CHOCOLATE HILLS AND DOLPHIN- WHALE WATCHING

For Booking and Inquiry:

EMAIL: villamortour@gmail.com

Villamor Tour Operator

Tamblot st. 348, Tagbilaran city,Bohol, Philippines

Cell:  + 639219752463

TOTAL FOR 2 PEOPLE: PHP 17, 300.00 ( cash price Net) ( all year round)

( Needs 20% for the booking and the rest will be paid upon arrival)

Resorts are: kindly choose ( depends on availability) ( beachfront with pool)

Complete room ameneties:

1. Dumaluan Resort

2. Bohol Sea resort

3. Tropical Villas

4. Alona Tropical Resort

5. Bita-ug Beach Resort

Inclusions are:
* Room accommodation ( 4 days/ 3 nights) (Fully aircondioned aircon, h/c shower, cable tv)
* Roundtrip transfers Airport to hotel and vice versa ( BEACHFRONT RESORT)
* Daily breakfast

* With Countryside Tour ( w/BUFFET lunch while cruising Loboc River)-2nd day

* With Dolphin and whale watching and balicasag Island tour ( 3rd day)
* Taxes and service charge
* Permits and entrance fees
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Your Itinerary:
Day 1:

– Breakfast at the resort
– spend the rest for your leisure

Day 2.

– Breakfast at the hotel
– Tagbilaran Airport and proceed to Bohol Tour
-Chocolate Hills & Countryside Tour begins ( BUFFET LUNCH while cruising Loboc River)
-Blood Compact Site (Tagbilaran City) – Visit the spot where the Spaniards and Filipinos fostered friendly relations through blood compact. This place is considered the First Seed of the United Nations and the first treaty between the brown and white race.
Baclayon Church (Baclayon) – Behold a 16th century stone church along with its religious relics. This church is considered as one of the oldest stone churches in the Philippines.
-Loay Backyard Industry (Loay) – Observe the local craftsmen as they make bolos, other metal crafts and nipa leaves into roofing materials.
-Clarin Ancestral House (Loay) – Visit an old Boholano home, declared by the National historical Institute as a heritage site. The -Clarin Family’s antique collection is also on display.
-Loboc-Loay River Cruise (Loboc) – Lunch will be served while you take a leisurely cruise in one of Bohol’s favorite tourist stop-over, the frequently filmed Loboc River. Enjoy the lush riverside greenery, nipa palm plantation and sometimes even ducks swimming by the river side.
-Tarsier Encounter (Loboc) – See the smallest primate in the world in a sanctuary along the Loboc River. Ati Tribe Riverside -Community Visit Man Made Forest (Bilar)
-Chocolate Hills (Carmen) – Climb one of the chocolate hills and feast your eyes on the breathtaking view of one thousand two hundred sixty eight (1,268) haycock hills which turn brown during dry season. These hills are considered one of the wonders of the world.
Shopping – (optional) Shop for souvenirs and local delicacies.
Other Inclusions: Tour Transfers and all Entrance Fees.
LUNCH AT LOBOC RIVER

Day 3:
Breakfast at the resort
prepare for Dolphin and whale watching tour
TOUR STARTS AROUND 6am
Proceed to Balicasag Island ( LUNCH AT BALICASAG)
Back to the resort around 3 pm

Day 4:
Breakfast at the hotel/ resort
Checking out

Spend the rest of your leisure
Transfers from resort to airport

Transfers: Resort/Hotel to Airport/Seaport
Notes: you will be picked at the resort at least 2 hours from your domestic flight.
Would you like to finalize this package?

