Loreto's Incredible Bonsai Forest
12:20 The Long Road Down
13:00 Buying Fish From Everyone!
17:05 Tuba?

[@yam8674]

Hello Sir, salamat kaayo sa pag bisita sa among lugar sa Loreto Dinagat Islands. Tana nag enjoy ka God bless you!

[@NickyDunn]

Good Morning. Beautiful. Always great to hear the history. Always enjoyable content. Happy Wednesday. Thank you for sharing.

[@santigodelacruz1672]

Thanks for the information kumander keep blogging ihave learn a lot from you

[@rn3c1]

Thank you so much for posting my beloved Loreto!!I grew up here,it’s been years and years since I’ve been here..O God this made happy..at mt redondo where bonsai plants located there’s a mining plant there and I worked as a company nurse on the place..don’t know if that place still exist.Now I’m definitely going back there next year because of this video,you made me motivated to file a vacation leave from my work 😂

[@KumanderDaot]

Loreto is beautiful! Yes the mining is still there though seems quieter than before.

[@margaritasun7908]

Like every pinoy in every street corner , Kumander is gleeful to talk with . Thank You for another PHl History Im not aware of : American Liberation Forces landed first in Dinagay before Palo, Leyte. I also learn fron my travel in Bohol , McArthur supposedly to land in Valencia , Bohol but an upcoming typhoon made them divert to land in Palo , Leyte. Soon, I will visit Dinagat , Island , I always get positive feedback of it. Its serenie beauty is my type .

[@Papa_Dan]

Serene beauty describes dinagat perfectly!

[@veronicasulit]

Thanks to our friendly drone, who could make it possible to see the overview of the place without stepping on it. I hope i can visit the places you go to Kumander, i've been there once but not for leisure, it wasn't as safe as now as it was before, you know what i mean... 🥹 so i’d love to be back there someday,someday 😕

[@jinggeorpames3273]

Not only BBC but google history pa...thats KD 👏👏👏

[@markZEDmotovlogOFFICIAL]

welcome and enjoy dri sa Dinagat Island sir..proud Dinagatnon here...hope to see you😊

[@haroldgarcia20]

WOW nice scenery in DINAGAT...love the vibes.

[@ibrahimibric5506]

You are best Kulas is okay but to become philipino he has to learn philipino culture like you have kip going my friend you can do it thank you for this one

[@tinaraphael9783]

Lovely people hello everyone they're very welcoming to Kumander thank you all.

[@bethmagno167]

Awesome, wonderful, magnificent nature. Kumander Daot always take care. So that you can go and travel to other places. Thanks for showing the true life of Filipino. Our country is so rich in nature.

[@rosalynepallay5906]

I love that bonsai forest.

[@enginurse6485]

Thank you KD for sharing a piece of our history and heritage. Love you brother. 😃🤗

[@mark-fv3qp]

KUMANDEEER DAOT STRIKESS AGAIN! HA HA HA

[@arthuronoon7595]

Wow 👏👏👏amping kumander daot..

[@meinardoteves9198]

Thanks Kumander D. Im from Leyte and this is new information for me. All the while, we were taught that it's Palo in Leyte. Salamat

[@ricardocreer4179]

Before MacArthur landed in Palo,Leyte they first set foot in San Rafael, Dulag Leyte raising the American Flag at Hill 120 the Town of Dulag was heavily damage by Japanese bombardments causing enormous damages on infrastructures more so on human casualties, hence the absence of top local officials to welcome the liberators and it was in Palo, Leyte where a less ravage town met them with its local officials and the rest is history . The town being acknowledge the Landing (official) site written in the history books ! There was sort of municipal resolution passed by Dulag Leyte during my incumbency as a member of the municipal council, citing an article with accompanying pictures of MaCarthur & Co landing in San Rafael Dulag, Leyte in Life Magazine USA !

[@Papa_Dan]

@@ricardocreer4179 Do you remember when that magazine article was published? I may be able to find a copy.

[@kensnow7837]

Well done, Kumander! Another great content. Thank you for sharing us bits of history I didn't learn in school. Fun , entertaining and, educational storytelling at it's finest. Cheers!

[@leticiachiok8057]

Absolutely, you're an amazing narrator...bringing out the beauty of the place, its significance and its people. 🤗👏💕

[@kariahkariah9523]

Nice kaayo kumander kay gi explore jud nimo ang Mindanao dinhaa palang pasalamat nako kay biskan ako taga Surigao wala ko ka explore sa dianing imong mga video na place. Proud taga Mindanao all the way here in Canada.

[@anniedacles433]

Nice trip.... awesome place

[@deegrafikera]

Thanks for featuring Loreto! Missing my hometown ♥️ Mingaw ko naglantaw sa akong mga silingan naa sa market 🥹

[@junlerias5062]

Best Narrate content creator.Your voice is like a Brit Journalist

[@adurpina]

KD that is amazing nature you got a great job idol have a great travel

[@darrellbrixey5341]

Awesome video Kumander

[@katvelasco7412]

so happy to see my hometown through your vlog! Ah! I miss the place 🥰

[@georgegascojr.4373]

Isdaaaa mo dihaaa😁 another nice drone shots brad.

