Iligan City

Iligan City is part of the province of Lanao del Norte. It’s mostly bordered by land, except for its west where Iligan Bay lies. The city is made up of flat cultivated coastal land, volcanic hills, and mountains with waterfalls and cold springs.

Iligan City is bounded by the provinces of Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, by the two provinces of Lanao, and by Cagayan de Oro. It has a type C climate characterized by short, low sun dry season for one to three months. Rainfalls are evenly distributed throughout the year. It is located outside the typhoon belt.

The most famous as well as the city's major landmark, is the Maria Cristina Falls. It is also the primary source of electric power not only of the city but of the entire Mindanao island, harnessed by the National Power Corporation-Mindanao Generation.

The Tinago Falls, accessible through a 300-step staircase, is located in the upper part of Barangay Buru-un.
It is another place worth visiting as it showcases one of the most beautiful natural landscapes. It features a curtain-like cascade that falls beautifully into a lagoon. The breath taking setting alone makes it an ideal place for picture taking with its natural landscape as the falls is beautifully mixed with the lush tropical forest that the area is abundant of.

Other famous waterfalls in the city are, Mimbalut Falls, Hindang Falls, and Dodiongan Falls.

Some waterfalls are inaccessible to vehicles, which requires trekking for several hours to two days (in case of Limunsudan Falls) to the destination.

A little more unexpected is the National Power Corporation (NPC) Nature Park – a nature park within a hydroelectric power plant.

Natural springs are also an attraction. Of the more than a dozen known ones, the most popular is Timoga Cold Spring.
The 487-meter Mt. Agad-Agad may be Iligan’s highest mountain, but it’s an easy climb. It’s a popular spot for hiking and camping.
Iligan also has something for the more laid-back traveler. The Anahaw Open Amphitheater is the city’s premier music, sports and event venue.

There’s also the Macaraeg-Macapagal Ancestral House, the only house in Mindanao that two Philippine presidents have lived in. The family of presidents Diosdado Macapagal and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (his daughter) donated the house to the city government.



The feast of St. Michael the Archangel every 29th of September is a grand celebration in Iligan. In fact, it has transformed into a month-long festival, the DIYANDI FESTIVAL SA ILIGAN.

 

Explore the charm of one of the Philippines’ promising destinations. While it still embraces that small city feeling, Iligan continually make ways and means to become different and distinguished from among the places in the Philippines.

Getting There:

The fastest and most convenient is to take a plane to Cagayan de Oro, with seven daily flights from Manila for 1 hour and 20 minutes, and from Cebu for 20 minutes.  From Cagayan de Oro you can take either bus, a taxi or rent a car and travel 89 kilometers to Iligan.

Its public seaport serves passenger ships taking Iligan-Cebu and Iligan-Manila and cargo vessels both inter-island and foreign.