Manila-Baguio-Sagada
This option is better because you have more options unless you really want to pass by Banaue.

Manila-Banaue-Bontoc-Sagada
Preferably take Cable Tours so you don’t have to worry about the Banaue-Bontoc part of the travel.

To get to the base camp:

Campsite: Lake Danum, Patay, Sagada (view picture)

Registration Fee: P700/P800

The base camp will be along Lake Danum, a small lake found on the Sagada-Besao border and 4 km away from the municipal hall of Sagada, or Besao, for that matter. Those who will be taking the Manila-Baguio-Sagada route may opt to ride on the Lizardo bus going to Besao and ask to be dropped off in Danum. Those who will take the Lizardo bus going to Ambasing, Sagada will have to get down at the town center and then ask a jeepney to bring them to Danum (ask help from the Tourist Information Center at the Municipal Hall).

Those who will take the Manila-Banaue-Bontoc-Sagada route will also have to ride on a jeepney going to Danum from the town center.

Antayan na lang para mas mura ang cost per person papuntang Danum. A picture of a map (not to scale) will be posted on MFPI yahoo groups.

There will be makeshift restrooms, water hosed from the mountain springs and a generator for the speakers in case something has to be announced. The moonlight (almost full moon at that time), camp fires and gas lamps will make the night not so dark.

Related Sites:

Sagada Environmental Guides Association (SEGA)
Mountaineering Federation of the Philippines (MFPI)

Take a jeepney to Bontoc. From Bontoc, take the Cable Tours bus going to Manila.

You may also take a bus or jeepney to go to Banaue first, then from Banaue, go to Manila.

You may also want to try the Sagada-Bontoc-Baguio-Manila route.

Or you may decide to take the Sagada-Baguio-Manila option.

You may also take the Sagada-Bontoc-Banaue-Manila route.

There is the Sagada-Bontoc-Baguio-Manila option which you may want to check.

GL/Lizardo Trans
Sagada-Baguio

Peak Season
5:00am
6:00am
7:00am
8:00am
9:00am
10:00am
1:00pm

mid-June to mid-December
6:30am
7:30am
8:00am
9:00am
10:00am
1:00pm

You take this route only when you wish to drop by Bontoc first, or it just so happened that you came to Sagada during a long holiday (Holy Week, Christmas or even a holiday falling on a Friday, Saturday. or Monday) that all the buses going directly to Baguio were filled too soon.

If you do not intend to stay overnight in Bontoc, then you must take the first Sagada-Bontoc jeepney you can get.

Dangwa Bus
074-444-9619
074-422-2633

GL/Lizardo
074-304-5994

Terminal at Bontoc Circle dispatches Dangwa and GL/Lizardo buses in alternating order.

7:00 AM first Trip
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
12 Noon
1:00 PM
2:30 PM *last trip (*During lean season, last trip is at 1:00 PM.)

Rising Sun Bus

074-602-1050
074-445-8224

Terminal at Municipal Hall dispatches eight (8) Rising Sun buses per day during peak season and 6-7 buses during lean season.

5:00 AM first trip
4:00 PM *last trip (During the lean season, last trip leaves at 3:00 PM.)

Travel time is five hours.

Be sure to check the shorter Sagada-Baguio-Manila option first.

You may also want to try the Sagada-Bontoc-Banaue-Manila route.

In Manila, take either Dagupan, Victory, Rabbit or Dangwa to get to Baguio. Preferably take the 11PM, 12midnight, or 1AM trip so that you can sleep on the way then reach Baguio at dawn.

In Baguio, take the GL/Lizardo Bus to get to Sagada.

Manila-Baguio Bus Trips

Dagupan Bus Lines

+632-727-2330, +632-929-6123
Terminal: New York Street, Cubao, Quezon City
Departure Time: every hour except 2:00AM-4:00AM, daily

*Saulog Transit (sister company of Dagupan Bus) has Cavite-Manila-Baguio (and vice-versa) trips
+632-825-2926 or 825-2972 or 825-2930
Terminal: 1377 Quirino Ave., Parañaque

Victory Liner

Terminal: EDSA, Cubao, Quezon City
+632-727-4534
Departure Time: every hour, daily
Fare: P450.00

Terminal: EDSA, Pasay City
+632-833-5019 to 20
Departure Time: every hour, daily
Fare: P460.00

Terminal: España, corner Galicia Street, Sampaloc, Manila
+632-741-1436
Departure Time:
– 4:30AM
– 7:30AM
–10:00AM
– 1:00PM
– 3:00PM
–11:00PM
Fare: P450.00

Philippine Rabbit

+632-734-9836
Terminal: 819 Oroquieta Street, Manila

Dangwa Bus

+632-731-2879
Terminal: 1600 Dimasalang, Sampaloc, Manila

Baguio-Sagada Bus Trips

GL Trans / Lizardo Bus

Terminal: Dangwa Station at the back of Center Mall, Baguio
Departure Time:
6:30AM Ambasing via Sagada
8:00AM Besao via Sagada
9:00AM Ambasing via Sagada
10:00AM Besao via Sagada
11:00AM Ambasing via Sagada
1:00PM Besao via Sagada

You may also reach Sagada via Banaue and Bontoc.

If you take Cable Tours, your bus ride ends in Bontoc. From there, take a jeepney ride to Sagada (first trip 9:30AM and last trip 4:00PM). If most of the passengers are going to Sagada, Cable Tours will bring you to Sagada.

If you take Autobus or Florida Bus, the bus stops in Banaue. Take a jeepney ride to Bontoc then another jeepney ride to Sagada.

Manila-Banaue Bus Trips

Cable Tours

0929-819-4688 or +6374-774-1290 Jun Cue for Manila reservations
0927-265-3929 Bert Cue
Manila Terminal: E. Rodriguez Sr. Boulevard
near Trinity University of Asia and St. Luke’s Hospital
Departure from Manila: 8:00PM

Autobus

+632-743-3227 or 735-8096 or 736-2831 or 735-8098
Terminal: Dimasalang corner Laong-laan Street, Sampaloc, Manila (map)
in front of University of Santo Tomas

Departure Time: 10:00PM daily
Fare: Php 462.00

Florida Transport

+632-731-5358
Terminal: Earnshaw Sr cor. Loyola, Espana, Manila
(5 min walk from Autobus station)
Departure Time: 10:45PM daily
Fare: P 450.00

Banaue-Bontoc Jeepney/Bus Trips

Jeepney

Terminal: located near the Banaue Market
Departure Time: 8:30 am
Fare: P120.00

Bus

Cable tours: 5:30 – 7:00AM (the same bus from Manila)
Bonbon Bus: 10:00AM
Emmanuel Trans: 12:00PM

Bontoc-Sagada Jeepney Rides

Terminal: central Bontoc
in between All Saints Mission Elementary School and Walter Clapp Centrum
Departure Time:
first trip 9:00AM
hourly departure in between
last trip 4:00PM

You may also reach Sagada from Manila by passing through Baguio.