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Chocolate Hills Natural Monument.
Geologische Formationen. Chocolate Hills, named for their resemblance to Hershey's chocolate kisses. One of Bohol's premier tourist attractions, and certainly its most hyped, the Chocolate Hills are a series of majestic grassy hillocks that span far into the horizon.
Mai 2006 reichte das Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (Ministerium für Umwelt und Naturressourcen) die Chocolate Hills bei der
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The challenge is how the national and local officials can harmonize the current needs of small-scale miners, the construction sector and the tourism sector with the preservation of the Chocolate Hills.Even with their protected status, mining permits continue to be granted by DENR and local government units or LGUs.Meanwhile, the provincial government has itself suggested that the legislation defining the Natural Monument should be changed, which will require that the proclamation be redrafted and ratified by both the Philippine House and Senate. 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.The domes vary in sizes from 30 to 50 metres (98 to 164 ft) high with the largest being 120 metres (390 ft) in height. In 2003, a public outcry forced a construction firm to stop quarrying at the Chocolate Hills, and it was required to restore one defaced hill to its original shape.Investment challenges include speculators bidding up property prices in the area, raising the potential cost of a proposed project.Travaglia, C., R. Peebles, E. Bate, and A. Ferrer, 1987, Restificar, S. D. F., M. J. 3:18.
This is a cumbersome and costly process, on which no progress has been made to date.There are also mounting complaints of mismanagement and poor service at the government-owned and operated Chocolate Hills complex and restaurant.Future development and investment challenges within the Chocolate Hills area include: obtaining the national government's sanction for the project; persuading landowners to sell; convincing the Protected Areas Management Board or PAMB, which has jurisdiction over the hills, not to use its veto power over any investment requiring physical facilities.Since the natural monument proclamation bans "activity of any kind which will alter, mutilate, deface or destroy the hills."
Climb the 222 steps for a view of the hills. They are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, hence the name.
The Chocolate Hills form a rolling terrain of haycock hills – mounds of a generally conical and almost symmetrical shape.
The third legend tells of a town being plagued by a giant carabao, who ate all of their crops. Finally having had enough, the townsfolk took all of their spoiled food and placed it in such a way that the carabao would not miss it.
Arogo fell in love with Aloya, who was a simple mortal. Die Chocolate Hills auf Bohol sind eine Ansammlung von über 1.000 nahezu perfekt halbrunden Kalksteinhügeln, die mit Gras bewachsen sind.Diese sind auf einem gut 50 Quadratkilometer großen Gebiet verstreut und ziehen jährlich zehntausende Touristen an. Local legends
Aloya's death caused Arogo much pain and misery, and in his sorrow he could not stop crying.
Die Erhebungen variieren in ihren Höhen zwischen 30 und 50 m, wobei die größte Kuppe eine Höhe von etwa 120 m erreicht. Nestled within the Chocolate hills natural reserve, CHAP offers various activities like the RUSH bike zip line, tree top courses, nature trails, comping, team building activities and other social events.
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Empfohlen. It isn't know how they're formed, but they're thought to be made of uplifted limestone containing lots of fossils, the surrounding area being flatter due to erosion over time.
Bereits lange vor den Sandstränden der Insel Panglao waren die Chocolate Hills als ein
Sure enough, the carabao ate it, but his stomach couldn't handle the spoiled food, so he defecated, leaving behind him a mound of feces, until he had emptied his stomach of the food. In dry season, they are brown, since the vegetation disappears. [18] The third legend tells of a town being plagued by a giant carabao, who ate all of their crops. When his tears dried, the Chocolate Hills were formed.The third legend tells of a town being plagued by a giant There are 1,247 hills, of which two have been developed into tourist resorts.The main viewing point of the Chocolate Hills is the government-owned Chocolate Hills Complex in Bills have been filed aiming to strengthen protection of the hills. Feb 2, 2014 - Explore Shayne Edwards's board "Chocolate hills" on Pinterest. Der Name bezieht sich auf den Bewuchs dieser Hügel mit Alang-Alang-Gras, welches in der Trockenzeit verdörrt und dadurch die Hügel braun werden lässt.
Als die bekannteste Touristenattraktion von Bohol sind die Chocolate Hills sowohl auf der Flagge als auch auf dem Siegel der Inselprovinz abgebildet und stehen allgemein für die natürlichen Sehenswürdigkeiten, die Bohol zu bieten hat.Allgemein betrachtet sind die Chocolate Hills ein unebenes Terrain von grasbewachsenen Hügelkuppen, die sich durch ein einheitlich kegel- oder kuppelförmiges und zumeist symmetrisches Aussehen auszeichnen.Eine besonders treffende Beschreibung dieser Sehenswürdigkeit liefert der Fotograf Salvador Andre: