The Beauty of BOHOL

One of the great islands of the Philippines is the island of BOHOL. It is located southwest of the country's capital, Manila. Bohol is another ten largest island of the country, lying in the middle of the Visayas. It is surrounded by other islands on all sides so it is usually covered from harmful storm in the region as well as from the heavy rain during the rainy season.

Bohol is replete with wonderful activities and sights for visitors. Often tourists are having a hard time choosing what to do first. The people living here on the island are hospitable so they do not bear the feeling to be at home here.

Perhaps the most famous lure tourists here in Bohol are the CHOCOLATE HILLS. It consists of more than approximately 1268 hills. They are very uniform in shape and mostly between 30 and 50 meters tall. They are covered in grass, which at the end of the drought period, becoming brown color like chocolate.  From this color, derived their names.

Bohol is also known as found here is the smallest monkey in the world, the TARSIER.

During the tour, the first ahead is the BLOOD COMPACT SITE.  This particular site has been created to honor an important event in the Philippine history, the first treaty of friendship between Miguel Lopez de Legazpi of Spain and Raha Sikatuna of Bohol.  This is an agreement of friendship based on respect and equality.  This event is commonly known as "SANDUGO".

Included in the list of the tour is the BACLAYON CHURCH. This is one of the oldest stone church in the history of the Philippines. It is an interesting place if you want to learn something about the early history of the Philippines especially during the work of Spanish. It was built during the Spanish occupation of the first Spanish missionaries living in the area in the late 15th century.

Other beautiful spots are Hinagdanan Cave, Punta Cruz Tower, Mag-aso Falls, Loboc River, Sipatan Hanging Bridge, Man-made forest, Sagbayan Peak, Badiang Spring and the beautiful white sand beaches.