TRAVEL : I survived the caves of Sagada

Whenever our family plans a vacation, Sagada is always the last choice. Why? Cause it is a very long and tiring road trip that can take for up to 8 or more hours depending on the speed of your car. But this year, my ninang planned to go to Sagada and she invited me and my brother to come with them.

Lumiang Burial Cave

We left our house at 3am and we arrived in Sagada at about 11.30 am. That’s 8  ½ hours!

We stayed in “Sagada Homestay.” It was a nice place and convenient to those who want to explore Sagada because it is just walking distance from different Sagada tourists’ spots.

After eating our lunch, we decided to resume our Sagada Adventure XD. First stop is Lumiang Burial Cave. By the way, we were accompanied by three tourguides because you cannot go alone in these caves. Also, we wore comfy clothes (shorts) and slippers.

if you will look closely, you could actually see a bone

Next stop is Sumaguing Cave and this where the torture begins.

While in Sagada.. Take nothing but pictures... Leave nothing but footprints... Kill nothing but time

Before entering the cave, the tourguide told us to bring only one camera. We also passed by a tourist and he told us “I’m done. It was a nice torture.” (oh adventure here we comeeeeeeeee!)

There was no source of light inside the cave aside from an oil lamp (I’m not sure if it’s an oil lamp) of the tourguides. So basically, our life depends on the tourguides. Yep.

The tourguides told us that there were three stages. In my own words, I will call it as the “bat lair” (1^st stage), “slippery rocks”  (2^nd stage) and “water madness” (3^rd stage).

I called the first stage “bat lair” because it was the part of the cave full of bats and BAT POOP! And yes, we were covered with bat poop.

Next is “slippery rocks” because everything that you’re going to set foot is slippery. In this part of the cave, you have to be extra careful. I MEAN IT. But don’t worry, the tourguides will assist you but still you have to be careful.

The last part was “water madness.” I called it water madness because there’s water LOL! You also have to be extra careful in here because even though you will not drown, you might get stuck in between big rock formations.

Here are some of the pictures inside Sumaguing Cave:

To summarize things up, here’s what to expect inside Sumaguing Cave
   1. To be covered with bat poop
   2.   To see beautiful rock formations
   3.  To be drenched in cold water
   4.  To climb big rock formations using rope
   5.  To be worn-out

                                    SAGADA. BEEN THERE. DONE THAT. SURVIVED.