DAY 2: May 13, 2018 (Sunday)
Capturing a beautiful sunrise and charged by an early morning breakfast, we then went off towards the first goal for the day, which was to summit Mount Kapugan. Once a place where Ifugao men would hunt wild boar and collect native coffee beans, this mountain was developed as an ecoutourism attraction in 2004.
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| Kiangan Sunrise |
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| Summit of Mount Kapugan |
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| Late breakfast at the summit area |
After eating a late breakfast "the hiker way", as seen in the photo above, we started descending going towards our refreshing reward, the Uttu Falls, a pristine site located at the foot of the mountain.
The jump-off point is located along the road at Sitio Bae, Ambabag near the Bae Rice Terraces.
Arriving at the falls area in almost an hour, we then quickly refreshed ourselves, while our guide was cooking our lunch - the traditional way.
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| Enjoying Uttu Falls |
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| Cooking the traditional way |
Satisfied after our traditional lunch, grabbing our food using our bare hands on a Togwak, we drank fresh Buko too.
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| Lunchtime |
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| Fresh Buko time naman |
Our last
stop for the entire trip was the Saint Joseph’s Church, located at Pindongan. It has a unique architectural design,
built by Belgian missionaries in the 1950’s to replace the original granite
church that was built in 1916 and destroyed during the WW II.This church was
inaugurated and consecrated in December 29, 1956. It is the only church in the
Cordilleras, other than the Cathedral in Baguio, which has the distinction of
being consecrated.
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| Saint Joseph’s Church |
Returning back towards our homestay, we then freshened up ourselves, packed our luggage, checked out, and bade farewell to an underrated place worth visiting.
We rode rented tricycles and alighted at the Kiangan-Lagawe junction. We then waited for our CODA Lines tourist bus, coming from Sagada, to pick us up at a sari-sari store along the Kiangan-Lamut Road.
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| Kiangan-Lagawe Junction |
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| Tourist Bus Stop area |
If ever one has not been to the province of Ifugao, for me, I would definitely start with the Municipality of Kiangan, which is, again, the birthplace of Ifugao culture.
In addition, the name Kiyyangan is enshrined in Ifugao mythology and is believed to be the dwelling of Wigan and Bugan, the mythological ancestors of the Ifugao.
What more can you ask from a non-famous laid-back place, steaming with culture.
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