For Booking and Inquiry:

EMAIL: villamortour@gmail.com

Villamor Tour Operator

Tamblot st. 348, Tagbilaran city, Bohol, Philippines

Cell:  + 639219752463

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BARKADAHAN SA BOHOL

Barkadahan Bohol Package

( FAMILY/ minimum of 6 Persons)

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Choose from the below beachfront resorts:
Resort Option 1: TIERRA AZUL RESORT…….Php 4,300/person
Resort Option 2: SEA CORAL RESORT ………Php 4,500/person
Resort Option 3: DUMALUAN 2 RESORT…….Php 4,750/person
Resort Option 4: LOST HORIZON RESORT ..Php 5,000/person

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INCLUSIONS:
* 3days/ 2 nights accommodation triple / quad sharing ( standard room)
– room is fully aircon, cable tv, h/c shower
* Daily breakfast for 6 people
* Roundtrip transfers (airport-resort-airport)
* Bohol Countryside Tour ( with buffet Lunch while crusing Loboc River)
* Panglao Island Tour with Bohol Bee Farm ( with Lunch)
* Taxes and service charge
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YOUR ITINERARY:
DAY1: BOHOL COUNTRYSIDE TOURS (7-8 hours)
Arriving in the morning from the airport or seaport, we welcome you and proceed to the countryside showcasing natural beauty of Bohol.Sites are as follows:
* Blood Compact Shrine
* Baclayon Church & Museum
* Loay Backyard Industry
* Loay/Loboc River Cruise ( buffet lunch while cruising loboc river)
* Tarsier Encounter
* Bilar Man-made Forest
* Chocolate Hills
* Python biggest in captivity
* Souvenir Shop

DAY2: PANGLAO ISLAND TOUR
9am pick up at your resort and visit the places:
Panglao Church,
Sea Shell Museum,
Hinagdanan Cave,
Dauis Church,
Bohol Bee Farm- farm tour to organic farming and buffet lunch.

DAY3:
Breakfast at the resort
Spend the day for your leisure
Checking out
Transfers resort to airport/ seaport
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FOR BOOKING/ INQUIRY:

EMAIL at : villamortour@gmail.com

Villamor Tour Operator

Tamblot st. 348, Tagbilaran city, Bohol, Philippines

Tel: 02-697-3502

Cell: +639219752463

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
1. Above price is net But subject for your resort’s choice availability.
2. To confirm your booking, we require 20% deposit and full payment upon arrival. ( deposit is non refundable) We will the release the hotel/ resort voucher
3. All Rates are subject to change without prior notice

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4 days/ 3 nights Bohol

BOHOL PACKAGE FOR 4 DAYS/ 3 NIGHTS

( CHOCOLATE HILLS AND DOLPHIN & WHALE WATCHING )

TOTAL FOR 2 PEOPLE: PHP 13, 500.00 ONLY CASH PRICE NET)

Choose from these Resort: ( subject to availability

1. Dumaluan Resort

2. Isis Bungalows

3. Bitaug Resort

4. Bohol Coconut Palms

5. Tierra Azul Resort

Inclusions are:
* Room accommodation ( 4 days/ 3 nights) (Fully aircondioned hotel)
* Roundtrip transfers Airport to hotel and vice versa
* Daily breakfast
* With Dolphin and whale watching and balicasag Island tour ( 3rd day)

* With Countryside Tour ( w/BUFFET lunch while cruising Loboc River)-2nd day
* Taxes and service charge
* Permits and entrance fees
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Your Itinerary:

Day 1:

– Breakfast at the resort

Checking In
– spend the rest of the day for your leisure

Day 2:

– Breakfast at the hotel
– Tagbilaran Airport and proceed to Bohol Tour
-Chocolate Hills & Countryside Tour begins
-Blood Compact Site (Tagbilaran City) –
-Loay Backyard Industry (Loay)
-Clarin Ancestral House (Loay) –
-Loboc-Loay River Cruise (Loboc) – Lunch will be served while you take a leisurely cruise in one of Bohol’s favorite tourist stop-over, the frequently filmed Loboc River. Enjoy the lush riverside greenery, nipa palm plantation and sometimes even ducks swimming by the river side.
-Tarsier Encounter (Loboc) –
-Chocolate Hills (Carmen) –
Shopping – (optional) Shop for souvenirs and local delicacies.

Other Inclusions: Tour Transfers and all Entrance Fees.

