Sumaging Cave Sagada

Travelling up North is such a great experience. Even though the travel time is long, still I was not disappointed. Seeing the Banaue Rice Terraces in reality is way better than seeing it in photos or post cards. No doubt that it is considered as one of the great wonders of the ancient world. I can't imagine that it is possible to plant rice in the …

NOTE: We brought only our $99 waterproof Lumix into the caves today, thus the difference in photographic quality.

The only reason one would head all the way here to Sagada is for its natural and cultural offerings: namely caves, abundant pine forests, and of course, every outsider gawks at the hanging coffins (they are exactly what they …

Sagada was a nice peaceful town that is also in the mountain province of the Philippines. I came here from Bontoc, which is one hour by jeepney. Bontoc is nothing but a city that is crowded and very underdeveloped, but Sagada seems to be more relaxing and in the mountains. It is more like a village.

I heard about Sagada, but don't have my …

We we're only in Sagada for 3 days, but it was an amazing experience. The Cave trip through the two connected caves near the town is one of the greatest experiences in my life.


Practical stuff:
We stayed at Sagada Guesthouse. The rooms was clean, nice and cosy. There we're hot water and free refill of drinking water in the …

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... left 2 days before me and arrived at the same time. The next day I hired a guide to go to the Lumiang Burial cave and the Sumaging Cave where I swam in the caves waters which was pretty cool in every sense of the word as it was bloody hot outside). I ...

... the guide got an old lantern (coleman lantern style); but a lot more difficult to light; and we trekked to the opening of the Sumaging Cave; and Linda and I did a crazy thing and walked the entire length of the cave with our guide, which I think is the ...

... was exciting. Then we carried on to Sagada. Before the dusk we hired a guide and underwent the rough tour through Sumaging cave. It was definitely the most adventurous caving I've ever done. It took us around three hours, walking partly bare-feet, ...

We went spelunking at Lumiang Burial Cave connecting to Sumaging Cave. You could dare to go in without a guide but I strongly advice that you do not do that.. unless of course you're already a professional. It's easy to schedule and ask for a guide to ...

... by højt oppe i bjergene, Sagada, og samlede vores lokale guide op. Nu skulle vi ud til byens meget berømte grotte, Sumaging Cave. Vi var inden blevet orienteret om, at det ikke var en grotte for børn at kravle ned i, så aftalte med ...

... the day if I was interested.  The tour was a caving tour that started out in the Burial cave, and came out from the Sumaging cave.  I decided that if Bernard could find some other people who wanted to go, I would tag along, but I didn’t ...

... were still attached. It was all quite mysterious and intriguing. The highlight of the day however was our journey through the Sumaging cave. Decades later I still fondly recall an outdoor / adventure trip I took to Anglesey as a Grammar school yoof in ...

... 't remember what was here, but I went to tourist information and found out that there are some Hanging Coffins, a cathedral and the Sumaging Cave.  The coffins was an interesting hike.  It was one 20 minutes from the city, I passed a church and ...

... the burial cave.                     Sumaging Cave (aka the Big Cave) - you have to descend 250 meters and see the different rock formations. ...

... hall music??). Finally, after about three (3) hours of our tremendous Lumiang cave spelunking, we were about to enter the hidden passage to Sumaging Cave. At this point, we have to take a "human elevator"(Sir Jeff) to climb the 2nd floor of the cave (my ...