 | restoring houses, resurrecting culture, reinforcing lives | May 2, 2009 |
The Batad Kadangyan Lodges Project is a small cultural restoration initiative with big aspirations. While our main goal is to renovate native Ifugao houses in Batad, we also aim to contribute to the local community by providing them with livelihood through tourism. The project is so painfully simple. All around Batad, one can find old, dilapidated "baluys" whose owners cannot afford to renovate. We approach the owner of the baluy and propose the restoration project. We provide cash to acquire some materials (e.g. grass for the roofs, rattan strips for securing joints), and the owner of the house contributes some labor and wood (from his own timber plot). Once the house is completed, the owner can rent out the baluy to tourists who desire an authentic Batad Ifugao experience. The owners can even earn more by serving as tourist guides for their guests! To date, we have restored two huts in the Balihong area: the Mannod Lodge and the Ambojnon Lodge. Just this April 2009, we began the restoration of the Chummog Lodge. We have entertained several guests (from places like Germany, Lithuania and Slovenia!), who just absolutely enjoyed living in these old baluys. In the near future, we hope to be able to renovate more baluys and promote fair tourism by having the Batad community benefit more from tourism in the area. Help us restore more Ifugao houses by donating money or staying at the lodges! Raymond Aquino Macapagal & Raoul Andrada Bermejo III +63 917 5010134   | the baluys in balihong | Mar 25, 2012 |
The 2009 Batad Couchsurfing Party
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Slovenes in Batad
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The Batad Kadangyan Lodges charges 300 pesos per person per night. We currently have five lodges located at different areas of Batad. These lodges are run by their respective owner-families, and we have no centralized management. Booking a... more | Video | Jul 17, 2011 |
 When the family of the village blacksmith Juan Buy-a conducted their harvest, they decided to do a lavish celebration by slaughtering a precious native pig. The meat was simply boiled in water, but the resulting broth turned out to be extra tasty!  | Guestbook | |
 | Hello,
I would like to take my family of four sometime in mid December or early January 2012 for at least 3 days and 4 nights. Two kids, 9 years old and 3 years old. Any advice, suggestions, recommendations for transportation from Manila would be appreciated.
Maraming salamat po.
Jojo Rosal |
 | Thank you so much for your generousity and for your concern of restoring the houses, resurrecting culture, reinforcing lives of the Ifugao people. I am the daughter of Moises Ambojnon who owns one of the house. I am so blessed to know that there are people kind people like you. Looking forward to see the renovated house where I grew up this summer. May God bless you. |
 | thanks marivic for the photos and for supporting our project! hope you can help spread the word! |
 | We were guests at your lodge in April this year and we had a blast! Thank you for accommodating us and thank you so much more for recommending margie as our guide. She was awesome!!! :) |
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zocs wrote on Mar 28, '10 Hi Rae! Socs here, CSer and Benguet volunteer farmer. Are there volunteer opportunities in Batad? If you need help restoring Ifugao native houses, I can volunteer whenever I'm free. By the way, just text Manang Marilyn regarding volunteering in the Benguet farm. I'm sure she can come up with something suitable for the arrangement you had in mind:) Thanks. |
 | Hi Sir, thank you for accommodating my call today =). |
| Thanks Mia! Hope to see you guys! Just text me muna kung ilan kayo just so I can check if we need extra blankets. Hehe. |
 | Hi Sir! We'll try to visit the place this June 1-3, or if not during those dates, basta bibisita po kami. I'll contact you nalang po kung may sched na. Yey, thanks Sir! :D |
| No malaria here! I think it's only in Palawan island where malaria is still a threat. |
 | NICE !! I see all the pics and read your blog but...how about malaria???
Is it safe their without using medicins?
all the best and thanks for your answer,
teejoo ( Portugal)
teejoo@mac.com |
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