Echo Valley Sagada Walking Tour : On our first day in Sagada, we decided to take the light route – a walk within town. We were excited to start our Echo Valley Sagada walking tour after checking into the Residential Lodge , we took our lunch and then decided to explore on-foot the nearby attractions within the town-proper.
The weather was fine during that time. It was an hour past noon, yet, the sun was still too shy to show up. The cold mountain breeze was the break we needed from the warm Manila weather. One of the few things that you’ll love in Sagada is the cool climate. It reminded me of autumn in Kyoto.
Echo Valley Sagada Walking Tour: A Quiet First Day
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Echo Valley Sagada Walking Tour started here, a hundred meters away from the bus terminal you’ll find the old church bell displayed at the back of St. Mary’s church which sits along the trail going to the Echo Valley. Several tourists go for a guided tour to Echo Valley but I guess it’s one of those few instances wherein you can do it yourself, especially if you’re on a tight budget.
Walking past the church and you’ll find yourself in a cemetery on a small hill. It’s quite interesting on how the locales remember their departed loved ones. Instead of lighting a candle, they use dried up dead branches of pine tries and other firewood to light up a small bonfire on top of the grave. Locales do this every all saints’ day and calls this tradition “panag-apoy“. I’ve only seen it in pictures but it should be quite a sight to see an entire hill in red flames.
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Walking past the church and you’ll find yourself in a cemetery on a small hill. It’s quite interesting on how the locales remember their departed loved ones. Instead of lighting a candle, they use dried up dead branches of pine tries and other firewood to light up a small bonfire on top of the grave. Locales do this every all saints’ day and calls this tradition “panag-apoy“. I’ve only seen it in pictures but it should be quite a sight to see an entire hill in red flames.
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Echo Valley Sagada Walking Tour: Hanging Coffins
walk after the cemetery will bring you to the Echo Valley Sagada. There are a couple of trails you can take should you wish to go down. For our case, we decided not to continue since it would have been cumbersome to take the trail back up to the hill. Few of the attractions that we’ve enjoyed from our location were the hanging coffins, despite our distance, were still visible from our location and of course, the scenic view of the entire Echo Valley.
We spent most of our afternoon at the cliff-side playing card games while enjoying the cool climate and the scenic view. If you’ve gotten used to the bustling environment of the city, most likely, you’ll welcome the serenity the place can bring.
It wasn’t too late yet when we went back to town to freshen up and catch the sunset at Lake Danum.
We spent most of our afternoon at the cliff-side playing card games while enjoying the cool climate and the scenic view. If you’ve gotten used to the bustling environment of the city, most likely, you’ll welcome the serenity the place can bring.
It wasn’t too late yet when we went back to town to freshen up and catch the sunset at Lake Danum.
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There were quite a number of tourists who have already arrived ahead of us. Some of them have set-up their blankets on the grassy hill top. Behind us was Lake Danum, partially hidden behind the tree branches. There was nothing magnificent about Lake Danum, or perhaps it was overshadowed by the beautiful sunset in front of us.
It didn’t take too long before the blue skies changed to the hue of orange and we watched sun as it set down behind the mountains of the Cordilleras. I tried taking a photo of the lake behind us but it was too dark already to take a good shot. Maybe some other time, I can find time again to re-visit Lake Danum.
Echo Valley Sagada Walking Tour: Sunset at Lake Danum
The sunset in Sagada is best viewed from Lake Danum. The area is not that far from the town. After taking our rest from the on-foot exploration of the town (Echo Valley tour in Sagada) that we did during our first day in Sagada, we decided to join the group of tourists headed towards Lake Danum. They say it’s the best place to see the setting of the sun.There were quite a number of tourists who have already arrived ahead of us. Some of them have set-up their blankets on the grassy hill top. Behind us was Lake Danum, partially hidden behind the tree branches. There was nothing magnificent about Lake Danum, or perhaps it was overshadowed by the beautiful sunset in front of us.
It didn’t take too long before the blue skies changed to the hue of orange and we watched sun as it set down behind the mountains of the Cordilleras. I tried taking a photo of the lake behind us but it was too dark already to take a good shot. Maybe some other time, I can find time again to re-visit Lake Danum.