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Duration: 2Days / 2Nights
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Route Summary : Cauayan– Hapao –Banaue-(optional extra day Sagada) Banaue – Batad Village-Mayoyao- Cauayan (or the other way around)
This tour offers an excellent opportunity to experience the Famous Rice Terraces even if you’re short on time. These stunning 2,000-year-old terraces, intricately carved into the mountains of Ifugao by the indigenous ancestors, are not to be missed.
On the first day, we’ll pick you up from Cauayan airport and embark on a 3-4 hour journey to the Native Village Inn in Hapao, where lunch awaits. Following lunch, we’ll embark on a leisurely 3-hour walk through the Hapao rice terraces, accompanied by a knowledgeable guide who will provide insights into local life and rice cultivation. At the end of the tour, you have the option to relax in the hot spring and/or river before returning to Banaue for your overnight stay.
The next day, after a 1-hour drive to the Batad drop-off point, it’s a brief 20-minute trek to the Batad viewpoint. From here, you can opt for a gentle 1-hour trail or a more challenging 2-hour trek to explore the village, with an additional 3-hour journey to Tappiya Falls for the adventurous (note: this part is quite strenuous). A local guide from Batad will accompany you, ensuring an enriching experience. Lunch will be served at the Batad viewpoint before heading off on a 1-hour drive to Mayoyao.
In Mayoyao, you’ll enjoy a 1-2 hour easy walk through the village and rice terraces, immersing yourself in the unique traditions and language of the Ifugao people. By 4 pm, we’ll depart from Mayoyao for a 2.5-hour drive back to Cauayan for your overnight stay.
Please note that the first day depends on the arrival of Cebu pacific flight who has only one flight per day. This initial itinerary was written when the plane arrives at 9 am in Cuauyan but now at 12 am so the Hapao trekking is not part of the itinerary as well as the lunch in native village inn as of now. Native village is under renovation. So the exact itinerary depends on arrival time plane, sometimes delays, weather and preferences clients when it comes to hiking, easy or hard and their fitness as well.
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2Days/2 Nights Great Views!!! Rice Terraces
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PRICE QUOTED with EARLY ARRIVAL1 Person : ₱ 34,050.00
2 Persons : ₱ 17,339.00 per person
3 Persons : ₱ 14,620.00 per person
Itinerary
Day 1: Cauayan Airport-Banaue (viewpoint) – Hapao Rice Terraces Trek.
Defending on ETA (airfare pax account). Our Driver/guide will pick you up at Cauayan for a 3-4 hours drive to a small town in Banaue and a stop to Banaue viewpoint then 30 minutes drive to Hapao. Lunch (pax account) can be taken at Native Village Inn (limited menu choice) with great views. Stop at Hapao rice terraces viewpoint and then a 1.15 hours easy hike to the hot spring while the guide is informing you everything about the local plants and rice terraces. You may enjoy the hot-spring and enjoy the great views of Hapao rice terraces.
- if late arrival i.e. 11:25H Hike to hotspring is no longer possible.
Drive back to Banaue town for overnight accommodation.
Day 2: Banaue – Batad rice terraces tour – Bangaan vie point – Mayoyao Tour – Cauayan
07:00 am – Pick up at your hotel, drive 1 hour to the village of Batad (saddle drop off) trek for 20 minutes to Batad Village (2 hours). From Batad saddle the rest of the distance is on foot using a mountain trail, taking only a 15 minutes hike to Batad viewpoint* where a driver arranges a local guide upon request when interested in hiking. At Batad viewpoint you will witness the amphitheater-shaped terraces located at 3,600 ft then back to the car for the Bangaan village viewpoint. We will make a (photo) stop at the Bangaan rice terraces and this is also the place for taking your well-deserved lunch. You might want to bring some snacks as it’s an early start and late lunch on this day.
Bangaan to Mayoyao is 1:30 hours along a very scenic road with deep cliffs along the side when approaching our destination. Underway there are few scenic lookouts points. Upon arrival, we will meet our local guide who will tell you all about the local life.
03:00 pm – Leaving Mayoyao, its a 2.5 hours to Cauayan. The hotel that we used near Cauayan is The Maximillian Hotel and they will provide the transfer to the airport to the next day which is 10 minutes drive away.
Flight to Manila is 09:10 am the next day.
At 1:00 pm we continue to Batad which is 2 hours drive. We will make a (photo) stop at the Bangaan rice terraces. From the Batad saddle the rest of the distance is on foot using a mountain trail, taking only a 15 minutes hike to Batad viewpoint (*) where our driver arranges a local guide upon request when interested in hiking. At Batad viewpoint, you will witness the amphitheater shaped terraces located at 3,600 ft and this is also the place for taking your well deserved lunch. You might want to bring some snacks as its an early start and late lunch on this day. Overnight in Banaue/Hapao.
(*) Provided you have a very good level of physical fitness (the hike is up and down) and should you wish to trek for two-three further demanding hours we can offer you from Batad viewpoint:
a) the Tappiya waterfall 30 minutes hike after Batad Village. With a phenomenal 70 meter fall in rainy season and naturally formed pool at its bottom suitable for a cooling swim (dress conservatively), Tappiya waterfall is a unique location in the area. (hike up down) Since we arrive after lunch, the time is limited for a relaxed hike and swimming.
b) Batad Village is a 2 hours hike back and forth from Batad viewpoint (hike up down) and underway you will have great views from different angles of Batad rice terraces.
Optional Extra Tour after Day 1:
Kindly advice if want to include an optional tour.
Day 3 : Banaue – Sagada – Banaue
After Breakfast in the Hotel, we start the day with a 2.5 hours ride (one way) to picturesque SAGADA with its ancient burial caves and mummified bodies at Sugong & Echo Valley.
We then enter the impressive Sumaguing Cave, known for it’s rock formation and impressive chambers.
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