Banaue Travel Blogs

Wrapping up the day, I thought Denwil would be bringing us to a normal hotel. However, he had something else on his mind. We really had no plans as to where we would be staying in Banaue and where would we be spending a night at the town. Denwil had better plans for us. He reserved a space for us i…

I am not making it up. That’s how it is advertised. The 8th wonder of the world, the Ifugao rice terraces. I am off on a short holiday to see if this claim can be justified!   Banaue   On arrival at Banaue, the portal to the mountainprovince Ifugao and its terraces, I feared for my…

It was so fun but super tiring as well! I went with my college batchmates. :)

After we wake up in Angeles we went looking for a bus that will take us away, going north. We spend one more night somewhere in the way (sorry, don't remember the name) and then end up in Banaue. Just small thing - the way is beautiful! and every vilage you enter, the bus slow down, someone jump in…

The Banaue rice terraces are located on the province of Ifugao, Cordillera Autonomous Region, island of Luzon, Phillipines. Carved out of a mountain by the region's tribal people's ancestors, using just their bare hands and simple tools more than 2, 000 years ago, they encompass an area of more tha…

For breakfast we ate at the Stairway Lodge's restaurant.  They had quite a good selection in their menu.  On the way to Hiwang village, we dropped by the Florida bus station to buy our bus tickets.  We had to buy our tickets early because there was no way we could miss…

The north of Luzon is with it's mountains a magical place. The busride from Manila to Banaue was beautiful, the busride between Banaue and Sagada amazing. To summarize this beautiful piece of Earth: rice terraces (UNESCO worldheritage)! With some of them dating back more then a two thousand years, …

6:00 p.m. Instead of setting out, Peds got me to agree to a trip to Tapia Waterfalls.  We had to get a guide, Mang Bino, and he led us through the rice terraces which gave us a 180 degree view of the area, then down a cleft in the mountain to the falls, which was very beautiful.  We had t…

This was my first tour in college as an HRIM student of DLS-CSB. I got to bond with my college friends / barcada in this trip and it was a very long and tiry whole day tour on the bus, it take us 10 hours before actually arriving at Banaue, Ifugao. We're very tired of sitting in the bus, we had our…

Should be writing a story, or at least some captions, but .. yeah ..

My friends & I wanted a different adventure.  Instead of heading to the beach, which is what we usually do during holidays/breaks, we decided to try the mountains for a change.  With SirNoel on wheels, Len, Bjorn, Chie & me headed to Banaue!!! Leaving chaotic Manila at around 1 A…

I leave Malingcong on the first jeepney in the morning. It is an interesting ride down the hill. I am one of the first passengers in - so I can get all my stuff in and a seat inside the jeepney. On the first few meters the jeepney is almost empty but soon people start standing at the side of th…

A thrilling, exhausting, enchanting, breath taking experience. Adventure all in one. A must visit place...

Trip to the Philipines including Cebu, Bohol, Manila, and Banaue.

Asia is my favourite region to travel. Why...? Because of my roots, the people, the culture, the delicious food and in most of the Asian countries everything is so cheap. So, Philippines was also one of the destinations. I took domestic flights to Cebu, Bohol, Boracay and Palawan. I made a cruise from Puerto Princessa to Coron. In Boracay I passed for my Padi Open Water Dive license in just 1,5 day...:) Be my guest and take a peek of the pics...