Comments on: Balatoc Mines Tour http://www.i-baguio.com/balatoc-mines-tour/ Insider tips on visiting, living & doing business in Baguio City, Philippines Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:43:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: lisa http://www.i-baguio.com/balatoc-mines-tour/#comment-36100 lisa Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:40:31 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/?p=1488#comment-36100 Hi Bob, The Balatoc Mines Tour is really great. As for strawberries, I agree that it's not so great. But I have to explain that the rationale for strawberries being more expensive at the farms is because so much is wasted when they are picked by non-farmers. Also folks are charged per kilo not per person. so if five of you went, it's 70/person for the experience and photo opps. Thanks for sharing your most recent Baguio experiences. I am sure other readers will appreciate the information! Happy New Year! Hi Bob,

The Balatoc Mines Tour is really great.

As for strawberries, I agree that it’s not so great. But I have to explain that the rationale for strawberries being more expensive at the farms is because so much is wasted when they are picked by non-farmers. Also folks are charged per kilo not per person. so if five of you went, it’s 70/person for the experience and photo opps.

Thanks for sharing your most recent Baguio experiences. I am sure other readers will appreciate the information!

Happy New Year!

]]> By: Bob Mirasol http://www.i-baguio.com/balatoc-mines-tour/#comment-35937 Bob Mirasol Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:45:17 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/?p=1488#comment-35937 We went to Baguio for the nth time but it was the first for my 10 year old boy and the second for my four other children. The Balatoc Mine Tour was the best! We had a blast (literally)! We enjoyed the tour. We had chapas and our certificates as important mementos. Our tour guide (ALMA) was very good. She patiently answered our questions. We loved the ANACONDA. I thought we have seen everything but this was the best Baguio experience by far. The P250 and P150 (student fee I brought my kids to the Strawberry Farm and it was a letdown. If you pick strawberries, you pay P350/kg as against P200/kg if you buy them. I hope this tour becomes organized where a guide will talk to you about how strawberries are planted. How wine is made out of them with wine tasting or how it is preserved, etc. Travelling to Trinidad Valley was not worth the time and effort. The Butterfly sanctuary at Camp John Hay was also a letdown. The butterflies were not active at all because of the cold weather. It was just good for photo ops. Skip this. We had fun though at the zip line and repelling at the eco trail of Camp John Hay. We went to Baguio for the nth time but it was the first for my 10 year old boy and the second for my four other children. The Balatoc Mine Tour was the best! We had a blast (literally)! We enjoyed the tour. We had chapas and our certificates as important mementos. Our tour guide (ALMA) was very good. She patiently answered our questions. We loved the ANACONDA. I thought we have seen everything but this was the best Baguio experience by far. The P250 and P150 (student fee
I brought my kids to the Strawberry Farm and it was a letdown. If you pick strawberries, you pay P350/kg as against P200/kg if you buy them. I hope this tour becomes organized where a guide will talk to you about how strawberries are planted. How wine is made out of them with wine tasting or how it is preserved, etc. Travelling to Trinidad Valley was not worth the time and effort.
The Butterfly sanctuary at Camp John Hay was also a letdown. The butterflies were not active at all because of the cold weather. It was just good for photo ops. Skip this. We had fun though at the zip line and repelling at the eco trail of Camp John Hay.

]]> By: MS. ACUPAN http://www.i-baguio.com/balatoc-mines-tour/#comment-29068 MS. ACUPAN Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:52:22 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/?p=1488#comment-29068 WELL...IM FROM ACUPAN CAMP 3,THE TURNING POINT OF THE JEEP....AND WE DONT HAVE PARK IN ACUPAN,WE ONLY HAVE CROSBY PARK BUT NOT NEAR TO THE ACUPAN...IT IS LOCATED AT THE SECOND GATE,IN THIS ALSO YOU CAN FIND THE THE STATEU THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED THE MAN WHO IS HOLDING A "MASO"...AND IF YOU PLANN TO GO TO ACUPAN WELLL......FROM NOW IT JUST ALI'L BIT DANGEROUS BECUASE OF THE LAND SLIDE...WELLLLLL JUST COME TO ACUPAN AND YOU WILL A EXPERIENCE HOW TO BE IN ACUPAN..K SEE YAH WELL…IM FROM ACUPAN CAMP 3,THE TURNING POINT OF THE JEEP….AND WE DONT HAVE PARK IN ACUPAN,WE ONLY HAVE CROSBY PARK BUT NOT NEAR TO THE ACUPAN…IT IS LOCATED AT THE SECOND GATE,IN THIS ALSO YOU CAN FIND THE THE STATEU THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED THE MAN WHO IS HOLDING A “MASO”…AND IF YOU PLANN TO GO TO ACUPAN WELLL……FROM NOW IT JUST ALI’L BIT DANGEROUS BECUASE OF THE LAND SLIDE…WELLLLLL JUST COME TO ACUPAN AND YOU WILL A EXPERIENCE HOW TO BE IN ACUPAN..K SEE YAH

