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Loboc River Cruise Experience

The main attraction combines a scenic boat ride with a Filipino buffet and live entertainment.

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The cruise uses motorized floating restaurants that glide up the emerald-green Loboc River. Lined with nipa palms and tropical forest, the route takes 1 to 1.5 hours to complete.

Guests eat a buffet lunch of traditional Filipino food and watch local performers. The regular adult rate is PHP 1,200, covering the food, boat ride, and environmental fees.

Close-up of a small tarsier clinging to a green bamboo stalk
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Floating Restaurant

1-1.5 hoursMotorized pontoon

A motorized pontoon serves as your floating dining room. You travel upstream on one of the cleanest rivers in the Philippines while eating a Filipino buffet. Try to get a seat near the edge of the boat for clear views of the water and forest.

A scenic Loboc River Cruise with a floating restaurant passing tropical palm trees
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Cultural Stop

15 minutesLive performance

The boat docks briefly at a floating platform along the riverbank. Local communities perform traditional folk songs and dances. You can step onto the platform and join the Tinikling bamboo dance. Tipping the performers with small bills is not mandatory but highly appreciated.

Close-up of a Philippine tarsier clinging to a small tree branch.
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Busay Falls

5 minutesPhoto stop

This small cascading waterfall marks the turnaround point for the river cruise. The boat maneuvers around this spot before heading back downriver to the starting point. Have your camera ready as you approach the falls to take photos of the water.

Book a Half-Day Tour with Buffet

Two tourists posing and pointing at the famous Chocolate Hills in Bohol
Chocolate hills tour with Tarsier & Loboc river Buffet Lunch (half-day tour)5 h to 6 h 4.8 (175)from $86
half-day tour with lunchfrom $86 on Viator
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