Bohol Road Trip 2018

Once again me and my group has planned for a 2-day road trip in Bohol, our home province. My friends specifically my batch mates in high school from different parts of the country had gathered in Tagbilaran City. We had decided to include in our itinerary some hidden  new places in Bohol which are not yet too famous but  worth visiting. We went beyond  the usual Bohol itinerary. Newfound tourist destinations like farm, caves, waterfalls and so much more.

Day 1

From our favorite assembly place, the Plaza, a private van took us to our first stop in Tanday, Baclayon, Bohol. It is a remote barangay in Baclayon and home to Edith’s Garden and Adventure Park.  It is a campground where you can enjoy the beauty of nature, set up tents and enjoy the night there. A serene place to unwind with nature.  You can tour around the park and see the  beautiful flower and fauna farm, ancient bougainvilla flowers, dragon fruit farm, horse backriding  and of course the cave adventure at the amazing Kangcaramel cave which is just inside the campground itself. A tour guide  accompanied us inside the cave, after which we enjoyed sipping a freshly made dragon fruit shake handpicked from their own farm.

Travel time is about 30 minutes. Entrance fee is at P150 per head.

Going up the kangcaramel cave

fresh dragon fruit shake, so yummy

 From Baclayon, Bohol, we proceeded to Carmen, Bohol, home to the famous Chocolate Hills. We stopped by Tanny’s Native Chicken resto and took our lunch there. We had an advance booking, of course, because we are a big group. We enjoyed their famous and tasty fried native chicken or “manok bisaya” in our dialect, beef soup and pancit canton. We were so hungry and enjoyed so much the sumptuous lunch we had. Travel time is about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Then we proceeded to Candijay, Bohol traversing through the Carmen – Alicia road to see the now famous hidden gems of Candijay, the Can-umantad Falls and the Cadapdapan Rice Terraces. After an hour drive we have reached our destination and proceeded first to Eleuterio’s Rice Terraces in Cadapdapan. Cadapdapan is a sitio in Barangay Canumantad. Along the way to Eleuterio’s you will have to pay the barangay environmental fee of P20 per head if you are going to the falls and  entrance fee of P20.00 at Eleuterio’s Rice Terraces. Parking fee is P40 for  private cars.

The rice terraces in Cadapdapan is the most beautiful rice terraces in Bohol. It’s a hidden paradise indeed. The instagrammable panoramic view of the rice terraces is so amazing.

From Eleuterio’s farm, Canumantad falls is just down below. You can reach it by foot for about 15 minutes trek. There are about 480 steps down, so double it when you go up. The tallest  water falls in Bohol is the Canumantad Falls. The water beautifully flow freely into a shallow basin and you can take a dip and enjoy the cool waters. And you can also enjoy viewing the beauty of the majestic water falls at the foot of the falls where there are tables and chairs provided by the local government where you can enjoy your picnic with your family and friends.

  

 Going up the steps back to Eleuterio’s farm was so exhausting, imagine another 480 steps up but when you reached the top everything was all worth it. It was a great summer experience.

 There is a shorter way to go to the water falls by traversing in a partially cemented barangay rough road by motorcycle or ‘habal-habal” and you can already reach the base of the waterfalls. Local tourist guides are there available to assist you.

From Candijay we proceeded to Anda, a 45 minute drive, arriving at our destination where we are booked for the night, The Little Miami Beach Resort.. It is adjacent to the famous Anda public beach, the Quinale Beach Resort. We have exclusively booked this little nice beach front resort for our group. A little get together party was held that night, dinner, drinks, a videoke and all night dancing and rekindle our old friendship.

Day 2

Early morning and most of us were already up to attend the 6am mass at the Sto. Nino de Anda Church since all of us are Roman Catholics. An early morning blessing is what we need for our activities ahead. Our group enjoyed the nice beach of Anda which was high tide at that time. While the others are enjoying the fresh buko which came from Candijay brought in by one of our friends.

Noontime is check out time. Hence all of us are all ready to jump in our respective vans. While on our way back to Tagbilaran City, we stopped by one of the cave pools in Bacong, Anda which is called the Cabagnow Cavepool.  A donation of any amount will do before entering the area.

You can dive and take a dip or swim. It’s a 12 ft deep pool. An iron ladder has been installed to assist you in going down or you can just dive from the top.

That was our last stop. Everything went well and we arrived in Tagbilaran City while the sun was still up. Still had time to take our snacks at Tablea de Maria Clara, located at Maria Clara St., Tagbilaran City, which offers different version of hot (dark) chocolate or “tablea” paired with puto maya and sweet mango and that was so  delicious. You must try it. 

Everyone enjoyed this unforgettable experience.

Till our next tour!