Private Tour

Hiking in Batak Tribal Village tour

From USD 164.11

4.0

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Overview

Available languages

English

This tour takes you on a 1.5-hour jungle hike to a tribal village home to the Batak people, indigenous people of the Philippines. You can see the culture and way of life of tribal people that are now diminishing in the mountains in palawan.

This is part of the Sustainable Tourism Project to help preserve the culture and living traditions of the Batak indigenous cultural communities and to create opportunities for livelihood from tourism activity, the Batak Visitor Center and Cultural Village was established and Kultura Batak Tourism Producers Cooperative are those poeple produces and sells handicraft as souvenir items to tourists.

The tours starts from pick up from your city center hotels. IF your hotel is located outside the city center an extra pick up and drop off charge for the van will be collected.

Additional Info

Service animals allowed

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

What‘s Included

Snacks

Air-conditioned vehicle

Pick up and drop off if your hotel is within the city center

Licensed Tourguide

Entrance fee

tips

Options

Groups of 1-2 persons

Pickup included

Groups of 3-5 persons

Pickup included

Operated by Puerto Princesa Tours and Transport by World holiday travel and tours Palawan

Reviews

4.0

3 reviews

Batak Village Visit
Kimberly R,
Nov 20, 2023
4.0
We took this tour as a cruise ship excursion from Puerto Princesa in mid-November, 2023. We met our guide Ricky and driver Romell outside the port gate on time. On the way to the Batak village, we stopped at a grocery store, at our request, to purchase groceries for the villagers. Ricky helped us on what to purchase based on phone calls to the Village Coordinator, Rosalfi. who we met after the 1-hr drive north from the port. After meeting Rosalfi, we drove off the main paved road and over a dirt/gravel road until the first river crossing. We had to cross the river 5 times, at about 12”-18” deep. Finally we climbed up a fairly steep dirt trail to the Batak village of about 180 or so people. One or more of the villagers carried our donated supplies on a motorcycle, and then by hand, including a 25kg “half-bag” of premium rice. After reaching the village, we sat to rest for awhile on a porch in the shade with mostly women and children. Eventually we met the village chief and when all the women were ready, we were taken to an open area where they put on a little traditional dance and music demonstration for us. The village coordinator, who was fluent in English and the Batak language, explained what we were about to see, and then the performance began. First, two boys with wooden swords did a traditional fighting dance, then women only danced, then everyone, including us joining in. Afterwards we gave our thanks and said goodbye and walked back down the trail and across the river (four more times) to our waiting, air conditioned car for the 1-hour drive back to the port.
No access to village
ALBERTE K,
Mar 3, 2023
3.0
Unfortunately we were not able to access the village due to the damage caused by a typhoon in 2021. In our opinion this tour should no longer be offered. A small group of villagers did come to the main road and gave us a short dance presentation. The local guide explained a few things about the village and recent events.