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14 Things to Know when Visiting Batad, Banaue, Ifugao

October 9, 2018 by Josiah 25 Comments

Most people know the popular Banaue Rice Terraces but never heard of Batad Rice Terraces. In my personal opinion, you should know Batad as the Rice Terraces there is my favorite among my favorites.

This post will list down things that you need to know when you visit Batad. In short this is my Batad Travel Guide.

The amphitheatre-like Rice Terraces of Batad. #Batad #Banaue #Ifugao #Philippines #TravelPH

A photo posted by Lakas ng Trip (@lakasngtrip) on Oct 8, 2015 at 6:25pm PDT

1. Where is Batad?

Banaue is a municipality of Ifugao. Batad is a barangay of Banaue. In short Batad is inside Banaue. In reality Batad Rice Terraces is actually a part of the Banaue Rice Terraces.

Travel from Banaue to Batad

During our transit from Banaue to Batad

2. Going to Batad

You will first have to reach Banaue. To do that you should read about my bus ride from Manila to Banaue. At Banaue you can either ride the Public Jeepney to Batad or you can hire a Jeepney or a Tricycle.

Posted in: Batad, Banaue, Ifugao, Travel Guides Tagged: Banaue, Batad, Batad Rice Terraces, Batad-Hungduan-Banaue June 2015, Ifugao, Philippines, Rice Terraces, Travel Guide

Batad Rice Terraces & Tappiya Waterfalls in Batad, Banaue, Ifugao

October 3, 2015 by Josiah 2 Comments
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On my first visit to Batad I was only around 140 Pounds and I learned how much muscle aches my body could achieve. On my second visit I brought along an additional weight of 20 pounds in the form of muscle and body fat (mostly body fat) and my muscle ached to the point that I think that fat aches also exist.

On my third visit to Batad, I added 50 pounds from my previous visit because I can. If you think about it, my body is like a barbell bar which I could add weights to it. I’m weirdly cool like that.

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It was harvest season when we visited #Batad #RiceTerraces. #Banaue #Ifugao #Philippines

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The original plan was just to visit the Highest Viewpoint of Batad Rice Terraces and the next day we would visit Tappia Falls because I do not want to abruptly stress my body from the additional weight. When my brother heard that we could still head to Hapao Rice Terraces if we visit Tappia Waterfalls on the same day, he encouraged us to do everything we can in Batad and move on to another destination the next day. And that was when we did not follow my workout schedule.

8:27 AM We arrived at our accommodation in Batad – Simon’s Viewpoint Inn and ordered the tasty Porkchop with Rice for breakfast (highly recommended). We decided over breakfast that we would start our trek around Batad at 1:00 PM so that we could still get enough sleep and have lunch before the trek.

Going around Batad Rice Terraces and Tappia Falls

12:00 NN We decided not to have lunch since we did not really do anything but sleep. Got ready for the trek and asked for a guide from the Batad Tourist Information Center to guide us to 3 main points of Batad Rice Terraces.

  • Highest Viewpoint
  • Tappia Waterfalls
  • Main Village

Guide fee is 800 Pesos/guide for the three points of interest above.

Posted in: Batad, Banaue, Ifugao Tagged: Banaue, Batad, Batad-Hungduan-Banaue June 2015, Highest Viewpoint, Ifugao, Main Village, Philippines, Rice Terraces, Tappia, Tappiya Falls, Tappiyah, Waterfalls

Simon’s Viewpoint Inn at Batad, Banaue, Ifugao, Philippines

September 12, 2015 by Josiah 1 Comment
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  • Massage
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On my three times visit to Batad in Banaue, Ifugao this is the second time that I stayed in Simon’s Viewpoint Inn.

My first visit last 2009 in Batad Simon’s made a good impression on me that I wanted to stay here when I get back to Batad.

On my second visit, a friend of mine arranged the trip so I left the decision making to her and she arranged us to stay at Hillside Inn.

On my third visit (which is this visit) I was able to stay in Simon’s again.

#Sunrise from Simon's Viewpoint Inn the morning after our tiring trek around #Batad Rice Terraces and Tappia Falls. #Banaue #Ifugao #Philippines

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Why did I go back?

Mainly because of all the view in Batad, Simon’s is one of the best views to see the Batad Rice Terraces. Imagine I get to see a great view from sunrise to sunset.

Simon's Viewpoint Inn in Batad, Banaue, Ifugao

But let me be more detailed on why I love staying at Simon’s Viewpoint.

Posted in: Batad, Banaue, Ifugao Tagged: Accommodation, Backpackers Lodge, Banaue Rice Terraces, Batad, Batad Rice Terraces, Batad-Hungduan-Banaue June 2015, Budget Accommodation, Ifugao, Lodge, Philippines, Rice Terraces, Simon's, Simon's Viewpoint Inn, Simons View Inn

Ifugao: Journey from Banaue to Batad

September 7, 2015 by Josiah 8 Comments
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  • How to travel from Banaue to Batad

After the bus ride from Manila to Banaue, the jeepney we were riding on was heading into the town center of Banaue. We first stop at a lodge with a restaurant. Breakfast was definitely on my mind and stomach, but I had to make sure that we get a jeepney and hopefully we would get others to join us to lessen the cost.

The town center of #Banaue, #Ifugao. #Philippines #RiceTerraces

A photo posted by Lakas ng Trip (@lakasngtrip) on Sep 5, 2015 at 12:08am PDT

I approached the guy who was helping us arrange the jeepney to Saddle Point in Batad. He was already talking to another tourist.

He told us that the price for the jeepney rental from Banaue Town Center to Batad Saddle Point was 2,800 Pesos/jeep and we had to split it among the passengers. Lucky for us that the other group was composed of a family of 7 persons. Since we are 3 persons, the payment for the jeepney would be 280 Pesos/person.

The guy continued explaining that it was now different from my previous visit to Batad. The roads are cemented and extended nearer the Batad which cut the hiking time from 1 hour to around 20 minutes.

Posted in: Banaue, Ifugao, Batad, Banaue, Ifugao Tagged: Banaue, Batad, Batad-Hungduan-Banaue June 2015, Hired Jeepney, Ifugao, Jeepney, Travel, Tricycle

Itinerary: Batad – Hungduan – Banaue, Ifugao

July 2, 2015 by Josiah 6 Comments

I have a feeling that my effort to layout all the expenses on our trip to Batad, Hungduan and Banaue will somehow make you confident on traveling to these places, but I also have a feeling that just laying them out there as a list is still not enough so I am also providing our somewhat real itinerary.

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View from the Highest Viewpoint in #Batad #RiceTerraces. On the way to Tappia Falls. #Banaue #Ifugao #Philippines

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The itinerary below is very close to what we really did in our trip but I’ve modified it so that it would be easier to understand if you are also planning on a trip to these places.

To be specific, I adjusted the time to be closer to the nearest 10 minute of what really happened to us.

Check the itinerary below.

ITINERARY

Posted in: Banaue, Ifugao, Batad, Banaue, Ifugao, Hungduan, Ifugao Tagged: Banaue, Batad, Batad-Hungduan-Banaue June 2015, Hungduan, Ifugao, Ifugao, Itinerary, Travel
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