At the first sight, the chocolate hills of Bohol Island, belonging to Philippines, seem artificial, as a result of human prodigious efforts, not a creation of the world. Hundreds of conical or rounded hills rise into the top group, one behind another, like the haystacks in the field .
They are covered with coarse grass, which during the dry season, from February until May, are so burned by the sun, that hills seem coated in chocolate. Then start the torrential tropical rains, which bring back vegetation to life and restore the green landscape, the shiny one.
Visaya Archipelago is part of Bohol, in the heart of the Philippines. Great as Mallorca, the island holds a special place in the history of the country, because here was signed in 1565, the first official document between the islanders and the Kingdom of Spain.
But for Filipinos today, Bohol is before all, the land of Chocolate Hills; 1268 hills with steep slopes are erected “side by side” on a plateau in the center of the island, with heights ranging from 30 to 100 m. Uncommon in these hills is the fact that, unlike other similar regions, apparently there is no system of caves that develops in this limestone area.
