We were looking for a secluded getaway that would afford peace and relaxation -- and we got it in spades. The Peacock Garden offers an atmosphere of utter tranquility. We visited just after New Year, past the Christmas peak and we couldn't have chosen a better time, in my view. From the free shuttle pick-up from the airport, the welcoming drink of watermelon and pineapple (pinakwan), the spotlessly clean and well-appointed room with delightful view of the sea, the incredibly soothing dip in the infinity pool -- everything combined to make the stay a balm for frayed nerves. There is a remarkably wide range of cuisines on the menu -- and the fish dishes in particular (e.g. whole tilapia) were cooked to perfection. The staff are discreet and attentive. The laundry service is efficient and amazing value. My abiding memory is of the chorus of the cicadas, the rustle of the trees, the distant crow of roosters -- nature's glorious riposte to muzak. 

A delightful stay.

This is a small, exclusive, away-from-it-all, luxury resort and it's absolutely fantastic! I would return in a heartbeat!

The best thing about the Peacock Garden is its staff and the exemplary service that they provide. Every single staff member went out of their way to ensure that your experience was memorable and as good as it possibly could be - nothing was too much trouble.

On arrival at Tagbilaran airport we were met by the hotel shuttle and were taken to the resort. Whilst we were checking in, we were offered a refreshing drink and given a mini tour of the facilities whilst being taken to our room. We appeared to be the only guests on our first night and were joined by no more than ten others during our five nights there.

The room was delightful with a lovely balcony overlooking the sea, one of the most comfortable beds I have ever slept in, superbly efficient air conditioning and luxurious L'Occitane toiletries. There seemed to be an endless choice of cable TV channels and fast wifi.

The restaurant is excellent. The food was, almost always, excellent with a daily menu as well as a standard menu featuring Filipino favorites and European cuisine. In particular, the fish dishes were delicious. The breakfast buffet is quite small (but of very high quality) and is accompanied with a freshly-cooked hot choice which you can chose from a wide selection.

The outside space is fantastic with a super olympic-size infinity pool and space to relax and enjoy the sun. We used the spa facilities several times. The spa is so relaxing and the treatments were really great and we felt truly pampered.

This place is simply superb and, whilst quite pricey, is well worth every penny.

Stayed December 2016, traveled with friends

We burned through 6 evenings at J&R amid Chinese New Year. It required a long investment to arrive (flight to Cebu, 2 hour ship to Tagbilaran, 2 hour drive in the inn's private minivan) however it was justified, despite all the trouble. While the western side of the island in Panglao was flushed with travelers, on the East drift we could appreciate some peace and calm for substantially more helpful room rates.

J&R remains for Ralf and his significant other Jilo, who live on the bequest with their two cheerful canines and their amicable and equipped staff. There are just five lofts spread out over the resort. We remained in the Beach Villa, which is exceptionally open and clean, with a little private patio with a perspective of the pool, eatery and ocean. From the manor to the private shoreline there are only a couple ventures down through a flawless (and superbly kept up) garden with bunches of agreeable and picturesque spots to sit and appreciate the ocean see. The shoreline is pleasant and sandy and the water is clear yet there's ocean growth and urchins so you have to wear plastic shoes (which the inn gives). The shoreline is incredible for taking pleasant long strolls however, amid low tide you can stroll to Anda and back.

On the off chance that you would prefer just not to hang out by the pool or on the shoreline, you can run snorkeling and plunging with Ralf (he can take you or prescribe where to go) and do a nightfall voyage on the house pontoon. They likewise offer some half day or entire day visits (which implies you get the auto and driver to take you to various areas). We took a day voyage through the island's fundamental attractions. The tarsiers are extremely charming, the zipline is fun on the off chance that you are not unpleasantly anxious of statures and the pontoon stumble on the stream is a great deal more fun than it at first sounds (it's fundamentally a smorgasbord lunch on a cruising watercraft with a truly decent Filipino band and some customary excitement). In the event that you are a greater amount of a dynamic individual, you can lease bikes and bicycles and kayaks and things like that. I am not an extremely dynamic individual mysef so I invested my energy relaxing in different seats and lofts, getting a charge out of a book and the ocean breeze.

In the nights we ate at the open arrangement eatery and all that we had was extremely great and sensibly estimated. The menu is a blend of J (Fiipino) and R (German) so you will discover adobo, kinilaw, lechon additionally wieners, schnitzel and wheat brew. We were extremely content with everything and didn't considerably consider going anyplace else for supper. We had a stunning time talking and having a drink at the bar with kindred lodging visitors and our hosts.

With everything taken into account, it was an incredible and exceptionally unwinding week in an awesome and extremely casual place. Glad Rooster Year to everybody!

