Take the road with me to the most epic places in the Philippines.
When in Baler, head down to the next town of Maria Aurora to behold its famed gargantuan balete tree, considered the largest of its kind in Asia.
Dubbed as The Millennium Tree of Aurora, this balete tree has been around for 60 decades, is over 60 meters in height and reputedly will need 60 grown men, holding one another at arm’s length to encircle its gigantic trunk.
The most remote areas of the Cordilleras are connected to the city of Baguio and the rest of the world thru Halsema Highway or the Cordillera Mountain Trail. It is the highest altitude highway in the Philippines with its highest point at 2, 255 meters above sea level.
Due to slippery roads and frequent landslides during the rainy season, not to mention the heavy fog that hungs around these mountains, this highway is considered to be one of the most dangerous roads in the world.
