Nasipit

Balanghai Shrine. Located 5 kms. away from the city proper.
A graveyard of the first native boat in Southeast Asia called "Balanghai", or small Badjao boat to be about1,200years old, thus giving testimony to Butuan as one of the oldest cities in the Philippines

Balanghai Shrine

Cagwait Beach  it is a U-shaped beach with powdery white sand and a wind swept sea with crystal clear water baptized by the famous pilot Charles Lindberg as the “Waikiki Beach” of the Philippines. This is the site of the annual “Kaliguan Festival”. It is a 40-minute ride from the capital town of Tandag.

Cagwait Beach

Malinawa Cool Springs  is located in the municipality of Cantilan. A very cool spring surrounded by beautifully
arranged big flat white rocks around the pool equipped with shower rooms, cottages and a mini convention center. The spring is constantly flowing   90 liters of fresh water per second. It is a 5 minute ride from the national highway.

Pansukian  Located just 20 minutes by banca south ofGeneral Luna, this reef offers an open right hand break that needs a swell of 2 meters or more to work. When the waves are big, they have a huge inside barrel section. However, one has to keep a watch out for strong currents.

Pansukian beach

Agusan Marsh-The largest marshland in the Philippines holding up to 15% of the country’s freshwater. This mystical wetland  is the home of indigenous Manobo people who live in clusters of wood and bamboo houses built on rafts of floating logs. For bird watchers, the marsh is “a  must visit” destination. Purple herons, storks,
sea eagles, wild ducks and  other migratory wetland birds from the Southeast Asia Region will be seen during the months of November to January. Exotic flora and fauna and other endangered species like the dinata, a soft-shelled giant turtle, and sailfinlizards also exist in this wildlife sanctuary

    

Timoga Cold Springs is the one more frequented by the locals. Timoga is known for its icy cold and crystal clear spring waters – contrast to Laguna’s hot springs – freely flowing downstream to several swimming pools for the enjoyment of many. It is also in the immediate vicinity of the well-preserved Macaraeg-Macapagal ancestral house which has been donated to the city government by the late former President Diosdado Macapagal to bethe tourist destination that it is today.

Historical 
Historic Magellanes Marker. Located at Poblacion, Magallanes about 35.9 kms from city proper. Erected in 1872 under Governor Maria Caravello, this historic marker commemorates the celebration of the first Catholic Mass in Mindanao held on April 8, 1521.

Man-made 
Nalco and Wallboard Plants. Located at Poblacion, Nasipit, about25.4 kms. away from the city proper. A vast 29.6 hectare industrial complex, producing lumber, plywood, wallboard, placarol doors, woodtiles, and prefab trusses to supply domestic as well as foreign markers.This is now closed and derelict most if not all the structures have now collapsed about the only structure that is still standing is the old guest  rooms (below) that are now in private hands.

Old Nalco Guest Rooms

Nipa Wine Distillery.

An ancient type of distillery believed to have been used by the early Butuanons who
produced palm wine called "laksoy".

Nipa Palm Flower

Sta. Ines Plywood Corporation. Located in Magallanes, about 35.9 away from the city proper. A modern wood processing complex which specializes in veneer and plywood both for domestic consumption and for export.

Eurasia (Phimco). Located in Magallanes, about 35.9 kms away from the city proper. The only match factory in Mindanao, it has a daily output of 1.08 million matchboxes a day.

Northern Mindanao Regional Museum.
Located near the city hall, a repository of historics and cultural artifacts of Northern Mindanao.

Dotties Hotel Butuan a lovely, and well priced, quiet and relaxing, place to stay within easy walking distance to the centre of town.
Dottie’s Place
J.C. Aquino Ave
Telephone no. 3414579 / 8152649

   Dotties is a place in the midst of Butuan where you could enjoy and relax.

Amenities *Fully Air-Conditioned *24 hrs. International Cable TV *Hot and Cold Shower *Individual Telephone Set *24 hrs. Secured Parking Space *24 hrs. Standby Generator *Swimming Pool (Children and Adult) *Safety Deposit Box *Convention Center that can accomodate 1,300 pax *Fitness Gym *Nice Restaurant

Hotel Rooms Dotties have 70 rooms from Executive Suites to De luxe rooms that suit every guest's needs,complete with bathroom,television and minibar to provide ultimate relaxing stay!Rooms are perfect for the family and business traveller and all the rooms are overlooking to the pool!

Almont Inland Resort
 again as is Dotties well priced and beautifull hotel to stay at

 

Almont Hotel, Inc.,
San Jose St.,
Telephone no. 3415010 / 3425464

Getting There:
Agusan del Norte is accessible by Philippine Airlines and Aerolift from Manila and Cebu daily; aerotransport, aircoasters from Cagayan de Oro City daily; by ship from Manila to Cebu,
and by motor vehicles from Surigao City, Davao, Gingoong City and Cagayan de Oro almost every hour.

Philippine Airlines Flights to Butuan

Manila - Butuan - Manila	Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays
	Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays

SuperFerry

Manila - Nasipit	Nasipit - Manila
Leave: Mon (12 noon)	Leave: Thu (4 PM)
Arrive: Wed (10 am)	Arrive: Sat (5AM)

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