The Hidden Valley

Northeast-Luzon is a land of rugged mountains, rough seas- and a deep peaceful river valley.

The remoteness of this region makes it the keeper of some of the country's best and most exciting secrets. Northeast Luzon provides venues for a surprising variety of action sports, many of them of high quality and offering unique experiences.

Rough and Rugged

The pacific Ocean and the Cagayan River from natural borders that isolate this corner of archipelago with its rugged mountains, thick forests and panoramic coasts. Rising out of the country's longest mountain range- The Sierra Madre- the Philippines; longest river, the Cagayan flows northward 350km to the Babuyan Channel. Mostly limestone karts  the Sierra Madre range crosses nine provinces from Cagayan to Bicol down to Luzon's eastern flank, averaging heights of 1000m. With its rugged, forest clad slopes, it remains largely unexplored to this day.

Besides being the water shed for the Cagayan, many of other rivers of Luzon start life here, fed by hundreds of smaller streams and tributaries that flow down the western slopes of these mountains. The eastern slopes face the ocean and in many places they tumble quickly  and spectacularly down to the surf below, meaning that settlements here are usually few in number and generally tend to be a smaller size.