DISCOVER SAGADA

YOUR GUIDE FOR YOUR SAGADA TRIP

Discover Sagada was created to serve as an online guidebook for everyone planning a trip to Sagada -- the Shangri-La of the North. Behind this is our group of homegrown i-Sagada locals who hope to improve the quality of experience for outsiders visiting our small mountain town, at the same time promoting the practice of responsible tourism.

Here, we will be providing everything we think you might need as you prepare for your escapade to the pine-laden town of Sagada.

3 Ways of Getting to Sagada from Manila

Planning a trip to Sagada can be time consuming and one of the first questions we always ask is, "How do we get there?" This guide is here to help you out!

Experience Ganduyan: 8 Things You Can Do In Sagada

Originally a backpacker's haven, Sagada, or Ganduyan as it was called in the olden days, is now a bustling tourist town and a popular destination in mainstream tourism. For all avid travelers out there, here are 8 things Sagada will offer if you ever decide to explore the Shangri-La of the North.

1-5 pax | Marlboro - Blue Soil Traverse Sunrise Trek

This early-morning trek brings you to the pine covered trails that opens to a clearing of rocky grasslands known popularly as Marlboro Hills. Here, one can witness a breathtaking sea of clouds or be encircled by thick cold fog depending on one's luck with the weather gods. After watching the rising sun, the tour proceeds to the blue-colored hills of Kaman-utek before exiting through the southern part of Sagada.

3250₱

5-10 pax | Marlboro - Blue Soil Traverse Sunrise Trek

5200₱ 4650₱

1-10 pax | Marlboro Triple Hills Sunrise Trek

This early-morning trek brings you to the pine covered trails that opens to a clearing of rocky grasslands known popularly as Marlboro Hills. Here, one can witness a breathtaking sea of clouds or be encircled by thick cold fog depending on one's luck with the weather gods. After watching the rising sun, you can experience forest bathing while making your way back to town for a well-earned breakfast.

2000₱ 1750₱

1-10 pax | Ampacao Grassland - Nabas-ang Ridge Sunrise Traverse Trek

This tour takes you up a pine-laden dirt road to the grasslands at the base of Mt. Ampacao. Here, you are given a view overlooking Sagada and its nearby municipalities. After watching the sunrise, the trek continues through an old woodcutter's trail opening up to another grassland clearing at Nabas-ang and exits through Atoanan. On the way back to town, you may opt to visit the famous Sagada Community Pottery along the way.

2500₱

1-10 pax | Ampacao Grassland Sunrise Trek

This tour takes you up a pine-laden dirt road to the grasslands at the base of Mt. Ampacao. Here, you are given a view overlooking Sagada and its nearby municipalities as you watch the sunrise with the company of the occasional grazing animals in the area. If the sun chooses to hide behind the clouds, you may bathe in the surrounding cool mist before heading back down.

1700₱ 1450₱

5-10 pax | Langsayan Ridge Sunrise Trek

3450₱

5-10 pax | Langsayan Ridge Sunrise Trek to Bomod-ok Falls

This tour takes you to the less-traveled trails towards the northwest of Sagada. The trek passes through the moss-covered rainforest of Datakan before ending in a pine tree surrounded clearing where one could watch the rising sun or enjoy the view of the northern mountainous borders of Sagada. Afterwards, it proceeds towards Brgy. Bangaan, and further down through the rice terraces of Fidelisan and Aguid to the towering Bomod-ok Falls.

5300₱ 4700₱

2-8 pax | Mt. Polis 360 Degree Sunrise Viewing

This sunrise tour would bring you to Bauko, the next municipality after Sagada towards the south. After a 30 minute ride and a 20 minute hike to the grassy peak, one can have a view of the rising sun above a marvelous sea of clouds. Other attractions include rice terraces and the mountain ranges of Mountain Province, Benguet, Ilocos, and Kalinga in a 360 degree view.

