Chocolate Hills:Bohol's Signature Must See

Ofcourse if it is your first time to come to Bohol, it would be a sin not drop by and see the places and things that made Bohol a popular tourist destination and the Chocolate Hills is the ultimate must see place in Bohol. Chocolate hills is located in the town of Carmen and is called as such due to the brown color of the hills which resembles chocolate kisses from Hersheys during summer.  

Chocolate Hills Upclose

Chocolate hills are made up of lime stone formations with encrusted sea shells and corals. Lime stone is very abundant in the island of Bohol. This indicates that Bohol was previously submerged or is part of the seabed maybe millions of years ago. Probably due to some movements in the earth’s crust, the seabed rose up and formed the island of Bohol. 

Lime Stone Formations at Bohol

The hill where the chocolate hills view deck is located is also part of the chocolate hills formation, it is one of the tallest chocolate hills (if not the tallest) which was converted as a viewing deck. Your vehicle could take you halfway up the hill, where you could be dropped off at the base the stairway leading to the viewing deck. The drop off area has souvenir shops and restaurants for your convenience. 

Drop off point and base of the View Deck

As per name, Chocolate hills are best viewed during summer when the cogon grass has dried up and the brown color of the hills intesifies. On other seasons beside summer, the chocolate hills are abundant with lucious green grass and other vegetation, which gives more life to the scenery. On days when it rains the Chocolate hills are literrally steaming as heat from the core of the hills are relased by the rain water that seeps through the porous limestone core of the hills. 

Steamy Chocolate Hills

Trivia: Not all hills in Bohol are considered part of the Chocolate Hills. A hill is considered part of the “exclusive” geological Chocolate Hills gang if it has the following characteristics: a.) The hill must be made of lime stone b.) The hill does not have trees on top or on the slopes of the hill (trees on the base of the hill is allowed), which means only cogon grass should be growing on top or on the slopes of the hill. c.) You should look like a hershey’s kisses chocolate (the hill doesn’t have to taste like hersheys, but hey its another tourist attraction if the hill is edible :p ) 

Tourist Tip: If you’re itching to buy food pasalubong such as peanut kisses, kalamay, etc., do not buy it from the shops on the chocolate hills. I asked for a pack of peanut kisses in the restaurant at the chocolate hills viewing deck, it costs around P240 for a pack of 16 peanut kisses (P15@piece). The same peanut kisses costs only P9 a piece at the souvenir shop at Bool (forgot the name). But then again, I’ve found a lot of posts in the internet that Island City Mall is the cheapest place you could get peanut kisses.

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