Sagada Transportation

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-There are piera type jeepneys waiting at Autobus Terminal - Banaue when you arrived at 7 or 7:30am.
-There are jeepneys bound for Batad, Bontoc and Sagada.
-You can request for the driver to bring you to a restaurant in Banaue to have breakfast first before heading to Sagada.
-Going to Sagada from the bus station is at P250 / head (2007). Stop-overs at Banaue view points, eating places and in Bontoc (let the driver knows you want to make a stop in Bontoc).
-We left Autobus Banaue bus terminal at 8 AM - ate breakfast and stopped at view points and arrived Sagada at 2PM.

There are regular non aircon buses that are going straight to Baguio City. The last trip is 1 PM and the earliest trip is at 5: 30 AM. Buses can be found parked on the road after the municipal hall near the Ganduyan Museum. You can check the availability of buses there. The fare is 220 pesos. They don't have AC buses by the way.

There are jeepneys going to Sagada from Bontoc. Travelers who took the Banaue-Bontoc route will take a jeepney from here going to Sagada. The jeepney will wait for passengers until it's full and good to go. Try to ride on top of the jeepney to have a better view of the mountains. It's only about 1 hr travel. Just don't be too late to arrive in Bontoc though or you will miss the last trip.

There are 2 options when you are coming from Manila, the Baguio Route and the Banawe route. I prefer the Banawe route if you wanted to stay 1 night there and visit its famous rice terraces like Batad. There are Bus companies that have 1 to 2 regular trips every night usually around 9 PM to 11 PM like Autobus, Florida Bus and Victory Liner Bus all of which are located in Espana, Sampaloc, Manila. We chosed Florida Bus because they have the earliest schedule which is 9:10 PM plus it can be spotted easily at the corner of Espana and Lacson. The fare was P400 for a regular aircon bus. The trip will last for 9 hours.
Then take a regular jeepney the leaves before 9 AM in front the Banawe Public market near the Banawe tourism Office. You should take this jeepney if you want to maximize your time or you will end up taking the last trip at 11 AM. The fare is P150.00 and the travel will take 3 hours. The jeepney will take you to a terminal bound to Sagada in Bontoc. The fare is P40.00 and it will take only an hour to reach Sagada.

The bus doesn't look appealing but the driver is good. It was a smooth bus trip to Banaue. Like Autobus, their aircon, however, is Siberia-like cold that I could hardly sleep.

The terminal is near UST (University of Sto. Tomas), just a walk away from Florida Bus Terminal. I forget the street where the terminal is located, I have yet to dig through my files to verify its address and contact number.

It was last March 18 when me and my office mate went to Sagada. After having few researches on how to get there, we then decided to just take a package under a travel and tour company since it would be much convenient on our part. If you will go there using public transport, Victory Liner rate costs Php 860 for round trip fare while ordinary non air conditioned bus from Baguio to Sagada costs Php 440 (back and forth), total of Php 1,300.00 (not to mention the expenses for tour guide, accommodation and jeep rental in case we would like to go to bomod-ok falls). Good thing we were able to see this site www.sagadagenuineguides.blogspot.com and see one of their accredited travel agency which is discover asia international travel and tours (www.discoverasiainternational.com). The staff were accommodating and they were able to give us a good rate for Php 2800/person inclusive of rt transfer from manila, 3 days lodging, and tour all around sagada. At that time, we were booked at residential lodge and met the famous tita mary (the owner of the said lodging). We were also able to get her number in case you want to book at Sagada: 09196728744. And also recently, i found this site wherein weekly van transfer is also arrange from Makati to Sagada for only Php 1,000 (www.cheaprides.multiply.com). Definitely a less hassle form of transfer instead of riding a public bus..

It was last March 18 when me and my office mate went to Sagada. After having few researches on how to get there, we then decided to just take a package under a travel and tour company since it would be much convenient on our part. If you will go there using public transport, Victory Liner rate costs Php 860 for round trip fare while ordinary non air conditioned bus from Baguio to Sagada costs Php 440 (back and forth), total of Php 1,300.00 (not to mention the expenses for tour guide, accommodation and jeep rental in case we would like to go to bomod-ok falls). Good thing we were able to see this site www.sagadagenuineguides.blogspot.com and see one of their accredited travel agency which is discover asia international travel and tours (www.discoverasiainternational.com). The staff were accommodating and they were able to give us a good rate for Php 2800/person inclusive of rt transfer from manila, 3 days lodging, and tour all around sagada. At that time, we were booked at residential lodge and met the famous tita mary (the owner of the said lodging). We were also able to get her number in case you want to book at Sagada: 09196728744. And also recently, i found this site wherein weekly van transfer is also arrange from Makati to Sagada for only Php 1,000 (www.cheaprides.multiply.com). Definitely a less hassle form of transfer instead of riding a public bus..

going to sagada coming from manila is best done if you will rent a van from manila rather than going for a bus to baguio or bontoc then jeep to sagada is not only inconvenient but bone jarring or youll get plenty or dust because cemented or not it is still dusty and lot of smoke from other motor vehicl.best time to leave manila is 9pm and by 5am youll be banawe rice terraces....right its better to take the manila to bontoc via banawe rice terraces as a sidetrip.then you can take a nap or rest for an hour to view the sunrise as well as the rice terraces and have your breakfast too and from there you can go to sagada maybe at least for another 3 to 3 1/2 hrs more.before lunch youll be in sagada to have your lunch and afterlunch you can start your tour.
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