Kiltepan Sunrise and lost in the Forest

As my body enjoying the cold weather in bed and having a good sleep, and still want to sleep, but we have to wake up very early, before the break of the dawn. And this is the start of our Sagada Adventure: Survival Challenge J

We leaved our lodge in full gear to conquer the morning cold temperature. And we have to walk about 3 and half kilometers. Going to Kiltepan peak, you had two options, First, by your feet, walk/trek for about 30-45 minutes. Second, you can rent a van that may cost 450 roundtrip, you have to arrange or book it to SEGA or SAGGAS office. For us, we choose the first, aside from being a budget travelers, we want to seize the place and experience each adventure and challenges that Sagada offers.

To trek going Kiltepan, doing it in early morning, you need to bring flashlight, for roads are still dark and expect some ascend and rough roads along. Bring also water and good stamina J . During our visit, there are only few groups choose to walk. Most go for van rental, and all of them passed us along the road and of course get ahead of us on the site. After our long walked for about 45 minutes we reach the site. Walking is bit tiring, but all worth it. I really enjoyed the cold breeze around as my jacket balances to keep me warm.

All visitors who got ahead of us are already on their best spots for the sunrise. There are more than a hundreds of visitor on the site. We wait for a couple of minutes for the magnificent sunrise and take some photos. Indeed, it was beautiful.

As the sun arises, we leave the site and took another adventure. I read through some blogs about the Malboro country in Sagada and how to get there. Though most blogger noted that there’s no clear signs headed to the site thus some are get lost in the middle. From Kiltepan, we went straight following the trail on the left side at Kiltepan entrance. Believing on my brave instinct, it’s the right way going there (hahahah). We walked thru a wide path until we reach a pork way, the area seems for logging trees. There is no one to ask for right direction. We take both ways, (one at a time) Going further, I’ve enjoyed all over with the pine trees, forest flowers, spiders, etc… not having a worry that we might get lost… And the history, we got lost in both in middle of the forest. We go back, failed to found Malboro Country L . Thus, having us a reason to visit again Sagada very soon.