8 Places to Visit in Bohol while Travelling with Kids for 1 day

Bohol is admirable as it is uncomplicated. There are surely a lot more places to discover as we're only exploring it for a day. From Cebu, we took an Oceanjet Ferry to Tagbilaran Port and got ourselves ready for the whole day adventure.

Here are 8 places and activities that our family enjoyed during our 1-whole day Bohol exploration trip. 

BACLAYON CHURCH

History is always a first stop and usually on a morning as kids get bored after lunch. There's a tour guide that tells us about the 400 year old history of the church, toured us around the relics and gold and silver statues of Catholic Saints. 

The painted ceiling inside the church and it's intricately design altar is a stunner. You will be amazed how in an unassuming place like Bohol such a grandeur was hidden beneath. 

BUTTERFLY FARM at Bohol Habitat Conservation Center

What's best to educate the kids than to bring them to places where they can see the animals in their books in the flesh. There's an adorable butterfly farm but in here they also saw a giant yellow snake and sleeping lemurs.It's also a best place to buy your souvenir or 'pasalubong" as they have an assortment of good from delicacies to merchandise like ref magnets and shirts on the restaurant in the place.

LOBOC RIVER

This can be a highlight of the trip for it is as satisfying as it is amazing. Get relaxed as you are serenaded on a floating restaurant while eating all you can. The restaurant cruises at the calm Loboc River and get truly mesmerized with those coconut trees lined up at the side of the river. 

ATI TRIBE

This is a short side-trip of the Loboc River Cruise. It looks like a showcase of the Ati Tribe way of life and also an opportunity for them to earn a little when you buy their hand-made souvenirs like bow and arrows for kids. They also have an area for photo opportunity with them with a fire show surprise during the picture taking.

TARSIER CONSERVATION AREA

Kids always get amazed with animals. Tarsiers or mamags are one of the smallest primates. They are just so small about the size of my siz-year old Pochi's fist. We followed the trail with a tour guide and took some photos of the sleeping tarsiers. It is very important during travel that we also teach the kids not to disturb the peaceful habitat of these endangered species. We asked them to walk and speak quietly so as not to wake the mamags up. 

BILAR MANMADE FOREST

The 3000 hectare forest planted by Boy Scouts 60 years ago. To me it's like Arashiyama Bamboo forest but this is just a more dangerous. There is no parking in the area so you only get to park the car on the side road. To get a clear shot with the trees on the road, you have to take a photo quickly as it is a curb and cars pass through quite frequently in that photo spot.

CHOCOLATE HILLS

The highlight of our Bohol visit is these natural wonder of the world. It's celebrated in our primary school text books so no more need to elaborate on this. It's prettier in person than in our books. I am star-strucked. We climbed the observatory to have a magnificent view of the 1776 kisses-shaped hills on Carmen Bohol. 

TAGBILARAN-CITY TRIKES

Bohol is an overall amazing province to visit. We're coming back because we have not yet explored its equally pretty beaches. There is also a very interesting view while we're strolling around the city, the TRICYCLES. It has bible verses on every commuter tricycle on the street. It was a sight to see as we also asked Pochi to read on those verses. Something like a sweet reminder to us to stay safe on our travels and God is along the way with us. 

When you've swept 27 provinces in four years with three kids on tow, the impact of a pandemic gets more dramatic. We're now of day-92 and it still feels like a sudden stop, the inertia of a fast-paced nomadic adventure is still there. The gravity that pulls us outside is still as strong.

Last year we went tourist site hopping to 8 places for a Day in Bohol. Pochi is 6 years old that time and we heard no tantrum at all. Funny how we've visited 8 Places in 1 day, and now that we're in quarantine we're only staying in 1 place for 91 days.