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Camiguin Island is the perfect getaway for people wanting to take a vacation where history and pleasure combine in perfect harmony. The island, located on the West of Cagayan de Oro City, is blessed with powder-fine white sand bars offset by sparkling marine water and hot and cold springs...
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Enigmata is a hostel, art camp, tree house, eco-awareness movement, school, music jam session, hang-out and community center all rolled up in one. If this scares you, it shouldn’t. The atmosphere somewhat depends on who else is there (max occupancy is about 12 people) but Rose, the manager, is...
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Katibawasan Falls is set about 5 km off the main road through Mambajao. At an incredible 10 storey-high drop, the falls are a magnificent sight and the pool below is a great place to swim. The turn off is near the DENR and the Provincial Capitol building. A one-way motorella/habal-habal ride...
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Kabila beach, about 20 km from Benoni (the main port) , might seem out of the way but it’s well worth a visit if only for the incredible snorkeling to be experienced. The area has the most elaborate and varied corals I saw around Camaguin and they’re all a stones throw from the beach. The...
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The best snorkeling experience I had hands-down was on Camaguin was in the environmental sanctuary off Mantigue island. I saw shoals of thousands of huge striped fish bigger than dinner plates. Allegedly, manta rays and other exotic fish can also be seen given the right season (summer?). The...
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In Bonbon, there is a cemetery used to be above ground but was leveled by an 1871 eruption of a volcano above the town. The cemetery is now underwater and overgrown with crude corals. A large...
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Going west from Mambajao, just past the new port under construction (as of Spring 08), in the town of Bonbon, you can walk up one of Camiguin’s 7 volcanoes, seeing the 15 stages of Jesus...
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Bonbon is a pretty spread out village on the sparsely-populated western shore of Camaguin. On the southern end of town, you can find the remains of church complex that got destroyed when a nearby...
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