The island located southeast from Cebu Island and southwest of Leyte Island in Central Visayas region. This oval-shaped island is the tenth largest of the Philippine archipelago.
Bohol is full of natural beauty. The coastline of the island is skimmed by gentle coves and white sand beaches. Bohol is not as internationally famous destination in Philippines as nearby Boracay, but is well-known locally as a heaven for divers and snorkelers. The most popular activities in Bohol are Dolphin watching and whale watching. The best season is from March to June, but dolphins can be seen year-round. In addition to white sand beaches and dive spots.
One of the most famous tourist attraction in Bohol and in whole Philippines is The Chocolate Hills.
The Chocolate Hills look like women’s dress, or giant mole hills, or a place something like a child’s drawing. The unusual thing about it is that it is a natural phenomena! Geologists believe that the hills were formed from marine limestone on top of a clay layer. The Chocolate hills are uniform in shape, some standing from 30 to 50 meters high. They are usually covered with grass the year around, but turn brown during the dry season, thus the name. You can see the magnificent view of The Chocolate hills by climbing 214 steps to an observation outpost above the hills.
Located at the top of the steps near the viewing area is the Wishing Well Bell .
After taking in a river boat trip with lunch i visited the home of the rare 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.
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