Day trips from Cagayan de Oro

May 13, 2012 7:55 PM

Suggestions for one-day trips this June out of Cagayan de Oro* in southern Philippines?

These trips have to be:

• by public transit (including cabs if needed)
• doable in one day (no overnight stays, ideally getting back to CdO before 10pm or so)

I mostly prefer outdoor / nature / water / waterfalls / adventure-ish types of activities. I'm not a scuba diver but I'd be interested in some spectacular snorkeling, especially if I could rent the gear at the destination. I'll probably have time for 2 or 3 separate day trips.

Thanks!

(*as an aside, I highly highly recommend checking out the relief organization All Hands, the reason I'll be there.)

posted by night kitchen to travel & transportation around Cagayan de Oro, Philippines (2 answers total)

Cagayan de Oro is popular for whitewater rafting, to start with. I haven't been there so I can't vouch for a good service -- google turns up a lot of results.

There's also this Filipino travel blogger who wrote about the Mapawa river trek which goes through five waterfalls. See here
posted by drea at 9:05 PM on May 13, 2012

Try visiting the Maria Cristina Falls.
posted by micketymoc at 10:00 PM on May 13, 2012