--- title: "Cotabato City – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Cotabato City from Davao, Laguindingan and General Santos: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Cotabato City, officially…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/cotabato-city" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/cotabato-city.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Cotabato_City_October_2023_drone_shot.jpg" --- ![Cotabato City](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Cotabato_City_October_2023_drone_shot.jpg) # Cotabato City Cotabato City, officially the City of Cotabato, is an independent component city in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines. [Plan a trip to Cotabato City](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Cotabato%20City) [From Davao](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Davao&to=Cotabato+City) ## Every way there - Davao → Cotabato City 152 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · ₱530–700 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/davao-to-cotabato-city) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Davao&to=Cotabato+City) - Laguindingan → Cotabato City 152 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · ₱570–760 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/laguindingan-to-cotabato-city) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Laguindingan&to=Cotabato+City) - General Santos → Cotabato City 160 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · ₱440–580 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/general-santos-to-cotabato-city) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=General+Santos&to=Cotabato+City) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Cotabato City, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Cotabato City](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cotabato-city) What Cotabato City has - N Scheduled flights nearest airport DVO is 154 km away - N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country - N Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Dinaig, 7 km. 7.220°, 124.250° According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 383,383 people, making it the most populated city under the independent component city status. Get in ## Getting to Cotabato City Mindanao Star has buses from Davao City (6 hours) and Kidapawan. Buses arrive at a company-owned terminal at Don Rufino Alonzo Street. Rural Transit buses from Pagadian and Dipolog, also using the Mindanao Star terminal. Husky Lines from Koronadal and General Santos. There are also UV Express minibuses from Koronadal, General Santos, Iligan, Pagadian and Davao. See ## Worth seeing 1. Pedro Colina Hill Painted Houses 2. Tantawan Park Quezon Ave. 3. Kutawato Caves 4. Masjid Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah 5. Bai Walk 6. Tamontaka Church Do ## Things to do River cruising in Rio Grande De Mindanao Enjoy spelunking in Kutawato Caves Swim in the virgin beaches of Timaco Walking and sunset viewing in “baiwalk” (Baywalk) Eat ## Where to eat Cafe Le Sorelle, Sinsuat Avenue Sema Bldg, corner Macapagal Street. Sun 10:30AM-6:30PM, Mon-Sat 9:30AM-7:30PM. Their chicken, pastas and cheesecakes are recommended. Pagana Kutawato, Rufo Manara Street Rosary Heights XI. Pork-less menu featuring native and local foods: fresh seafood - tuna, other fishes, crabs, large shrimp, and other shellfish. Las Hermanas, Sinsuat Avenue. Sun-Thu 10AM-10PM, Fri Sat 10AM-11:30PM. How locals move ## Getting around Cotabato City the local way - Get in There are also UV Express minibuses from Koronadal, General Santos, Iligan, Pagadian and Davao. - Get around Jeepneys and tricycles are widely available across the city. From [Wikivoyage: Cotabato City](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cotabato_City), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato_City) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cotabato_City), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/cotabato-city, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt