Chocolate Hills, Bohol

- Bohol’s signature-attraction, the Chocolate Hills is the jewel of Bohol Tourism and is considered as one of the World’s Famous Natural Wonders.

It is called the Chocolate Hills because during the summer, the cone-shaped hills covered with green grass dries up and turns into chocolate-colored hills which is naturally beautiful.

According to the Seven Natural Wonders, there are at least 1,260 hills but there may be as many as 1,776 hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometers (20 sq. miles).

Fast Facts:

The Chocolate Hills form a rolling terrain of haycock hills-mounds of a generally conical and almost symmetrical shape. Estimated to e from 1,268 to 1,776 individual mounds, these coned-shaped or dome-shaped hills are actually made of grass-covered limestone. (wikipedia.com)

Also known as the “Chocolate Kisses”.