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Where is Mountain Province and How to Get There

LOCATION OF MOUNTAIN PROVINCE

By Eugene Alvin Villar (seav) – English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=770305

Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc.

Mountain Province is bounded in the east by Isabela, in the north by the provinces of Kalinga, Apayao, and Abra, in the south of Benguet and Ifugao, and in the west by the province of Ilocos Sur. Read More: wikipedia.org

Map of Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)

Photo from: https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/car.html

Municipalities in Mountain Province:

Photo from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mountain_Province_Labelled_Map.png

To reach the Mountain Province you have to start your trip with a bus ride from Metro Manila to the city of Baguio, from there it will be your pick as to where you want to start your exploration.

Traveling to Mountain Province means land travel via zigzag roads that connects each municipality. There is no air travel, so it means you are basically connecting each town by a series of sometimes limited land transportation ranging from bus, jeepney, motorcycle, some sort of modified vans and 4×4. Travel time can vary between four to six hours to reach each town, though the beautiful scenery from the bus window will let the time passed by without you knowing. For most part, the roads are well-paved though there are still portion which are quite dangerous and often requiring a little “push” from everyone on board to get the jeepney moving. Read More: https://lifetoreset.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/on-the-road-to-mountain-province-luzon-philippines/

Photo from: https://www.lakas.com.ph/2012/09/how-to-get-to-sagada-mountain-province/

For more detailed instructions on how to get to Mountain Province via land transportation, please check https://mpbontoc.wordpress.com/how-to-get-there/