Having read and seen and heard a lot about Sagada I had high hopes, so off I went there during the busy Chinese new year holiday. Lucky I found a place to stay as most places were booked out. I ended up staying at a quant place called Grandmas Yellow house, 700 peso for a twin room and shared bathroom per night. It’s very convenient and right across from the SAGGAS office and yogurt house. There is a 9pm curfew in the town although it seemed the holiday meant it was extended and being opposite the busiest restaurant in town meant it was a little noisy at night but it went quiet by 10pm.
I hired a guide from the SAGGAS office. There are two offices in town, the guides from the municipal hall, and the SAGGAS or so called “Sagada Genuine Guides Association” there was some kind of dispute that ended in this splinter group being formed. As I tend to try and have as little to do as possible with any government officials in the Philippines I opted for SAGGAS.
I had an en excellent guide named Jeffery who took us in tot eh caves and hanging coffins. The hanging coffins themselves are nothing very spectacular, although interesting to see, they are not worth a journey in themselves. However if you are in Sagada or nearby Bontoc they are worth the visit. It’s a short and pleasant walk to echo valley to see the coffins and then back to the village. I paid 1,000 peso for the guide for two people to be guided through the cave connection and to the hanging coffins.
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