Introducing Mindanao
Travel alert: Due to the uncertain political situation in Mindanao, including the Zamboanga Peninsula and the Sulu Archipelago, travel to these areas is not advised. Note also that in mid-December 2011, flash floods triggered by Tropical Storm Washi devastated parts of northern Mindanao including Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. Check Safe Travel for current government warnings.
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Sprawling Mindanao, the world’s 19th-largest island, is known for dazzling scenery, primitive hill tribes and an almost complete lack of tourists because of political unrest and occasional fighting between the government and Muslim separatists. What most tourists don’t realise is that the lovely coastal stretch of northern Mindanao between Cagayan de Oro and Siargao Island is Catholic, Cebuano (Visayan) speaking – and quite safe. The area is known for first-rate surfing on Siargao and a peaceful island-life existence on Camiguin. Elsewhere, Mindanao offers up plenty of cherries for the intrepid traveller, including the Philippines’ highest mountain, Mt Apo (2954m), accessible from Davao in southern Mindanao. Exercise caution if you are heading south or west of Cagayan de Oro.
Last updated: Dec 21, 2011
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RE: Weather
by CDOguide 09 September 2011
If you do not want constant rain or typhoon, then visit the Philippines from February to April. March and April is basically dry and…
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RE: Two Americans and one Filipino kidnapped from resort
by callippo 08 September 2011
+If you are considering going to that area you should check your travel insurance as it may not cover you. There was a bomb at Zamboanga…
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RE: Adventurer embarks on 2-3 Months in Philippines- Recommendations
by bisayadako 06 September 2011
@CDOguide, Mindanao is EXOTIC...I rather sell it that way than changing it be an island in the Bohol sea.
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