Man-made Forest

This post is a series of post of our tour in Bohol, view here to read the previous one.

How to go there

We hired a rent-a-van service to tour us in Bohol. Kuya Lito was the name of our driver slash tour guide.

What to See

According to Kuya Lito, the man-made forest in Bohol whose area covers over 800 hectares of land, lying on the town of Bilar and Loboc was created during the reforestation program by the government on the ’60s.

The forest is protected under the government law, and any tree or plant under the area are prohibited from ‘kaingin’ or cutting.

Most of the trees planted in this area are Mahogany trees. The trees grew in almost the same height and width that it creates a ceiling of leaves on the roads of Bilar.

While on the road in man-made forest, Kuya Lito mentioned that the road were  taking is locally known as ‘tina-i sa manok’ in Bisaya (chicken intestines) because of the winding curves of the road. Unfortunately there’s no light for the vehicles that passes there, which makes it dangerous when traveling at night.

Curved road at man-made forest

Some tourists who visits there also experiences the man-made forest by camping deep within the forest. As one of Kuya Lito’s experience was bringing four people in the man-made forest who camped there overnight. Camping in the forest is very unusual though.

Tips and Traps

• Best to come there while there’s still sun. The forest is quite dim, even in the mornings.

More pictures of Man-made forest and Bohol here:

(Click on the picture to view the album)