 -diving
visit the world reknowned and well preserved divespots such as Balicasag
Island and Pamilacan Island
-introduction to diving courses
-snorkeling -glass bottom boat cruising
-1.4 km of white, powderfine private beach
-swimming pool
-outdoor jacuzzi
-relaxing massage by the beach
-beach volleyball
-aquasports: canoeing, kayaki, pedalboat, banana
boat and more
-tennis
-billiards, backgammon, table tennis etc at the game room
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Other
Activities
(Please
coordinate with our sales or front office staff to book a city tour
and/or see the sites below)
-island hopping
-dolphin-whale watching (seasonal)
-city/island tour
-Sandugo Festival in July with street dancing |
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Baclayon
Church
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 A
small town rich in history, Baclayon was founded by a pair
of Spanish Jesuits in 1595. Here is where you’ll find Baclayon
church, the Philippines’ oldest stone church which was built
around 1596. Built like a massive fortress, the church radiates
a formidable presence in the area, in direct contrast with
the strikingly ornate retablo of the central and side altars
that’s sure to catch your attention upon venturing inside.
Some of these altarpieces retain their original gold leaf
paint and house beautiful sacred icons or santos . If you’re
interested in religious relics, you can go visit the adjoining
convent. A later addition to the church, it has a small museum
which is open to the public upon request. Still, your sojourn
won’t be complete without a taste of the Polvoron, delectable
milk-based confections sold for around P13 in many shops in
Tagbilaran. The town’s celebrates its fiesta in early October,
and boats go from here to nearby Pamilacan Island.
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Loboc
River
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 For
water adventures, you can try out the raging Loboc River
which flows past the town of the same name. The river
creates a mighty torrent that drives the popular Tontonan
falls and powers the turbines of Visayas’ oldest hydroelectric
plant. Upstream where the waters are tamer, there is
a floating restaurant where you can order food before
winding up your day at resplendent Busay Falls. A plunge
into the cool waters before returning downstream into
the beautiful sunset promises to be a most exhilarating
experience.
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Tarsiers
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 Bohol
is home to an exotic range of flora and fauna you’ll
hardly find elsewhere, foremost of which are the Tarsiers,
primitive primates supposed to be man’s distant cousins
on the evolutionary family tree. These shy, little nocturnal
creatures with long tails, large round eyes, and fuzzy
bodies are extremely difficult to keep and breed. Tarsiers
are threatened with extinction due to widedspread poaching
and deforestation. With some of its virgin forest and
secondary growth forest still intact, you can also find
a colorful array of butterflies and Flying Lemurs that
glide from tree to tree as you prowl beneath the shade
of the forest canopy.
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HINAGDANAN
CAVE
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Bohol and Panglao play hosts to awesome Limestone foundations
dotted with caves, one of which is the Hinagdanan in Dauis.
Hinagdanan which aptly means “laddered” in the Visayan
tongue, features a cave that leads to a cavernous hollow
housing an underground pond. Both ends of the cave are
open but dipping into the pool is not encouraged as the
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Chocolate
Hills
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 Viewed
from the air on ordinary days, the chocolate hiils look
like odd green lumps spread across the plain. Summer,
however, brings out the hills’ best colors as the velvet
green foliage dries and the hills take on a chocolate
brown hue, hence the name. The hills have long aroused
a sense of curious wonderment to those who have seen them
and quite naturally, stories about the hills’ origins
abound. One Boholano legend maintains that once upon a
time, two giants had a heated argument and threw huge
boulders at each other. Finally, they tired of the contest
and went off but not after leaving hundreds of brown monoliths
between them. Another tale tells of a giant named Arago
who fell for a mortal named Aloya. He kidnapped her but
she did not love him and died to his grief. Arago literally
cried torrential rivers which eroded the soil to form
the Chocolate Hills. There have also been a number of
geological proposals regarding the formation of the hills,
including simple limestone weathering , suboceanic volcanism,
the uplift of the seafloor and a more recent theory which
maintains that as an ancient active volcano self-destructed,
it spewed huge blocks of stone which were then covered
with limestone and later thrust forth from the ocean bed.
But whatever its origins may be, the Chocolate Hills is
one stop you shouldn’t miss in your Bohol itinerary.
...and many more. pls approach our front office
staff to book these activities
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