Northern Luzon Philippines: Banaue, Sagada, Batad, Baguio, Vigan Complete Guide 2026
Browse more guides: Philippines travel | Asia destinations Northern Luzon Philippines: Banaue, Sagada, Batad, Baguio, Vigan Complete Guide 2026 TL;DR I planned my Northern Luzon trip around four anchors: the Banaue Rice Terraces in Ifugao, the Igorot cliff burials in Sagada, the colonial Calle Crisologo in Vigan, and the cool pine ridges of Baguio. Each one sits in a different province, but a single loop ties them together over five to ten days. The Banaue Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras earned UNESCO listing in 1995, and Ifugao farmers have been carving them for roughly 2,000 years, which is why a lot of writers still call them the eighth wonder of the world. Vigan was inscribed by UNESCO in 1999 as one of the few intact Spanish-Filipino colonial towns left in Asia. Sagada gave me the Hanging Coffins, Sumaguing Cave, and Echo Valley. Baguio, the country's Summer Capital at 1,500m, delivered cold mornings, Burnham Park, and pine-scented streets that felt nothing li...