Cagayan de Oro, Philippines budget travel guide

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Cagayan de Oro gateway to Camiguin Island, Mindanao

Flying into Cagayan de Oro from Manila or Cebu your best bet is to negotiate a deal with the taxi drivers at the airport terminal ... 700 - 1000 peso's will get you to the port in Balingoan in 90 minutes.

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(Cagayan river)

However if you like stress and hassle to be part of your vacation then you could pay the 200 peso taxi fare to the bus station in Agora, wait around for the next departure and explore the craziness that is Philippine bus stations.

Alternatively you could spend the night in Cagayan moving on to Camiguin Island at your leisure

A great place to stay at is the PARKVIEW HOTEL (beside Friendship Park). For 270 peso's you get a room with twin beds and a color TV .

Directly outside the hotel is a Burger Machine stall that's open 24 hours ... perfect for that early morning / late night bite to eat or coffee

There's a 24 hour grocery/liquor store halfway up Capistrano Street on the right if you feel like a beer or something stronger when everywhere else is closed

Beside Friendship Park there's a few 24 hour Pharmacies.

(Friendship Park. Cagayan de Oro)

(Cagayan River)

The Bus Station is in Agora a few KM north-east of Friendship Park . The bus fare to Balingoan Port is 80 peso's , the journey approx 80 KM and the scenery along

the way the way spectacular