TOURIST ATTRACTIONSPUEBLO DE OR GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB - An 18-hole par 72 world classes all weather championship Golf Course designed by world- renowned designer Robe Trent Jones II. It is complete with facilities and amenities such as modern clubhouse, functions rooms, pro-shop, driving range, practice putting greens and others.VICENTE DE LARA PARK situated in front of the Provincial Capitol of Misamis Oriental with age-old mahogany trees that provides a therapeutic canopy for the promenades.LA CASTILLA: Museum of Philippine household heirlooms and antiques. This is the Rodolfo and Elsa Pelaez family memorabilia. Administered by the Liceo de Cagayan University.THE CATHEDRAL: The home of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro City, this place of worship is also famous for its century old stained glass windows…GASTON PARKMUSEO DE ORO&XAVIER UNIVERSITY - Located at Corrales Avenue; exhibits repertoire of Bukidnon and Maranao Cultures that have survived the ravages of time.Tourist Map2000.jpg (451380 bytes)City of Cagayan de Oro map showing tourist attractions (click to enlarge)GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP PARKCATANICO FALLS - located about 10 kilometers away from the city. The falls drop into a swimming pool where bathers could dive from where the water descends; concealed by huge boulders and covered with fern and moss.SEMINARY HILL - Located in the southeastern portion of the city is the San Jose Seminary, the training center for aspiring priest; also the site of the Carmelite Nunnery where it houses the Miraculous Infant Jesus.PELAEZ SPORTS CENTERMALASAG NATURE TRAIL and ECO – TOURISM VILLAGEGLEMA STONEWARE – located at Barangay Bulua; handcrafted home and office decors, household wares and giftables are available.PALALAN WATERFALL – situated some 7.0 kilometers from sitio Palalan, brgy. of Tablon. It is surrounded by boulders and stones dubbed by the city as Oro stone similar in characteristics with the Mangima Stone. It has 3 steps of falls at approximately 50 meters apart with the upper portion, ( the source ) , as the biggest of the three.MIGTUGSOK FALLSMONIGUE CAVE – located at 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 (6) inches airspace between ceiling and water that you have to submerge yourselves one by one, equipped with a helmet and a waterproof cap lamp. The cave contains a beautiful sparkling formations which is called the CALCIUM CARBONATE (CaCO3) or CALCITES. These stalactites and stalagmites, white and brown, are sign of oxidized materials that take 50-60 years to form an inch. The cave is definitely spellbinding. There were formations of flowstones, gurpool-resembling rice terraces, transparent crystals and picturesque speleothems, such as cathedral drapes and icons. Everything was simply beautiful and awesome.MACAHAMBUS HILL CAVE AND GORGEHULUGA CAVE – On the south end of the city, about eight kilometers south is Huluga Cave. Composed of two main caverns, it is situated on the eastern side of Cagayan River, along the brow of a vertical limestone cliff. The skeletal fragment from these caves were found to belong to a child and a woman who inhabited Cagayan 1,600 years B.C. This was based on the acid racemization done by Scripps Institute in La Jolla, California.Try White water rafting. ------
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