Day 3:
– Breakfast at the resort
– prepare for Dolphin and whale watching tour
TOUR STARTS AROUND 6 am
Proceed to Balicasag Island ( LUNCH AT BALICASAG)

Sidetrip at Virgin ISland

– Back to the resort around 4 pm

Day 4:
-Breakfast at the hotel/ resort
– Checking out

– Spend the rest of your leisure
– Transfers from resort to airport

Transfers: Resort/Hotel to Airport/Seaport
Notes: you will be picked at the resort at least 2 hours from your domestic flight.

FOR BOOKING AND INQUIRY:

EMAIL at: villamortour@gmail.com

Villamor Tour Operator

Tamblot st. 348, Tagbilaran city,Bohol, Philippines

Cell:  +639219752463

URL: http://www.boholtours.de.tl

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Sample Trip

Here’s a quick summary of our Bohol budgetfor a group of 5 pax.
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Total for 5 pax: Php 22, 250

Per pax 4,450php x 5 pax

Here’s our planned itinerary:
Day 1 –
8am to 9am – Depart from Manila to Tagbilaran
9am onwards – Day Tour starts upon arrival – includes blood compact, Baclayon church and museum, biggest python, Tarsier, Loboc river, hanging bridge, man made forest, butterflies, Chocolate hills,
Actual Itinerary:
9.30am to 11.30am – Visited blood compact, Baclayon church and museum, and Tarsier.
11.30am to 1.00pm – Lunch at Loboc river
1.00pm to 5.00pm – Chocolate hills, butterfly, man made forest, hanging bridge, biggest python and souvenir shop.
6.00pm to 7.00pm – Travelled to our selected resort Tierra Azul
8.00pm onwards – ‘Paluto’ dinner by the beach, inuman and sleeping time

Day 2 –
5.30am onwards – Start of sea tour – includes dolphin watching, Balicasag island and Virgin island
Afternoon – Free time
Actual Itinerary:
6.30am – Boat ride started; of course we had delays (typical pinoy  ), too much time eating our breakfast and getting ourselves ready…
8.00am – In the middle of nowhere, haha, waiting and watching the dolphins… It was fun, they didn’t disappoint us and we saw quite a number of dolphins in action.
9.00am – Arrived in Balicasag Island, known for the snorkelling spot but we didn’t avail of it, but if you are interested they offer snorkelling gears and mini boat ride for extra charges
9.00am to 10.30am – We walked around the island and stumbled on a pleasant looking and I think the only resort on the island – Balicasag Island Dive Resort. Had some of our photos taken in the beautiful island with clean water, and relaxing scenery.
11.00am to 12.30pm – Satisfying lunch on the island
There’s a ‘paluto’ on the island, where you can buy seafoods (fish, squid, shrimps, etc.) and have them cook any style you want – have it fried, with soup, grilled, etc. We bought one big fish, forgot the name, we had it grilled and sinigang; and bought squid and made it calamares.  It was delicious and this is the meal we most enjoyed.

12.30pm to 1.30pm – Visited Virgin island, which has the sand bar, and is definitely a very beautiful spot to simply relax, enjoy the island view and take wonderful shots.
1.30pm to 2.30pm – Travelled back to Panglao on a bit rough and scary boat ride due to big, big waves….
3.00pm to 5.00pm – Rest time, played cards in our room.
5.00pm onwards – Walked by the beach to take some shots and find a place for our dinner.

Day 3 –
6.00am – 12:00 noon:
11:00 am – Travelled to Tagbilaran airport. And flight back to Manila
We all had a great time exploring Tagbilaran, Bohol and Panglao Island. Had fun bonding moments, took great snap shots, and will forever remember this adventurous experience in Bohol.

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The Tarsiers

Bohol Tarsier

After almost an hour of reminiscing  Bohol’s history, it was time to meet Bohol’s popular attraction, the Tarsiers. Our van suddenly parked on one side street  and our driver told us that we were already in the Bohol Tarsier spot. Being a tourist, I didn’t imagined that this would just be the spot for these Bohol Tarsiers, I was then imagining that we would be meeting these Tarsiers in a somewhat forest like and would need to do some trekking to get to the place.

