Banaue Things to Do

You can find this in every view point of the Banaue Rice terraces with so many items to choose from from huge wooden sculptures to small decorative items. The only problem is that its very hard to carry if you buy many items. I like what i bought here its already displayed at the entrance of our house (it's a 2 dimensional wooden head bust of an Igorot couple).

I like to collect my pictures with the different ethnic groups in the Philippines. It will be a rare chance to do this.I gaher all of the available Igorot elders so I can have a nice souvenir pictures with them. would you beleive they will even suggest you to have a wacky shot lol......

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There are I think 5 famous viewpoints the farthest one is the viewpoint on your way to Bontoc. when I was here I tried to go on the different viewpoints. The two famous viewpoints are the Main Banaue viewpoint and the Aguian View point (The one we see on the 1000 peso bill).

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You can find this on the Banaue main viewpoint. You can rent this for Php 10.00-20.00 per hour (I hope i remember it right).

I went to Banaue to try this...and its great.....its prefect on the rolly streets of Banaue. The only problem is that the steering wheel is too tight...

YOu should try to catch their festival wherein the main part of it is the wooden scooter race.

There is a tourist information centre just opposite the huge concrete eye sore of a building that is in the centre of the village. There is a detailed map on the wall and a list of over-inflated prices for tricycle destinations. It seems that they are really taking advantage of the tourists here by charging ridiculously high prices. They also show prices of guides for local treks too, again they seem to be high. Apart from that the lady who runs the place was extremely friendly and very pleasant, helpful to talk to.

There is a plaque outlining the history of the area telling us of the migration of the people. It is interesting to read and you can find it at the top of the steps that lead from the village to where the long distance buses are parked.

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From the village there is a waterfall nearby that can be reached in an hour by walking down the hill in the town past all the lodges and round the bend until you reach a compound with a church in it. Walk through this compound and follow the path up the hill. There are many trails leading off to the right so ask some school children which one fro the waterfall. Once you are on the correct trail the path will pas through a small clutter of native houses and will gradually wind it's way round the mountain until you reach this waterfall. There is a small pool there but taking a dip can be frightfully cold!

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We set off early and covered the 12 km walk to Banga'an in under 3 hours, careful not to slip on the many steps when descending to the village. unfortunately it is all set up for tourists. Don't miss the noon time bus back, or you will have to walk. Quite interesting to see the native houses if you haven't seen that type of thing before.