Region in Mindanao · 6 provinces and cities
The province's main island, Basilan Island, ranks as the largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago. It lies just off the southern coast of the Zamboanga Peninsula. Three main ethnic groups live on the island: the …
The largest lake in Mindanao and the deepest in the Philippines: 340 square kilometres of water in the interior of the province. It is one of the 15 ancient lakes in the world, and scholars are pushing for its inclusion …
A historical park at the corner of Quezon Avenue and Sinsuat Avenue, with a monument to Sultan Muhammad Kudarat of Maguindanao. It sits at the foot of Pedro Colina Hill, which people also call Tantawan, next to the Immaculate Conception …
A protected lake southwest of Lake Lanao, and one of the deepest in the country: it reaches 120 metres. The surface covers about 1,011 hectares, and the water comes from local run-off and several small rivers. The lake and the …
A museum of Islamic art and Moro culture in a white building in Marawi, a city on Lake Lanao where the Maranao people are the main inhabitants. It holds the biggest Filipino Muslim collection in the country. The collection covers …
Papa Bulls in the swampy mangrove area within the municipal complex of the Municipality of Simunul. This crocodile is now a major tourist attraction where several people come to view it.
A small island in the Sulu Archipelago, off Sapa-Sapa, with what counts as the longest sandbar in the Philippines: the bar runs 3,128.37 metres. The island itself covers only 0.1 square kilometres and sits inside Basibuli Shoal. The beach is …
A cave system inside the city proper, at the foot of Pedro Colina Hill. It gave the city its name: kuta means fort and wato means stone, so Kutawato is the fort of stone. Hidden passageways run underground, and one …
During the American period, a group of soldiers arrived here only to be bewildered by its natural beauty. Inspired by the tropical landscape, they composed a song titled “Tawi-Tawi Beach”. It’s a popular site for picnic goers with its crystal-clear …
Play golf or relax at the MSU Golf Course, a 9-hole course laid out on the gentle greenery of Mindanao State University.
A sight at Sinsuat Ave. Cor. Notre Dame Ave, Cotabato City.
The southernmost peak in the Philippines: six limestone pillars that stand as its six summits. Local people call it Bud Bongao and hold it sacred. Two Islamic preachers who followed Karim ul-Makhdum are believed to lie under the Tampat Rocks, …
A mosque with a pink facade, which is why most people call it the Pink Mosque. It stands in the town of Datu Saudi Ampatuan. Then-Mayor Samsudin Dimaukom paid for the building and put it on his family's land. Christian …
A mountain above Barangay Kusiong, green because grass covers most of it. The hike from the foot to the summit takes two hours.
A town museum about the Lami-lamihan festival, the celebration that gave the city its name. Lami-Lamihan means merrymaking and conference together. When Spanish explorers asked the Yakan what the place was called, the Yakan thought they were asking about the …
The city's grand mosque, also called the Islamic Center of Marawi, and the biggest Islamic place of worship in the country: it holds 20,000 worshippers. It stands in Pangarungan Village. The site's landowner, Datu Pangarungan Disalongan, led the first phase …
The biggest mosque in the city. It is noted for following a color scheme of green, the traditional color in Islam and is associated by the Quran to the state of living of those in Paradise and its architectural details …
One of the city's noted mosques. The beige place of worship is located within the Lanao del Sur Provincial Capitol Complex.
Panampangan Island is an island in the municipality of Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi.
The oldest mosque in the Philippines, by local lore: people date the first mosque on this ground to 1380, built in the indigenous sacred Moro pagoda style. Makhdum Karim, an Arab trader and missionary, established it. The building standing now …