Do you know chocolate hills?

geographical environment

Chocolate hills is a unique landform located in Baohe Province, which is composed of 65,438+0,268 nearly perfect conical hills with similar size within 50 square kilometers of Fiona Fang. When the dry season comes, the hills shed the coat of green forests and turn brown, which is close to the color of chocolate, hence the name. It is also a tourist attraction in the Philippines.

architectural feature

Chocolate hills is a natural wonder near Carmen in downtown Mint. Chocolate hills, composed of 1268 conical hills, is 40-120m high, commanding like a haystack on the ground. Every summer, "haystacks" dry up and turn brown, just like rows of chocolates on the ground, hence the coveted name chocolate hills. In other seasons, the mountains are green. Visitors can get a panoramic view of the whole chocolate hills Group when they climb the top of the viewing mountain in chocolate hills Visitor Center.

Location environment

Chocolate hills is composed of limestone, but there is no common karst cave system or underground passage in limestone area. These hills are as dense as haystacks in the fields. Some have domes, others have cones. They are covered with weeds and dyed green in the rainy season. In the dry season from February to May, the hot sun dries the grass and turns it into chocolate. This is the name of this mountain. The vegetation in chocolate hills is also very strange.

Trees and grass should grow on the mountains. The mountainous areas in subtropical and tropical coastal areas have abundant rainfall, and the plants on the mountains grow wildly. Other forms of mountains around chocolate hills are the same. The only one who owns this super-large steamed bread is basically long grass without trees, not to mention the forest.

geologic feature

Geologically, the most widely accepted theory about the reasons for their formation is that islands are formed by rising from the sea, and the chocolate hills is the product of thousands of years of rain washing the shells, coral formations and impermeable clay layers on the ground.

Bohol Island is usually translated as Mint Island. Baohe Island is the tenth largest island in the Philippines, 70 kilometers away from Cebu Mactan Island, and it is a coral island. There are ancient churches and Covenant monuments on the island. It is also the most beautiful of more than 7,000 islands in the Philippines, with beaches comparable to Maldives, exotic chocolate hills, the world's smallest miniature tarsier, underwater cliffs with a drop of 3,000 feet and lovely dolphins ... It is a "holiday paradise" with quiet environment, simple folk customs and low consumption.

Historical humanities

One legend is that ...

There is another legend about the formation of these hills. Two giants fought for days and threw stones at each other. Finally, when they were exhausted, they made up and left the island, leaving a chaotic fighting scene. Another legend is more romantic. The giant fell in love with an ordinary country girl. When she died, she cried very sadly, so tears fell on the hill to witness his sadness.

Travel information

Basically, the regular tour routes of local travel agencies will have arrangements to visit chocolate hills.

Address: 55 kilometers from Tagbilaran.

Admission: The admission fee is 25 pesos.

How to get there: take a bus to Carmen in tagbilaran, about 1 hour for 4 minutes.

Basically, the regular tour routes of local travel agencies will have arrangements to visit chocolate hills.

Climate The local average annual temperature is 26-35 degrees Celsius, which belongs to the monsoon tropical maritime climate.

Currency Philippine currency is peso, which can be exchanged in airports, shopping malls and hotels, and can be exchanged in various currencies such as US dollars and Hong Kong dollars. The exchange rate is about 1 USD =40 pesos.

Famous shopping specialties include dried mangoes and banana slices.

Address: 55 kilometers from Tagbilaran.

Admission: The admission fee is 25 pesos.

How to get there: take a bus to Carmen in tagbilaran, about 1 hour for 4 minutes.

Chocolate hills is a famous wonder of Baohe Island, which consists of 1200 cone-shaped mountains. Its formation is quite mythical. Legend has it that in ancient times, two giants threw stones at each other, and huge stones fell to the ground one after another, forming thousands of conical hills with beautiful shapes.

In the dry season, the grass on the mountain dries up and turns brown, which looks like a lot of chocolate, hence the name. Two of the hills have been developed into holiday resorts with complete accommodation, catering, sightseeing and entertainment facilities.

It turns chocolate at the end of the dry season, which is the origin of its name, and it is green the rest of the time. Climbing to the top of the visitor center can give you a panoramic view of chocolate hills, which is very spectacular. The photo on the postcard was taken on the roadside not far from the entrance to the scenic spot.

relevant information

form

Geologists have put forward many hypotheses about its formation, such as limestone weathering, submarine volcanic eruption and submarine uplift. The latest explanation is that it may be due to the eruption of an ancient volcano, and a large number of rocks are scattered and covered with limestone. Finally, under the uplift of the seabed, the chocolate hills we see today was finally formed. But experts still have not reached a consensus on this explanation.