Why is a mythical mountain, a natural wonder in the Philippines, shaped like chocolate?

Having visited many famous mountains and rivers at home and abroad, it is still rare to see a mountain that combines magical colors and natural wonders. When talking about this mountain, many people feel like they are seeing a big chocolate. What exactly is it like? Next, Xiaolv will share with you the trip to the Chocolate Mountains.

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The Chocolate Hills are located in the middle of Bohol Island, with a total of 1,268 mountains. It is a natural wonder near Carmen in the central part of Bohol Island in the Philippines. Its formation is quite mythical. These mountains had other names until a British teacher came here and saw that the grass on the hill was tanned brown during the dry season and the shape resembled a kind of foreign chocolate, so he named it Chocolate Mountain. These chocolate hills are covered with vegetation, mainly a local thatch, wild sugar cane, chrysanthemums and some ferns. The colors of these plants change with the seasons, temperature, and rainfall: light green in spring, dark green in summer, egg yolk in early autumn, yellow and red in late autumn, and brownish brown in the dry season.

Climbing up to a not too high viewing platform, you can have a panoramic view of the small hills, which are crowded with tourists from all over the world taking photos. Due to the season, the hills did not produce the most perfect chocolate truffles, but it was extremely relaxing to climb up and look at the scenery of the island. Living in a crowded magical city makes me yearn for open space. Looking into the distance and taking a deep breath, I can temporarily forget the pressure brought by the magical city.

The Chocolate Hills are a unique natural wonder of the world in Bohol Island and are of course the tourist business card of Bohol Island. It is said that the Chocolate Hills is one of the filming locations of Harry Potter. The place where Harry flew over on the Nimbus 2000. If you want to ride a motorcycle, you will shed tears. However, it is also a unique experience with a "full convertible". The most impressive thing in Chocolate Hills is the tarsier. When I looked at the picture, I just thought it was a scary bat-like creature with big eyes. I wanted to give up and not look at it for a while, but when I actually saw it, I thought it was very cute, much like the Dobby prototype in Harry Potter. They were all sleeping when we visited. Occasionally they were woken up and raised their eyes to look at you, as if they were smiling at you.

If these mountains grew in China, I am afraid they would not have such romantic names. Because the shape is also similar to the steamed buns in the cage. For people who are not Harry Potter fans, the Chocolate Hills are really ordinary and not as beautiful as the mountains and rivers in China. To be honest, this Chocolate Hills is just a bunch of bumpkins, and the scenery is not very eye-catching. Traveling is about letting your mood fly. Appreciating the different customs and customs of a foreign country can broaden your horizons and enrich your own experience. Because I took a lot of photos, if I wrote it into a composition, it would become a very long journal.

When we arrived at the Chocolate Hills, there were a lot of cars and people. After we arrived, we had to climb a long staircase to see the Chocolate Hills from a high place! It seems that you can drive up there, but you have to pay, haha! The Chocolate Mountain is quite magical. You will feel this way if you have never seen a mountain like a yurt! When winter comes, the grass on the mountains turns brown, like chocolate. The best time to see the true chocolate-colored hills is after mid-March and before the rainy season arrives in May. It is recommended that friends who have a preference for brown chocolate mountains choose this time to go. In addition, during the dry season in the Philippines, the sky is high and the clouds are light, so be careful about sun protection.

There are mostly Filipino tourists here. Unexpectedly, the scenery is not bad, but several of the good scenic spots are full of people, so I can't make full use of the scenery. The dance of the little indigenous people in the small pavilion is quite unique. You can enjoy it by the way. The Chocolate Mountain shrouded in gray gradient tones, with the rainbow directly above it, makes you feel that heaven and earth are infinitely close, and you feel a little sweet in your heart. The Chocolate Mountains sit quietly in the distance, large and small, shrouded in mist, and very mysterious.

If you have really seen enough of China’s great rivers and mountains, the idea of ??climbing high and looking far away is only limited to the Qing Dynasty. The feeling of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum and the large tombs all over the mountains and plains is indifferent. In fact, the Chocolate Hills attraction is to look at the surrounding Chocolate Hills on a mountain. Depending on the season, the green matcha chocolate will change color from green to orange, and the leaves will change color into orange chocolate. Sitting in the small pavilion and blowing in the wind feels like the tiredness of running around has flown away! There was an ATV off-road vehicle experience store when we were going down the mountain. Because we were all tired and a little bit out of the sun at that time, we mainly failed to negotiate the price with others and left before having fun.