Banaue Philippines | Trekking the Incredible BATAD RICE TERRACES, TAPPIYA FALLS + Bangaan Rice Terraces

How to get to Batad Village?
From Banaue Town Proper, you may hire either a tricycle or a jeepney that will take you to Batad Saddle Point (end point).It may take approximately 1 hour to get to Batad Saddle Point. From there, you will trek around 20 minutes going to Batad Village. There will also be a registration/environmental fee of only 50 Pesos per person upon entering Batad Village.

By the way, a tour guide is required when trekking Batad Rice Terraces. Tour guide rate is somewhere between 1200 to 1500 (Batad Rice Terraces including Tappiya Falls)

TREKKING BATAD RICE TERRACES & TAPPIYA FALLS:
After the 20 minutes trek from Batad Saddle Point to Batad Village, we climbed to the highest view point. Took us around an hour to reach the highest view point since we we’re taking lots of photos and videos, but some travelers can reach the top in just 30 to 40 minutes. According to our guide, we we’re lucky it didn’t rain since it had been raining every afternoon the past days before our visit. It would have been a lot difficult if it did since the trail leading to the highest view point and down to the waterfalls involves very narrow and steep path. Anyway, after reaching the highest viewpoint, we trekked all the way to the very bottom of the mountains to witness the stunning beauty of Tappiya Falls. From the highest viewpoint, we reached Tappiya Falls in just 30 minutes. It was still a challenging hike going down but the very hard part is going back up. Took us around 2 hours and 30 minutes going back to Batad Saddlepoint from Tappiya Falls. It was absolutely a very challenging hiking experience but being able to witness and have a close look at the beautiful waterfalls and rice terraces is worth it.