Activities in RSPL includes the following:

Birding at Rajah Sikatuna National Park

Birding is probably the most popular activity in this reserve for tourists. What makes this reserve popular for bird watchers is the high possibility of seeing a number of threatened and restricted-range species in the area plus the easy access to the birds’ habitat via an extensive network of good trails that cut through the nature park. In fact, bird watchers regard the Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape as the ‘top Philippine birding’ site.

Butterfly Sanctuary

The Simply Butterflies Conservation Center is a private entity inside the area of jurisdiction of the Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape. The center seeks to protect and strengthen the natural environment of the butterflies through plant research, breeding and releasing. Tourists can buy butterfly themed souvenirs in the centre.

Trails

There’s quite a number of trails in the nature reserve for the adventurous. A three hour trek to the top of

the mountain will rewarded by a breathtaking view of the surrounding area. Tarsiers can be found here in the wild and there are trails just for that. There’s also a few species of monkeys here who made the woodlands of the park as their home. Watch out for these friendly animals as they might steal your food, hat, or whatever have you.

Caves

Adventurers like caves and there’s plenty of them in this park. There are 130 caves already mapped within the reserve as well as limestone formations, providing geological value to the park. 37 caves are found in six barangays of Sierra Bullones, and these caves have been mapped by local residents. These caves are now being used for adventure ecotourism and as show caves. The caves are the habitats of some bat species.

Hanging Bridge

A hanging bridge, way over a stream, is within the Park premises. The bridge is made up of bamboo poles only.

Adventurers will enjoy crossing the bridge with only one bamboo pole as foothold. On the bridge, the view of the Park’s rugged terrain and the winding stream below is breathtaking.

Logarita Spring

Take a dip at the refreshing waters of the swimming pool in Logarita. This pool is fed by the natural spring at the foot of the Rajah Sikatuna Nature Reserve.

Accomodation

A hostel is available if one plans to stay overnight. The hostel is small with only three double rooms which can be had at P50 a night. There’s a birder’s and visitor’s logbook in the hostel. The birder’s logbook is very informative and contains a list of birds that have made the park their habitat.

A number of chalets are available at Camp Magsaysay, a Scout Camp and Nature Center. these chalets to have very basic facilities such as beds, toilet and water.

For those seeking for a better accommodation, the Chocolate Hills Hotel is just a few minutes away. It is situated in the town of Carmen with a view deck to see the magnificent chocolate hills.

How to Get There (Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape)

Rajah Sikatuna National Park is located at Logarita, Bilar, Bohol. Bilar is an interior town located 41

kilometers Northeast of Tagbilaran City, the lone city of Bohol. You can take bus (St. Jude bus) from Dao

Terminal at Tagbilaran City which will take you to Bilar Market. From the market, you can hire a “habal-habal”

(motorcycle taxi) which will take you to the park’s headquarters at Logarita.

For those with cars, you can drive up to the park’s HQ in Logarita. That’s around 2 hours drive from Tagbilaran.

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Biyahe Baclayon’s Heritage Walk

This heritage walk aims to promote Baclayon’s rich culture by taking the visitors of the town’s delicacy shops selling Bohol foods like broas, tableyas and ube kinampay. The tour also includes visit to workshops where crafts and souvenirs are designed and manufactured.

Baclayon Adventure Trail

The adventure trail covers almost the entire municipality of Baclayon. Includes activities are hiking trails and trails for mountain bikes, dirt bikes and quads. Quads are the buggy type all-terrain vehicle that will allow you to follow the finish the trail without breaking a sweat.

The routes have been designed to pass by lakesm caves, springs and deep sinkholes. And like the Danao E.A.T, there are plans of installing zipline for extreme adventurers. Coupled with breathtaking panoramic views in several stops and points along the trail, this Adventure Tour will be hard to miss.

Pamilacan Tour

Baclayon and the nearby Pamilacan Islands are actively being promoted as a greate eco-cultural destination. And so, the Bezo project made this Pamilacan tour as their third tour. It includes an early morning boat ride from Baclayon to Pamilacan. The water between the Baclayon and Pamilacan Islands is frequented by butandings, dolphins and manta rays. Guests may also opt to visit Pamilacan dive sites, swim the beach of the island, or have a massage by the women of the Pamilacan Tourism and Livelihood Multipurpose Cooperative.

Biyahe Baclayon is just part of the bigger project of Ayala Foundation Inc. Inspired by the culture and creativity of Boholanos, AFI partnered with the communities of Dauis and Baclayon in Bohol to promote sustainable community development and the preservation of natural and cultural sites through various projects.

Bezo Contact Information

Address/Site Location: Poblacion, Baclayon, Bohol
Contact Person: Mr. Joel F. Uichico
Official Website : http://www.bezo.org.ph/
Contact Number/s: 540-9455

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Photo Taken by Ryan Macalandag

Danao Adventure Park Activities

With the Eco Adventure Tour, actitivites include bird watching, caving, farm-visit, kayaking, sightseeing, rice field walk, and a nature trail walk that would allow you to appreciate the natural beauty of Bohol. You will also get a chance to ride the carabao driven karitela.

