Landscape And Sunset Photos From Benguet
Taken Along The Scenic Halsema Highway, Atok, Benguet
Taken Along The Scenic Halsema Highway, Atok, Benguet
The
Philippines is a tropical country, as it is, the humid heat can be
unbearable especially during Dry Season from March until May. This is
the reason why Baguio City, a City in the Highlands of Cordillera's is
famed as Country's Summer Capital. We can get our summer heat escape by
visiting Baguio, at any time of the year. Baguio offers a lot that to
some tourist there is no need to venture beyond the borders of the City,
going perhaps to La Trinidad, or to explore the rich heritage of Benguet
Province. I've been to Baguio a lot of times that by just smelling its
fresh atmosphere brings back lots of memories, but on the first time I
ventured beyond and going into the Heart of the Cordillera's where an
experience that outweigh every comfort the City of Baguio gave me.
Catching the Golden Hours, the Pines are good silhouette in a background of sharp ridges.
Summer
is about to start, the grass are dry and exposed to the Sun. and the
few scattering Pines Trees are great contrast to the mountainside.
What makes Halsema
Highway special is that it is marked as the Philippines Highest Highway
in our highway system. I also discovered that this is where you will
find the oldest toll gate, and yes the Halsema Highway in itself is an Expressway high up in the Mountain Ranges in the Cordillera Autonomous Region.
It's
possibly the time of the year for the grasses here to turn dry in some
areas, bathing the slopes in yellow and brown colors of Autumn.
I remember the first time I passed through this area in my visit to
Sagada in the adjoining Mountain Province, I found myself ogling in the
bus windows, marveling at the clouds circling the area, the beautiful
Santo Nino Mines, the snaking rolling hills like no other, steep ridges
where the road is literally carved in the rock of the mountains, the
blowing cold high altitude air, one might say that it’s not bad to live
in the mountains as beautiful as this.
I get the chance to takes photographs along the Halsema Highway when
I joined an Outreach Visit of Sykes Outdoor, The Outdoor Club we have
at work. We rented a Jeep to carry us to Mt Timbak, a mountain of great
heritage to the Indigenous Ibaloi Tribes. Of course this mountain is
right in the heart of the Halsema Highway, it is literally the towering
Mountain that visitor see when they stop over to see views in Santo Nino
Mines and take their photos along the Highest Highway Marker in Atok
Benguet.
On this trip, we stayed for a
while in Baguio from our arrival to get a taste of the Panagbenga
Festival in the City. What’s good about renting your own vehicle to
bring you here is that we were able to request a stop on almost every
scenic location along the way. Feels good to be with people who are into
Outdoor activity and photography at the same time, they can easily
understand why I itch to get off along the road taking my own darn time
to get the shot. The cold is just amazing, you can feel your lungs
expanding due to the altitude levels but at the same time, you can enjoy
breathing the fresh air blowing through the pines trees.
More of this visit: TRAVEL GUIDE | Mt Timbak
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Amazing shots!
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