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Deadline of confirmation: October 18, 2006, 5 p.m. Those who will confirm after this date can also be considered if there are available slots. We may opt to close the reservation/confirmation before this date if the 60 slots are already filled-up.
Lodah Tour 2006
Dear Friends,
We are inviting you to participate in SITMo’s Lodah Tour (rice terraces land preparation) on October 27-29, 2006. This is the second of the tours that the Save the IFugao Terraces Movement is designing after the successful Bakle Festival Tour last August.
Please support this tour as it helps the Ifugao rice terraces by bringing tourists to share the tourism income with the community. Part of the proceeds of the tour goes to the community heritage trust fund to help them promote their indigenous culture and preserve the rice terraces.
The Lodah Tour will bring tourists to help restore a neglected terraces in Bayninan, a village in Barangay Nagacadan, Kiangan and will also give them a chance to stay overnight in Bangaan, in the municipality of Banaue.
Thank you very much.
Very truly yours,
TEDDY B. BAGUILAT, JR.
President
Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement
Lodah Package Tour
October 27-29, 2006
On-nop, Bayninan
Nagacadan, Kiangan, IfugaoPackage Cost: P2,800 per participant
Inclusions:
Transporation within the province
Meals (3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners, 2 snacks on day 1 only)
Lodging (dormitory type accommodations on day 1; family inn on day 2); additional P200 for homestay accommodation on day 1
Tour guide fee
Cultural night
Environmental fee
Entrance fees
Souvenir t-shirt
ID and certificate“Be part of restoring abandoned rice terraces, and saving a World Heritage. Join the SITMo’s Lodah Package Tour, in cooperation with the Kiangan Municipal Local Government Unit and Bayninan, Nagacadan community.”
Lodah is opening rice terraces or restoring long abandoned terraces. Activities include recovering eroded portions, cleaning the paddy and paddy walls, stonewalling and tilling involving manual labor. This is done through the traditional system of ubbu or bayanihan.
Through the tour, the participants can also engage in other activities such as traditional weaving, bayah or rice wine making, and preparing the binakle or rice cake.
For day 2 of the tour, the participants will have a picnic in any of these pristine and serene spots – Bagnit Waterfalls, Uttu Waterfalls or Mt. Kapugan.
The participants will then travel to Bangaan Family Inn in Bangaan, Banaue for their dinner and a cultural night.
A lazy morning after a tedious 2 days awaits in Bangaan. One can just pass away the time viewing the Bangaan Rice Terraces from the Inn or do a leisure trek to the village.
The afternoon will be spent shopping in the Banaue town center.
Click here for images of the tour.
Itinerary
6 a.m.
Arrival in SITMo Center or homestays (Kiangan)
6 – 7:30 a.m.
Rest/Breakfast
7:30 – 8 a.m.
Briefing
8 – 9 a.m.
Travel to On-nop (with 45 minute trek)
9 a.m. – 12 nn
Participation in lodah and other activities
12 – 1 p.m.
Lunch (in On-nop)
1 – 4 p.m.
Participation in lodah and other activities
4 – 5 p.m.
Travel to Kiangan town center
5 – 7 p.m.
Free time
7 – 8 p.m.
Dinner in SITMo Center or homestays (Kiangan)
8 p.m.
Rest or night out
Day 2
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast in SITMo Center or homestays
8:30 – 4 a.m.
Picnic in Bagnit Waterfalls, Uttu Waterfalls or Mt. Kapugan;
1 hour tour of Kiangan War Memorial Shrine, Ifugao Museum and Yamashita Surrender Site4 – 5 p.m.
Rest
5 – 7 p.m.
Travel to Bangaan Family Inn, Bangaan, Banaue
7 – 8 p.m.
Dinner in Bangaan Family Inn
8 – 10 p.m.
Cultural Night
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast in Bangaan Family Inn
8:30 – 11 a.m.
Trek to Bangaan Village, or a lazy morning for
those who want to pass away the time11 a.m. – 12 nn
Travel to Banaue town center
12 – 1 p.m.
Lunch in Halfway Lodge, Poblacion, Banaue
1 – 2 p.m.
Visit to Viewpoint
2 – 6 p.m.
Shopping
6 p.m.
Departure for Manila, earlier for those from Baguio
For reservation and inquiries contact us:
Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement
Dinapugan, Tuplac
3604 Kiangan, Ifugao
Mobile: +639067727193, +639067789373, +639066764798
Email: sitmo311@gmail.com, sitmo311@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.sitmo.ueuo.com
