Tabuk (Kalinga)

The oldest barangay of Tabuk, it served as the town center during the American era. It is one of the few settlements in the Cordilleras with a mostly intact colonial center with two-story houses made of wood mostly dating from the 1920s, with the Chico River and the Cordilleran peaks as a backdrop. Expect to be invited to participate in the traditional rituals and chores of the Kalinga villagers and be encouraged to buy handicrafts, textiles and other items made by the community.

Established in 1986, the cemetery is a stopover for motorists coming from Tuguegarao who are attracted by the various and sometimes wacky sculptures and artworks on top of the graves to commemorate those interred, ranging from everyday tools to signify the deceased's occupation to beloved pets and even liquor bottles to commemorate their favorite vices.

The seat of the Roman Catholic Church in Kalinga, built in an austere modernist style with a triangular facade.

An arch blasted through solid rock along a curve of the highway overlooking the gorges of the Chico River.

A scaled-down version of the otherwise ruinous Chico Dam project of the Marcos regime that provides irrigation for the region. While access to the dam itself is restricted, a viewdeck along the highway provides panoramas of the structure and the surrounding river valley.

The oldest church in Tabuk, built during the 1920s.

A section of highway blasted the side of a limestone hill, with views of the Chico River on one side and a rock ceiling directly above in a semi-arch.

A section of highway blasted through the side of a limestone mountainside to create a hollowed-out arch.