Philippines / South Mindanao / Tagum

Tagum is the capital of Davao province. It is a noisy town due to heavy tricycle traffic. It has no attractions by itself but is famous for the gold digging at nearby Mt Diwata (also called Mt Diwalwal). Mt Diwata is a gold digging site with a real Klondike atmosphere. A visit cannot be recommended for the average tourist or traveler. Many times in the past few years, parts of the tunnel system of the gold diggers collapsed and buried alive a number of men.