Mindanao Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
second largest island of the Philippines
About Mindanao
Western governments all advise cautionanywhere on Mindanao, and all agree that travellers should avoidBangsamoro,SoccsksargenandZamboanga Peninsula; see the warnings in those articles. Most suggest avoiding much of the rest of Mindanao as well. See these advisories:AustraliaCanadaIrelandNZUKUSThe Philippine government says many of the advisories are overstated or cover a broader area than needed. See also our article onWar zone safetyif you plan to travel in high-risk areas. If you travel anywhere in the Mindanao region, most insurers will not pay out if you make a claim. There are some western travellers in parts of eastern or northern Mindanao, likeCamiguinor the surfing destinationSiargao, and cities likeDavaoandCagayan de Orohave quite a few foreign residents. Most of these people have
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