3300₱

5-10 pax | Cave Connection (Lumiang Burial Cave to Sumaguing Cave)

This tour passes through the two most popular among the caves of Sagada. It starts by entering the Lumiang Burial Cave which is filled with age-old coffins and tunnels through several chambers before exiting through Sumaguing Cave. Part of the spelunking experience is the viewing of numerous limestone rock formations, stalactites and stalagmites, walking on flow stones and stepping on the inevitable bat guano.

5700₱

2-5 pax | Cave Connection (Lumiang Burial Cave to Sumaguing Cave)

3800₱ 3200₱

1-5 pax | Sumaguing Cave Tour

This is the shorter of the the two popular caving tours which enters and exits at Sumaguing Caving. Despite being a shorter trip, it still offers the same experience -- the viewing of numerous limestone rock formations, stalactites and stalagmites, walking on flow stones and stepping on the inevitable bat guano.

1550₱

6-10 pax | Sumaguing Cave Tour

2850₱ 2450₱

11-20 pax | Sumaguing Cave Tour

5000₱

This section includes a collection of stories and legends about Sagada and its nearby municipalities, written by different people, and lifted from different sources which are mentioned in each entry. We will do our best to constantly update this section to include more stories.

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Sagada Tours

As part of our services, we offer tours around Sagada. Part of the proceeds of the tours go out to our Outreach Program Fund. Book a tour and support a community! Rates indicated are for the whole group and not per individual.

1-5 pax | Marlboro - Blue Soil Traverse Sunrise Trek

5-10 pax | Marlboro - Blue Soil Traverse Sunrise Trek

1-10 pax | Marlboro Triple Hills Sunrise Trek

1-10 pax | Ampacao Grassland - Nabas-ang Ridge Sunrise Traverse Trek

1-10 pax | Ampacao Grassland Sunrise Trek

5-10 pax | Langsayan Ridge Sunrise Trek

5-10 pax | Langsayan Ridge Sunrise Trek to Bomod-ok Falls

2-8 pax | Mt. Polis 360 Degree Sunrise Viewing

1-10 pax | Ampacao Grasslands Sunset Viewing

1-10 pax | Nabas-ang Ridge to Ampacao Grasslands Sunset Viewing

1-10 pax | Langsayan Mossy Forest Sunset Viewing

10 pax | Mount Ampacao Overnight Camping exit through Nabas-ang Ridge

10 pax | Datakan Mossy Forest to Langsayan Ridge Overnight Camping

5-10 pax | Marlboro Hills to Blue Soil Overnight Camping

1-10 pax | Mission Compound Historical Tour to Adventure Trail

11-20 pax | Mission Compound Historical Tour to Adventure Trail

5-10 pax | Cave Connection (Lumiang Burial Cave to Sumaguing Cave)

2-5 pax | Cave Connection (Lumiang Burial Cave to Sumaguing Cave)

1-5 pax | Sumaguing Cave Tour

6-10 pax | Sumaguing Cave Tour

11-20 pax | Sumaguing Cave Tour

1-7 pax | Bomod-ok Big Falls Tour

8-14 pax | Bomod-ok Big Falls Tour

1-10 pax | Pongas Cascading Falls Tour

11-20 pax | Pongas Cascading Falls Tour

1-10 pax | Ubua Lagoon Tour

A Library of Sagada and Igorot Legends

This section includes a collection of stories and legends about Sagada and its nearby municipalities, written by different people, and lifted from different sources which are mentioned in each entry. We will do our best to constantly update this section to include more stories.

Origin Stories of Lake Danom or Lake Banao

Why the Dead Do Not Come Back to Life

The Origin of the Rocks of Sagada

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DISCOVER SAGADA

READY TO EXPLORE SAGADA?

Sagada Online Guide

Sagada Tours

As part of our services, we offer tours around Sagada. Part of the proceeds of the tours go out to our Outreach Program Fund. Book a tour and support a community! Rates indicated are for the whole group and not per individual.

A Library of Sagada and Igorot Legends

This section includes a collection of stories and legends about Sagada and its nearby municipalities, written by different people, and lifted from different sources which are mentioned in each entry. We will do our best to constantly update this section to include more stories.

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