1. Sagada: PAARL Travel Advisory
 The travel is open to all. Bring friends and your family! Text complete name,
institution, gender and age @ 09187318010 and confirm attendance.
 Warm up and flex your muscles or exercise before the event. Join in good
health.
 For Sagada cold weather during night time, wear a thick jacket/sweater, gloves,
a bonnet or a cap for the head plus socks, neck protection.
 Bring your sunglass, sunblock, moisturizer, cap/umbrella, medicines; baon for
3 days and 2 nights; & extra money for food, souvenirs, etc.
 Bring water at all times.
 Bring a self-help book or a bag of periodicals/books or a box for the outreach
program of the Association.
 Going to Sagada (12 hours) transforms you into a backpacker.
 Fee of 3,200 pesos is inclusive of transportation, accommodation, tour
packages & guide fees, tourism fee, museum fee, pottery shop w/ demo fee,
day-tour van/jeep)
 Take care of your personal belongings. The tour coordinators will not be
responsible for losses from Manila to Sagada, vice-versa.
ASSEMBLY
 Be at the bus station of the Cable Tours, in front of Trinity University of Asia
(college campus), Rodriguez St., Q.C. @ 9pm (Thursday, Dec. 2). Come
earlier since traffic is heavy beginning 4pm.
 Departure is 10pm. Get enough sleep each day...
ACCOMMODATION
 Beddings are provided. There is an extra cost for an extra blanket.
 Bring your toiletries.
 Water in Sagada is ice cold but tolerable during shower.
 Water is scarce when there is a big number of tourists in the municipality.
 Hot water is available in the resthouse (St. Joseph’s Resthouse).
 Battery charging is allowed.
TOUR

2.  Wake up early, greet & say your beautiful mornings to all and eat breakfast @
7am (Masferre Inn). 7:45am tour assembly is in front of the Municipality
Hall. @ 8am, all in the van/jeep and tour begins.
 Wear non-white and jeans are a no in doing spelunking (caving) in the Sumag-
ing Cave (Friday) or walking over rice paddies to Bomod-ok Falls
(Saturday). Be in simplest attire at all times and shorts are okay.
 All ages are admitted including kids of 4 and can go down the cave or aim also
for Bomod-ok Falls for four (4) hours each.
 No step-ins down the cave. The group will be going down barefoot or
barefooted. There will be pool swimming
 Saturday walk to Bomod-ok Falls: bring food for your merienda and lunch and
your swimsuit.
 Little fasting is a yes-yes! But eat fruits, bread, drink water or juice or raw
vegetables with some sauce, avoid cola.
Others
 Sagada is very people-friendly. Understand dwellers’ accent.
 Listen to tourist guides and guides are accommodating. If you have inquiries,
ask them.
 You may give a personal tip and be informed that a group tip is already part of
your travel fees. If asking for a personal guide, provide also a personal tip.
Two (2) guides for a group of 10.
 Text @ 09187318010 if you have inquiries or decide to eat and be somewhere
in the municipality on top of caves
 Don’t forget to try lemon pie or blue berry pie w/ brewed coffee, or be @ the
Lemon Pie House or Yoghurt House. Be & eat out also anywhere:
Alfredo’s, Log Cabin, Cusina Igorota, Sagada Guest House, Olahbinan,
Igorot Inn, Sudimay, and other small eateries.
 Establishments close @ 9pm except for St. Joseph Cafe and St. Theodore
Hospital with a pharmacy.
 Saturday is market day. Buy a lot near the Municipality Hall.
 See Sagada online-resources for other tips for an EXCITING, RELAXING &
PLEASURABLE TRIP to the HIGHLANDS of MOUNTAIN
PROVINCE.
 Opinions are welcome before, during and after Sagada trip!
 Exploring Sagada is team-building and one learning experience to share,
discover and enjoy good life in Cordillera.