Banaue, Philippines: travel guide
The Ifugao mountain town at the centre of the Cordillera rice terraces, a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape, and the road head for the Batad amphitheatre.
- Country
- Philippines
- Currency
- PHP
- Time zone
- Asia/Manila
Top places to visit in Banaue
Batad Rice Terraces
Heritage · 4.7 rating · about 5 h
The stone-walled amphitheatre at Batad, the most complete of the five UNESCO-inscribed Cordillera terrace clusters (World Heritage ref. 722, inscribed 1995). Reached only on foot: a rough road from Banaue to the saddle, then a descent into…
Banaue Rice Terraces Main Viewdeck
Viewpoint · 4.6 rating · about 0.8 h
The roadside viewdeck above Banaue looking across the amphitheatre of Ifugao terraces — the view on the Philippine 1000-peso note. Stone-walled terraces cut into the mountainside and still farmed, part of the UNESCO-inscribed Rice Terraces…
Getting around
- Jeepney main way to get around
Seeded from the curated primary_local_modes array; per-city parameters not yet researched.
- Tricycle main way to get around
Seeded from the curated primary_local_modes array; per-city parameters not yet researched.
- Walking
Every city has walking. 2.5 km ceiling is a placeholder default, not a researched per-city figure -- Singapore is sheltered and air-conditioned, Bangkok often has no pavement.