Cebu is the first open city to tourists in Philippines, it was found by the famous Portuguese navigator Portuguese - Fernando de Magallanes in 1521. Nowadays, Cebu has become the most popular tourist city in Philippines.

The direct flight from Manila to Cebu is available daily, and the flying time is one hour and 10 minutes. There are three airline companies runs this route, they are Philippine Airlines, Air Philippines and Cebu Pacific Airways. In the travel high season from April to December, you'd better to book the flight in advance since the air tickets are always in the great demand. From Cebu Mactan International Airport to downtown area of Cebu, you can take a taxi and costs at PHP150 - PHP200.00.

Nature view in Philippines

Besides the airplane, you can choose the luxury cruise from Manila to Cebu, and it is a more leisure and romantic way. There are deluxe Cabins, Restaurant and Bar in the cruise. The cruise charge is PHP1500.00 per person and the sailing time is 20 hours. The cruise companies are WG A SUPERFERRY, NEGROS NAVIGATION and SULPICIO LINES.

Mactan Island is the famous outer island of Cebu, and it was connected with Cebu by a large cross-sea bridge. There are many luxury hotels in Mactan, such as Shangri-la, Marco Polo Hotel and Plantation Bay.

Waterfront Cebu City Hotel is located in Cebu and near to the Cross-sea Bridge. It is a luxury 5 star hotel with completed facilities and good service. Tel: 0063 - 32232 6888 Address: 1# Salinas Drive Cebu. 

One day tour of Cebu In the morning, you can have a rich breakfast in Waterfront Hotel, and its Mango Juice is highly recommended. Magellan's Cross and the Basilica Minoredel Santo Nino are both in the Mactan Island, and you can take taxi or the local Jeepney to get there. In the afternoon, you can go shopping at the SM City Cebu and Ayala Mall, and both of them are very near to your hotel - Waterfront Hotel.

Bohol is a very beautiful outer island of Cebu, and you are suggested to stay there for two nights at least. If possible, you'd better to plan your Bohol tour in Sunday because the world-famous children choir plays every Sunday in the local church. From Cebu to Bohol, you can take the ferry boat, and there are 3 - 4 boats available daily. Generally, it takes 2 hours from Cebu to Bohol by jetfoil and costs PHP400.00 per person. For hotel accommodation, we would like to recommend the Panglao Island Nature Resort for you.

People are playing on the beach

First day: Dolphin Watching - Chocolate Hills - Tarsier Visitor Centre
If you want to see the sea-eidolon, Dolphin, you should reserve a Babca (a kind of small boat looks like a crab) at least one day in advance and you can contact the hotel front desk for help. In the morning, you should get up very early since the Bottlenose Dolphin dislike sunshine and always hunts in the morning.

Back to hotel by Babca and have a rest. Then, you can take a taxi to the Chocolate Hills and they are 1268 small hills with height of 40 - 120 meters. In the summer, the grass on the hills turns brown, those hills looks like 1268 delicious Chocolate. On the top of the hill, you can take a very interesting photo such as "a flying carlin witch sitting on a besom" by paying only PHP200.00 per person.

Tips: At the foot of Chocolate Hills, there are 4 - 5 shops selling kinds of souvenir of Tarsier at a very reasonable price. If you want to buy some Tarsier souvenir, those shops should not be missed.

On the back way, you will see the Tarsier Visitor Centre, and it is a tourist site that you can see the smallest money in the world - Tarsier. That lovely animal is a very old species and only lives in Cebu Island. The size of the small money is only like your hand but they have a pair of big eyes (1/3 of its head), and they are the antitype of the world-famous movie star - ET. If you want to take a picture by holding a Tarsier, you only need to pay PHP20.00 per time. But please do not use the flashlight when you taking the picture since the strong light will hurt their big eyes. The opening time of Tarsier Visitor Center is from 08:00 to 16:00.

Second day: Diving and Loboc River Cruise Bohol is the paradise for Diving lover, and it has many beautiful islands and splendid scenery of undersea absorb thousands of Diving lovers from the entire world. If you have the Diving License, you only need to borrow the diving suit and oxygen equipment, and then you can enter the water to explore the wonderful undersea world. If you are a "green hand", you need to hire an experienced diving coach and it costs you USD60.00 - USD65.00 per person in average. Generally, the training class lasts one and half hour, and then you can try to experience the colorful sea world under the help of your private coach. Tips: Diving is a sport will use much physical strength, and please have a rich breakfast before planning your diving class.

A local market

Loboc River Cruise is another highlight in Bohol Island, the shape of the boat is circular, and it looks like a ball dancing the waltz. There is the dense tropic forest on the both sides of Loboc River, and you can appreciate the enthralling tropic scenery and taste the delicious Buffet in the boat accompanied by a guitarist. At the end of the cruise, it is an aboriginal village, and tourist can get on the bank to visit the village. You can see toxophily, jumping though fire-hoop, eating fire and taking picture with an aboriginal. Surely, a certain amount of tips is required. After visiting, you can back at the same way. And the whole journey takes you about two hours.

Cate in Cebu and Bohol Food in Cebu is all-embracing and inexpensive but elegant. The foods in the island are mainly made of meats and seafood in the traditional Philippineflavor mixed a little of Hispanic style. Among those tasty foods, Chinese cuisine and Hispanic cuisine are the most popular one.

It is an unforgettable experience to having a Buffet in the Bee Farm of Bohol. The bread in this farm is fragrant and sweet, and all dishes used their self-made honey. Although the Buffet is not very rich, it is really enjoyable to having dinner in the nature rural farm but not only focus on the sweet food. The cost of the Buffest is PHP450.00 per person plus 10% service charge.

Philippine Mango is world-famous, and Mango in Cebu is the best in Philippines, Mango Juice, dried Mango and kinds of Mango sweet, and it is worthy to try any Mango products. Halo-halo is the most popular food from fast food shop to the deluxe restaurant in Philippines, a kind of ice-cream mixed kind of tropical fruits, looks lovely and taste very good.