Hey guys! it's me again, I just wanted to share the itinerary I made for our CDO-BUKIDNON-CAMIGUIN TRIP. Please take note that our actual itinerary had change due to some unforeseen circumstances but below is still doable.
By the way I wanted to apologize if it took me forever to create this blog post.
Flight details:
By the way I wanted to apologize if it took me forever to create this blog post.
Flight details:
Manila to Cagayan de Oro
Flight No: 5J 389
Departure
11 December 2015, Friday, 1420 H (02:20 PM)
Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3
Arrival
11 December 2015, Friday, 1600 H (04:00 PM)
Laguindingan International Airport
++
Cagayan de Oro to Manila
Flight No: 5J 398
Departure
16 December 2015, Wednesday, 0850 H (08:50 AM)
Laguindingan International Airport
Arrival
16 December 2015, Wednesday, 1025 H (10:25 AM)
Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3
Routes
Manila >>Cagayan De Oro (Laguindingan) >>2-3 hours>> Balingoan Port >>1 hr>>Camiguin (Benoni port)
How to Commute from Cagayan de Oro to
Camiguin
Option 1 (More
expensive, Fastest)
Via Macabalan port
to Benoni
The fastest way to reach Camiguin from Cagayan de Oro
City is through the Ocean Jet fast craft.
Travel time: Less than 2 hours
Monday to Sunday
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM : CDO Macabalan Port to Benoni Port
(Camiguin)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM : Benoni Port (Camiguin) to CDO
Macabalan Port
Kindly visit their website for more information http://www.oceanjet.net/
Option 2 (Cheaper,
Longer)
Via Balingoan Port
to Benoni
From the Agora Bus Terminal in Cagayan de Oro, take any
bus bound for Butuan and buy ticket for Balingoan bus terminal. Ask the conductor to drop
you off to Balingoan Bus terminal.
From the terminal, the port is about 10-minute walk. You
may also ride a trycycle to the port for only PHP 8.00.
Travel time: 3-4 hours(includes bus travel time from CDO to
Balingoan)
Ferry schedules
From Balingoan, Misamis Oriental to Benoni, Camiguin
Departure Time Vessel
5:45 am Yuhum
6:00 am Doña
Pepita
6:45 am Kalinaw
7:15 am Super
Shuttle Ferry 6
8:00 am Royal
Princess
9:00 am Super
Shuttle Ferry 1
9:45 am Royal
Princess
10:15 am Super
Shuttle Ferry 6
12:00 nn Kalinaw
4:15 pm Super
Shuttle Ferry 1
5:00 pm Doña
Pepita
Fare: PHP 170.00 + PHP 20.00 environmental fee
From Benoni, Mahinog, Camiguin to Balingoan, Misamis
Oriental
Departure Time Vessel
4:00 am Doña
Pepita
4:30 am Super
Shuttle Ferry 6
5:00 am Royal
Princess
5:30 am Kalinaw
6:15 am Hijos
7:00 am Super
Shuttle Ferry 1
7:45 am Doña
Pepita
9:30 am Super
Shuttle Ferry 6
10:15 am Kalinaw
11:00 am Royal
Princess
11:30 am Super
Shuttle Ferry 6
12:00 nn Yuhom
1:00 pm Kalinaw
Fare: PHP
***ITINERARY***
First journey
to northern Mindanao
DAY 1:
December 11
FRIDAY – Chill day
(04:00 PM) – ETA to CDO
Check in to any cheap lodge near the Agora bus terminal
Rest
DAY 2:
December 12
SATURDAY– ADRENALINE DAY (BUKIDNON/CDO)
White water
rafting via Great White Water Tours
Makahambus Cave
and Adventure Park is an underground cave with a 130 foot (40 m) circular
gorge. The ravine is thick with various species of plants and huge trees. It is
the site of the historic Battle of Makahambus Hill between Kagay-anons and
American soldiers during the Philippine-American War circa 1900's
[clarification needed].[30]
Dahilayan
Adventure Park - Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, 8703 Bukidnon
Del Monte
Plantation - Camp Phillips, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon
DAY 3:
December 13 SUNDAY
– CAMIGUIN ISLAND DAY
· Agora bus terminal as early as 1AM-2AM, hop bus
bound for Butuan and ask the bus driver to drop you off to Balingoan port
· Catch first ferry (5:45 AM) to Camuguin
ISLAND HOPPING
TOUR
