Bohol - Travel Guide

                HOW TO GET TO BOHOL

Manila To Bohol : 

Several airlines fly between Manila and Tagbilaran airport in Bohol such as Philippine Airlines , Cebu Pacific , Airasia. 

Cebu To Bohol By FastCrast - Ferry : 

Bohol is just a short ferry ride from cebu. Several fast Crafts travel daily between Cebu City and Tagbilaran and Cebu City and Tubigon.

CEBU-BOHOL FERRY / FASTCRAFTS SCHEDULE

PLACES TO SEE IN BOHOL 

Man-Made Forest

The Bohol Man-Made is a mahogany forest stretching in a 2km stretch of densely planted with Mahogany trees located in the border of Loboc and Bilar towns. Before and after you reach the man-made forest there are also naturally grown forests of Loboc and Bilar which has a thick kaleidoscope of green foliage, different kinds of trees and giant ferns lining the road.

Floating Restaurant

A River Cruise and Floating Restaurant is the most exciting activity that the Loboc River can offer. It attracts both local and foreign tourists. Because of its green and peaceful river environment along with the delicious local foods they served, the place is now widely known across the country.

Chocolate Hills

The Chocolate Hills form a rolling terrain of haycock hills – mounds of a generally conical and almost symmetrical shape.^[5] Estimated to be from 1,268 to about 1,776 individual mounds, these cone-shaped or dome-shaped hills are actually made of grass-coveredlimestone. The domes vary in sizes from 30 to 50 metres (98 to 164 ft) high with the largest being 120 metres (390 ft) in height. Bohol's "main attraction", these unique mound-shaped hills are scattered by the hundreds throughout the towns of Carmen, Batuanand Sagbayan in Bohol.^[6]

During the dry season, the grass-covered hills dry up and turn chocolate brown. This transforms the area into seemingly endless rows of "chocolate kisses". The branded confection is the inspiration behind the name, Chocolate Hills.

                                                        Butterfly Garden 

Simply Butterflies Conservation Center is the first butterfly livelihood breeding and conservation program in Bohol. Its main goal is to protect and strengthen the natural environment of the butterflies through plant research, breeding and releasing.

Aiming to raise the butterfly population in Bohol, the Center also seeks ways and means to bring money into the local economy using butterflies and butterfly by-products. Local town folks have been taught how to breed butterflies and at present, a community of paid breeders has been formed.

Likewise, the Center is into the study, research, and preservation of host plants which are dwindling due to illegal poaching and deforestation. The breeding of common butterflies for export plus their by-products help to fund host-plant research, development and the breeding of rare butterflies.

                                             Tarsier

The Philippine tarsier, (Tarsius syrichta) is very peculiar small animal. In fact it is one of the smallest known primates, no larger than a adult men's hand. Mostly active at night, it lives on a diet of insects. Folk traditions sometimes has it that tarsiers eat charcoal, but actually they retrieve the insects from (sometimes burned) wood. It can be found in the islands of Samar, Leyte, Bohol, and Mindanao in the Philippines.

If no action is taken, the tarsier might not survive. Although it is a protected species, and the practice of catching them and then selling them as stuffed tarsiers to tourists has stopped, the species is still threatened by the destruction of his natural forest habitat. Many years of both legal and illegal logging and slash-and-burn agriculture have greatly reduced these forests, and reduced the tarsier population to a dangerously small size. If no action is taken now, the Philippine tarsier can soon be added to the list of extinct species.

                                         Blood Compact 

In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan became the first person from Europe to reach Asia by sailing west, a voyage of which he would meet an untimely death in the island of the Philippines. Spain sent expeditions to colonize the East Indies in their competition with Portugal to seize control over the spice trade. However, all of these expeditions failed. It was not until Miguel López de Legazpi, sailing from Mexico with five ships and five hundred men, reached the Philippines in 1565 and a Spanish settlement was established. López de Legazpi was greeted by hostile Muslim tribes opposing a foreign invasion. His attempt to land on the island of Cebu resulted in the death of one of his soldiers prompting him to explore another island and seek trade with various tribes.

Sailing south toward the island of Mindanao, López de Legazpi's fleet encountered highwinds forcing them to sail northward to the island of Bohol. There, he captured a vessel from Borneo whose Malay sailors informed the Spaniards that the natives inhabiting the region traded with people from Borneo and Indonesia. Arriving in Bohol, López de Legazpi noticed the hostility of the people. The Malayan servant explained that such hostility was due to the expeditions conducted by the Portuguese from the Moluccas islands. In 1563, Portuguese fleets arrived in Visayan waters and enslaved about 1,000 inhabitants. López de Legazpi, with the help of the Malayan sailor, explained to the tribes in Bohol that they were not Portuguese and that they had come to the islands to trade. Upon learning this, the chieftains and their tribes became friendlier and welcoming to the Spaniards.

                                  Twin Hanging Bridge

The Bamboo Hanging Bridge crossing the Sipatan River in the Municipality of Sevilla, Bohol, is a fun tourist attraction. Originally constructed using just bamboo and rope, today the rope has made way to steel cables, giving added safety and stability.The deck of the bridge is formed out of woven bamboo slats. In places some of these appear broken but its still sturdy enough to take the weight of tourists, locals and even small motorcycles. Stepping onto the bridge is a little daunting at first, the bamboo deck flexing a little under your feet. Although the support cables are made of steel, you still experience some side to side sway and up and down bounce.

                           Loboc Ecotourism Adventure Park

BY TOUR PACKAGE 

By Van or Car 

For those travelling in groups, you can save a few bucks by renting a car or van. Rates starts PHP 2,500 with driver for car and PHP 3,000 for van. But there is no Bohol private tour guide, you have to hire one or go for a tour package.

                                           By Tricycle

The Bohol Countryside can also be done with a tricycle. Tricycle day tour rate is roughly PHP 800.00 for Panglao Island Tour and PHP 1,000 for Bohol countryside tour.

                                           By Motorbike

Bohol countryside can also be explored by Motorbike. Rentals usually start at PHP 300.00 per day, gasoline not included, make sure you have a helmet and a map. You can also hire a Habal-Habal (mototrcycle) with driver for your tour. 

                                      BOHOL EXPENSES 

WHERE TO STAY IN BOHOL 

https://www.agoda.com/city/bohol-ph.html

https://ph.hotels.com/de1006379/hotels-bohol-philippines/

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