Bohol day trip: Chocolate Hills & tarsiers

Chocolate Hills Complex (Carmen) / Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary (Corella)

Over a thousand kiss-shaped hills and fist-sized tarsiers

⚠ Ferries sell out; book ahead

Hours

Chocolate Hills open in daylight; tarsier sanctuary roughly 8am–4pm or 5pm (sources differ; check)

Tickets

Chocolate Hills adults ₱150 for non-Bohol residents (Carmen ordinance, October 2025; the governor has asked for a review, so it may change). Tarsier sanctuary about ₱80 (sources range ₱60–170). OceanJet Tourist class from about ₱800. Tour operators sell day tours bundling ferry, car and entry fees

Address

Chocolate Hills Complex, Poblacion Norte, Carmen, Bohol; the tarsier sanctuary is in Corella

Climb the 200-odd steps of the viewing deck and around 1,200 identical round hills roll away in every direction. In the dry season the grass turns brown and they really do look like upturned chocolates; in the wet season they're more green jelly. On the way you stop at the tarsier sanctuary in Corella to see the palm-sized primates, all eyes, asleep on their branches. Most people do it as a full-day tour with a Loboc River lunch cruise, the man-made mahogany forest and a butterfly farm. It's a tight day, first ferry in and last ferry out of Cebu, but it works as a day trip.