Everything About Sagada - A Profile

SAGADA Profile
Area: 9,969 ha.
No. of Barangays: 19
Population: 11,315
Households: 2,253
5th Class Municipality (382 kms via Baguio from Manila/392 kms via Banaue)
Major economic activities: Susbsistence farming and Tourism related businesses
Elevation (Central Sagada): 1,500 meters above sea level
Mt. Sisipitan: 2,200 meters above sea level
Mt. Ampacao: 1,889 meters above sea level 


Regulations:
1. Visitors must register at the Municipal Information Center and pay the environmental fee of P35.00.
2. All tours are arranged at the Information Center.
3. Acquire only accredited local guides at the Information Center.
4. Mutilating, defacing and destroying of natural beauties is puinishable by law.
5. Observe proper waste management.

Where to Stay
Alapo's - 0921-327-9055
Alibama - 0920-813-5797
Alfredo's - 0918-588-3535 / 0948-711-2112
A-7 House - 0921-287-6039
Bagalima Riverside Inn - 0947-704-6613
Billy's House - 0921-603-2745 / 0921-603-2745
Canaway - 0910-709-2631
Churya-a - 0906-430-0853
Davey's Town Inn and Resto - 0949-594-4471
Ganduyan - 0921-273-8097
Gecko Inn - 0920-289-5471
George Guesthouse - 0918-548-0406
Grandma's Guesthouse - 0999-411-9976
Green House - 0918-403-6571
Hidden Hill - 0910-796-7073
Igorot Inn - 0908-757-8357
Indigenous Inn - 0921-645-5679
Isabelo's Inn - 0928-951-7153
Kanip-Aw Pines View - 0928-289-7507
Ligaya's Transient - 0918-343-8415
Mapiya-aw Pension - 0905-216-4055 / 0999-966-6164
Mary's Hilz Inn - 0919-408-0108
Masferre Country Inn - 0918-341-6164
Misty's Lodge - 0919-691-8487
Olahbinan - 09298-406-7647
Pumpkin House - 0910-709-5275 
Residential Lodge - 0919-672-8744
Rock Inn - 0920-909-5899
Rocky Valley - 0918-643-2784 / 0918-403-5899
Sagada Guesthouse - 0921-969-4053 / 0919-300-2763
Sagada Homestay - 0919-702-8380
Sagada Green Hills - 0917-553-5337 
Sagada North Inn - 0907-903-5309
Saint Joseph - 0918-559-5934
Shamrock Tavern - 0920-411-9976
Tinagtago Inn and Restaurant - 0939-959-1967
Traveller's Inn - 0920-799-2960 / 0920-272-5881
Treasure Rock Inn - 0920-5881
Yabami Lodge - 0920-411-9976

Hotel rates ranges from P200-500 per person per night

Vans / Vehicles for Hire are available for your transportation needs
Contact Nos. 0918-5360-890 / 0909-3382-822



Transportation
Baguio - Sagada
Bus: 6 hours ride
GL Lizardo
Trip schedules:
1st - 6:15 am
2nd - 7:30 am
3rd - 8:30 am
4th - 9:30 am
5th - 10:30 am
6th - 11:30 am
Last - 1:00 pm

Fare - P220 (2014)
Rent of Van to Sagada from Baguio- P7,500
Sagada to Baguio - First trip 5 am / Last trip - 1 pm 
Stop over for eating - Atok, Benguet 
Usually 2-3 stopovers

You will know that you are near Sagada once you cross the only bridge and from that point, it will take you 45 minutes or more up to the town proper of Sagada.
From Sagada to Manila, you will reach the eatery after 3.5 hours.


Baguio to Manila
Bus: 6 1/2 hours ride
Victory Liner: every hour
Dagupan: every hour
Genesis: every hour

Fare - P445 (2014)

Banaue to Manila
Bus: 8 hours
Auto Bus - 5:30 pm
Florida Bus - 8:00 pm

Bontoc to Banaue
Bus: 2 hours ride
1st - 7:00 am
2nd - 7:30 am
Last - 8:30 am

Sagada to Bontoc
Jeepney: 50 minutes ride
1st - 6:30 am
2nd - 7:00 am
3rd - 7:30 am
4th - 8:00 am
5th - 8:30 am
6th - 9:00 am
7th - 10:00 am
8th - 11:00 am
9th - 12:00 noon
Last - 1:00 pm

Bontoc to Banaue
Jeepney: 2 hours
1st - 7:00 am
2nd - 10:00 am
Last - 1:00 pm

Note: Scheduled trips start ahead of the schedule once full. First come. First Served basis. Queue.