The second package is Educational Adventure Tour which takes you to a tour focused on educating tourists and the local community in preserving the natural landscape and cultural heritage with activities like showing the importance fo watersheds, forest preservation and ecosystem, organic farming methods and sharing Danao’s pride, Francisco Dagahoy, a great national hero who started the longest running rebellion against the Spanish colonizers.

For a more adventurous type, the Extreme Adventure Tour takes you to river trekking, tyrolean traverse, rappelling, bouldering, rock climbing and the much hyped Sui-Slide, a 500 meter, 200m high zip line. A new attraction, Sky Ride, offers visitors a ride in a cable car over the canyons. They also now offer the Canyon Plunge which is like a zip slide but going down to the valley instead of going to the other cliff. Suffice to say, the Extreme Adventure Tour is the most popular of the three.

Food and Accomodation

For a more complete service, the park also offers accomodation. Cottages starts at an affordable rate of PHP600. You can also rent tents for a camping experience within the park. The restaurant offers local delicacies and seafoods and local dishes.

Contact Information

Danao Adventure Park
Magtangtang, Danao, Bohol, Philippines
website : http://eatdanao.com
Contact Persons
LGU-Danao
- 507-3106 local 187
- eatdanao@ymail.com

Ana Loinda Saluan
Mun. Tourism Officer
- 0917-3021701
- alc_saluan@yahoo.com

Ma. Weina Saguid
Tourism Operations Assistant
- 0921-7594403

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The new attraction is part of the “Eco/Extreme Adventure Tour” (or shortened to EAT Danao), with activities like wall climbing and river kayaking which is being promoted by the municipality of Danao, Bohol. It is definitely a welcome addition to the usual Bohol Day Tour.

To go there, you can hire a shuttle (van) or go to the Integrated Bus Terminal(IBT) for a bus ride going to Danao. The IBT is located a stone-throw away from the Island City Mall in Tagbilaran City. You’ll have to travel for around 30-45 minutes from the city.

Here’s a video posted in YouTube.

Thanks to ABCruz2310 for posting the video in YouTube.

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Loboc is around 24kms away from Tagbilaran and it’s one of the iterenaries of most, if not all, Bohol Tour Packages. On your way here from the city, you’ll pass by several other places of interests like the Sandugo Shrine and the Loboc Church which is the home of the award-winning Loboc Children’s Choir.

There are two choices fo the river cruise. One is via a banca(canoe) where boatmen will take you to the cascading mini waterfall of Busay. Another, which is more popular, is boarding the floating restaurant new the Loay bridge where they are stationed. Food here was fine and plenty and features local delicacies. While cruising and eating your sumptous buffet, a band will serenade you. Guests are also invited to sing if they like to.

The river cruise ends at the Busay Falls. It’s about one and a half meter high and it marks the point where the floating restaurant cannot go any further. You’ll stop at this point for a while to allow the guest to appreciate the landscape.

If you are lucky, the boat may stop at a tribal community along the banks of the river (not all boats stop here). You will be welcomed by the music of the Ati Tribe of Bohol. Here, tourists can mingle with the members of the tribe and they may even teach you how to play archery. The Ati Tribe were very friendly and playful and it’s definitely a very good addition to the attractions. Visiting them is free but a small amount of donation is very welcome to help them and their community.

As of this writing, the Loboc Floating Restaurant Cruise costs PHP280 per head plus a municipal tax of PHP30. The amount already includes a buffet lunch and of course, the boat rental. The entire trip takes between 45 and 60 minutes.

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As of posting, Darryl Peach(ENG) and Robert Gomez(PHI) are playing for the finals. It’s definitely a very good exposure for the tourism in Bohol as the WPC is shown worldwide through ESPN, the global leader in sports. Millions of people all over the globe watch the biggest event in billiards. This is the second time WPC is staged in the Philippines.

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ARCO POINT
Only 2km away from Alona Beach, this dive has a school of seasnakes and a tunnel to dive through, starting at 8m down to 18m. The site is covered with soft corals with a school of glas fishes, moray eels, snake eels and frogfishes. It is a great spot for beginners as well as for experienced divers. Sometimes there is a little current along the drop-off.

CABILAO ISLAND
A small island of Lo-on, Bohol. It is 1 hour 20 minutes boat ride by banca from Mactan Island, Cebu. Diving in the area is centered in front of the light house. It is a straight wall dive with the bottom at 160-200 feet. In-front of the light house is a double ledge at 90-100 feet, where strong current is not uncommon. Schools of barracuda, moorish idols and jacks are a common sites. Approaching the second ledge from the south, where the current usually goes, it meets the outwards currents as you approach the ledge near the point. Divers usually see big pelagic, beautiful soft corals of all different colours and flashlight fish in the crevices. But reserve all your energy for the eel gardens and the shoal of Hammerhead sharks usually seen when the current is very strong and the water colder.