]]> By: ann http://www.i-baguio.com/balatoc-mines-tour/#comment-20203 ann Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:31:13 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/?p=1488#comment-20203 hi ms lisa, do you know where is Plaza-Balatoc-Acupan line?where can we find that?we are planning to go there this july and i wnat to go there. hope you can help me. do you have any miner or anyone contact number that can help me?thanks. hi ms lisa, do you know where is Plaza-Balatoc-Acupan line?where can we find that?we are planning to go there this july and i wnat to go there. hope you can help me. do you have any miner or anyone contact number that can help me?thanks.

]]> By: Bart Taylor http://www.i-baguio.com/balatoc-mines-tour/#comment-14572 Bart Taylor Mon, 11 May 2009 08:28:17 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/?p=1488#comment-14572 Me and my wife have been treasure hunting, and we come across some items this lady has found in a cave, I need to find a gold buyer and I have some american currency of 1934 from a WQ.f. box Me and my wife have been treasure hunting, and we come across some items this lady has found in a cave, I need to find a gold buyer and I have some american currency of 1934 from a WQ.f. box

]]> By: lisa http://www.i-baguio.com/balatoc-mines-tour/#comment-11989 lisa Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:56:15 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/?p=1488#comment-11989 Hiya Nova, Yup, you can take in the Balatoc Mines Tour especially because it is near PMA. Take note of the cut-off time though. You must be there by 2:00 p.m. Say hi to Ms. Vicky for me :) Hiya Nova,

Yup, you can take in the Balatoc Mines Tour especially because it is near PMA. Take note of the cut-off time though. You must be there by 2:00 p.m. Say hi to Ms. Vicky for me :)

]]> By: nova http://www.i-baguio.com/balatoc-mines-tour/#comment-11980 nova Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:00:08 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/?p=1488#comment-11980 Dear lisa, i am very glad for posting about balatoc mines.we will be leaving tomorrow for baguio to attend the pma alumni on sat. it is now included in our itinerary to visit this exciting place. i am positively sure that we all gonna like and enjoy it. thank you for this informative guide. Dear lisa,
i am very glad for posting about balatoc mines.we will be leaving tomorrow for baguio to attend the pma alumni on sat. it is now included in our itinerary to visit this exciting place. i am positively sure that we all gonna like and enjoy it. thank you for this informative guide.

]]> By: lisa http://www.i-baguio.com/balatoc-mines-tour/#comment-11974 lisa Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:30:38 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/?p=1488#comment-11974 No phone in the park. But you can call the Balatoc Mines Tour folks. Contact info available at http://www.gobaguio.com/balatoc-mines.html or check out www.benguetcorp.com. hope this helps No phone in the park. But you can call the Balatoc Mines Tour folks. Contact info available at http://www.gobaguio.com/balatoc-mines.html or check out http://www.benguetcorp.com. hope this helps

]]> By: Ephraim http://www.i-baguio.com/balatoc-mines-tour/#comment-11973 Ephraim Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:18:28 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/?p=1488#comment-11973 Hi, I'm planning to organize a camp in Crosby Park. Do you know the contact details of the park? can I have a cellphone number of one who runs the park. Thanks! Hi, I’m planning to organize a camp in Crosby Park. Do you know the contact details of the park? can I have a cellphone number of one who runs the park. Thanks!

]]> By: lisa http://www.i-baguio.com/balatoc-mines-tour/#comment-11700 lisa Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:18:38 +0000 http://www.i-baguio.com/?p=1488#comment-11700 Thanks Eugene, Baguio belongs to the Philippines, with us residents as mere caretakers. The issues plaguing the city cannot be localized or isolated. This is the best medium I can use right now. Thank you for understanding and caring. :) Thanks Eugene,

Baguio belongs to the Philippines, with us residents as mere caretakers. The issues plaguing the city cannot be localized or isolated. This is the best medium I can use right now. Thank you for understanding and caring. :)

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