Chocolate Hills

The Chocolate Hills form a rolling terrain of haycock-shaped hills - mounds of generally conical and almost symmetrical shape.

Estimated to be from 1,268 to about 1,776 individual mounds, these cone-shaped or dome-shaped hills are actually made of grass-covered limestone. One of Bohol's best known tourist attractions, these unique mound-shaped hills are scattered by the hundreds throughout the towns of Carmen, Butuan and Sagbayan in Bohol.

During dry season, the grass-covered hills dry up and turn chocolate brown. This transforms the area into seemingly endless rows of Hershey's "chocolate kisses". The branded confection is the inspiration behin the name "Chocolate Hills".