Good Shepherd Convent, Baguio City: Travel Guide + Budget

finally arrived at Good Shepherd. road not so paved but wide and clean

GOOD SHEPHERD CONVENT

It wouldn't be Baguio City without buying some pasalubong from this awesome place.  The Mountain Maid Training Center (MMTC) is the only authorized distributor of Good Shepherd's products. Either you pay in cash, debit card, and credit cards, they can process.

FROM MINES VIEW PARK
Pls CLICK image to see full resolution. Using G-map as Local Guide

HOW TO GO THERE

From Mines View Park, just walk to the left curved road, alongside road.  It's just a few meters away from it.

You will pass by many souvenir shops so it wouldn't be boring at all.

Be careful with passing jeepneys because the road is narrow. Besides the double parked private cars made it even narrower.

It's located on the right side of the road. You won't miss it because of the huge gate with the title.

ROUTE IMPRESSIONS

* It was just a few meters away

* Lots of cars parked by the side

* Carefully walk alongside the road to avoid accident

* It was uphill but beautiful
* Road leading to GSC not-so wide (two-lane road only)

* GSC road spacious enough

BUDGET

* No FARE. Just walk from Mines View Park. A great exercise
* Bring extra 150 if you wanna buy fresh honey syrup

* Or some 200 for fresh big strawberries

SPECIAL DELICACIES & PRICES

Here are  a sneak peak of the pricelist. Now, they also have their products sold online - https://iprice.ph/good-shepherd/

Best sellers:

Strawberry jams (whole berries) 12 oz - 220 php

Strawberry jams (whole berries) 8 oz - 150 php

* Strawberry jams are made with sweet balance plus the berries are whole.

*  Ube jams tastes ube for real.

*  Lengua de Gato biscuits smells freshly baked.

*  Jars and plastic containers are clean.

*  Over-all packaging is at par.

* Prices are just a bit higher than those at a local stores but it is said to also support scholars of the convent. A way of charity, I guess.

* Look at the cabinet, neatly stacked.

There are a lot of stores you can buy the strawberry and ube jam (and others) but at this convent, it's different.

At the gate, we came across a father and son(small boy) selling honey. Mom talked to him a little and told him for us to come back but we wanted to test if the honey was pure so he had to prepare a cup in a water. What we liked about that man was his aura of being a good person. Buying from him was just a support.  

Mom and Chesca with the hanging garden 

A lot of people were buying from Good Shepherd Convent. I bought Grace's request, the ube and strawberry jams.We saw eucalyptus trees and mom took some of its fallen dried barks.

We got back to that father and son selling the honey. He had prepared a cub with water which mom used to test if the honey was pure. She poured a little and good thing it did not scatter. It was pure indeed. We bought two bottles for 150 php each. 

We didn't buy strawberries and grapes from the ladies because they were lying about the prices. hahaha.