No trip to Bohol is complete without the requisite visit to the Chocolate Hills. There are over 1,776 of these mysterious conical hills rising from an area of 50 square kilometers. It's almost an otherworldly sight if we weren't so familiar with it since we were kids leafing through textbook images of these famous hills.
Geologists have theorized that the hills were formed due to the uplift of coral deposits thousands of years ago and the result of the action of rainwater and erosion. It got it's famous name from the grass cover that turns brown during summer. The Chocolate Hills have been declared as a National Geologic Monument and is currently shortlisted on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Meanwhile, Bicol also has geologic formations that resemble the Chocolate Hills when viewed from the air, though more irregular in shape. These hills are usually visible to airplane passengers especially when the plane is about to land at the Legazpi Airport. These undulating hills look like sand ripples to me rather than conical hills though. Here's a great photo of the undulating hills with Mayon Volcano in the background (click on image to enlarge)
Image courtesy of h8ns
3 comments:
The Philippines is truly a place of natural wonders. I dont know why our govt isn't marketing our country well. Most countries promote themselves for tourism via CNN, cable channels, international mags, etc. Tourism is a big business.
If the govt spent millions of dollars for ghost projects, I hope they instead used it for tourism.
in which part of albay can you find these undulating hills?
@urbanguru, I'm not really sure, maybe it is within the area of Camalig, Guinobatan or Ligao. :-)
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