PUEBLO 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
PARK
MUSEO DE ORO
& XAVIER UNIVERSITY - Located
at Corrales Avenue; exhibits repertoire of Bukidnon and
Maranao Cultures that have survived the ravages of time.
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GOLDEN
FRIENDSHIP PARK
CATANICO 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
CENTER
MALASAG
NATURE
TRAIL and ECO – TOURISM VILLAGE
GLEMA 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 FALLS
MONIGUE 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 GORGE
HULUGA 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.
BEACHES:
FESTIVAL:
KAGAY-AN
FESTIVAL
SAKAY-SAKAY
LAMBAGO
WHITE WATER RAFTING
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