The wealth of wonders this province possesses has just only recently attracted attention when it edged out several provinces in a competition for being the best Tourism destination in the country.

Bohol is one of the Philippines’ remaining ecological and cultural sancturies. Home to the vanishing species, the tarsier, haven of heritage edifices and sites (beautiful colonial churches and ancestral homes, belfries and watchtowers), throve of small community and ecclesiastical museums, dynamic venue of artists and cultural workers, Bohol is also an ecological paradise known for the Chocolate Hills, diving sites, spectacular coral reefs and marine sanctuaries, caves, rolling hills, fabulous mangrove highways.

Twenty-four kilometers from Bohol’s capital city of Tagbilaran is the town of Loboc, from where the famous Loboc Childrens’s Choir hails. Many consider Loboc as Bohol’s main heritage town. It boasts of a long history of creative culture especially in the realm of music. Through the centuries, starting from the Spanish colonial period, Loboc prides itself for having reared generations of singers, composers, musicians, and music teachers. Aside from the Loboc Children’s Choir, the community thrives with rondallas, music bands, adult choirs, and a brass symphonic ensemble.

Loboc has just celebrated its 400th anniversary as a canonical parish centering the commemorative activities around its main heritage structure, the Church of St. Peter the Apostle. which is almost 300 years old. Adjoining the main church edifice is the only three-storey convent in the Philippines which now houses a modest Church Museum. Other cultural attractions of the town include an octagonal belfry by the river and the annual cultural community pageant called the BOLIBOM-KINGKING Festival, where the different villages or barangays of Loboc compete in a dance drama rendition of the cultural history of the town.

Loboc is also famous for its pristine river which journalists have described as celadon or jade green. and the River Cruise that glides on it complete with delicious local food and entertaining folk music. The ride brings passengers to a riverine ecosystem replete with swinging clinging vines, verdant fauna, and six cascading mini-waterfalls.