Loboc River Cruising (Bohol, Philippines)
Bohol is almost synonymous to the world wonder, Chocolate Hills and the powdery white-sand beaches of Panglao island, but if you get to travel to this touristy island, you can’t also miss the Loboc River.
Indeed, Loboc river cruising has also been another great thing to experience in Bohol. In fact, you can also see the small primates called Tarsiers in Loboc.
| Cruising in Loboc River |
| The nocturnal primate, Tarsier |
If you have a booked for a countryside tour in Bohol, you would not definitely miss Loboc River cruising and the tarsiers. Getting there yourself is almost impossible as public transportation in this part of the island may be a little difficult. You can hire a taxi (but take note that there are only a few of them in Bohol). The best way to go there is to have your own transportation or join a countryside tour.
Of course, you have to consider that the cruise itself will take you around 45 minutes to an hour so you will need your ride to wait for you after the cruise.
| This is where the floating restaurants dock: |
Some sights you will see on your cruise: 
You can get into a cruise for only Php300.00 but you have to pay for a 100-peso fee which seemed like a terminal fee or municipal tax something (i did not quite get what it is for), so you’ll have to pay Php400.00 (about $9.00) for the cruise plus you will get a lunch buffet onboard.
Halfway in the cruise, and just right at the time when you are done with your eating, the floating restaurant will dock shortly in rafts like these where the locals will greet and welcome you with local dances accompanied with a rondalla, a native musical ensemble where folks play string instruments like banjo, ukelele and classical guitars.
The Filipino native dance, ‘Tinikling’.
Of course, we are all stuffed when we got out of the cruise. Just enough to feed our bodies with the much-needed energy for our next destination: a steep 120-stair climb at the top of a hill to watch the amazing wonder, the Chocolate Hills.
See more of Bohol here. If you want to experience Bohol’s fine white-sand beaches, check out our Dumaluan beach experience.
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Bohol Tour with Friends
It’s been years since I met my old friends in high school so i planned a small get-together for us to meet. They all seemed to be in consensus to hold the small reunion in in the island of Bohol, so all i have to say is ‘okay’. My dear husband is from the place so i took the responsibility of arranging everything.
But of course i love organizing trips. The only thing i don’t seem to like about it are people who cancel on the 11th hour and not-so-friendly resort staff, but glad to say i haven’t had much problems with the latter than the former.
Anyway, we had a day tour on the second day of our Bohol escapade. We went to see the Blood Compact shrine in Baclayon, get to see the smallest monkey in the world, cruised in Loboc River in a floating restaurant, shakily crossing 2 hanging bridges, enjoyed the cool shade of the amazing man-made forest and went to see the world wonder, Chocolate Hills. We’re just glad it rained only after we are done with all the destinations.
After the day tour, we headed to a resort in the small island of Panglao, where the beaches have white, very fine and powdery sand. I’ve been to a lot of beaches including that of the famous Boracay island, but i think the sand in Panglao are just way better. Well, just my two cents.
Here are some pics of the place.
After all the morning swimming without the sun, we went caving before i get to send each one off to the airport for their flights back home. Indeed, the place is one good place for adventure. Aside from beaches and the Chocolate Hills, you can also do the zip line adventure in Danao, the one we missed and would surely want to try when we get back to Bohol the next time.
