Chocolate Hills
March 31st, 2009 | 
Author: The Chocolate Hills consist of 1268 cone-shaped hills that extend over the towns of Carmen, Sagbayan and Sierra Bullones. This remarkable tourist spot’s origin were unknown yet scientific investigations claim that it sprouted from the ocean bed through evidences of decayed coral reefs, shells and marine life. Local legend claims that two giants who were lovers lived in the place and when they the male was killed, it brought utmost grief to the giant woman. Her tears became the Chocolate Hills now. Another story tells about two giants quarrelling, they then throw mud at each other which later form the Chocolate Hills.
It is one of a kind and nothing the same can be found anywhere else in the globe, thus, gaining popularity among tourists and distinct recognition from both local and foreign award-giving bodies. The Philippine Tourism Authority declared it as the country’s 3rd National Geological Monument. The latest nomination of Chocolate Hills as one of the Seven Wonders of Nature proves that the hills’ fame has gone far beyond its local boundaries out into the vast global attention.
An Attraction within an Attraction (from a signboard in the Chocolate Hills Complex)
An Attraction within an Attraction is the Chocolate Hills Complex. Nested in between a twin Chocolate Hill, the complex offers the most beautiful view of the other hills. Its double tiered view deck is perched at the apex of a 214-step hill that gives the viewer a panoramic vista of the exquisite beauty strewn like chocolate drops in an intricate manner by the magic hands of nature.
Climb the 214 (not February 14) steps towards the apex of the Hill
Chocolate Hills of Bohol: a National Geological Monument
The unique landform known as the Chocolate Hills of Bohol was formed ages ago by the uplift of Coral Deposits and the action of rainwater and erosion.
These hills are scattered throughout the towns of Carmen,Batuan and Sagbayan and consist of 1,268 mounds of the same general shape.
In Recognition of its special characteristics, scientific importance, uniqueness and high scenic value, the National Committee on Geological Sciences declares the Chocolate Hills of Bohol a National Geological Monument.
18 June 1988
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