Sagada

It takes about 8 hours bus travel from Baguio to reach Sagada. The last Dangwa Bus in baguio leaves at 9am at the baguio terminal. Advice to take the first trip (6am) to get to Sagada after lunch.

You’ll have time to rest when you reach the place of your choice (St joseph’s used to be the most popular if you’re a big group. Other log cabins are safe but you have to check some weird holes in between the walls haha!)

Must try mountain tea, heaping mountain rice meals, vegetable like chopseuy, cauliflower and broccoli serving is very generous…which is good if you love veggies.

Evening is cold anytime of the year. must bring headcover gear especially before going to sleep…

Rainy Weather:
Not ideal to travel on rainy days…especially during storm! I went there last time out of sheer solo adventure and the road was like scary: the bus ahead of us fell off the cliff! Stranded for 4 hours to clear the road. Then there are unexpected landslides too during rainy season..etc.
In sagada, the caves are more slippery and the pathwalks become damp and muddy. Bring heavy duty walking sandals (open shoes are easier to clean).

Oh i wish everyone could visit this place while it’s still intact…anyway for more tips, email me :-) ten.mail at gmail dot com.

From the first time i visited Sagada (1991) till my last (2000)I went to sagada almost every year, if not twice. it has been my favorite place of rest.

Stayed at St. Joseph’s most of the time. But definitely loved Mapiya-aw inn. I feel bad the last time when i found a concrete hotel at the edge of one of the clifs, not that i’m anti-progress just scared it might end up like baguio 20 years from now…

I hope it could still be a place to mend broken wings.