A restaurant here in Melaque called The Red Lobster, provides a day trip out to their banana plantation for the low price of 500 pesos per person. Included in the price, you receive a breakfast meal, transportation on a bus to the plantation, beer and soft drink beverages, a day in the water pools and a great dinner of BBQ ribs, BBQ chicken or baked fish. We have participated in this event for the past three years and have enjoyed ourselves each time.
This year they had added a second pool and provided more shade areas. It is a very fun and relaxing day. Follow this link to one of the other posts for comparison photos.