Bohol - Chocolate Hills, Tarsiers, Zip Line & Loboc River

The Philippine Tarsier is an endangered unique species found only in a few places in the world particularly in the island of Bohol. It is a tiny nocturnal animal that measures only about 3.35 to 6.30 in in height, making it the smallest primates in the world. Like all tarsiers, the Philippine Tarsier's eyes are fixed in its skull; they cannot turn in their sockets. Instead, a special adaptation in the neck allows its round head to be rotated 180 degrees. The eyes are disproportionately large, having the largest eye-to-body size ratio of all mammals. These huge eyes provide this nocturnal animal with excellent night vision. The large membranous ears are mobile appearing to be almost constantly moving, allowing the tarsier to hear any movement. Bohol is having some success restoring tarsier populations. The Philippine Tarsier Foundation has developed a large semi-wild enclosure that uses lights to attract the nocturnal insects that make up the tarsier's diet.

Baclayon Church started by the Jesuit missionaries in 1595 and if taken into account the erecting of the first visita by the missionaries right on the spot, along with the help of the natives who used bamboo to move and lift stones into position and the white of millions of eggs to cement them together, it would be the oldest church in the Philippines.

The Chocolate Hills are an unusual geological formation in Carmen, Bohol, Philippines. There are 1,776 hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometres (20 sq mi). They are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, hence the name.

The Loboc River (also Loay River) is a river on Bohol Island, the Philippines which plays a significant role in the history of Loboc before the Spaniards established the town in 1602. The early inhabitants made homes along the river. In early 1980s, the idea to promote the Loboc River as a tourist destination started. The winding river now plays host to cruises on board of small bancas or floating restaurants. Visitors are treated to a vista of lush tropical vegetation such as nipa palms, coconut trees, banana groves, and bushes. A cruise along the river starts either from the Loay Bridge (in Loay). Small motorized bancas can be chartered for a minimal fee. For those who want to eat while cruising, floating restaurants are available offering Filipino cuisine buffet and local delicacies that costs about $6 per head. With the tourism fever, the floating restaurants were envisioned providing tourists with a first class dining experience on board floating restaurants. Most of the floating restaurants treat their guests with Boholano songs played by in-boat bands during the cruise. After the cruise, tourists can opt for more adventure at the sky-high loboc zip line that runs between two hills across loboc river.

Bilar forest is densely populated with tall mahogany trees with roots of the trees creepy protruding from the ground and crawl over boulders and contour of the land that resemble the trees in the Lord of the Ring and Avatar movies.

Eskaya Beach is a world class resort at the island of Panglao in Bohol.

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