Mambajao’s Historic Town Center

Quiet provincial capital Mambajao was once part of neighboring Catarman, but a special decree in 1855 separated the two. It was the busiest port in Northern Mindanao in its heyday in the 1900s. The first public school and water system were built there at the turn of the century. Camiguin was once part of Misamis Oriental, and it was only 1968 that it became a province with Mambajao as its capital. Mambajao’s town center is an easy stroll with historic sites peppered here and there. Among the highlights are the Old Wharf Parola with its rickety lighthouse; a small footbridge constructed in 1913; and the 1914 fountain monument in Plaza Union that now serves as the town’s main roundabout—all a short walk away from one another. There's also an old abaca factory not too far away and a smattering of heritage houses.