Mantigue Island 15-20mins from Benoni port
White Island Tour 10-15mins from Mambajao
+Check-in to any affordable hotel in Mambajao
LUNCH
CAMIGUIN
COUNTRYSIDE TOUR (via motorbike)
Walk Way to the Old Volcano/Stations of the Cross
Sunken Cemetery (5 min. away from the walk way)
Old Church Ruins (5 min. away from the sunken)
Bura/Soda Water Swimming Pool (15 to 20 min. away from the old
church)
Sto. Niño Cold Spring (10 to 15 min. away from soda)
Tuasan Falls
Katibawasan Falls (25-30 min. away from the Ostrich )
Ardent Hot Spring (15-20 min away from the falls)
+Back to hotel
DAY 4:
December 13 Monday
– CAMIGUIN/CDO DAY
Moro-Moro watch tower
Kibila white beach giant clam sanctuary
J & A Fish Pen (30 min. away from the Sto. Nino)
Ostrich Farm (5 to 10 min away from the Fish pen)
Camiguin nightscapes - by schedule
Binangawan Falls
Sagay church
Volcano Observatory
Macao springs
Then go back to CDO
CDO Country side
tour (if still possible)
·
Duaw Park
is a riverside park along the Cagayan River, under the Ysalina Bridge and near
St. Augustine Cathedral. It was created in August 1987 by former City Mayor
Ambing Magtajas, together with 120 Kagay-anons who returned (Du-aw meaning
visit) to the city from the USA and Canada after years of self-exile during the
Marcos regime.[24][25]
·
Gaston
Park is located across from St. Augustine Cathedral. This park eventually
became an execution ground for Spanish criminals turned later into a training
ground for the local revolutionaries during the American occupation. It has
been redeveloped in recent years, with the worn grass being replaced by red
tiles.[26]
·
St.
Augustine Cathedral Located along Barangay 1, Cagayan de Oro, Misamis
Oriental
·
City
Archives Museum is a museum located inside the Old Water Tower built around
1922, near St. Augustine Cathedral and across from Gaston Park. Recently, it
was upgraded into a museum that houses antiquities, memorabilia of well-known
families in the city and a gallery parade of Cagayan de Oro history.
·
Plaza de
Los Heroes is a memorial park dedicated to the heroes of the Three Battles
of Cagayan de Oro during the Philippine-American War located along Mastersons
Avenue in upper Carmen.
·
Vicente
de Lara Park (McArthur Park) Formerly called MacArthur Park named after
American soldier Douglas MacArthur, now Vicente de Lara Park honoring the
former governor of the province, is situated in front of the Provincial Capitol
of Misamis Oriental building with age-old mahogany trees that provide a
therapeutic canopy for the promenades. Because of this, the park is a popular
jogging area in the mornings. A Press Freedom Monument and the Heritage
Monument of Misamis Oriental designed by renowned Filipino sculptor Eduardo
Castrillo can also be found in this redeveloped park.[27][28]
·
Plaza
Divisoria (Golden Friendship Park) is located in the downtown area. It was
built around 1900's as a town divider after a great fire that almost burned
down the entire city. The park is dedicated to local and national heroes like
former President Ramon Magsaysay, Andrés Bonifacio, Dr. José Rizal, and former
Mayor Justiniano R. Borja. Most of the Kagay-anons soldiers who died during the
Philippine-American War are buried beneath the monument and has survived the ravages
of time including World War II.[7]
Rest
DAY 5:
December 15
TUESDAY – CDO DAY
*CUGMAN
Gardens of Malasag
Eco-Tourism Village is located in a reforested area on Malasag Hill,
Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental.
This 7 hectare village has replicas of tribal houses in the region and a
panoramic view of Macajalar Bay. The tourism village is owned and managed by
the Philippine Tourism Authority.[29]
Mapawa Nature Park
is for horseback riding, biking, zip line and nature trekking adventures.
