Bohol A Tourist Vacation Paradise of the Philippines

If you haven't been there or if you happen to have visited the place before then I'm sure you will want to go back again. Bohol is a place of uncharted paradise where nature is unexploited and preserve by people who value its beauty. It is one of the top most visited tourist spot in the Philippines. Not only bohol is pride of its Chocolate Hills and Tarsier (smallest monkey in the world), it is also sorrounded by small islands that shields from typhoons and heavy rains that may occur in the region.

Geography of Bohol

Location:

It is located between latitude 9˚30 and and 10°15' North and Longitude 123°40' and 124°30' East.

Land:

Land area of 4117.3 square kilometers. Bohol is regarded as the tenth largest island in the Philippines and it is in the center of the Visayas.

Bohol is known not only because of the smallest monkey (Tarsier) and Chocolate Hills but it is as well pride of its beautiful nature and landscape views, underwater reefs and diving spots, caves, waterfalls and refreshing beaches.

I have made a simple slideshow showing the wonders of bohol. Enjoy the Nature and Landscape, Beaches, Underwater, Waterfalls, and animals.

A travel to Bohol could be by air or boat and obviously an air trip is faster and lesser time to travel but costly. If you are convinient travelling on a boat then you can save some of your money but will take a longer time before you reach bohol.

Trip

If you are coming from abroad, you can have two routes to choose and that is, fly to manila or cebu. Flying directly to cebu is more convinient but limited international flights. If you are coming from Europe, you'll have to take a stop to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or Hongkong, however, this will save you the hassle of going through manila. The following airlines for international flights to Cebu are Silk Air, Malaysia Airline and Cathay Pacific.

Once you are in Manila you can take a connecting flight to Tagbilaran which could take more than an hour. You may also travel by boat which could take 1 day to travel before you reach Bohol. If you feel convinient and have a lot of time to travel by sea then travel by boat save you huge transport fees. Air flights from Manila to Cebu is nothing to worry because there are many airlines such as PAL, Cebu Pacific, Air Philippines, Asian Spirit, Astro Air and Grand Air that takes a route to Cebu.

If you are in Cebu, you can take a short 25 minute flight, but you could probably want to take a one and a half trip with a fast boat to tagbilaran. The regular boats to Tagbilaran could take four hours trip. It is also possible to take a boat to Tubigon and Talibon, which maybe more convinient if you want to be on the west or north coast of the island.

The most economical way to get from Cebu to Tagbilaran by boat is to take a ferry to Tubigon, then take a bus from Tubigon to Tagbilaran. This is sometimes both faster and cheaper way to travel.

Note: Domestic airports prohibits the bringing of liquids like perfumes, cologne and bottled drinks for security reasons.

Discover the beautiful beaches in Bohol.

Panglao Island

Alona Beach is the most beautiful and developed beach in Bohol. It is located at the Southwest of the island, lined with great resorts which you would like to stay for some time.

Dumaluan Beach located South of the island and about two and half kilometers east of Alona Beach. Some of the many exclusive beach resorts of Bohol are here.

Bikini Beach a popular location for local pick-nickers.

Momo Beach found on the north of Panglao. Shallow beach.

Doljo Beach is near Momo Beach and it is known for beautiful sea shells.

The island province of Bohol may aptly be called "Cave Country." Some 1400 caves have been counted, and probably many more have escaped notice. Some claim that Bohol even got its name from the word "buho", meaning "hole.", although that term is actually applied to a hole from which spring water leaves the ground -- something you can find quite often in the coastal towns of the island.

Hinagdanan Cave

This cave can be found in Panglao Island. The cave has a large number of stalactites hanging from the sealing, and matching stalagmites sticking out of the earth below them. The cave leads to a large underground cavern, that contains a pond. Both ends of the cave are open but swimming in the pool is not advisable as the waters there are not clean.

Hagakgak Cave

Two kilometers out of town lies Hagakgak cave. Again, you will have follow a trail through dense vegetation. Located about two kilometers from the town center, the cave is still quite undisturbed. The entrance is a 15 meters wide pasasge at the base of a sinkhole. This cave is a bit more difficult, and it can be quite wet and muddy inside. To get enter, you'll at times have to wriggle yourself through some narrow passages, but once inside, you'll be rewarded with some nice stalactites and stalagmites. This cave is the home of some animals which have adapted to a live underground, such as the rare albino crabs of the species sundathelphosa filipina and fishes.

Inambacan Cave

If you're really into caving, you'll probably also want to be challenged by Inambacan cave. Also about two kilometers from the town of Antequera, you can get to the entrance of this cave over more accessible roads. Inside Inambacan cave is flowing water, which often fills most of the cave -- often the water is over 1.20 meters deep, and often only a mere 30 centimeters of air remain between the current and the ceiling. Inside the cave are some small stalactites and stalagmites. Don't go here without some experience in spelunking.

Sudlon Cave

The largest cave in the province is Sudlon. This cave is located in a lovely mountain environment and serves as a hide-out for a huge population of bats. At dusk, you can see them emerge from the cave like large storm clouds.

Bingag Cave

In Panglao, one of the towns near Tagbilaran is a big cave called Bingag. In early time, no one dared enter this cave with only a few companions for fear he would not be able to come out again. It was originally composed of several compartments, with passages so low that one has to stoop low in order to pass through. The passages differed in size. Some passages were so small that a person could do nothing but crawl very slowly and patiently if he was eager to see more of the wonderful cave. People who went there brought many candles and matches for fear they would all be consumed before they reached the main entrance again. They went hand in hand so as not to be lost. Others who were more precautious brought a very long rope, one end tied to the main entrance to guide them back to the outer world and not be lost on the dreadful and dim cave. Others who were more superstitious, wrote their names on the walls near the entrance to make their safe return more certain. When they were inside they did not attempt to talk or to point out at any object, lest something terrible befall them.

There are many travel and tours in the Philippines offering you reasonable price to take and tour you to Bohol but if I were you take the adventure on your own like the amazing race.

If you are ready to experience fun and adventure to the well known paradise then it just a matter of time for you to book your ticket and reservation flights.

Enjoy the trip and adventure!!!