Maze Park & Resort

A perfect place for nature lovers who appreciate the beauty of solace. 11 kilometers away from the city proper with an Olympic-size swimming pool and other pools with varying shapes and sizes, cottages, function hall, restaurant, botanical park and mini zoo.

Location: Mimbalot Buru-un, Iligan City

Getting there

From the City Proper, ride a Buru-un route, from there ride a motor or another vehicle that will take you to Maze Park.

Timog Spring Pool

Timoga Cold Spring is a spring located along the National Highway, Timoga, Barangay Buru-un, Iligan City, Philippines, around 9 kilometers away from the city proper. It is well-known for icy-cool and crystal-clear springs flowing freely to the pools of different sizes. There are around five spring resorts along the highway, which is easily accessible by land to all locals and tourists.

It is known for its unspoiled, cool and crystal clear waters freely flowing downstream towards several swimming pools. Shed, snack bars, cottages and lechon (roasted pig) stalls are available. Lots of people stays here during weekends, especially during warm season. Together with friends and families, everybody is enjoying the beauty of its place and coldness of the icy water which flows naturally like a river - that makes the pool clean and always freezing.

Legend of Maria Cristina Falls

Long time ago Lake Lanao ruled by Omaca-an, a giant monster eating human beings and animals and even fishes in the water. There were only few people around the lake because of the monster existence that ate everything he encountered. Years had passed when Rajah Indarapatra came with his beloved brother Rajah Solaiman. Rajah Solaiman was the first to come and he fought the giant but was killed. Rajah Indarapatra followed, looking for his brother Solaiman. Indarapatra encountered the giant Omaca-an and killed the giant man-eater. On land, he looked for the ring of his brother by asking the small and big animals he meet. On water, however, he went swimming everyday and gathered stones beneath the water. He stayed for several years along the shores of the lake, but to no avail of the ring. He constructed an irrigation system that went very far and covered a big distance which later became a river currently known as Agus River. The river had a portion which dropped down a deep ravine known now as the Maria Cristina Falls.

For number of years, there lived in the falls two loving sisters, namely: Maria the younger and Cristina the elder. These two beautiful ladies loved each other very much. Maria gaze everything she had to Cristina, her beloved sister. Many People knew they were the ones living near the falls. They also loved their neighbor as they loved themselves. Datus and Sultans came to ask for their hands in marriage but the sister refused. There was a man, however, son of a prominent Sultan living somewhere beside the Lake Lanao. For many years he was unhappy because he could not find a suitable partner. He roamed around the lake until he saw the two maidens of the falls. He fell in love with the two sisters but the two sisters did not know whom he really loved. Days had passed and Maria discovered that she loved him very much, which made her very sad and she went to the top of the falls and jumped. When Cristina found out that Maria was dead, she likewise went to the top of the falls and threw herself down the deep ravine. When the handsome young man discovered the situation and found the body, he buried them carefully under the falls. After the death of the two sisters, he never married until also died. He also named the falls, Maria Cristina after the two sisters he loved.

Iligan City Early History

The earliest Spanish accounts refer to Iligan(or Yligan/Elegin) as the name of the settlement found at the mouth of the river that bears the same name(also Tambacan to many people).It was this same settlement that the early Jesuits in Mindanao came upon sometime in the 1630s. Around the 18^th century, Iligan referred to the large military province or corregimiento, which comprised the present-day provinces of Lanao, Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Norte, and portions of Misamis Oriental. When Ferdinand Blumentritt cited the earlier ethnographic accounts pointing to Subanos as the inhabitants of Iligan he must have referred to the corregimientos Misamis-Zamboanga side, concededly Subano territory till the present.

The Padres Recoletos are reported to have introduced Christianity in the area ahead of the Jesuits, the work having been begun by Fray Nicolas de San Juan who was the visitador of Bayug Island some three kilometers east of the present Poblacion. This was in 1626. There is reason to believe, however, that the natives of Bayug(whom I suspect to be ancestors of the Higa-onons of Barangay Rogongon, this city) had their first contacts with Christianized natives with the conquest of their territory ( in all likelihood towards the end of the 16^th century) by Pedro Manuel Manook, a Dapitan warrior of considerable military and navigational skills. He showed Legaspi the way to the petty-kingdoms of Luzon. Both the Jesuits and the Recoletos will later be engaged in a scandalous battle fought in ecclesiastical and governmental courts to gain control over Iligan and neighboring areas.

