Cagayan de Oro City

Cagayan de Oro is a highly-urbanized first class and capital city of the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, southern part of the Philippines. It serves as the regional center and business hubs for the Northern Mindanao (Region X), and is part of a growing Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro, which include the city of El Salvador. It is located along the central coast of northern Mindanao island facing the Macajalar Bay and is bordered by the municipalities of Opol to the west; Tagoloan to the east, and provinces of Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte to the south of city.

How to Get There

By Air

Several local airlines in the Philippines offer flights from Manila, Cebu, Iloilo, or Davao to Cagayan de Oro:

• Philippine Airlines
• Cebu Pacific
• Zest Air
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See flight schedules to Cagayan de Oro here.

Update as of August 2014:
Cagayan de Oro City airport has been transferred to Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental. Laguindingan is a municipality located 46 kilometers away from the city center of Cagayan de Oro. There are available PU Vans and buses in the airport which will take you to Cagayan de Oro City.

By Land

• Agora Integrated Bus Terminal offers regular land trips to and from Gingoog, Bukidnon, Kabacan, North Cotabato, Butuan, Surigao (in the Caraga region), Davao, Tacurong and Balingoan (ferry going for Camiguin). Recently, the terminal is on a huge renovation.
• Eastbound-Gusa Jeepney Terminal offers regular land trips to and from eastern towns of Misamis Oriental, Camp Philips, Libona and Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon.
• Westbound-Bulua Integrated Bus and Jeepney Terminal offers regular land trips to and from western towns of Misamis Oriental including Laguindingan and El Salvador, Iligan, Marawi, Oroquieta, Ozamiz, Dipolog, Pagadian, Zamboanga and some parts of western Mindanao.

From Davao, the travel time duration is about 7-10 hours depending on the weather/traffic/road construction, multiples stop including lunch+dinner stops.

From Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, travel time to Cagayan de Oro City usually takes about 7 hours.This may be extended when you consider the schedule of the barge that will take the buses from the port of Ozamiz City to Mukas, Lanao del Norte. For a more comfortable travel, you may opt to take the special buses which travel directly from Iligan City to the Laguindingan Airport for an additional fee.

By Water 

Cagayan de Oro is accessible by ferry from major ports in the country such as Manila, Bohol, Iloilo, and Cebu via the following vessels:

• 2Go Travel (formerly Superferry)
• Sulpicio Lines
• Negros Navigation

Things to do:

1. Visit these places:

• MacArthur Memorial Marker
• San Agustin Cathedral
• Gardens of Malasag Eco-Tourism Village
• Vicente de Lara Park 
• Freedom Monument
• Gaston Park
• Plaza Divisoria 
• Macahambus Hill
• Museo de Oro
• Cagayan de Oro Tourism Showhouse
• La Castill
• Museum of Three Cultures 
• Divisoria Night Café and Night Market
• Catanico Falls
• Kagay-an Resort
• High Ridge
• Monigue Cave
• Macahambus Adventure Park 
• Plaza de Los Heroes 

2.  Whitewater Rafting. We did white water rafting in Cagayan de Oro last 2013 with the help of Bugsay. You may contact their Operations Manager, Mr. Mark Aldea at 0917-7035558 or 09228377646. Our river guide then was Kuya Maldo Cagampang (0906-4915927). There team picked us up in Carmen, where we were staying and we immediately went to the rafting site via a Jeep.

Where to Stay

Four-Star Hotels

• Koresco Hotel
• Pryce Plaza
• Apartelle
• Middleton Apartelle
• Mountain Suites Business

Resort Hotels

• Chali Beach Resort
• Coco Bay
• Country Village Hotel
• Gardens of Malasag Eco-tourism Village
• Harbor Lights Hotel
• Marco Hotel
• Ridge View Chalets

Downtown Hotels

• Casa Cystalla
• Casa Isabella
• Dynasty Court Hotel
• Grand City Hotel
•  La Mar Inn
• Maxandrea Hotel
• Nature's Pensionne
• Sir George Pension House
• Victoria Suites
• VIP Hotel

Hotels Near Malls

• BudgeTel
• Discovery Hotel
• Golden Pension House
• Mallberry Suites
• Pearlmont Inn
• Stonestown Suites

Budget Hotels

• Cagayan Park View Lodge
• D' Morvie
• Executive Pension
• Hotel Ramon
• Kyross Inn
• Mass Specc Hostel
• Red Palm Inn
• Vines Pension
• Wills Place
• YMCA Hostel

Other Hotels

• Cagayan de Oro River View Inn
• DDD Habitat
• De Luxe Hotel
• Demiren Hotel
• Good News Travellers Inn
• Marigold Hotel
• Miami Inn
• Metro Hotel
• New Dawn Pension
• Philtown Hotel
• Willshire Inn
• Yumi Pension House