Baguio

Balatoc BenCab Museum Gold Mine Tour

The Balatoc Gold Mine Tour gives visitors glimpse into Baguio’s historical past as one of the most mineral rich areas of the country. You’ll have to don rubber boots, helmet and chapa (the pressed metal ID tag all miners wore) to go underground, riding in the miners’ locomotive train about half a kilometer into the mountain. Balatoc is located in Itogon, Benguet, about half-an-hour’s ride outside Baguio. The tour takes about two hours, costs P250 per person.

BenCab Museum

Newly opened Bencab

Museum, at Km 6 on Asin Road, is top of many museum goers’ ‘best museum’ lists. National Artist Benedicto Cabrera, a Baguio resident for over 30 years, has put together over seven galleries, installations and awe-inspiring architecture nestled among rice terraces and native Cordilleran houses. This may be the only art gallery you’ll ever visit that has ducks on the company payroll, and a mountain creek rushing through the property. URL: www. bencabmuseum.org; +6374/ 442 7165.

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