Located at Malasag Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis
Oriental, Malasag Road, Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental
PARK ENTRANCE FEE: P 50.00 PER HEAD
ZIPLINE PACKAGE: P 325.00/ HEAD
Migtugsok Falls
is located at barangay Cugman and it is composed of five beautiful cascading
waters, where the beauty of nature could be experienced, unexploited by the
carelessness of human search for progress and development.
Diner at HIGH RIDGE
DAY 6:
December 16
WEDNESDAY – FAREWELL
++++Other spots to visit in CDO++++
++++Other spots to visit in CDO++++
*TAGUANAO
Kagay-an Resort
(Lawndale Spring Resort) is located in Barangay Taguanao, and is usually
packed with families and groups on weekends lounging in the cold springs.
Huluga Caves
is an archaeological site in Sitio Taguanao, barangay Indahag. It is composed
of an open site and two caves where skeletal remains of a child and woman were
found. A fragment of the woman's skull was 377 A.D. by the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, United States. The open site is the
venue of a prehistoric settlement.
Monigue Cave
is located in barangay Mambuaya this city; the cave entrance is flowing water
from underground stream. The cave has a small opening that seems too narrow to
be passable, it has a six inches airspace between ceiling and water that you
have submerge yourselves one by one, equipped with a helmet and a waterproof
cap lamp. It contains a beautiful sparkling formation, which is called the
Calcium Carbonates (CaCO3) or Calcites. These stalactites and stalagmites,
white and brown, are sign of oxidized materials that take 50 to 60 years to
form an inch the cave is definitely spellbinding. There were formations of
flowstone, gurpool-resembling, rice terraces, transparent crystals and
picturesque speleothems, such as cathedral drapes and icons.
Catanico Falls
is concealed by huge boulders, rapids, cascading falls and natural pool of
Barangay F.S. Catanico.
Palalan Falls
is surrounded by boulders and stones dubbed by the city as "Oro"
stone similar in characteristics with the Mangima stone.
Gen. McArthur
Memorial Marker is a historical marker located near the Port of Cagayan de
Oro; the monument commemorates two historical events.
Museo de Oro
is a museum located within the main campus of Xavier University - Ateneo de
Cagayan. The museum exhibits artifacts dug from Huluga Caves and repertoire of
Bukidnon, and the Maranao cultures that have survived the ravages of time.[7]
Museum of Three
Cultures is a museum of Capitol University. It houses a gallery of Maranao
antiquities from Tugaya, Lanao del Sur; a gallery of ethno history which shall
display Cagayan de Oro history, Butuan archaeological artifacts, lumad arts and
crafts from the Higaonon and Manobo cultures, and a treasure of Christians
lowland artifacts of Northern Mindanao region; and finally an art gallery and
coffee shop that promotes the local visual arts of Mindanao. It also has a
research archives that will house Spanish era written documents, photographs,
memorabilia of well-known personalities in Mindanao, which is open to all
researchers and students of culture.
La Castilla is
a museum of the Philippine household heirlooms and antiques. This is the Peláez
family memorabilia administered by the Liceo de Cagayan University.
DXCC Museum is
a museum of a well-known radio broadcasting station in the Philippines called
RMN-DXCC located at Don Apolinar Velez street.
Executive Building
(Old City Hall) used to be known as Casa Real de Cagayán, it was a former
Spanish Governors' residence and seat of present-day local government
officials.
MOGCHS
Administration Building was part of the 1907 Gabaldon initiatives to
established and build public schools all over the Philippines under the
Americans regime.
Casa del Chino
Ygua (Balay na Bato) was built in 1882 by the Sia family; they were the
first Chinese migrants in Cagayan de Oro. Most of the revolutionaries died and
buried behind the house during the Philippine-American War.
TARGET BUDGET/person: PHP 8000
NOTE: 
CDO Spots and descriptions were from Google
Related links:
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Hey nice photos and travel tips! Thanks for sharing :-)
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Are there package tours provided by the hotel
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