We went inside, passed through a few stalls that sell Tarsier souvenirs like key chains, purses, mini-dolls, packed peanut kisses and a lot more. There were bunch of trees in one part of the area where we saw these Tarsiers clinging on the branches. They were so small with big eyes and long tail.  They look cute but personally I was a bit scared to go near it… hehe. Taking pictures is okay but without flash and they are not allowed to be touched. Which now I know why, because my friend tried touching one Tarsier’s back and it quickly jumped and I was a bit shocked that I think added to my uneasiness with these Tarsiers. lol.

Quick facts:

Bohol Tarsier measures about 3.35 to 6.30 inches in height and considered as one of the smallest primates. Their big eyes are fixed in its skull; they can’t turn in their sockets but their neck allows its head to be rotated 180 degrees. As for their fur, they are thick and silky which is colored gray to dark brown. They have thin tail which is used for balance and about twice the body length.

The name Tarsier came from its elongated “tarsus” or ankle bone which allows it to jump at least three meters from tree to tree without having to touch the ground.

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The Butterflies

Simply Butterflies Conservation Center

Early this year, I had a chance to visit a butterfly sanctuary in the own home of Prof. Jumalon, a notable butterfly enthusiast in Cebu. Simply Butterflies Conservation Center is the extended sanctuary of it in Bohol.  The place can be considered as more established tourist spot because of its well maintained place and facilities compared with  Jumalon butterfly sanctuary which is just a simple home of the Jumalons converted to a museum-like but with very informative tour guides.

We arrived late afternoon and this was our 3rd to the last stop for our day tour. Entrance fee is 20php per person.

As you can see in the first image above, this is the lobby where they had a mini souvenir shop and snack bar. And will definitely remember their yummy home-made ice candies we bought for only 20php; I had the buko pandan flavor, it was just like a delicious salad, frozen and in plastic. We had a tour guide the “Kuya” in flowery polo who briefed us with quick facts on the butterflies we saw and other displays in the area.

I’ll be honest, I did not really joined the group tour and did not listen that much to our “Kuya” tour guide because I was so impatient and eager to move around to take pictures of butterflies and the place. And thought that I already learned much about butterflies in my visit in Cebu from Ms. Jumalon’s very, very detailed and educational tour.

Though, I was struck by these mating butterflies, it was my first time to see something like this and we were also lucky that these butterflies were in real action. Haha.  According to “Kuya” tour guide, mating of butterflies can last for 24 hours or more and I have a proof that no one can disturb them because they were still intact even if they were placed on my arm or anywhere you want to put them. Interesting, ah?

Mating Butterflies

Yes, you can put the butterflies anywhere you want, just like this photo. Butterflies all over me… ;P 2 on my head and 2 on my arms, nice, ah!  It was fun, their feet were a bit tickling but manageable for a quick photo shoot. Also, I remembered a fact from Ms. Jumalon that butterflies will come and stay on you if they smell something pleasant but I guess this scenario is contradicting because I can assure you that I was 99% fragrant-less.

Our butterfly invasion was worthwhile. We had lots of fun in taking pictures and mingling with Bohol butterflies.

Butterflies in Action

Butterflies in Bohol

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Bohol Chocolate Hills

Stairway to the Top

After our relaxing break by the Loboc River, day trip continued and next stop was Bohol Chocolate Hills. It was a long drive compared to the stops we had in the morning and so we had some time to snooze.  Finally, we arrived after almost an hour drive, there was a gate and a road going up where we passed through and paid the entrance fee of 10php each.

Kuya Roy (tour driver) just dropped us because he had to park somewhere else and we would just ask the management to call him once we were done.  To reach the top and get a sight of the Chocolate Hills, we went up a flight of stairs with mini steps that made it a bit hard to go up and tiring. (See above photo)

Once you reached the top, this is the breath-taking view of the Chocolate Hills. (See below photos) There were a lot of tourists at that time so we had a hard time taking our pictures without anyone on the background. Hehe.  Also, there was a booth which handled all souvenir pictures; you can have a shot flying on top of the hills, touching a hill with your finger or whatever funny pose you like to do.  Their prices were reasonable and you can even have it printed on shirts.

Nothing much to do in this spot but AA sight, shot and savour the wonderful Bohol Chocolate Hills.