[@anarko1969]

Another awesome vlog. Well done cariad !

[@JAmontes]

Another awsome vlog KD!! More more more vlogss to watch 😁 keep safe!! Amping

[@restymcdonald8339]

Very nice content sir i wish i can go there someday …

[@cestlavielife7305]

Wow! Relaxing and refreshing dinagat island.Thanks KD sharing to us.

[@shiellaauxtero2892]

My hometown loreto dinagat island, thank you very much commander daot for your videos, thank you for visiting dinagat island🥰I think,I'm also there in dinagat while watching your videos ... hehe

[@yoportugal6384]

Sublime!

[@scottforbes4931]

Your laugh is infectious. Love your spirit.

[@darlenecabatuan333]

Love it 😍 take care kumander Daot ❤️

[@social.media.command]

Thank you for your report.

[@diannbag-ao5025]

thank u for featuring our hometown, more power and God bless

[@lizagabertan2489]

Kumander D. Your hard work will not gone in vain. Despite of the heat, you're still enjoying your work. God bless your good work Kumander D. Take care always.

[@omynurse]

Nice vlog. Its me, the guy that patched your tire in Zamboanga City.

[@KumanderDaot]

Hey Al!

[@Papa_Dan]

I would like to report that no tires were harmed in the making of this film... 🥴

[@kennethakennetha]

way to go!!!

[@harrynocos3378]

Wow.. thats nice place bro. Kumander daot, have a nice day bro.

[@celinadin8361]

i didn't know gen. mcarthur first landed in loreto, surigao. thank you kd for that touch of history. stay safe always

[@Gtoilet532]

Dulag, Leyte raised the US Flag in October 19 too. This is why Liberation Day is celebrated ahead of other places in Leyte. Guian and Suluan in Samar was also occupied earlier as a staging point for the Leyte Liberation.

[@pedromacaraeg6721]

Power on! Watching from Victoria, BC, Canada.

[@unoblock3296]

Wow, that's a new kind of information. I didn't know about that. Thanks Kumander

[@cecilroldan280]

What a beautiful places you explore KD there in Mindanao a lot of breath taking places there keep going KD.

[@anniedacles433]

Nice trip commander

[@aminahforever4277]

Having some people travelling with you, brings out more fun. That’s another good way to spend some money. Buy a bit of this and that from all of them. Simple happiness but creating lasting memories. Thanks for showing us that awesome forest of bonsai plants👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tinaraphael9783]

HILARIOUS

[@rosebrown2267]

The color of fhe water in dinagat is so different from other shades of blue water in othef islands.

[@mtvcrave888]

Thank you Kumander Daot... you know what? Because of your vlog i just know that there's a place such as bonsai forest in Dinagat is. My grandparents are Dinagatnon and we stayed in Dinagat for 5 years. But i never been in Loreto yet. Hoping someday...

[@KumanderDaot]

Loreto is awesome! Excited to show more of Dinagat while I was waiting for the first batch of boats to be completed. BTW I had a sore throat caused by bad aircon (I think) - that's why some of my voiceovers are a bit crackly!

[@edr_tv]

Keep safe BRo ❤️

[@thelmasathiraju4969]

Wow! I just saw my hometown ! Thank you for sharing! I’ve never been to the natural bonsai park❤️

[@thethirdiii]

9:25.. You never go wrong choosing the pirelli tires in that kind of road conditions..

[@KumanderDaot]

@@thethirdiii don't say that to me now I woke up with a flat tire hahahaha

[@thethirdiii]

@@KumanderDaot oh its normal buddy.. We can't avoid it.. So many repairs or construction roads in davao city.. You're not alone buddy..I'm also the victim of wild nails scattered on the streets.. So many vulcanizing area in puan.. Important thing is the very useful portable tire inflator in case of flat tire..

[@John-vh3ig]

Great blog as always!

[@del4905]

The amazing Bonsai forest is very fascinating Kumander. Thank you for taking us there with you 👍😊

[@garybaker9593]

love your work mate🍻

[@johnmichaeld.samejon7044]

Thank you for always visiting my Hometown Libjo, Dinagat Islands! Hope to see more Tourist Attraction In Dinagat Islands because it has a lot to offer!

[@dabigguardian5138]

Ala pink panther ur friend hiding and sneaking behind the post in loreto market,.he he he

[@Papa_Dan]

I was paparazzi

[@mikemikie8312]

Thanks Anselm & Dan for this continued tour you guys are having ,really enjoying it salamat

[@leticiachiok8057]

Awesome video! So love when you emphasize the place's significance especially its history. Learned more in-depth from you than the history book. Kudos KD! 🤗👏☺️🇵🇭

[@susancarrera8781]

Wow beautiful nature paradise, thank you for sharing these secluded paradise, actually my first time to see, I watched so many bloggers but never seen the places you show, and speaking the dialect makes it more interesting,your laugh, the way you interact with the people, it’s amazing as if you knew them long time, people LOVES you Kumander Daut, you are truly a white Pilipino, you adopt the Pilipino culture, you speak well even with the accent I can understand you so well, take care👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@starryglowhawkins6044]

wow!😍😍😍

[@oscarhamtig9785]

Good day kumander Daot

[@BongiePilapilMacas]

Great job Anselm!