Stayed February 2017, went as a couple.

Presumably it was the highlight of our outing in Bohol. Last December 30, we trooped from the mountains of Sudlon, Alicia, Bohol, where my wife hails, to the enchanting white sands of Candabong, Anda, a nearby by town, for a cool Rizal Day sprinkle.

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The shoreline was open. We paid truly nothing to get in. The sand was smooth white and not fake, unlike those in other private resorts in the district. At the most inaccessible end of the semi-oval stretch of white sand is a little shake/island shaped like a trooper's top. Along the shore were lines of barges and cottages lying without moving, as if time has stopped in that corner of the world.

When we met up (around 9am) there was nobody there. We had the whole spot to ourselves. Right when my 5-year old tyke saw the spot, he smiled the separation up to his ears. By then he plunged and spent the whole day on the water. A few diverse social occasions arrived later, however there was still a great deal of space surrounded. Undoubtedly, there was a considerable measure of space to do our barbecue and some cooking.

Our most noteworthy cost that day was the transportation going there. All distinctive expenses were inconsequential. The rent for the cabin was simply P150. The rent for the floats (extended tire inward parts) went just from P20 to P50 for unfathomable use. By chance, we were educated that you can take a pump vessel ride, beginning with one point then onto the following, for simply P150.

I was totally enchanted by the spot. I didn't understand that there was some other place in Bohol with shorelines that can rise to those in Dauis and Panglao. There is. Anda, a fifth class area put 100km from Tagbilaran, is home to a significant measure of white-sand shorelines which have been delineated as "better than...".

To be totally straightforward, alongside the shorelines, I found that the town in like manner has a waterfalls (Anda Falls at Barangay Casica) and a "mountain paradise" at Barangay Tanod and Linawan. Moreover not simply that. I also found that Anda has a rich history as showed by primitive internment hollows (Candabong, Bacong, Virgen, Casica and Talisay) and rock canvases (Lamanok Point, Barangay Badiang) set on feigns beside the sea.

Its rich history thrived as the years advanced. The town was definitively made in the midst of the Spanish period and named after Representative General Simon de Anda y Salazar. Its church had Spanish priests up to as late as 1937, the last one being Fr. Luis Llorente, who left long after Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States.

As if these were lacking trivia, Anda is home to the recondite (some say remarkable) remains/tomb of Potenciana Saranza (Inday Pontenciana), a teacher from Gingoog City, who after her downfall in 1953, had purportedly performed extraordinary events by recovering the crippled. Numerous people now go to her asylum and think about her as a "sacred individual".

We were in Bohol from December 3-9 and child, did we admire it! It was our first time to travel alone, as a family, without the normal more removed family parts or allies.

It was similarly the first plane ride for my youngsters. Ishi was worried at the start, complete with a trembling jaw and sad eyes, however later on was astoundingly substance to be up there on the fogs. They just protested of a little misery in the ears which vanished later on.

We interfaced the Bohol Jumpers Resort ( I got a group from Tata Rabe, she is an amazingly obliging lady and will accommodate you a package that will suit you, achieve her at tatarabe@yahoo.com) at around 4pm. Our room was at the inverse side of the resort, with a fenced in area point of view and 2 minutes walk around the shoreline and 5 minutes walk around the enormous swimming pool.

The walk was genuinely something to be appreciative for since it helped us blast the sustenance, he. We immediately went to check the shoreline and we were not frustrated!

The acclaimed kissing scene between Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in the 1953 film 'From Here to Time everlasting', on the sandy shoreline amidst hammering surf, has exalted itself in popular society. In the midst of Valentine, couples can moderate that scene in natural force - delighting, undulating region, rich greenery, flooding characteristic life, exceptional marine life and turquoise channels - and make their getaway a huge and overwhelming one.

Provided for you an opportunity to be guided to the tropical shelter of Bohol to find confinement, quietness, and an alternate magnificence of endless wonderful paradise of the East.

Settled in the heart of the Focal Visayas, and set pretty much 800 km south of Manila and 80 km northeast of Cebu, the area of Bohol is the tenth greatest island in the Philippines. It is simply a succinct 75-minute flight from Manila, yet its impeccable shorelines, rich scene and languid pace set it totally not the same as the throngs of humanity and decided machine of development that portray the Philippine capital.

Sun-Kissed Shorelines 

Faultless shorelines and shocking sunsets are a staple of Bohol. Miles of white sand and clear blue waters are just holding up to be thoroughly enjoyed by sharp photographic specialists in the interminable enthusiasm for the postcard-flawless tropical picture. A bit of the unspoled shorelines (Alona, Dumaluan and Momo) can be found on Panglao Island, which is joined to the territory by a short expansion. Countless wonderful outrigger vessels recognize the flawless ocean scene and make charming subjects in their own specific right. Also the evening sunsets are frequently amazing, tossing strokes of ginger, dark red and violet throughout the night sky.

