I love this place. I always go inside this cave whenever I go to Sagada. I even memorize this place hahahahaha. I could be your tour guide hahaha.
Its one adventurous stretch inside the caves- We experienced something totally out of the world. And that feeling when you come out with alive. :D Thanks to the cave experts, they helped us experience this part of the nature.
Sumaguing cave has a regular caving and a connection caving. Better to bring a waterproof flashligth,bottle of water and wear a sandals for trekking. Connection caving consist of spelunking, crawling,gliding,climbing,decending and rappelling. Always be aware everytime you step because its quite slippery and steepy. The connection cave will goes through the Echo Valley and the duration of adventure is about 3 to 4 hours depends on the pacing of the groups. My suggestion just follow the guide for your assurance of safety!!
The experience I had on the cave connection is a hundred times better than what I experienced in Palawan's underground river.
The best decision I ever made was to go spelunking from Sumaguing to Lumiang cave. Do not pass out on the opportunity as the experience was amazing. Most of our tour mates did not opt to take the cave connection as they did not want to get so tired. Prepared to get wet and go into steep holes. Also the best footwear for this are slippers and wear something light to get around as you will get wet. One of the highlights of my trip here.
As part of my husband's 50th birthday, we all decided to visit Sagada & visited this famous attraction. It was a long walk to the cave yet worth it since the scenery along the way were breathtaking. Our family together with our guide just reached the dark entrance when we decided to back out since my little 9 year old boy is already crying, he's afraid to go in. Besides our guide told us that it is very slippery inside. Yet my 13 year old boy, Joseph went for a challenge. He told me, " Mom I want to go there & see for myself!". Me & my husband looked at each other at first, we were both hesitant to let him go further into the cave with the guide, Manong Jacob. But later, we also approved of him going inside. I was scared & kept praying for his safety while we waited outside for 2 hours. And I was so overjoyed when my son & his guide came out triumphant after 2 hours of caving inside the cave. And here are my teenager's mementos inside!
i had to go down in this big black hole, with no security rope, slippery steep ground (slippery for the guano of bats) and illuminated only by the guide petrol lamp, felt like Indiana Jones! only that when i reached the bottom I discovered there were also other tourist, not so scared like me,.. but the place is wonderful, with limeston concretions, to see!!! but with good nerves!sono dovuta scendere in questo grande buco nero, senza nessuna corda di sicurezza,ed un terreno scivoloso e in pendenza (scivoloso per la cacca di pipistrello...) e illuminato solo dalla lampada a petrolio della guida,sentendomi come indiana Jones! solo che arrivata in fondo ho scoperto di non essere da sola, ma che c'erano diversi turisti, meno paurosi di me... un posto comunque fantastico, con sculture di calcare, da vedere!
Sumaging cave is part of the ‚cave connections’ underground hike route you can follow. Mosly, you exit the caves through Sumaging and enter it through Lumiang. If you’re not that of a hiker, you could also just hike the Lumiang track. We hiked through both caves in 4 hours. We can say it was thé highlight of our stay in Sagada. When you exit the caves, you’ll be glad to see daylight again but you’ll probably be amazed at the same time. To fully exit the caves, it’s required to climb some steps to the road again. But the exit is like a movie scene, where you slowly come back to the roads through this little jungle. We were quite unprepared because we accidentally bumped into the entrance and a guide with two pinot tourists. We asked them what they were doing and they answered that they were preparing for the hike and asked us if we wanted to join if we paid. Of course we said yes, but we were walking on flip flops, carried a big backpack and another big camera bag. So, we suggest you put on some comfortable old clothes that are aloud to get dirty and wet, good shoes (or bear feat likes us), a camera, water and money (for the guide P 400 p.p, and a refreshing drink after). Oh and maybe a bikini/shorts because there is an opportunity to swim in the cold waters running through the caves. NOTE: you can’t hike through these caves alone. A foreign couple tried to follow us and our guide without paying, but that is highly irresponsible. You really need a strong and reliable lantern, since there’s total darkness and a skilled guide to lead you the way. There are very dangerous cliffs in the cave, which can be very deceiving at first sight.
this is spelunking in its finest! Its just amazing how this cave preserved it own beauty. People of Sagada, Thank you for letting us experience this and thank you for preserving this magnificent cave.
I'm a big guy and we have to think carefully before doing something like this. Lots of clambering both up and down steep inclines. At times climbing on bare rock face and, at the most extreme, 'walking' down a sheer drop hanging onto a rope or climbing on tyres up a sheer drop. Also some tight squeezes to get through.That said, it's spectacular and worth the effort to go through. A real sense of achievement at the end!