The Beaches of Bohol

IJsselstein, Tuesday, 5 June 2001 (updated: Monday, 24 April 2006)

Bohol is blessed with a number of marvelous white beaches, which just await to be discovered and enjoyed.

Map of Beaches on Bohol

Panglao Island

Alona Beach Probably the most beautiful, and surely the most developed beach on Panglao is Alona Beach. Located at the Southwest of the island, this beach is about one and a half kilometers long, lined with nice resorts, which are great to stay for a some time, a number of well equiped diving establishments and pleasant places to eat out, if you do not want to eat at your resort's restaurant for a change.

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Probably the only drawback of the beach are the large numbers of sea urchins that inhabit the water, starting some twenty or thirty meters out of the coast. You will just have to be careful when wading.

Don't forget to bring your snorkeling equipment. When you swim about one hundred meters off the beach, you will reach the edge of the 'house' reef, at between three and five meters deep, and thus can be easily observed even without scuba equipment. If you are into scuba diving, though, don't forget to have a few dives here as well, as it is certainly worth it, not bad at all, even compared with the reefs the boats will bring you to.

Dumaluan Beach, also on the south of the island, is about two and half kilometers east of Alona Beach. Here you will find some of the more exclusive beach resorts of Bohol, such as the Bohol Beach Club.

Bikini Beach is about eight kilometers from Tagbilaran, and hence a popular location for local pick-nickers.

Momo Beach is on the north side of Panglao. This again is a shallow beach.

Doljo Beach (pronounced 'Dolho' beach) is on the Northwest of the island, not far from Momo beach, and is also a nice beach, mostly free from sea-grasses. This beach is known for the beautiful sea shells that can be found here.

Southern Coast

Between Tagbilaran and Anda.

Eastern Coast

Between Anda and Lapinin Island.

Northern Coast

Between Lapinin Island and Jeta Fe.

Western Coast

Between Jeta Fe and Tagbilaran.

Jeroen Hellingman

What readers think...

kimz1431 wrote:

Friday, 13 January 2012 14:14:20 PHT

Hi! were planning to go to panglao bohol this month.were i5 and 7 children 8 adults.ung resort po na malinis malapit sa beach tsaka pwede mag luto anyone can introduce me?affordable din po.thanks

There are some resorts that offers bungalows and rooms with kitchen for families and groups. These are the resorts in Panglao that has kitchen: Banana Cottages, Sun Appartelle Corporation, Chiisai Natsu Resort, Flower Garden Resort and Panglao Tropical Villas. To know more information about these hotels you can visit our list of resorts and visit their own websites.

Randy Amores wrote:

Monday, 31 October 2011 13:33:39 PHT

Hi.I am a native Boholano and I am so Proud to be one. Bohol is sincerely one of the beautiful islands in the whole world! I love to travel and I started a family business doing tours around Bohol. I have visited every part of Bohol and I will never be tired of visiting and seeing this beautiful spots again and again. :) You can visit my site where I offer incredibly affordable tour packages. http://affordableboholislatour.com/

Marco Rivera wrote:

Tuesday, 19 July 2011 04:53:59 PHT

Im inteterested in visiting canuba beach---white sand beach ba ito...,,Ano po bang magandang beaches malapit sa tagbilaran.

Brooke wrote:

Tuesday, 12 July 2011 14:49:01 PHT

I really disappointed on DUMALUAN BEACH RESORT we stayed there for about 4 days(july 8-11 2011) the room is full of cockroaches, the room smell bad,the service is poor, the food have F**Cking taste.They not concern of their guest satisfaction what important to them is you settle your account. If i rate this hotel ZERO.......Please do not stayed in DUMALUAN BEACH RESORT OR ELSE.... YOU WASTE YOUR MONEY TO NOTHING......

Jame Rose Zamora wrote:

Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:43:08 PHT

Dumaluan Beach Resort/ Hotel is good and accessible location, white sand po ba dito? Thank You.

Panglao island has white sand beaches including Dumaluan beach resort. To get the impression of the hotels and beach resorts in Bohol, you can visit their websites. Details for resorts can also be found via our search interface. A list of hotels and resorts on Bohol is also available here.--Rodelyn

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