PANGLAO ISLAND
The north and western section of the reef are noteworthy, with a reef platform that is relatively narrow and shallow (15-20 feet) that has an edge terminating into perpendicular submarine cliffs, plunging down to depths 100-170 feet. The reef is thickly covered with hard and soft corals, branching table, sacrophyton and lobophyton varieties. Near the cliff are schools of tuna, mackerel and surgeonfish. At 90 to 100 feet depths are big snappers, groupers, and an occasional black-tip sharks. Farther seawards are schools of dolphins and pilot whales.

BALICASAG ISLAND
A sandy shell coral line beach surrounds the island, which in turn, is fringed by a narrow reef shelf, 30 to 165 feet wide. The shelf, which is 15-25 feet deep, terminates into a perpendicular underwater down to depths beyond 250 feet on the north and northwest face of the reef, the top of the submarine cliffs are covered with the hard coral while lower levels are covered with sponges and gorgonians. A thriving fish community is found around the cliff area. Here, jacks, mackerel and barracudas are seen in abundance. On the south and southwest portions of the shelf are wider and grades down to 60-70 feet . The slope is covered with wide patches of hard and soft coral. The submarine cliffs are indented with caves and overhangs where large groupers, napoleon wrasses and snappers hide.

PAMILACAN ISLAND
Located in the eastern side from Panglao Island, the island has strong currents which is great for drift diving. The island has a gradual slope of white sands and isolated corals but is known for its big Napoleon wrasse and large pelagic fishes.

CERVERA SHOAL
This site is 15 minutes ride by banca from Pamilacan Island, this area has an abundance of corals and is famous for its sea snakes and different colors of frog fish.

DOLJO BEACH
There are several dive sites at Doljo Beach. For example, Fan Coral Garden and Hammerhead Point. These are on the north side of Panglao, approximately 40 minutes away by boat from Alona Beach. A great drop off suitable for deep dives. Huge fan corals, elephant sponges and mostly good visibility makes the dives here unforgetable. You can often see giant frogfishes.

DULJO POINT
This is the furthest most tip of Panglao Island. The dive site is a long 80 feet wall stretch from Napaling to the tip most of Duljo, facing Tagbilaran City. Diving is very good especially during the south monsoon winds because of its strategic location. Just recently, a school of hammerhead sharks have been sited in the area.

HOUSEREEF
The housereef at Alona Beach is the Housereef. It slopes down to 20m and is good for training, night and orientation dives. Different soft and hard corals, lipfishes, butterfly fishes and doctor fishes can be spotted.

OTHER ACTIVITIES
An early Spanish settlement, the province of Bohol is home to a number of 17th and 18th century churches. There are charming tree-lined plazas and old ancestral houses. Visit the Bohol museum in Tagbilaran, the Punta Cruz Watch Tower in Maribojoc, the Baclayon church, and the marker in Barrio Bool commemorating the first peace treaty between Filipinos and the colonizing Spaniards in 1565.

A must also is to go on an enchanting river tour. Bohol has four (4) major rivers, Inabanga and Ipil in the north and Loboc and Abatan down south. From Busay Falls, cruise down Loboc River in a pumpboat. Travel through the seaside towns of Loboc, Loay and Bilar. On board partake in a hearty lunch of fresh lapu-lapu (grouper), shrimp, and squid to the tune of strumming guitars.

Bohol’s numerous hills, valleys and plateaus are ideal for hiking and cycling. In Bilar, a three-kilometer man-made forest is sanctuary to the province’s endangered species including the tarsier, the world’s smallest monkey. The trip would not be over without visiting the world’s famous Chocolate Hills. Consisting of 1,268 grassy hills with elevations ranging from 40 to 120 meters. It is truly a wonder of nature. The hills are considered a Philippine National Geological Monument. During the summer, the dome-shaped, grass-covered limestone hills dry up and turn brown, transforming the area into rows and rows of chocolate mounds. Additional attraction will be the Hinagdanan Cave, a symphony of stalactites and stalagmites jutting out of the earth. A swimsuit would be appropriate for a dip in the cool spring waters of this cave that filters in shafts of sunlight.

TRAVEL BRIEF
From Manila, Asian Spirit flies direct to Tagbilaran airport or passengers can take the domestic flight to Cebu then catch a connecting fast ferry to Tagbilaran City, the capital of Bohol.

For more information

Contact:
Giovanni Dee Tan
Zollner International
Unit 84,Grace Park Commercial Complex
4th Avenue West cor. J.Teodoro St.
Grace Park, Kalookan City
Philippines

Tel. Nos. 63(2)365-2344, 63(2)324-1071, 63(2)324-1091
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