“Chocolate Hill” is considered as a great gift that nature has bestowed on this country with more than seven thousand islands.

There are more than a thousand hills spread over 50 square kilometers in Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan (Bohol). Chocolate Hills – Chocolate Hills come in different sizes. However, when viewed from a distance, their shape is almost perfectly symmetrical. The hills look like a masterpiece created by human hands.

Surely you will be curious why this place is called ‘Chocolate Hill’ when it is completely natural, not molded by flour or cocoa. In fact, Chocolate Hills consists of special hills, covered with green grᴀss all year round, but in the dry season, the green grᴀss dries up, turning brown like chocolate.

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It has about 1,260 to 1,776 conical hills with an average height of 30-50m, but there are also some 120m high spread over an area of 50km2. And the strange thing is, the color of all the hills here in all seasons is exactly the same, changing color equally according to the months of the year.

There are many legends surrounding the formation of these strange hills. One of those legends is a story related to the feud between two giant gods in the past, in the fight they threw rocks and sand at each other to defeat the opponent.

The battle between them lasted for several days, exhausted both of them, and then forgot what caused this feud and became friends. But when they left, they forgot to clean up the battlefield they caused, so the chaos that day created the chocolate hills like today.

There is also a legend that once there was a giant man who fell in love with a beautiful girl, but soon because the girl was sick and could not survive, he was extremely miserable, so he cry a lot. Those tears have unintentionally created the chocolate hill as it is now.

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However, according to geologists, the chocolate hills were actually formed by the weathering of limestone. These hills were once a layer of sedimentary rock emerging from the sea surface during a geological movement. In addition, the cones of these hills are also formed by wind and erosion over time.

Chocolate hill is really a rare natural wonder in the world, and has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Philippines because of its inherent peaceful and simple beauty.

This chocolate hill is so famous that its image has been included in the official seal and flag of the Philippines. The Philippine government has selected the chocolate hill as one of the “top tourist destinations” of this Southeast Asian country that owns more than 7,000 islands.

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