SAGADA & BANAUE

BANAUE DWARFED

BATAD FALLS

BANAUE RICE TERRACES

WHAT TO SEE: Situated way up in the cool highlands of Central Luzon,the towns of Sagada and Banaue are famous for their fog-covered mountains (hundred of them), majestic rice terraces, and a proud group of a native peoples known as the "Igorots ".Not to be missed: The Banaue Viewpoint, a 10- minute tricycle ride from the town proper, packs the most popular and most accessible view of the terraces. The villages of Batad and Banga-an offer up-close-and personal encounters with the land and its people, but you'll have to trek quite a bit to get there. A few hours away in Sagada with its own set of terraces, pine forests and caves to explore. Here one will also find the studio where Spanish-Filipino photographer Eduardo Masferre pioneered the photo documentsation of the mountain tribes.