Chocolate Hills

Chocolate Hills 2

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BOHOL BEACH CLUB

BOHOL BEACH CLUB

Reserve now

Situated on Pangloa island, the hotel is surrounded by the natural splendor of a stretch of white sand bordering the azure waters of the ocean. Nearby tours, which can be arranged by the hotel, include Loboc river, Chocolate hills, Bacalyon church and Hinagdanan cave visits. The Bohol Beach club hotel boasts 3 large swimming pools, an outdoor Jacuzzi, massage service and shopping boutiques. The hotel is associated with Club AquaSports Inc., which arranges an array of water activities including scuba diving, snorkeling and glass-bottom boat tours. Making a booking at Bohol Beach Club Hotel Bohol is easy with our secure online form; just enter your dates and click. Check Out (HH:MM) 12:00 Earliest check in (HH:MM) 14:00 Number of rooms 168 Room Voltage 220

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Bohol package at Isis Bungalows

Resort……………Isis ( beachfront resort)
Check in date…..2010
Check out date..2010m ( all year end) ( 3 night)
Room…………….- Standard room ( fully aircon/ hc shower)

Total cost for 3- night 1- room for 2 adults : PHP 15, 300 cash price net

( you need to deposit 20% and the rest will be paid upon arrival)

*Inclusions are: ( no airfare yet)

* Room accommodation ( 3-nights)
* Daily breakfast
* Roundtrip transfers seaport tagbilaran to resort and vice versa

* Whole day Bohol Tour (with BUFFET lunch while cruising Loboc river) ( 2nd day )

* With dolphin and whale watching and balicasag siland tour ( with lunch)
* with sidetrip at virgin island

* All entrances and fees

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Day 1:
Pick up transfers airport

checking in at the resort
spend time for your lesiure

Day 02:

Prepare for the tour * Starts around 9:am

– Bohol Country Side Tour
Blood Compact Site
BaclayonChurch and Museum
Tarsier Watching
Loboc River Cruise (Buffet lunch while cruising Loboc River)
Mahogany Man-made-forest
Chocolate Hills
Delicacies and Souvenir Shop

Day 3:
prepare for dolphin and whale watching tour ( starts around 6 am)
proceed to balicasag Island
Lunch at balicasag island
Provide your snorkelling gears. sidetrip at virgin island
back at the resort

Day 4:

spend the morning for your leisure
Transfers: Resort/Hotel to Airport/Seaport
Notes: you will be picked at the resort at least 1 hour from your domestic flight.

Would you like to finalize the booking?

Sincerely yours,

Mark Froi N. Reyes

Villamor Tours
Tamblot st. 348, Tamblot, Tagbilaran city,
Bohol, Philippines

Tel: 02-6-9-73502

Cell: 639217367772, 09219752463

URL’s:
www.boholtours.de.tl
www.boholpackages.weebly.com
www.boholtours.page.tl

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Ananyana Resort Bohol

ANANYANA RESORT

RESERVE NOW

Ananyana Beach Resort, a new name, an exciting and fascinating resort situated along the beautiful white sand of Doljo Beach

THE ANANYANA is a synthesis of safety and longing, of wanderlust and home. Bohemian bathrooms as well as purist appearing premises create the perfect aura for a vacation abounding in an otherwise rather rare condition: Carefree relaxation.

Stylish comfort instead of elitist luxury. That is the difference between the ANANYANA and the other beach resorts. With only eight suite rooms and two family suites, the deliberately limited size of the ANANYANA creates an almost intimate atmosphere. Though the amount of space is anything but limited.

All suites are spaciously arranged. The unique family suites cover two floors and include a fascinating semi-open bathroom. King size beds and an ultramodern, extra-silent air conditioning system ensure a quiet refreshing sleep. And each morning the visitor is greeted with a breathtaking view from the balcony or patio of the impressive vegetation and the crystal clear ocean.

All the visitor will be submerged in a sea of living charm and authentic aesthetics. You don’t see things – you breathe them. You don’t forget time – you dream it away. You don’t use your senses – you feel them. Here you live and experience things more intensely.

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