Iligan has been traditionally used by both Spanish and American colonizers as the launching pad of their pacification campaigns against the Lanao "Moros." Thus, for more than two centuries, Iligan was practically a garrison town defended largely by Pampango and Boholano conscripts. It is reported that at the turn of the 20^th century, Iligan had a population of only 3,000.

Like the other coastal settlements, Iligan was also constantly attacked by the Muslims, a retaliatory action against the Spanish intruders. In 1639, on order of Gov. Gen. Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera, Captain Francisco de Atienza y Vañez, a tried warrior from Toledo, Spain, constructed six collapsible boats, each capable of carrying 50 to 100 men, to be assembled at Lake Lanao. As in charge of Iligan, and after receiving suggestions from Fr. Fray Agustin(known as Padre Capitan) on the military technique and strategy against the Muslim strongholds, he led as expedition to Malanao. After the fall of Marawi to the Spaniards, the Muslims continued to harass the enemy on the sea and on land. They even cut off the supply route from Iligan, causing Atienza to pull back and fortify Iligan from the increasing Muslim attacks.

In later years, the poblacion of Iligan began to sink. Another fort was built by Gobernadorcillo Remigio Cabili and the town was transferred to its present site.

After Corcuera's rule, the Maranao were left to themselves, almost to the end of the Spanish rule. With Iligan as springboard, the Spanish troops were again sent to Marawi in 1891. Governor-General Eulogio Despujol continued the campaign to subjugate the lake region. However, it was Governor Ramon Blanco who established the Spanish power in the region. In 1895, Blanco with 5000 men under the immediate command of General Parrado, landed in Iligan and succeeded in conquering the Muslim cottas and the stronghold of Marahui, known as the strongest in Lanao.

In 1896, when the Philippine revolution broke out, an insurrection also occurred in Iligan. Three years later, the gobernadorcillo abandoned the town, and Captain Hilarion Ramiro took over the reins of the government. He received the Americans forces under the command of Captain Smith who landed at Iligan in 1900.

Iligan City

Iligan City is a highly urbanized city of Northern Mindanao at the province of Lanao del Norte Philippines which consists of 44 barangays, and the province's previous capital. It is about 795 kilometers southeast of Manila. Base on 2007 census, it has a residential record of 308,046 people. Iligan form its earliest settlement at Bayug few kilometers away from the present city. Name Iligan is from Higaunon word “iligan” or ilijan” meaning “fortress of defense”.

Iligan City is known to be the “City of Waterfalls” because of its 20 enormous waterfalls, situated in different barrios of the town. Climate here is good because of its geographical location. Has a vast existence of trees which makes it safe for weather disturbances. Among the city waterfalls are the following:

• Ma. Cristina Falls
• Tinago Falls
• Mimbalut Falls
• Abaga Falls
• Dodiongan Falls
• Limunsudan Falls
• Pampam Falls
• Dalipuga Falls
• Kalubihon Falls

Visiting these places would results a good relaxation, since water contains energy that is necessary for all living things. Pure water is naturally colorless and has no taste or smell. But its hidden characteristic makes it an interesting matter. You probably acquainted with water’s chemical description H₂O. Water is unique that it is the only natural elements that is found in all three states liquid, solid and gas. Water is vital to all living creature on earth. Where there is water there is life and where water is insufficient, life has to struggles.

Delicacies

Sukang Pinakurat

Cheding Peanut

Places to stay

• Ma. Cristina Hotel
• Cheradel Suite
• Elena Tower
• Famous Pension House
• Farah Hotel
• Corporate Inn

Agriculture Products

• Coconut
• Fruits & Vegetables
• Rice & Corn

Getting there

It’s not hard to have vacations in Iligan City. Its location is effortless to reach. Through the assistance of a travel agencies or by simply creating your own travel itinerary. Flights are available from Manila (1 hr n 15minutes) or Cebu (25mins) to Cagayan or if you want to travel by sea you can make book at some shipping lines such as Cebu Ferries (Super Ferry), Gothong and Sulpicio Lines mostly travel at night for 8 hrs. From then you can ride a bus from Cagayan towards Iligan City for 2 hrs maximum.

Communication companies such as Globe, Smart, Sun Cellular and PDLT aids in obtaining an impressive communications. Also some restaurant establishments are wifi-connected.