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Nature, Sightseeing

Sailfin Lizards

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A male sailfin lizard stops and looks back to check for any intruder. (Erwin M. Mascarinas) (Source)

A female sailfin lizard can be identified with its less dominant thorny dorsal fin. (Erwin M. Mascarinas) (Source)

I’ve always been a huge enthusiast when it comes to wild life photography although it has always been very hard for me since I could only afford a lens with much limited range. So it came as a delight after I heard of a village in the town of Jasaan in Misamis Oriental where I can get a glimpse of the sailfin lizard up close.

Searching for the location of the village was not that hard once I got to Jasaan since the lizard’s presence is already popular among the locals. After asking for directions along the national highway, I reached a residential area along the banks of the Solana river in Lower Solana and was pointed to a home of Rodolfo and Alma Dael.

Alma Dael pointed out that they have been feeding and protecting the lizards for 14 years.

Currently, the Dael family has recorded an estimated of around 70 sailfins visiting the concrete river dike outside the house.

It is yet to be determined if the lizard population is that of the endangered Philippine sailfin lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus) or the Amboina sailfin lizard (Hydrosaurus amboinensis) which can be determined through proper scientific study and genetic matching. (Source)


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Nature, Sightseeing, What to Do

Agutayan Island

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Agutayan Island in 360° [use mouse to drag/zoom picture]

Crescent moon in shape and uninhabited, Agutayan Island has 5,000 square meters of white sand that sits on a 3-hectare marine sanctuary that serves as breeding ground of endangered giant clams. The giant clams are products of successful seeding project supported by the local government.
With its shallow water and amazing marine life, the place is ideal for swimming, diving and snorkeling. Camping is also allowed in the island. (Source)


Old Outpost


Agutayan new Watch Tower (Source)


Peaceful place for picture taking. (Source)

Agutayan Island is a marine sanctuary near the coast of Jasaan. It is accessible through a number of ways, but the quickest and the easiest access is through Liyang Beach, a few meters away from Jasaan proper. They have rentable boats for groups which you can hire for around P1,500 (8 pax). Like Camiguin White Island, Agutayan is devoid of trees or plants, and only a cottage for the sanctuary outpost stands on its side. It is advisable that you visit early in the morning to avoid the harsh heat of the sun. (Source – more pic)

Please be advised of the following information from Liyang Beach:
The boat rental fee for boats from Liyang Beach is P1500.

However, the LGU is now controlling entry to Agutayan. All boats must pass through the Barangay jump off point. They are charging 50P per head for the environmental fee and P100 for entry permit to the island. Please come prepared to pay these additional fees, subject to change without notice.

Also, there is a maximum daily visitor count to Agutayan of 100 persons.

Entry to the island is limited to the hours between 5am and 12 noon. No trips allowed in the afternoon and after dark.

See also Agutayan Reef

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Sightseeing, Tourist Attractions

Ship Spotting

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Ship Spotting in Villanueva: Large vessels are visiting Philippine Sinter Corporation in Villanueva, which makes it an ideal location for Ship Spotting. Some is less than 200 meter from the shoreline.

The area around Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan should be checked out, if you like big ships.

See also Plane Spotting and Bird Watching if you are into photography.

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Nature, Sightseeing

Sea of Life

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The following pictures are from JCI Batangas

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JCI Manila Sea of Life:

1. Dome Dropping ~ Artificial Reef Planting

Sea of Life (S.O.L.), a project initiated by a British national residing in General Santos City for more than 30yrs, Mr. Chris Dearne, aims to build environmental awareness regarding the rapid degradation of our marine natural resources due to illegal means of fishing (dynamite, cyanide, poaching).

The Philippines is classified as one of the world’s best destinations for aquatic marine life and tropical forest life diversity. Unfortunately, due to a third world economy, locals lack the education on how to properly care for our marine and land eco system. Therefore over fishing, cyanide fishing, dynamite fishing, and poaching has been rampant, to the point it has reached critical mass. As a direct impact, thousands of marine and animal species has either have become endangered or extinct. Indirect impact examples would include climate change, shift in food chain, flooding, and ultimately there will be nothing for our children and grandchildren to see.

In the effort to help rebuild our environment, JCI Manila, Pilipinas EcoWarriors and its partners plans to locally build as many man-made concrete domes and plant artificial marine reefs as possible that will serve as a marine habitat and/or shelter in various diving locations in the Philippines that have been severely damaged.

This project will not only target the rehabilitation of damaged marine reefs, rebuild the local fishing industry but also provide eco-tourism awareness that will help sustain this worthwhile cause.

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Nature, Sightseeing

Tagoloan River Dike

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Tagoloan River Dike (Source)

The River Dike and along Tagoloan River is an excellent area, for
picture taking.


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Tagoloan River

– Tagoloan River is the 13th largest river system in the Philippines in terms of watershed size, as classified by the National Water Resources Board. It has an estimated drainage area of 1,704 square kilometers covering the provinces of Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental. It has a length of 106 kilometers from its source in Malaybalay City,


Tagoloan River Basin


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Swollen river, December 2014

On Tagoloan Bridge is a Solar powered device which sends measurement of water level at Tagoloan river to PROJECT NOAH.


Project NOAH


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Sightseeing, Tourist Attractions

Ostrich Farm

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The business of ostrich farming in the Philippines began in 1996. It was started by Lorenzo U. Limketkai, an engineer, and his son Heintje Limketkai. The Limketkais established their ostrich farming business and named it as the Philippine Ostrich and Crocodile Farms, Inc., becoming the first combined ostrich and crocodile farm in the country.

Their ostrich farm was opened in Barangay Malanang, Opol. They bought their first three pairs of breeding ostriches from Australia in July 1996. The first ostrich egg that was laid on August 30, 1996, but the hatching failed. After improvements were made to the facilities and to the egg-handling techniques, a live ostrich chick hatched for the first time in February 1997. Afterwards, the Limketkais bought two additional groups of breeding ostriches from Texas, United States. The business later opened its facilities “to the public for supervised tours”.

The first ostrich, as a product, was harvested and prepared as meat for fine dining restaurants on December 23, 1997, under the Big Bird Ostrich Meat brand. After that, thirty ostriches were routinely harvested on a monthly basis for supermarkets and deli shops.
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Shops in Cagayan de Oro City selling Ostrich meat:

          CAGAYAN DE ORO AIRPORT LOUNGE
 Lumbia Airport, Cagayan de Oro City

          PINES HAM
Makahambus Street, Cagayan de Oro City

          PRIME MEAT
Rosario Arcade, Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City

For more information, pork@ostrich.com.ph

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Historical Sites, History, Sightseeing

Ruins of Our Lady of Consolation Church

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Poblacion Ruins

An archaeological team from the University of the Philippines (UP) have found old wooden slabs believed to be the foundation of a 16th-century church on top of a hill in this fishing town in Misamis Oriental.

The team spent three weeks feverishly sifting through tons of dirt until they found the wooden slabs on the right corner of the present day Our Lady of Consolation Parish church in Opol, where the ruins of old church walls can still be seen.

The Poblacion Ruins (X-2007-K3) exhibits vivid structural design
with both lateral walls still present. The ruins has a rectangular formation and made of corals. The site has been excavated by the University of the Philippines – Archaeological Studies Program (UP – ASP) in 2008 (ASP 2009). It has a single nave formation measuring 60 m x 22.5 m composed of two floors supported by wooden beams of Molave (Vitexparviflora Juss). (Source)


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