Casa Rio Elisa Nature Farm

The story

Some houses are built. This one remembers.

Casa Rio Elisa was raised the old way — solid hardwood, carved fretwork, windows of capiz shell — a bahay na bato standing over gardens that fall away to the Balanac River.

It is a working nature farm, a family home, and an open invitation to move a little slower: to eat long meals under shell chandeliers, walk stone paths between the kubos, and let the river set the pace of the day.

2Heritage houses
to stay in
6Spaces made
for gathering
1River running
through it all

Garden stairway with wrought-iron rails and patterned tiles descending toward the cottages and river — The garden stair, from the great house down to the water

The Komedor dining hall — carved hardwood tables and chairs under capiz shell chandeliers

A capiz shell chandelier glowing warmly against dark hardwood trusses

01 — Arrival at dusk

Enter through light.

Overhead, hand-strung capiz shells hold the evening.

02 — The Komedor

Gather at the long table.

Carved chairs, hardwood floors, and room for the whole clan.

Stay

Rest within the trees.

Two ways to sleep beside the river — the great house, or a kubo of your own among the gardens.

The great house

Bahay na Bato

Hardwood halls and capiz windows above the gardens.

A heritage bedroom with carved wooden beds, white linens and a warm chandelier

Inside

Heritage bedrooms

Carved beds, cool linen, the river below.

Garden cottages

Bahay Kubo

Stilted timber cottages under the trees.

A riverside kubo with the mountain rising beyond the treeline

By the water

Riverside kubos

Wake to the water, the birds, and the mountain beyond.

Gather

Rooms that hold a whole clan.

…and the Kusina and the bonfire pit, for when the evening calls for it.

The rhythm

A day beside the river.

06:00
Mist on the Balanac
The river speaks first. Coffee on the balcony while the valley wakes.
10:00
Gardens & stone paths
Walk the grounds — bromeliads, boulders, and kubos tucked between the trees.
14:00
The long siesta
The silong stays cool all afternoon. So do the river stones.
18:00
Capiz light
The chandeliers come on at the Komedor, and dinner takes its time.
21:00
The bonfire pit
Stories, embers, and a sky with no city in it.

The commitment

“Respect for nature, heritage,
and community.”
— Casa Rio Elisa Nature Farm

Visit

Find your way to the water.

An easy drive south of Manila, where Laguna folds into the foothills and the roads narrow to river crossings.

Address: Barangay Ilayang Atingay
(Lumang Tulay — Suba)
Magdalena, Laguna 4007
Write: dg@casarioelisa.com
Call: +63 968 18‑ELISA

Good to know

How do we book a stay?

Directly, through the farm's official reservation system. Choose your dates with “Check availability” and you'll be taken there securely — no third parties in between.

Where exactly is the farm?

On the banks of the Balanac River in Barangay Ilayang Atingay, Magdalena, Laguna — south of Manila, past the old towns of the Laguna loop.

Can we hold a gathering here?

Yes — the Komedor, courtyard, terraza and silong were made for long tables and family celebrations. Write to dg@casarioelisa.com with your date and party size.

What is a nature-farm stay like?

Quiet and garden-led. Days revolve around the river, the grounds, and the table — bring walking shoes, a book, and no particular schedule.

The river is waiting.

Choose your dates — the capiz light does the rest.

Casa Rio Elisa Nature Farm — a living house beside the river