Guidebook for Mainit
Food Scene
Kasili or eel (fish from Mainit Lake) with tausi or coconut milk, and halo-halo are their specialty.
Kasili Lakeside Resort and Hotel
Rizal StreetKasili or eel (fish from Mainit Lake) with tausi or coconut milk, and halo-halo are their specialty.
Parks & Nature
Experience riding a habal-habal (motorcycle with wings) when you go to Togonan (just be careful when it's raining as the road is slippery). Then be ready to descent when you reach your destination. A cool and refreshing dip awaits.
Togonan Falls
Experience riding a habal-habal (motorcycle with wings) when you go to Togonan (just be careful when it's raining as the road is slippery). Then be ready to descent when you reach your destination. A cool and refreshing dip awaits.
Take a dip at the sulfuric hot spring. It's known to be medicinal in nature. You can choose from a pool with hot spring water, to a pool with lukewarm spring water.
You can use the common pool, or rent one of their exclusive pools, mushroom cottages, wooden cottages or picnic tables.
Best time to go there is at 6:30 a.m. when water in the pool is new, and it's not crowded yet.
Mapaso Wellness Spring
Take a dip at the sulfuric hot spring. It's known to be medicinal in nature. You can choose from a pool with hot spring water, to a pool with lukewarm spring water.
You can use the common pool, or rent one of their exclusive pools, mushroom cottages, wooden cottages or picnic tables.
Best time to go there is at 6:30 a.m. when water in the pool is new, and it's not crowded yet.
You can rent a motorized boat to cruise around Lake Mainit, the country's 4th largest and the deepest. The lake spans from Mainit in Surigao Norte to Jabonga in Agusan del Norte.
During migration season (from September to March), you may be able to spot LITTLE EGRET - a small white heron, a TERN - a black-and-white waterbird, BITTERN - a wading bird of the heron family JAVAN POND - a wading bird of the heron family found in shallow fresh wetlands in Southeast Asia, PURPLE HERON - a wading bird of the heron family that breeds close to large lakes and feeds in shallow water, HAWK (a.k.a. banog) - a medium-sized bird of prey, TUFTED DUCK.
Best time to cruise is at 6 a.m.
Lake Mainit
You can rent a motorized boat to cruise around Lake Mainit, the country's 4th largest and the deepest. The lake spans from Mainit in Surigao Norte to Jabonga in Agusan del Norte.
During migration season (from September to March), you may be able to spot LITTLE EGRET - a small white heron, a TERN - a black-and-white waterbird, BITTERN - a wading bird of the heron family JAVAN POND - a wading bird of the heron family found in shallow fresh wetlands in Southeast Asia, PURPLE HERON - a wading bird of the heron family that breeds close to large lakes and feeds in shallow water, HAWK (a.k.a. banog) - a medium-sized bird of prey, TUFTED DUCK.
Best time to cruise is at 6 a.m.
Sightseeing
The Mamanwas live in this neighborhood. They're one of the oldest and still extant tribes in the Philippines, who bear a striking physical resemblance to the Negritos.
Cantugas
The Mamanwas live in this neighborhood. They're one of the oldest and still extant tribes in the Philippines, who bear a striking physical resemblance to the Negritos.
Mainit Municipal Hall
Lighted fountain for public viewing, nightly.