Suggested Activities

SOUTHERN SAGADA

1. Cave Connection (3-4 hours)

  Dokiw Hanging Coffins Viewpoint

  Lumiang Burial Cave (entrance)

  Sumaguing Cave (exit)

  Rice Terraces view point

Guide fee: P800 for 2 visitors + P400 each additional visitor

Optional ride: + P400 back and forth

2. Short Course Caving (1.5 - 2 hours)

  Sugong Hanging Coffins Viewpoint

  Lumiang Burial Cave 

  Sumaguing Cave (entrance and exit)

Guide fee: P500 up to 4 visitors or less

P1,000 good up to 8 visitors
P1,500 good for up to 12 visitors
above 12 visitors:P125/pax
Optional ride: +P350 back and forth

3. Balanggagan Cave (2-3 hours)
Guide fee: P1,800 for 1-3 visitors
+ P600 each additional visitor
+ P800 transport

Reminders for caving
Attire: shirt (loose), shorts, loose pants, rubber sandals/flip lops
Don't enter the cave after 5pm
Not advisable for those with phobia of heights, close spaces, heart ailment, asthma and injuries.


EASTERN SAGADA

1. Lamagan (Antadao)

2. Marlboro Country/Grassy Land - 2-3 hours of trekking
  Limestone Formations

  Wild Horses

Guide fee - P600 for up to 10 visitors
3. Overnight Camping (Bring your own camping gear and food)

  Camp by the fire + boodle fight dinner at any camp site - 0905-513-7626

4. Kilpetan

  Sunrise View (starts at 4:30 am / best seen from mid February to mid June) 

  Rice Terraces

Fee: P500 for the transport    

CENTRAL SAGADA

1. Eco-cultural Tour (3 hours of hike)

  Echo Valley/Hanging Coffins

  Underground River Entrance

  Bokong/ Small Falls

  St. mary's Church
  Bokong Natural Swimming Pool

Fee: P600 for up to 10 visitors

2. Rock Climbing (no time limit/equipment provided) P400/pax

NORTHERN SAGADA

Eco-cultural Tour

  Bomod-ok/Big Falls - 3 hours of hike back and forth (Guide fee: P600 up to 10 visitors / + P650 for transport via Aguide or + P500 via Bangaan)

  Fidelisan Rice Terraces

  Northern Sagada Villages

WESTERN SAGADA

1. Danum Lake

  Sunset View (starts at 4:30 pm / best seen from mid February to mid June)

Fee: P550 for the transport / best trekked for 30 minutes from the town

2. Ampacao Mountain Trek (1,899 above sea level) 3 hours hike

Guide fee: P800 for up to 10 visitors


Water Falls

1. Twin Falls - 3 hours of hike (1 way) depending on your ability to walk on natural trails/pathways and on one side of the path drops 30 m below.

Fee: P2,500 for up to 5 visitors (guide and pack lunch) plus P650 for transport (back and forth)

2. Pongas Falls - 2 hours of hike (back and forth)
Guide fee: P600 for up to 10 visitors
+ P650 for transport (back and forth)

3. Bokong with a natural swimming pool bellowed out from a solid rock
Fee: P400 up to 10 guests (with ride and guide)

4. Bomod-ok Falls or Big Falls (see infra)

For guide rates and other concerns, inquire at the Municipal Tourist Information and Assistance Center.

Souvenir shopping and Sagada shops have many unique things to sell.

Sagada's Adventure Sports - contact no:0905513-7626

Mountain Trekking

1. Mt. Ampacao Traverse (3 hours hike)
Guide fee - P800 for up to 10 visitors
2. Grassy Land/Marlboro (2-3 hours)
Guide fee - P600 up to 10 visitors
3. Langsayan Danum Traverse (3 hours hike)
Guide fee - P1,00 for up to 3 visitors

4. Sagada to Hotspring (Bontoc) 5-7 hours hike and you need to spend the night at the hortspring

5. Mt. Sisipitan (1 day hike)
Fee; P2,00/pax

6. Mt. Polis (1 day hike)
Fee: P1,500 for 1-3 visitors


River Rafting the Upper Chico River
Fee: P3,500/pax


Rock Climbing and Rapelling: no time limit
Equipment provided
Around 30 meters high
Fee; P800 for 2 visitors or less
+ P400 for every additional visitor

Must Taste Food - Pinikpikan (chicken)

Enjoy Sagada!!! =)

RELATED LINKS:

Sagada: Coolest Place: http://junvillegas.blogspot.com/2013/12/sagada-coolest-place-in-philippines-4th.html

Backpackers Trip to Sagada: http://junvillegas.blogspot.com/2013/03/backpackers-trip-to-sagada-my-third-trip.html

Sagada: An Itinerary: http://junvillegas.blogspot.com/2012/11/my-adventures-in-sagada-plus-itinerary.html