We visited this place pretty much solely to see the famous Chocolate Hills, which of course weren't even chocolate covered when we went (a summary of my life). We ended up finding lots of cool stuff to do, though, stayed in a lovely hostel and made friends with a really nice group of guys, so it was actually one of my favourite places that we visited
Accomodation
We stayed at Bohol Coco Farm. It was a really cute hostel with loads of little bamboo huts forming the dorms. There were fans but it was still pretty hot. The bathrooms were good with hot water, and the staff were super lovely and learnt all our names almost immediately. The hostel is a little out of the town, but cheap on a tuk tuk and about a 15 minute walk to the local beach which was really nice. They had very cute dogs!!
Food
We ate every meal at the hostel lol. The food was so nice with loads of vegan options, and we'd rotate on diets of vegetable curry, sweet potato fries and different types of rice. Mmmm. There were other restaurants around though, and shops selling cheap snacks. Rum was ridiculously cheap- like £2 for 700ml !!!
Things to do/see
Countryside tour- We did a countryside tour which involved visiting loads of different places including the chocolate hills. Some of these were less appealing, like a cobra house where you just saw a load of trapped animals so I stayed outside. We did see these really cute animals called tarsiers at another place, as well as some viewpoints etc. We also did a cool but terrifying zip line through the forest! It was a long day tour with a group in a minibus, but I think we got our money's worth and it was cheaper to do it like this than just pay a tuk tuk to take us to and from the chocolate hills
Beach- near to our hostel was a really nice beach! We spent a couple of afternoons lying there reading and swimming in the sea. Aka living the dream
Bars- given the cheap price of rum we had a couple of nights of drinking games and one night in a club with the guys from our hostel. It was a really fun night, and we ended up going on to another bar after the club. Bohol has nightlife if that's what you're after, but it's probably better to stay a bit closer to town than we did
Other tours- we didn't do this one, but our hostel was advertising a tour where you got to see fireflies!! I wish we'd done it in retrospect
Getting to/from- we took the ferry from Cebu, but hadn't realised Bohol has its own airport. Although flights are more expensive into it, once you've factored in the price of the tuktuks and ferry it's probably about the same
Accomodation
We stayed at Bohol Coco Farm. It was a really cute hostel with loads of little bamboo huts forming the dorms. There were fans but it was still pretty hot. The bathrooms were good with hot water, and the staff were super lovely and learnt all our names almost immediately. The hostel is a little out of the town, but cheap on a tuk tuk and about a 15 minute walk to the local beach which was really nice. They had very cute dogs!!
Food
We ate every meal at the hostel lol. The food was so nice with loads of vegan options, and we'd rotate on diets of vegetable curry, sweet potato fries and different types of rice. Mmmm. There were other restaurants around though, and shops selling cheap snacks. Rum was ridiculously cheap- like £2 for 700ml !!!
Things to do/see
Countryside tour- We did a countryside tour which involved visiting loads of different places including the chocolate hills. Some of these were less appealing, like a cobra house where you just saw a load of trapped animals so I stayed outside. We did see these really cute animals called tarsiers at another place, as well as some viewpoints etc. We also did a cool but terrifying zip line through the forest! It was a long day tour with a group in a minibus, but I think we got our money's worth and it was cheaper to do it like this than just pay a tuk tuk to take us to and from the chocolate hills
Bars- given the cheap price of rum we had a couple of nights of drinking games and one night in a club with the guys from our hostel. It was a really fun night, and we ended up going on to another bar after the club. Bohol has nightlife if that's what you're after, but it's probably better to stay a bit closer to town than we did
Other tours- we didn't do this one, but our hostel was advertising a tour where you got to see fireflies!! I wish we'd done it in retrospect
Getting to/from- we took the ferry from Cebu, but hadn't realised Bohol has its own airport. Although flights are more expensive into it, once you've factored in the price of the tuktuks and ferry it's probably about the same
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