Isulan
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Isulan is a town, the capital of the province of Sultan Kudarat.
Understand
Isulan houses a large oil palm plantation to the east of the town.
Most of the locals are Hiligaynon-speaking migrants, who settled here in the 1930s, but there are still the native Maguindanao people who originally resided here.
Most of the locals are Hiligaynon-speaking migrants, who settled here in the 1930s, but there are still the native Maguindanao people who originally resided here.
Get in
By bus or minivan
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Isulan Public Transport Terminal
address: Isulan-Tacurong RoadBuses and UV Express (minivans) all pick up and drop off passengers here. There are nothing much inside the terminal, except for noisy vendors.
Yellow Bus Lines has trips from Kiamba via General Santos, Koronadal and Tacurong.
Husky Transport makes a stop at Isulan on their Cotabato-General Santos route. A trip from Cotabato is risky, as it passes through war-torn Maguindanao, though there are rarely any attacks on buses plying the highways there.
There are plenty of UV Express leaving the terminal to serve other points in Sultan Kudarat, and even into Maguindanao and Cotabato.
See
Sultan Kudarat Provincial Capitol
Buy
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CityMall
address: Tacurong City RdMall with restaurants and an arcade. -
Isulan Central Plaza
address: Senator Ninoy Aquino AvenueLittle two-storey department store and supermarket with a Mang Inasal and Landbank ATM outside.
Eat
Most local restaurants will generally be certified Halal to accommodate its Muslim Maguindanaoan population.
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Carlito's
phone: +63 64 201-5161address: Senator Ninoy Aquino AvenueFine Filipino dining. -
Namaskar Ji Isulan
phone: +63 917 710-5994address: Isulan-Tacurong RoadIndian cuisine. Inko's GrillT-bone steaks, chicken inasal and silog. Serves alcohol.
Sleep
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Antonia's Hotel
address: Aujera Street, Kalawag ITwo storey hotel with A/C rooms, but lacks a restaurant. Food available only by contract. -
Jovinaj Traveller's Inn
address: Sen. Ninoy Aquino AvenueTwo storey hotel with A/C rooms, but lacks a restaurant.
Stay safe
The town has been rocked by two consecutive bombings in 2017, perpetrated by suspected Islamic insurgents. Risks are very high, as Isulan just lies south of the bordering Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. See warning at the SOCCSKSARGEN article.