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Butuan ~ Shining Through

Butuan’s Montilla Boulevard lights up the whole stretch of the boulevard walk from Ipil Road junction to P. Burgos St. occupying both sides of this Mindanao’s longest boulevard that spans approximately 5 kilometers from Barrio Obrero in the north to Villa Kanangga in the south. It is a six lane wide thoroughfare with a center island and 2 pedestrian overpasses.
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Butuan ~ Architecture

One of the prominent landmarks once you get to Butuan coming from the western part of the city is the Santo Nino Shrine. The original site used to be located farther from the road until this Butuan’s urban barangay experienced rapid population growth that a bigger more grander church building have to be built. Constructed in the late nineties, it sports neo-colonial design, with mactan stone prominently used in its facade. This church building is one of the Philippines’ unique as its main altar offers a ‘see through’ window that allows the worshipers view the outside landscapes.
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Butuan ~ Hotels

When it comes to reasonable hotel accomodations, Dottie’s Hotel easily comes to mind whenever you travel to Butuan for business or relaxation. The hotel offers standard to luxury amenities like the ones found in upper mid range hotels in Manila. The hotel also has a convention center that can accomodate up to a thousand people.
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Dottie’s Place and Convention Center

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Butuan ~ City of Bridges

The old Magsaysay Bridge in Butuan, an arched-type steel bridge built during the early sixties spans the mighty Agusan River. For years this bridge serve as a lone vital conduit of the city to the rest of Mindanao island until its new more modern pair came at the city’s southern side. The bridge links the main urban center to eastern suburbs of Baan and Ampayon.
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photo by Dodong Flores
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Destination Butuan ~ Caraga Beach Resorts

There is a bounty of pristine white sandy beaches near Butuan. All natural, secluded and worthy of your adventure. Mention the term white sand beach resort to a typical Pinoy and most usually, it’s only Boracay or Mactan that are mentioned in the typical Pinoy list. Not known to many are the jewels of CARAGA, the long stretch of fine white sandy beaches along the coasts of Lanuza down to Cagwait to Lianga and Breton. These places are teeming with natural and unspoilt beachfronts that deserves admiration from all the beach lovers out there who now have become a part of huge crowd who cram their way in that similarly beautiful yet small cramped island there in Aklan.
If you love just the beach and worship just the sea and sand yet hate the crowds…head on to CARAGA beaches.
Cagwait; Lanuza, and Breton are all accessible from the city center with 3 to 4 hour car rides. Some portions of the roads though may not be as seamless as that in the city….but once you get there, everything is worth the adventure.
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Bretania Beach front

Lanuza Beach

Malinawa Springs

Dahican Bay, Carrascal

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Butuan ~ Destinations

In the laid back town of Medina is a tranquil, pleasant place called Duka Bay Resort. Occupying a sandy shore and part of a hill, Duka is soothingly shaded by a cluster of large ancestral trees. Seven villas — spacious, elegant, and fully furnished — provide a breathtaking view of the bay and the island of Camiguin.

A freshwater stream winds its way from behind the open-air restaurant, where one can savor an abundant variety of local and foreign cuisine. Using hook and line, visitors can experience the excitement of getting fish right from the stream. And for sports buffs, there are kayaks, bancas, water bikes, and gears for scuba diving.
The resort is just an hour and half away drive from the Butuan City center. One of the many reasons to spend summer away from it all.
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Butuan ~ Shipping

Butuan is served by 3 ports, namely (1) Masao Port,  the (2) River Port in Poyohon along Agusan River and  (3) The Nasipit Baseport.
The Nasipit Port is the major port of entry in the Northeastern Mindanao region, with shipping connections to the major ports in the Visayas and in Manila. Located 25 kilometers away from the city center via a smooth paved concrete highway, transport time takes only 30 minutes.
The port is one of the naturally protected seaorts in the country being located within a cove that shields it from storms. From the port, one can see the picturesque view of the Agusan mountains.
There are also vital structures within the cove area, the NPC Power barge and the Nasipit Agro-Industrial Estate.
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Butuan ~ Destinations

Choose your pool at Cabadbaran’s newest family-friendly resort destination. The Gazebo Resort offers kiddie pools and other function spaces for special occasions like reunions, birthdays and even poolside after wedding parties. Clearly a refeshing way to enjoy summer in Cabadbaran.
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Cabadbaran has also nice eco-tourism sites awaiting exploration for the adventurer.

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Butuan ~ Sundays

Butuan welcomes Easter Sunday with families getting together for morning mass. The usual activity that follows is a trip to beach resorts at the city’s outskirts to frolic and have fun in the beach.
What could be more fitting to start the Sunday than going to Santo Nino Shrine in Libertad. The altar is unique as it has a wide glass covered window offering churchgoers a beautiful view of Mount Mayapay and the green scenery that surrounds the shrine.
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Butuan ~ Waiting for Easter

Not-The-Usual street scene…as city folks spend the day at home, at churches or at quiet destinations spots in the observance of the Holy Week. Streets seemed so wide and peaceful…a respite from the usual hustle and bustle of daily living.
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Butuan and Beyond

The Agusan Marsh in Bunawan is one of the largest and the most contained freshwater catch basin wetland in the Philippines covering an area 14,835.989 hectares. It is a vast complex of freshwater marshes and watercourses with numerous small shallow lakes and ponds in the upper basin of the Agusan River and its tributaries which rise in the hills of eastern Mindanao.

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The Marsh is a valuable habitat for water birds such as species of wild ducks, herons and egrets. It is also the refuge of the rare Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) and Purple Swamp Hen (Porphyrio porphyrio) and the threatened Philippine Hawk Eagle, Spotted Imperial Pigeon and Rufous-lored Kingfisher.

photos by Bob Timonera

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Butuan ~ Conventions

Another newer landmark in the city iin terms of convention facility is the Dottie’s Grand Convention Center. Owned by a homegrown company, the facility also has a standard hotel and restaurant facility that is now becoming a favorite place to stay for both domestic and foreign tourists. The facility is also known to be frequented by corporate travellers who have regular transactions in and around the city.
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photo masterpiece by Ibex Images
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Butuan ~ Al Fresco Dining

One of the nice places to taste good food in the city is the al fresco area of Narra Restaurant. This resto happens to be one of the city’s pioneers in the food service business. It has remained strong and enjoying a good patronage from both locals and visitors alike despite the onslaught of competition from other players coming in from outside and even within the city of Butuan.
Their al fresco section offers a nice view of Mt. Mayapay, looming over the western horizon.
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Butuan ~ Destinations

One of the prime destinations in and around Butuan is Lake Mainit Resort. The place is a host to a variety of water activities like swimming, wind surfing, boat riding, and diving.

Lake Mainit is the fourth largest lake in the Philippines , having a surface area of 173.4 square kilometers. The lake is also the deepest lake in the country with maximum depth reaching 223 meters.

The lake can be reached by a 40 minute smooth car drive via a well paved highway to Kitcharao and Jabonga.

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Butuan ~ Accomodations

Butuan’s  Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center is one of the favorite convention sites in Mindanao. Its standard modern convention facilities with a total seating capacity of 1800 makes it one of the ideal sites for national and regional conferences to date
It has help a lot in the city’s bid to become a rising convention destination in the country.
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Balanghai Hotel foyer area