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Man-Made Points of Interest in Ifugao

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MAN-MADE POINTS OF INTEREST

Banaue Rice Terraces

The Banaue Rice Terraces is a leading tourism destination in the country and considered the “Eight Wonder of the World”. The rice terraces starts from the base of the mountain range and reach up to several thousand feet high. It is said that its length, if put end to end would encircle half of the globe. Made about 2,000 years ago, the rice terraces manifest the engineering skill and ingenuity of the sturdy Ifugaos. Streams and springs found in the mountains were taped and channeled into irrigation canal that run downhill through the ride terraces. Read More…

Batad Rice Terraces

The Batad Rice Terraces are tried and take the shape of an amphitheater and is located in barangay Batad. It can be reached by a twelve-kilometer ride from Banaue Hotel and a 2-hour hike through mountain trails. Read More…

Mayoyao Rice Terraces

The Mayoyao Rice Terraces spot is 44 kilometers away from Poblacion, Banaue. This Poblacion of Mayoyao lies in the midst of these rice terraces thus upon arrival in the town, one is awed with a breathtaking view of the rice terraces where all the dikes are tiered with flat stones. Read More…

Hapao Rice Terraces

Hapao Rie Terraces is another stonewalled rice terraces located in the municipality of Hungduan and is 55 kilometers from the capital town of Lagawe. Read More…

Hungduan Rice Terraces

Hungduan Rice Terraces – Some are put off by the thought of the long bus ride (9 hours from Manila to Banaue, 1.5hours from Banaue to Hungduan) and the tiring walk (approx. 2 hours from Hungduan poblacion to the hot spring), but those who have been there swear that all the sweat was all worth it. Afterall, the terraces look like stairways to heaven and the fog (especially in the afternoon) almost make it a walk in the clouds experience. Read More…