The Unique Landscape of Chocolate Hills

For chocolate lovers out there, you must recognize the shape of Chocolate Hills are quite similar to Kisses chocolate. So this might be the right place for you to visit. No, these hills are no a real chocolate but hills that looks like a huge chocolate. People will also remember its shape as the hills also reminds us of child's drawings. Most people who see the pictures of this lands cape will hardly believe that those hills are not man-made artifacts but it was a natural one.

The Chocolate Hills, too perfect to be real. Picture from Google images.

The Chocolate Hills are located in Bohol. The hills form almost symmetrical shape. It was estimated to be from 1268 to about 1776 of 30-90 meter dome-shape and cone-shape mounds. The unique natural formation of hills scattered sround Carmen, Sagbayan and Batuan towns in Bohol. The landscape form was affected by tectonic movement that caused the limestone to be uplifted. Long exposure to water and wind then shaped the hills landscape like what we see now. I realized that our nature are full with surprises.

Shaped amazingly by the nature. Picture from Google images.

I never had an imagination on this such landscape as it is uncommon to me. However, this landscape really wonderful as there's only one place like this in the universe. One of the famous local folk-tale about this chocolate hills is that long time ago, there was a clash between giants where they threw sand and stones to each other. The two giants then became exhausted after fighting for several days. Thus, they reconciled their relation. However they forgot to clean up the mess during the fight so from that, the Chocolate Hills was created.

Illustration about the two giants having a battle.
Picture from www.choosephilippines.com

If I have the opportunity,definitely I would visit this wonderful yet tranquil place. Well see you in the next entry for another unique natural wonders!