Don't let its scenic view distract your driving-halsema highway(highest point)

Halsema Highway - the highest altitude highway in the Philippines, most threatening, dangerous yet breathtakingly beautiful. Connecting Baguio to Bontoc and farther on Tabuk and Tuguegarao, this highway has no guard rails, has heavy fogs during rainy season, slippery when it rains and prone to landslide. Don't let it's natural scenic beauty distracts your driving. Have you taken this route? How was it like?

Halsema higway is considered as one of the most dangerous road in the world. The highest point is about 2,255meters above the sea level. That makes it higher than Mount Banahaw's peak.

The highway was named after an American engineer, named Eusebius Julius Halsema,[1][8] who served as the mayor of Baguio City from 1920-1937. Under Halsema's term, its construction commenced in 1922 with the help of locals and was completed in 1930 as a foot trail.

Haselma Highway has been a crucial part of Cordillera's history and transportation. It's the only existing link between Baguio and Cordillera's most remote areas. It is the only route that vegetable farmers take to distribute vegetables in Baguio's markets