Tam-awan is the brainchild of Baguio artist Chanum Tabunan and writer Doc Ben Tabunan, who in 1998 began transporting traditional huts from remote villages in the Cordillera mountains and reassembling them on a wooded hillside in north Baguio. The result is a working village of nine authentic Ifugao and Kalinga houses, arranged along bamboo trails through pine and bougainvillea.
The huts are now used as guest rooms — you can stay overnight in a real Ifugao bale — and as studios for resident artists, who exhibit and sell their work on site. There is an Igorot dance performance in the central clearing on weekends, traditional weaving demonstrations, and a small cafe with strong Benguet coffee.
The "tam-awan" of the name means "viewing point" in Cordilleran Kankanaey; the path through the village ends at a small lookout over the Cordillera ranges to the west.