🏝️Corral Farm

Corral Farm sits in Brgy. Yook on the southern arc of Marinduque, in the Municipality of Buenavista — the side of the island most travelers never reach because they turn back after Poctoy or Boac. Yook itself is a small barangay (population 3,681 per the 2020 census, postal code 4904) on coastal-and-rolling-hill land that the provincial government has been quietly developing as agri-tourism since 2010, when the original 178-hectare Community-Based Agri-Tourism and Eco Park (CBATEP) program kicked off here. Corral Farm — established 2021, per the lit signage on the property — is one of the family-run results of that long quiet investment, listed on Google as an event venue / point-of-interest, OPERATIONAL and open to visitors.

What it is

A working farm property turned into an event-and-stay venue. The site has named cabins (you'll see HABAGAT — the Filipino name for the southwest monsoon — on one of them; the cabin interiors are done in sage and natural-fibre tones with woven macramé wall art), a tented dining pavilion strung with rattan pendant lights and the "Corral Farm" wood signage above the head table, a bamboo-arch garden with potted plants, a Sunset Park section with picnic tables and string lights along the cliff edge for end-of-day, and an ocean-edge platform with a watermarked "© corral farm" view across the Sibuyan Sea. The whole property is small, walkable, and intentionally designed — the kind of place where the visual language is consistent across the gardens, the cabins, and the dining setup.

When it's open

Hours per Google as of mid-2026: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, every day of the week. There's no weekly closing day published. Confirm by phone before you drive out — small farms in our province sometimes adjust hours around private events.

What Visitors Say

Five Google ratings averaging ★5.0 — small sample, but unanimous. Earliest review is from the family side itself (Jeri Kates Corral, 2022), which tells you this is a Corral-family operation; everything since has come from outside visitors and has held the same rating.

The most descriptive review, from Allen Peregrin (May 2025): "We went there yesterday. We love the vibe there. Beautiful and Very Relaxing. Thank you to their staff. They are so kind." Sabrina Macavinta (February 2024) summed up the experience in three words: "Scenic and peaceful ☺." Gelo Dionisio (August 2023): "peaceful." These are small reviews, but they all point in the same direction — visitors notice the calm and the staff first, the property second. That's the right order for a farm experience.

Independent third-party coverage is thin. The single travel-vlog tour of the property is on YouTube under the channel Nicstot! ("📍Corral Farm, Yook Buenavista Marinduque") — it's an on-the-ground walk-through that lines up with what the property's own Google photos show. There is no dedicated Facebook or Instagram page surfaced in public search as of this writing.

What to Know Before You Go

Reach the property at +63 918 922 0580 (the phone number Corral Farm has published on its Google listing). Use it before you go: confirm whether they're hosting a private event on your dates, ask whether you need to coordinate a meal in advance (the dining tent suggests sit-down service is something they do, but it may not be walk-in every day), and ask the right approach for your group size — Yook has plenty of space for small gatherings but the access road into the property's specific sitio can be rough after rain.

From Boac, the route is south through Gasan, then along the coastal road that bends east into Buenavista. Once you're in Buenavista poblacion, ask the way to Yook — locals in the poblacion will point you. From the Sta. Cruz side, take the southern road through Torrijos, then west around the coast — it's a longer drive, but if you're already doing the Marinduque Loop, this slot in the southwest arc fits naturally into the day.

Where It Sits

Corral Farm is in Yook, the same barangay as Yook Cove (the small cove on the same coast), and a short drive from Malbog Sulfur Hot Spring, also in Buenavista. A practical day in this corner of the island pairs Corral Farm for late-morning gardens-and-coffee, Malbog for an early-afternoon hot-spring soak, and a sunset stop somewhere along the western coast on the way back. The Buenavista poblacion has small eateries (the Buenavista Market Eateries are reliable for honest, locally-priced lunch) — plan a meal there if Corral Farm isn't preparing food on your visit.

Booking and Contact

- Phone: +63 918 922 0580 (published on the property's Google Maps listing) - Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, daily (per Google) - Address: Brgy. Yook, Buenavista, Marinduque - Coordinates: 13.2175° N, 121.9740° E (approximate property centroid per Google Maps) - Independent video reference: YouTube — Nicstot! channel - Facebook: facebook.com/yookcorralfarm — the property's official page (slug reflects barangay + business name) - Instagram / website: none surfaced as of this writing

Why to Consider

Corral Farm is a small, family-run agri-tourism property in a barangay that the province has been quietly building into an agri-tourism corridor since 2010. The five Google reviews it has are unanimous five-star, the property's own photos show a level of design care that matches them, and it sits in a quiet pocket of southwest Marinduque that almost no inbound tourist itinerary includes. If your trip is the kind that wants gardens, an ocean view, a sunset path, and a stop on the southern arc of the loop where things slow down — call Corral Farm before you leave Boac and put it on the day's plan.