Natural Landscapes

Nearby the white sand shorelines, Bohol's signature interest is its 1,268 curve shaped grass-secured limestone slants. Sprinkled in excess of six adjacent gatherings, and reaching out in stature from 40 to 120 meters, they are carefully known as the Chocolate Slopes because they go away and turn tan in the midst of Bohol's dry summers, taking after lines upon sections of Hershey's Chocolate Kisses. This fascinating land point of reference is a National Topographical Landmark, and from the post point more than 200 steps over the ground, the slants make for an extraordinary scene.

An interchange heavenly approach to spend a few hours is ready for of the various neighborhood, secured boats that adventure here and there the palm-circumscribed banks of the Loboc Waterway. This beguiling ride takes around two hours, and joins a tasty lunch of neighborhood rarities with the included interest of a Filipino trio who perform excited translations of old shake and move top decisions.

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Entrancing Wilderness and Marine Untamed life 

Not far from the capital city of Tagbilaran is Corella Town, home to an unique nature haven offering safe house to the Tarsier, the world's smallest - and most prepared - known vertebrate. Acknowledged to have existed for more than 45 million years, this little evening primate measures a basic four to five inches, with a tail longer than its body. Tarsier safeguarding experts are accessible to elucidate the qualities and behavior of this minimal creature, and also give information about the confirmation tries of the refuge. The Tarsier is a remarkable find, particularly in its regular region, and decidedly an interest for nature and animal tourists.

Sea sweethearts will moreover acknowledge scouting for peppy Spinner dolphins and glorious Toothed and Baleen whales while on an outrigger barge ride southeast of Tagbilaran. Determined by groups of past whale seekers - who are instantly used as whale spotters - the endeavor moreover consolidates swimming and snorkeling in the flawlessly clear waters.

Age-Old Structural planning and Critical Authentic 

Bohol is an objective immersed with a many years old history that would be particularly convincing to building configuration critical for life and history buffs alike. Set in the town of Baclayon, the Congregation of Our Woman of the Perfect Origination, a brilliant structure and relic of the Philippines' Spanish history, is one of the country's most prepared Catholic houses of prayer. Brought up in 1727 by the first Spanish evangelists to settle in the district, the congregation is assembled from coral winnowed from the sea and cut into rectangular pieces. Legend suggests that the 200 Filipino laborers who raised the gathering used the whites of a million eggs to cement these pieces together.

Appreciate an intriguing boat ride in the peaceful waters of Loboc River, beginning from Loay Bridge which is the outlet of the stream, and along the palm-bordered banks inland.

The ride through mechanized pump pontoon finishes close to the Tontonan water falls, where a few falls with falling water gives an average showering session

A voyage along Loboc River begins either from Loay Bridge (20 kilometers from Tagbilaran City) or from Poblacion, Loboc which is around 25 kilometers from the city.

A mechanized vessel or a skimming restaurant will take cruisers upstream passing by extensive vegetations of nipa (palm tree), coconuts and other tropical greenery. The two fundamental ends are the Tontonan Falls and the Busay Falls. Two islets amidst the stream are perfect cookout destinations. A resort close-by suit vacationers.

The town of Loboc, short of what 30 minutes from Albur, is known not just for its gliding restaurant and hostage tarsiers, additionally for its flawlessly saved church built in 1602, the second most seasoned church in Bohol.

Loboc River is the place a few coasting restaurants convey guests to the magnificent wellspring of the waterway. The water is blue. Its bunk is lined by smooth white shakes and fine light-shaded sand.

After an unwinding stream trip, you might likewise visit the Loboc Church, initially settled in commitment to San Pedro Apostol. The congregation, nonetheless, was seriously demolished by flame at some point in 1660. In any case the parishioners did not lose trust. In 1670, the present church was fabricated from the remnants of the old church, and it was finished in 1734.inside the congregation, wonderful local canvases on the roofs and dividers tell interesting stories of the past.

The Spanish ensign can likewise be found in the stone divider close to the doorway of the community. Cozily settled in the compound of the old building of God is Museo de Loboc where the decently protected chronicled antiques and a couple of old statues of examples of piety are kept.

Likewise a fascinating sight is the different octagonal chime tower spotted a couple of meters far from the principle church structure. As indicated by parishioners, the ringer tower was deliberately disconnected from the congregation after the first church was wrecked by flame.

The clerics considered building the tower far from the congregation with the goal that the chime could be utilized to alert parishioners on the off chance that an alternate blaze happens.