“The Chocolate Hills of Philippines”-A Geological wonder. Take a look around the Complex.
A very strange geological formation named ‘Chocolate Hills’ is the Philippines’ most famous tourist attraction. They look like, women’s breasts, and the hills like a small child’s drawing. The hill is situated near Carmen town in the Philippines and called as chocolate hills complex.
The chocolate hills consist of about 1776 mounds jutting up on the island of Bohol, Philippines. You wondered that mounds are very uniform in shape and spread over an area of 50 square kilometers. The hills are mostly 30 to 50 meters in height.
When viewed atop the hill in Carmen town the Chocolate Hills appear to be endless. It is appearing to be thousands of dotting hills out from the surroundings. The uniqueness of these limestone chocolate hills is that they look lush green in the rainy season and turned into chocolaty only during the dry season. From this color, the hills derived their name chocolaty hills.
Flatland which is surrounding the hills gives beautiful rice and corn farming and the backdrop of the chocolaty hill this farmland gave a majestic view of the area.
How these hills formed
Geologists believe that the limestone rocks of the area eroded in a uniform direction and formed the hills, the kart’s topography is responsible for leaving this landscape in the area.
Another theory is that the hills were formed by the upliftment of coral deposits as they erupted from the sea in a massive geologic action and the rainwater and erosion for the past thousand years gave the finishing touches to these mounds.
To recognize its uniqueness, scientific importance, and scenic value the Philippines government declared Chocolate Hills as the country’s 3rd National Geological Monument in 1988.
How to reach Chocolaty hills
You can reach chocolaty hills from Tagbilaran, a city in the Philippines. Here from the bus terminal catch a bus going to Carmen town. Carmen town is 55 kilometers from Tagbilaran City. Ask the driver to drop you at the Chocolate Hills Complex, about 5 kilometers before the town of Carmen. From there it is a 10-minute walk along a road up to the Hill Complex.
