Tag : things to do Bohol
Oct 2009

On our Day 1 trip, we hired a van for rent to tour us at Bohol. We also got our driver, Kuya Lito to help us in finding a hotel in Panglao. We didn't reserve for one prior to going there and we have forgotten that the holiday for Ninoy Aquino day was on Sept 22 - our Day 2 tour. Almost all resorts were fully booked from Day 2 onwards.
How to go there
We went looking for a hotel the whole night, first White and green resort, then Dimaluan 1, Dimaluan 2, etc etc. Kuya Lito even made a few
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Oct 2009

How to go there
My boyfriend and I rent a van to take us to the tourist spots of Bohol. This was one of our deals with our driver, Kuya Lito.
What to eat
At the end of the day, Jeff and I were super tired and super hungry. Chocolate Hills was our last tourist spot of the day so we went back to Panglao Island from the town of Carmen to have dinner at Bohol Bee Farm.
The restaurant at Bee Farm is famous for it's unique food and of course honey-filled dishes.
After picking a seat nea
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Oct 2009

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
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Oct 2009

Here is our next destination in Bohol, featuring our very own 'Chocolate Hills' of Bohol.
How to go there
My boyfriend and I rent a van to take us to the tourist spots of Bohol. This was one of the places to visit on the service we took.
After passing by Bilar's man made forest we then went to see the famous Chocolate Hills of Bohol. On the road Kuya Lito, our driver who is also a tour guide lectured on us on how the chocolate hills came to be:
The Story of Chocolate Hills
Chocola
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Our next destination after the tarsiers was the man-made forest of Bilar. On our way there, we passed by Loboc church which is just beside the area where the 'Loboc river cruise' boats are.
How to go there
My boyfriend and I hired a rent-a-van service to tour us around Bohol.
What to See
We arrived in Bohol at 2:30 pm, so we weren't able to catch the last trip of the river cruise which is at 1:30 pm. We simply took pictures since we wont be experiencing it that day.
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Oct 2009

This post is part of a series of posts on our tour in Bohol, view here to read the previous one.
How to go there
The Philippine Tarsier foundation offers viewing of the tarsier in their natural habitat at the The Philippine Tarsier Foundation. But in our case, we hired a rent-a-van service to tour us in Bohol. Kuya Lito (our driver) brought us to a viewing area owned by a local breeder of tarsiers in Bohol, located near the Loboc river cruise.
I heard that there's also a viewing area
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Sep 2009
For Day 3, of our 3-day stay at Bohol, we were planning to do activities at the E.A.T. Danao Bohol.
E.A.T. Danao is an adventure activity facilitator in Bohol were they offer activities like tubbing, river treking, spelunking, zipline, etc.
Inquiring
Prior to our visit at Bohol, I was already asking the EAT Danao people on the how, what, where and when of their services. I posted inquiries on their official website, multiply page, through email, through text. And very often, they would
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Sep 2009

After touring Baclayon church, we then went to the house of the owner of the world's largest python in captivity at Bohol.
How to go there
From the ferry terminal in Tagbilaran, we hired a van to tour us around Bohol's tourist spots. Our driver slash tour guide - Kuya Lito, took us to Baclayon church first, then he dropped us off at the house of the owner of the world's largest python in captivity at Bohol.
What to see
Entering the gated house of the giant snake's owner, you can initia
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Sep 2009

Our second destination for the day is the second oldest church in the Philippines, and oldest church in Bohol: Baclayon church.
How to go there
Jeff and I took a rent-a-van to tour Bohol's tourist spots.
What to see
According to Kuya Lito (Our tour guide/driver) Baclayon was supposedly the oldest church in the Philippines but San Agustin won that title after some historians disagreed with that claim. The claim is, the first Spanish settlers in the country was in Bohol therefore the fir
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My most recent travel to date was at the Visayan provinces of Bohol and Cebu. Jeff booked our flight to Cebu for 6 days not knowing that there isn't much to do there, so I decided to add in Bohol for our tour which is just 2 1/2 hours away from Cebu through a ferry.
How to go there
Our plan was to take the ferry from Cebu pier to Tagbilaran pier to get to Bohol. We wanted to take the 12:30pm schedule of SuperCat Fast Ferries. We arrived at Cebu's Mactan Island airport at 11:30 am, which
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