Cabins in Banaue

Local lodging style. Superfriendly hosts

I find that it is the people that make travelling a pleasure and it is the people that make this accommodation and restaurant so wonderful. Sure it is a 1.4 km walk uphill from the Tourism Centre in town, but it's 1.4 km DOWNHILL going back. Sure my single room was spartan with no window to the outside, but l only went to my room to sleep. Upstairs in the restaurant there are plenty of windows with a wonderful view of nature; I'm not sure what rooms in town would offer. Of course in March when l visited it was cold at night and the blanket provided was thin, but Celine readily found me two more blankets and l slept very well. The bathrooms are basic but certainly clean and YES there is hot water if you follow instructions. Since the water is heated as it flows through the heating element, the slower the flow, the hotter the water. Final note on the accommodation, I think an electrical outlet in the room to charge devices would be a big improvement but again Celine offered to charge my phone upstairs. I had a Globe SIM card and found my data reception was hit and miss in the mountains but l did get my messages on and off. As the sign says, there's no Wi-Fi so pretend it's 1995 and talk to people. And that's where l started my review - the people. Celine particularly looked after me with excellent meals, a tricycle to Batad and Bangaan, extra blankets, charging my phone, arranging for the CODA bus from Sagada to drop me outside Las Vegas and for the Ohayami bus to Manila to pick me up in the rain outside Las Vegas, and generally chatted with me as if l was family. Much appreciated and highly recommended.