[@susancarrera8781]

Thank you Kumander Daut for explaining the history how the American Landed in the Phi. and how Commander McArthur return to the Phil. as a promise, my uncle fought in the war but never survive left his wife and his infant son he never see. I knew about the history but I never knew the actual place, thank you for being there and showing the place where Americans landed. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏

[@perlitaenriquez5131]

Wow beautiful mountain , lush greeneries plenty of coconut tree that makes me feel happy. Nice documentation Sir. Salamat po

[@vhenzlifevlog9453]

Thanks for visiting dinagat island

[@gaufrid1956]

Maayo kaayo na Kumander! Amping ka sa imong pag lakaw!

[@reypaltingca5985]

Nice one kumander I like the under you car shot hehehe

[@Papa_Dan]

You're welcome! 😉 I didn't think I could fit under the Hilux, but I got the shot! 🙃

[@patriciamammarelli3911]

The most travelled vlogger !!!!!

[@aurorasarmiento5742]

thank you once again KD for bringing back the good old memories of the past....additional bucket list of places destined to visit.....keep it coming and power on.....God bless Anselm.

[@unoblock3296]

Our historians should take note of this information.

[@dodzb7362]

i watch the ads, I support kumander! hahaha

[@torfuertes]

Usa ra ang napansin ko, NICE HAIRCUT Kumander daot.👍👍👍👍

[@Papa_Dan]

Maybe so... But mine is more shiny in the sunlight! 🤣

[@AkilezNewEngland]

This vlog Is lovely and wicked!

[@jojopaps8468]

Wow.dinagat island never left behind when it comes naturally beautiful spots.thank you kumander daot at pinasyal mo kami sa islang to.the video editing is superb!👏👏👏👏

[@victoriacavero829]

Amping Ka KD❤️❤️❤️

[@littleenriquez]

Thank you for sharing sir. I can see some of my friends there ❤. I remember jumping off some of those wooden bridges. The longest one in cambinliw and some shorter ones in esperanza😂. Thank you.

[@dhayanallego967]

maayo Jud LA kumander daot ba Kay imo jud giangay og palet.

[@Permafrost_13]

i was in davao city a few weeks ago, wish i had met you haha, great video as always dude

[@harrynocos3378]

Bro. Wow.. You have so many friends everywhere thats great.. Good day bro. Kumander daot,

[@boyetmakulit8841]

Nice & clean fish market...compared here in a city where I am today.😊

[@zzzzzsleeping]

What a beautiful place - especially the BONSAI FOREST. THE JAPANESE WILL HAVE FEAST ON THESE BONSAI TREES

[@renatoparadiang4062]

Ka nice diha kumander,but you have to tell the mayor to fix the road and the bridges👍

[@jessicaelvidge5353]

I shared this video to my frie ds Carl and Beck - british couple who wanted to roam around tje Philippines for a few weeks. Recommended the Bonsai Forest , Carl really wants to see this place. They will be travelling next year. Hope they can connect with you. Thanks!

[@edr_tv]

KUMANDER ❤️💪🏻🇵🇭 Keep safe

[@rexmascarina2169]

mabuhay

[@whatyourlifestyle998]

It good you love fish. I was thinking you end up buying the whole markets supplies.

[@architecturangflipp159]

Wow Loretonian kumander daot is there.. salamat may home town.. watching from doha Qatar mabruks tol

[@nitzztin9993]

nice music KD

[@JLuers-kg7tg]

My home town Loreto, D.I 🥰 Thanks you so much sir sa pag visit ❤️ Your new subscriber here, Chicago,IL. Keep safe always 🙏

[@KumanderDaot]

All the best to you there in Chicago! Loreto is awesome!

[@lifesbestswithjernie]

Wow! Thank you for featuring my hometiwn Dinagat in your channel. This is truly an unexplored paradise. Thank you for bringing home closer to us. ♥️♥️♥️

[@OrelMoto88]

Daot mabuhay ka bro lodi

[@mayquestadio2759]

♥️♥️♥️

[@rajamacloribel305]

Wow nice you Sir, naka abot kau sa amoa Lugar loreto island dinagat, idol

[@two-wayadventure2739]

When will it end for those wood bridges that's so gnarly but over all the place are so majestic. Keep safe Kumander D.

[@panobalayo1422]

sarap yang kinilaw lalo na pg my coconut milk daot😋😋😆😆🦈🐠 joker dn pla ang partner mong kano👏👏🤓

[@Neal_only1]

Kumusta Kumander

[@rosariocalosur7802]

That place is def beautiful, serene, unspoilt and historical too. I appreciate how the locals hv kept it clean they must be very proud of their municipality. I can almost feel the cool, fresh air.

[@rahulmaron]

Your buddy right looks like one of those typical guys you see in an adventure movie whose searching for treasures and then chased by dinosaurs

[@carlomaravillas7273]

at last.. naa na gyod upload balik

[@seymour0522]

Just Like Wales....