The Chocolate Hills, Philippines

The Chocolate Hills are an uncommon geological formation in Bohol province, Philippines. in step with the newest correct survey done, there are one,776 hills unfold over a part of quite fifty sq. kilometres. they're coated in inexperienced grass that turns brown throughout the dry season, hence the name.

The Chocolate Hills are a famous tourist attraction of Bohol. they're featured within the provincial flag and seal to symbolize the abundance of natural attractions within the province.They are within the Philippine Tourism Authority's list of tourist destinations within the Philippines; they need been declared the country's third National Geological Monument and proposed for inclusion within the UNESCO World Heritage

The Chocolate Hills type a rolling terrain of haycock hills – mounds of a usually conical and virtually symmetrical form. Estimated to be from one,268 to regarding one,776 individual mounds, these cone- shaped or dome-shaped hills are literally fabricated from grass-covered limestone. The domes vary in sizes from thirty to fifty metres high with the most important being one hundred twenty metres in height. Bohol's "main attraction", these distinctive mound-shaped hills are scattered by the a whole bunch throughout the cities of Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan in Bohol.

During the dry season, the grass-covered hills dry up and switch chocolate brown. This transforms the world into seemingly endless rows of "chocolate kisses". The branded confection is that the inspiration behind the name, Chocolate Hills.