Sagada, Philippines Travel Blogs

Caves,Waterfalls and animal sacrifice
Oct 22, 2005 (16 photos)

Sagada was a great, small mountain town. Everyone told us this was a must see, but after reading that it was famous for caves and waterfalls I was wondering how many more of these I could really enjoy. I was proved wrong! The caves here were simply ...

Stairway to heaven
Dec 5, 2008 (18 photos)

... we were on a mountain pass heading through the Banue Rice Terraces region. They are the only UN protected heritage site in the Philippines. The pictures don't do them justice! We didn't get much sleep after that as the bus winded its way through the hair ...

Arrrive a - Segada - We are at
Feb 1, 2009 (23 photos)

Salut tout le monde Nous allons bien. Nous sommes partie ce matin tres tot pour Segada. Nous avons du marcher pour rejoindre notre autobus puisqu'il y avait une parade ce matin a Baguio. Nous avons rate le festival des fleurs mais nous sommes arrive ...

Cave connection
Aug 5, 2008 (14 photos)

So after another haggled jeepney ride I arrived in Sagada on a damp afternoon. Not a lot to choose from here in terms of accomodation so I picked a spartan room in a quirky hotel over a spartan room in a spartan hotel. All you need is somewhere clean to ...

We off to find hanging coffins
Jan 16, 2007

When we read the Lonely Planet is described Sagada as a hippy hangout full of travellers. We were looking forward to chilling out in bars mingling with other like minded folks and going for walks during the day. We checked into a cheap room with communal ...

Sentier a - Sagada - Trekking at
Feb 2, 2009 (30 photos)

Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien. Nous sommes toujours a Sagada. Hier soir nous avons rencontre un couple de francais qui nous ont amene manger du chien. He oui, nous avons essayer. Je vous entend deja "japper" sur la question. Ici c'est tres ...

Adventures with Aunty Kay
Nov 9, 2007 (10 photos)

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Sagada
Feb 18, 2009 (33 photos)

... to the tranquil mountain top town of Sagada.  The journey brought better weather and eventually blazing sunshine.  Sagada was beautiful with amazing mountain backdrops, not many tourists and hardly any traffic.  Children were always in the ...

Sagada - Hanging Coffins
Jan 28, 2005

... only inches from a few hundred foot drop (please consult tables for all people who work on the metric system). I arrived in Sagada around about 4pm and checked into the Masferre Inn, which was the nearest accommodation to the bus stop (I am a backpacker ...

Sagada and Baguio
Dec 15, 2006 (5 photos)

Now we continued our travels in the north of the Philippines and headed to a places called Sagada to check out the hanging coffins, which are literally coffins that have hung off cliff walls and in cave mouths. Whilst there Elliot decided to get this ...

Taking it easy in Sagada
Dec 17, 2006 (8 photos)

... Sagada After another long buss ride (7 hours) i reached my current location a few days a go - A backpacker retreat called Sagada (pop 1350, elevation about 1600 m) in the mountains in northern Luzon. Here I chill out in the delightful mountain air, ...

Sagada
May 9, 2001

Hanging Coffins

Mountain Province Cordillera Range
Jan 14, 2007

... the window the whole time.  Up in the clouds passing terraces of vegetables and rice as far as you could see.  Sagada is a beautiful little mountain town and very quiet as well a nice change from the busy highway through San Juan and a nine ...

Our Favorite Bus Ride
Jun 1, 2007 (5 photos)

... dead, their coffins are hung on mountains or placed within caves . . . the very caves we were to explore).   Reaching Sagada would require taking 2 buses, 1 from Manila to a town 6 hours away, then transfer on to another bus for another 6 hour ride ...

I dont beeeeeeeeeelive it!
Apr 3, 2005 (13 photos)

... constant walking, albeit much of it slow! BUT I MADE IT!!!!! i was knacked and could even eat dinner.... now i am in sagada however and feeling fine, no mussle fatigue. the morning after reaching barlig, be caught a jeepney to bontoc and changed for a ...

Caving
May 19, 2008

... banned. Townfolk live with the hours of sunlight. One traveller I met managed to occupy himself for almost two weeks in Sagada. Superficially I wonder how anyone wouldn't become terribly bored spending so long here; but after a few minutes of pensive, ...

The Best Meal in Recent Memory
May 18, 2008

... this to this man (named Ryan) who, with his pals, laughed heartily. It may be that I am the only fellow in the entire Philippines with a beard, but Ryan remembered me well enough to shout my name two days later when we passed on the street. I pass this on ...

Life in La Cordillera
Feb 21, 2009

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Sagada burial caves
Dec 18, 2006 (4 photos)

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Sagada
Jun 23, 2009 (43 photos)

... an insight into some of the older traditions. Head hunting thankful is now one of those traditions not practised.   Sagada was the second place that I returned to. The first visit was during the week but the second time was ...

Sagada
Oct 28, 2008 (12 photos)

 

Amongst the clouds...in Sagada.
Jun 14, 2008 (47 photos)

I am in the Mountain Province, sensible name considering there's many, many lush green mountains and rice terraces...up aboot 1600m now. It was a very bumpy ride here, 6 hrs of very winding road (which my stomach didn't enjoy) and the road was only paved ...

Week 48 Manila to Sagada
Jul 9, 2008 (36 photos)

... head hunter villages around Tangliya (Kiranga Province). A piece of trivia I never knew and discovered tonight was that the Philippines was named after Charles 1st's son Philip by the Spanish colonisers in 16th century. The plan for the next week ...

Sagada Saga
Feb 11, 2007 (4 photos)

Next stop was Sagada, an old hippy hangout. We were told the jeepney left at 8.30am so we were up early and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, then we were off. 200m later we stopped and the driver said he wasn't going as he didn't have enough passengers ...

More rice terraces & Sagada
Sep 3, 2009 (26 photos)

... to time I had to get off and push the tricycle. A trip to Batad would probably be a better choice. My next destination was Sagada, little village located in even higher altitude than Banaue. I planned to take a jeepney there, a symbol of the country, a ...

My Great Adventures in Sagada Mountain Province
May 2, 2008 (16 photos)

... Espana Bus Station.  Upon arrival at Banaue, we hired a jeep and get some people to ride with us to share the fare to Sagada.  Another 3 hours travelling on a bumpy road.  But we did not mind the time and the pain on our butts.  Seeing ...

fresh mountain air
Nov 29, 2006 (2 photos)

... fantastic. After the better part of a day of travelling to get here, i felt the need to get some real exercise. I had heard Sagada had some nice caves, so I decided to try my hand at caving. A guide for this was a little expensive considering i went ...

Good Bye Sagada
Nov 29, 2009

... know this the second largest archipelago on the planet? Over seven thousand islands. I will leave Luzon and travel to Coron Island. The Philippines are great. You should come here and find yourself. john PS: I ate dog. It was like goat, which is not like ...

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