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The Philippines

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Reasons To
Visit The Philippines

  • Diving

    The Philippines is home to world class diving among dazzling marine life. There are coral gardens, caves, deeply plunging undersea walls and isolated coral seamounts offering wall diving, wreck diving and muck diving. Every form of underwater life can be seen including whale sharks, turtles, manta rays and dugongs.

    Diving

  • Fiestas

    Festivals in the Philippines are plentiful. Every town has a patron saint, and each of these has its own feast day and there are also bigger week long parties like Ati-Atihan in Kalibo. Easter is also a big event in this predominantly christian country.

    Fiestas

  • Secluded beaches

    With over 7,000 islands there are mile of coastline in the Philippines. Away from the popular beaches of Boracay and Cebu there are a range of quieter spots especially in the Southern Visayas and around Palawan.

    Secluded beaches

  • Tribal Villages

    There are more than 100 cultural minority groups in the Philippines, and around half of these have unique linguistic cultures. The most well known are the Ifugao, and their culture is alive and well around the rice terraces of Banaue.

    Tribal Villages

  • Volcanoes

    Most of the Philippine islands feature volcanic mountains, several of which have been increasingly active since the 1980s. The most accessible are Mount Pinatubo which last erupted in 1991 and Taal volcano one crater of which erupted in 1977.

    Volcanoes

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Excursions in The Philippines: Bangaan Village

Visit the village of Bangaan, a typical village of the Ifugao tribe. See the typical Ifugao houses, their livelihood, their school and their method of farming the rice terraces.

Hill village in the rice terraces, Banaue
Hill village in the rice terraces, BanaueBangaan Village, Near Banaue, PhilippinesIfugao tribal women, Banaue, Philippines

Bangaan Village

Banaue & Northern Luzon, The Philippines
  • Culture & History
  • Private Tour
  • Walking & Biking

Visit the village of Bangaan, a typical village of the Ifugao tribe. See the typical Ifugao houses, their livelihood, their school and their method of farming the rice terraces.

This visit to Bangaan is an introduction to the mountain tribes and is a prelude to visits to other villages.

Return to the centre of Banaue to visit the market and the handicraft center to see samples of Ifugao craftsmanship which include woodcarving, silver and brass trinkets, baskets and the weaving of the Ifugao cloth which comes in distinctive patterns.

From the market, it is possible to proceed to the village of Poitan which has the unique feature of its houses built on straight rows and in the village center is a large rock believed to the be dwelling place of the spirits of the villagers’ ancestors.

From Poitan, trek back to the hotel.

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