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Day Tour Bohol Part 3: Loboc Floating Restaurant, Baclayon Church, Blood Compact Site

After the buying souvenir items from the Sevilla Souvenir Shop at the Hanging Bridge, we proceeded to the Loboc River Floating Restaurants.

 

Loboc River Floating Restaurants

There are four restaurants to choose from, each of them has something different to offer. In our case, we chose the first one, the Riverwatch Floating Restaurant. Apart from the fact we thought the menu suits our taste, we also managed to get a substantial discount from them. The typical price of the buffet is 300 pesos and there’s an entrance fee of 100 pesos. All in all, without any discount of whatsoever, you will spend 400 pesos for the cruising buffet meal.

 

As expected, the buffet meal was delicious. There’s also a live music performance while you are eating and occasionally, the boat will stop at stations where there’s a floating stage at the shore where there are people performing either a native dance and/or a song.

Loboc River Floating Restaurants

Loboc River Floating Restaurants in Bohol

The Riverwatch Floating Resto has plenty of food selections. During our stay they prepared grilled fish (Tuna), Pancit, Chopsuey (mixed vegetables), squid, fried chicken and many other typical Filipino dishes. They also have sliced fruits such as pineapple and and watermelon.

River Watch Floating Restaurant Loboc

River Watch Floating Restaurant in Loboc River, Bohol

 

Python,Ostrich, Flying Lemur in the Mini-zoo

 

Our next stop after the lunch in Loboc River Floating Resto was the mini-zoo (We skipped the zip-line portion since none of us wants to try it).

 

The mini-zoo features a huge python, Iguana (chameleon), Ostrich, Flying Lemur and many others. We didn’t stay long in the zoo and we left immediately after we took several pictures.

Ostrich in Bohol Mini-Zoo

Ostrich in Bohol Mini-Zoo

 

Baclayon Church and the Blood Compact Statue

 

Our next stop is the old church in the town of Baclayon. Again, we didn’t stay there for long mostly due to the hot sunny after-lunch weather. It seems that most of us wants to sleep inside our rented van. So after a few shots of the place, we left for our next stop, the Blood Compact Statue in Tagbilaran City.

Baclayon Church in Bohol

Baclayon Church in Bohol

The Blood Compact Statue commemorates the treaty by blood (Sandugo) between the spanish conqueror Miguel López de Legazpi and Bohol Chieftain Datu Sikatuna in the year 1565. The sculpture was made by a Bohol native National Artist, Napoleon Abueva.

Blood Compact Site (Sandugo) in Bohol

Blood Compact Site (Sandugo) in Bohol

We took several pictures of the statue and as expected, we took our favorite shot – a jump-shot. :-)

 

Going Back to Tubigon, then to Cebu

 

After the Blood Compact Site, we traveled back to Tubigon Port to catch the 4PM MV Starcraft ride.

 

Before stepping into the fast-craft, I look back at Bohol for the last time and a curious idea comes to my mind – I’m gonna come back again to this place!

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Day Tour Bohol Part 2: Ship House, Man-made Forest and Hanging Bridge

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This week’s featured photo is the popular Floating Restaurants in Loboc River, Bohol.

Aside from eating while cruising the river, you will also be serenaded by cool music from live bands and singers.

Loboc River Floating Restaurant

Loboc River Floating Restaurant

Note: Loboc Floating Resto has an entrance fee of 100 pesos. There are four different restaurants you can choose from. Each has an unlimited buffet meal costing 300 pesos per head.