BOHOL - Travel Tips and Itinerary



Famous Chocolate Hill

Bohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of Bohol Island and 75 minor surrounding islands. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. With a land area of 4,117.26 square kilometres (1,589.68 sq mi) and a coastline 261 kilometres (162 mi) long, Bohol is the tenth largest island of the Philippines. To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is the island of Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is Mindanao.( Thank you wikipedia for this one, That was a great start)

Now let me share to you some tips and list of activities we do during our stay in Bohol. Now read on if your interested : ) 

TIPS FOR BAKASYUNISTA WHO ARE PLANNING TO VISIT BOHOL

1. If you are going to stay in Panglao island be sure to bring some snacks and drinks and everything you might need including load for prepaid phones and other toiletries before going to the island because the island is almost an hour trip to the big city plus everything there is priced 3x its original price. If you are on a TIGHT BUDGET try taking out food from your favorite fastfood chain because a meal for two on the resort’s restaurant could cost you a thousand plus bucks not to mention that you have to eat two meals a day ( buffet breakfast is always included in accomodation package).

2. A whole day trip to different tourist spot is not enough to see them all so better arrange a 2 to 3 days tour. It is also advisable to hire a cab or a van during the vacation because mode of transportation around the area is so hard and expensive as well. Limited number of public transport are running around the island plus they have this scheduled trip that can ruin your schedule if you miss it. Drivers of van for rent are trained tourist guides so you wouldn’t need a separate driver and tour guide.

3. Bring a lot of 20 and 50 bills for entrance and donations to places you will visit but if you are too generous of course you could give them a higher bill.

4. Souvenirs are a bit pricey compared to baguio and tagaytay, tour guide might bring you to a place they may say where you could find the best price but still the best place to buy pasalubong is on the grocery section of Island City Mall for food and stalls in Hinagdanan Cave for keychains and shirts.

5. When visiting Balicasag Island wear an aqua shoes because the island shore has corals in it instead of sand it is not advisable to walk on barefoot or flipflops since corals could hurt a lot on feet

Well that is all I can think of for now. Enjoy your trip to bohol

Day 1
Exploring places around the resort
Dinner by the seashore at Dumaluan Bar and Resto
Night Swimming at the Resort’s pool

Day 2
The famous Chocolate Hills- Carmen Bohol
Butterfly Garden
Hanging Bridge
Lunch at Floating restaurant while cruising Loboc River
Picture Taking with the tarsier
Baclayon church-the oldest church in the country
Encounter with Prony the biggest python in captivity
Picture taking at blood Compact site with Miguel lopez de Legaspi
Island City Mall
night swimming again

Day 3- woke up early
Whale and Dolphin watching
Island Hop-in ( we visited only 1 island only)
It’s a really bumpy ride but we are abe to enjoy the big wave and water splash. It’s like an hour ride at rio grande rapids at EK
Buffet breakfast at the resort
Bohol Bee Farm
Meet up with Bayoyoy- Bohol’s smallest man who is already 65 yo but his face is just a sie of my close fist.
close encounter with the python at the mini zoo but I’m not that brave enough to carry them around my waist
Hanagdanan Cave
Alona resort- the resort we checked in is so peaceful and alona beach is the other part of panglao. it is much more crowded and a lot like Bora.
We waited for the sunset but it didn’t show so we decided to make a sand castle along the shoreline
Night Swimming
Dinner at DBR Grill where you got to choose from a wide variety of seafood and fish and cook them right after you order

Day 4
preparation for departure
few more photohoots around the resort
buffet breakfast
headed straight to tagbilaran airport qued around line for hours
depart bohol at exactly 10: 25 AM