Travel Philippines

Welcome to BOHOL: it is an island province of the Philippines. The capital is Tagbilaran City. It is the 10th largest island in the country. The Chocolate Hills, numerous mounds of limestone formation, is the most popular attraction. Bohol is a popular tourist destination with its beaches and resorts. The island of Panglao, a thirty-minute drive from Tagbilaran City, is home to some of the finest white sand beaches in the country. Resorts dot the island, with most clustered along Alona beach. Bohol is not as internationally famous as nearby Boracay, but is well-known locally as a paradise for divers and snorkelers. The Philippine Tarsier, considered by some to be the smallest primate, is indigenous to the island.

Hills dominate the island of Bohol. Two ranges run roughly parallel on the northwest and the southeast. An interior plateau is dominated by limestone hills. In Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan, these hills form near perfect cones in great numbers and are collectively referred to as the Chocolate Hills. There is also Balicasag Island fish sanctuary were dolphin watching and whale watching tours are popular with both residents and visiting tourists. The best season is from March to June, but dolphins can be seen year-round.

Bohol has a lot to offer to its visitors. It indeed deserves to be tagged as the #1 tourism destinations in the Philippines.

How to get there:

The Tagbilaran City Wharf, now called the Tagbilaran City Tourist Pier, has fine port. There are 9 daily ship calls to Cebu, 5 being fastcraft trips. Other regular destinations are Manila (four times a week), Cagayan de Oro City, Dumaguete, Dipolog, Iligan, Larena, Plaridel and Ozamiz City. There are other ports that cater to Cebu and northern Mindanao routes. These are Jagna, Ubay, Talibon, Getafe, Buenavista, Clarin, Loon and Tubigon, the busiest port with more than ten daily round trips plying the Cebu-Bohol route.