BATANES

• Batanes Day in Basco is held


  June 26
• Batanes Day in Basco


  • Commemorates the founding of the islands as a province
  • Features street parades and local contests
• Itbayat Island in Itbayat

  • Located North of Batan, shaped like a giant bowl
  • Surrounded by massive boulders and cliffs rising from 20 to 70 feat above sea level with no shorelines
• Marlboro Country in Batan Island


  • Mostly wide open spaces with almost no inhabitants
  • Major inhabitants are cows that are let loose to graze
  • All around is nothing but the panoramic landscape and seascape
• Mt. Iraya in Basco


  • A dormant volcano rising 1,517 meters above sea level
  • Last eruption was in 505 AD
  • Good source of fertile soil
• Sabtang Island in Sabtang


  • An undisturbed and unspoiled island
  • Has intermittent white sand beaches, steep mountains, deep canyons, and small level areas along the coastline
• San Carlos Borromeo Church in Mahatao


  Completed in 1789 and still retains its centuries-old features
• San Jose Church in Ivana


  • Built in 1814
  • Has a crenellated fortress like campanile
• Y'ami in Northernmost Island of the Province


  • Also called Orchid Island
  • One can see Taiwan from here on a clear day
  • Tatus or coconut crabs abound in the island, as well as many other marine life