DIY Bohol Tour for Php5,000.00

This is probably one of the cheapest trips I've had. One factor that helped us save on this trip was renting a motorcycle instead of hiring a car for just 2 people.

Here is a summary of our itinerary for 3d/2n:

We arrived in Bohol around 1pm and were picked up by the hotel's shuttle service. Upon arrival, we immediately asked them to look for a dependable and trustworthy motorcycle rental. This is very important since there are a lot of scammers there. They were able to contact a renter who gave us the bike for Php600.00 for 24 hrs. We just had to fill it up with gasoline before heading to Panglao. 

DIY Panglao is easy since the tourist spots are along the main roads. We started with Dauis Church (this was destroyed by the earthquake) then Hinagdanan cave where we also bought some souvenirs. Then we headed to the Panglao church and went straight to the Nova Shell museum just near the gasoline station in town.

After the museum, we looked for Bohol Cocofarm for the skywalk. However, when we got there, it was closed for repair in preparation for summer. We had some snacks there to try out there organic meals before heading to the Bohol Bee farm where we has a free taste of almost all their ice cream before dexiding to buy some scoops. We could have peeked at Alona beach but we didn't have much time.

We ended the day with a delicious meal at Gerarda's.

One of their unique dishes.

Here's a summary of our expenses for the day (less the snacks):

On our second day, we had the DIY Bohol country side tour. Just like the usual agency-led tour, we started with the tarsier sanctuary then took some pictures at the man-made forest before heading staright to the Chocolate hills since this is the farthest amongst the spots. Though some of the hills were destroyed by the earthquake, it is still a great place to see.

We then went to see the butterfly sanctuary. Along the way is the ship house where the staff are dressed like ship crews. By this time, it was already lunch time. So we headed to Loboc River for the cruise and buffet lunch. This takes about an hour. 

Then off we went to see the python. However, when we got there, we learned that the original python already died. However, the staff kept his skin and had a real-life "statue" in his memory. A few meters from the python is the Baclayon church where tourists can see a figure of Father Pio at the side of the church. Not far from there is the blood compact.

Here are most of the expenses for this day:

On our third day, we wanted to go dolphin watching. So we got up early and took a tricycle to Baclayon port where we were picked up by our boatman. The trip from the port to the play area of the dolphins was less than an hour. At first, we were expecting to see one or two dolphins. But we were so surprised to see lots of them playing around. It was such a great memory. (Pictures are good but since the dolphins are playing, it is best to take videos of them).

Here is our expenses for the day:

To sum it up, the tours and some meals only costs around Php5,000.00 each. This would have been cheaper if there were more who divided the cost of the boat. Overall, the trip was cheap but was very memorable.