CAGAYAN DE ORO WALKING TOUR 2025

A recommended walking tour in Cagayan de Oro invites you to start at Cogon Public Market, stay through the Cogon Night Market for authentic street food, and then relax and explore at SM CDO (Downtown or Uptown) and Limketkai Center. This route blends the city’s vibrant local culture, food variety, and modern conveniences all in one memorable evening.

🚶‍♂️ Walking Tour through Cagayan de Oro
1. Cogon Public Market
Start your walking tour at the Cogon Public Market, the city’s busiest local wet‑market hub. Here you’ll find a mix of grilled meats, fresh produce, juices, local snacks, and street‑side vendors selling garments and daily essentials

. It's lively from early morning and remains bustling until nightfall—a great place to soak in local energy and try chicken inasal, fish balls, or freshly squeezed drinks.

2. Cogon Night Market
As dusk falls, the streets around Cogon Public Market light up with the Cogon Night Market, a nightly street‑food fiesta that peaks between 6 PM and 8 PM, especially filled with students and local foodies . Expect skinny alleyways full of food carts offering:

Skewered grilled meats (liempo, barbeque pork, isaw)

Deep-fried goodies like tempura, kwek‑kwek, and battered hotdogs

Local desserts such as pichi‑pichi, turon, shaved-ice treats, and fruit shakes

Affordable snacks—prepped and served quickly, with prices ideal for change-based spending


. The city council is also working to formalize this into a unified, tourist-friendly zone with uniform stalls and better sanitation by creating the Night Market Food Cart Association
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3. SM CDO (Downtown & Uptown) & Limketkai Mall
After your street‑food adventure, head over to the local shopping district:

SM CDO Downtown: A 5‑storey mall with over 200 shops, cinemas (including Southeast Asia’s first Megascreen), a bowling center, a sky garden, and a food court

Or visit SM City CDO Uptown: the original SM mall in the city with more than 300 shops across multi‑winged buildings, including a Northwing café and wellness zone—all anchored by SM Store and SM Supermarket
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Finish your mall trip at Limketkai Center, known as the city’s first and largest mall complex. It houses over 500 stores, cinemas, restaurants, and even a chapel and event venues across several wings

. Limketkai is ideal for shopping, water‑cooled rest stops, or catching a movie after dinner.

🥢 What to Eat & Do — Street Food Highlights
Isaw, barbecue, liempo skewers hot off the grill

Kwek-kwek (deep-fried quail eggs), battered sausage-on-stick, fries

Tempura, fruit juices, turon, coconut sweets

Simple fruit shakes and halo-halo to cool off after spicy or fried bites

These snacks are budget-friendly and give you a genuine Kagay‑an experience—full of flavors and local camaraderie.

🗺️ Suggested Half-Day Itinerary
Time Activity
Late afternoon Browse Cogon Public Market stalls
6 PM – 8 PM Join the Cogon Night Market food crawl
8 PM – 9 PM Walk to SM Downtown mall for dessert or chill
9 PM onward Optional: head to Limketkai Center for movies or snacks

✅ Tips & Local Insights
Bring small change (PHP 10–50 bills/coins) for street carts



Vendors and students are helpful if you're unsure what to try

Wear comfortable shoes—ideal for walking across markets and malls

Stay hydrated; it's best to drink fruit shakes or bottled water between snacks