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Panglao Island, Bohol: South Palms Resort Panglao – the Way a Bohol Beach Holiday Should Be! [SP]

Posted on December 27, 2013

South Palms Resort – where elegant accommodation, nature’s beauty and delectable cuisine meet. With the longest white sand beach on Panglao Island, classy garden rooms and beach villas, and incredible farm-fresh cuisine, South Palms Resort Panglao, a new beach resort in Bohol, Philippines, beckons luxury travelers to experience “the way a Bohol beach holiday should be.” South Palms Resort Panglao occupies the site of what was once the larger half of Bohol Beach Club, which still exists as a separateRead More→

Carmen, Bohol: Still a Pretty View at Chocolate Hills Adventure Park (CHAP) [SP]

Posted on December 25, 2013

View of the Chocolate Hills from Chocolate Hills Adventure Park (CHAP) in Carmen, Bohol. The 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Bohol and the central Visayas region only damaged a few of the 1,776 Chocolate Hills – the unique geological wonder that has put Bohol on the tourist map. While the Chocolate Hills Viewing Deck has been destroyed, the new viewing deck at Chocolate Hills Adventure Park (CHAP) provides an alternative vantage point of the endless verdant hills of limestone whileRead More→

Bohol Tourism: Bullish After the Earthquake and Super Typhoon [SP]

Posted on December 24, 2013

Folk singers color the Loboc River Cruise – one of the premier attractions of earthquake-hit Bohol. A deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake, followed by a 20-day power blackout caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) only three weeks after, drastically affected the tourism industry of Bohol, one of the premier tourist destinations in the Philippines. The island province is best known for the Chocolate Hills, white sand beaches of Panglao Island, and endemic Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta).However, despite the recent “double whammy”Read More→