Tarsiers on a Private Tour: Which Bohol Option Is Worth Booking?
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To see tarsiers without sharing a van, book the private Chocolate Hills, Tarsiers & Loboc River tour. It costs from €34.29 per person, scores 4.5 stars from 124 reviews and puts the sanctuary in a fixed day with a driver-guide; the listing also sells a standard group option, so make sure you pick a private one. The private tour with driver starts at €88.20 per group with 4.7 stars from 11 reviews, and it shows you tarsiers only if you pick its classic countryside route.
Private tour with a driver-guide: tarsiers inside a full loop
The first listing names three headline stops: the Blood Compact Monument, the Chocolate Hills and the Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary. Its itinerary also adds the National Museum in Bohol, which takes an hour early in the day, and it describes a local community guide who leads the museum and the sanctuary. The sanctuary slot is 40 minutes.
The published duration is 6 to 14 hours because the listing sells many variants: the standard itinerary, versions with the Loboc River cruise and lunch, an ATV hour at the Chocolate Hills, and separate itineraries such as Danao Adventure Park. Entrance fees belong to the standard itinerary option, so compare option names before paying. Check that the option you choose still contains the sanctuary.
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Private tour with driver: pick the route, then check for tarsiers
The second listing sells a vehicle with a driver, not a fixed programme. Option 1 is the classic countryside route, and its stop list includes the Tarsier Sanctuary for 45 minutes after the Blood Compact Monument and Baclayon church. Option 2 goes to Cadapdapan Rice Terraces, Can-umantad Falls and Quinale Beach in the east, with no tarsier stop at all. Book the wrong option for a tarsier-first trip and you get a lovely day without a single primate.
Vehicles are listed as a car for 1–3 guests, an SUV for 4–5 and a van for 6–15. The description says standard entrance fees are not included and that the driver can help you buy tickets, so bring cash on top of the starting price. A 4.7 score based on 11 reviews is encouraging, but it is too small a base to treat as proven.
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Which one fits your tarsier trip?
Pick the driver-guide tour if tarsiers are one stop in a first full Bohol day and you want the fixed order, museum and community guide included. Pick the driver-only listing if you travel as a group and want to choose the route yourself, or if you want to keep the day loose and decide the stops with the driver.
Neither listing is right for travellers who want a long, unhurried time with the animals: both programmes give the sanctuary 40 to 45 minutes before the van moves on. If tarsiers are the entire goal and privacy does not matter, compare the shared routes in our standard Bohol day tour guide.
Our recommendation
Book the private Chocolate Hills, Tarsiers & Loboc River tour. Its starting price of €34.29 is per person, against €88.20 per group for the driver listing; it has 124 reviews against 11, and its standard itinerary includes entrance fees and the sanctuary. The driver listing, priced per group, is worth considering only for larger groups that explicitly choose its classic route and bring cash for entrance fees.
