Balatoc Mines Tour
January 2, 2009 by lisa
Filed under attractions & landmarks, benguet
We were given flyers about the Balatoc Mines Tour near Baguio City to distribute to our guests and were just waiting for an excuse to check it out for ourselves, having read or heard very little about it.
Nico and I decided to treat two of his Baguio Table Tennis League (BTTL) athletes, Princess and Valer to Benguet Mining Corporation’s one-of-a-kind underground tour of the Balatoc Mines after they completed the most recent Philippines nursing board exams and figured that the “kids” would enjoy dressing up in miners’ outfits, taking a ride in an underground train, exploring the Vegas Tunnel and learning more about the mining culture of the Cordillera region in the Philippines. So off we went one beautiful day in December. Read more
