MUST SEE:
- Cotabato City Hall
- Old City Hall
- Kalanganan Bai Walk
- Tamontaka Church
- Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto
- Grand Mosque ( Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid )
- Pink Mosque ( Masjid Dimaukom )
- White Mosque ( Masjid Al-Nasser Abpi )
- Al Jamelah Weaving Center
- New Israel Eco Park
- Kutang Bato Caves
- Kutawato Cave
- Pedro Colina Hill
- Mt. Minandar
- Blue Lagoon
- Lake Sebu
- Lake Buluan
- Liguasan Marsh
- Kusiong Beach
- Tausavan Falls
MUST DO:
- Visit the Grand Old City Hall and City Plaza
- Marvel at the magnificent Grand Mosque
- Take a lokk at The People’s Palace ( New City Hall )
- Cross Tamontaka Bridge
- Try local delicacies
- Buy souvenirs and pasalubong
- Visit Tamontaka Church
- Go caving at Kuta Wato Cave
- Climb Pedro Colina Hill
- Visit the metal and brass – making community
- Ride the local transportation
- Enjoy the picturesque landscape
- Go on a Mosque – hopping
MUST TRY:
- Pastil – glutinous rice with chicken wrapped in banana leaves
- Tinapayan – “salted fish with fermented rice”; a version of buro
- Browa, Bulwa – a bread like mamon and madeleine
- Kumukunsi – a snake-shaped pastry
- Panganan-sising – ring-shaped cookies
- Bulibid – what they call pilipit
- Wagit – a deep-brown biko
- Takembul – looks like pakbol
- Tipas – sweet rice chips
- Panialam, Panyalam – “a rice cake with crisp edges and crust served mostly during funerals and death anniversaries;” “a vanishing traditional delicacy”
- Jaa – fried sweet rice batter of the Palawani
- Tinagtag, Tinadtag – “sweet [rice] batter that’s sifted over a frying pan to create crunchy, porous rectangles”
- Sinina – festival beef or goat stew with coconut milk and spiced with palapa
- Chicken pinalapaan – chicken cooked in “palapa ng niyog, a savory mix of sun-dried coconut meat, coconut milk, ginger, and spices that adds a golden brown color and savory, spicy kick to any meal”
- Lininggil – chicken curry cooked for ritual purposes