Rizal, Cagayan - Location

Location

Rizal is located northwest of Tuguegarao City, which is 104 kilometres (65 mi) from the city. There is a 50-kilometer rough road from Tuao to Rizal. It will take a half-hour ride from Tuguegarao to Tuao and another one-half-hour ride from Tuao to Poblation, Rizal.

The provincial road was opened in 1951. From 1951 to 1986, one must cross the Matalag river through a ferry boat made out of bamboos and drum. The ferry boat loads only one jeep or bus at a time. Traveling to Rizal from Tuao to Tuguegarao or vice versa in those days was slow and tiresome because it took the ferry boat almost an hour to ferry its load to and from the other side of the river. Vehicles were ferried on a first come-first serve basis.

The roads at the way to the town are at the edge of the mountain, some like having a hairpin turn and in other barangays, the road is at the edge of the Matalag River and some are at the middle of the fields. In some roads going to the town, roads are very high like the way going to Baguio City.

The town is a dead-end municipality in terms of transportation. It is adjacent to Conner, Apayao along the Cordillera Mountains. By hiking, one can reach Conner in just an hour.