Bohol Lemur and Butterfly

Overview

Bohol Lemur and Butterfly is a wildlife facility in Barangay Hinawanan, Loay, positioned along the Tagbilaran East Road. The site is described in BPTO source materials as ideal for nature lovers, offering encounters with lemurs and butterflies in a setting of flowers and green landscape.

The main draw is the Sunda flying lemur — locally called kagwang — a gliding mammal (order Dermoptera) found across Southeast Asia. The kagwang is not a true lemur or primate, but a colugo that glides between trees using a membrane (patagium) stretching from neck to tail. It is a nocturnal tree-dweller, meaning captive specimens at daytime-operating facilities spend most of their active hours in enclosures rather than displaying natural behavior.

Local guides narrate information about the animals during tours, adding context to the visit.

Visitor reviews sourced from TripAdvisor have raised concerns about small enclosures and limited natural habitat conditions. This is relevant context for visitors who prioritize animal welfare in their travel choices.

Location

Barangay Hinawanan, Municipality of Loay, Bohol. Along the Tagbilaran East Road, approximately 18 km from Tagbilaran City.

Getting There

From Tagbilaran City, take a jeepney or van from the Dao terminal toward Loay (approximately 30–40 minutes). The site is roadside and accessible by private vehicle. It appears on Bohol countryside tour itineraries alongside the nearby Bohol Cultural Village.

Practical Info

• Tourism type: Sports and Recreational Activities — Zoo and Botanical Garden
• Entrance fee: ₱100 per person, with children aged 5 and under admitted free, per two independent visitor-shared Facebook posts citing the operator’s posted rate. No official on-site rate card or government tourism office listing was located to independently confirm the figure.
• Opening hours: 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
• Contact: +63 932 385 9762 (as listed for ticket inquiries)
• Visitors with animal welfare concerns should note that TripAdvisor reviews have flagged enclosure size and habitat conditions
• Paired naturally with the nearby Xzootic Animal Park and Butterfly Garden in the same area

What to Expect

The facility combines a butterfly enclosure with captive flying lemurs. A local guide narrates the tour and explains animal biology and behavior. The landscape setting — flowers, green grounds — is described as pleasant. The kagwang is a distinctive and lesser-known species compared to the tarsier, and for many visitors this may be their only encounter with a flying lemur.

The butterfly sanctuary displays multiple species in a garden environment. [FACT NEEDED: which butterfly species are represented, whether the facility breeds its own stock — no independently verifiable species list was found]

Notes

The kagwang (Sunda flying lemur, Galeopterus variegatus) is often confused with primates or true lemurs, but is more closely related to primates than to rodents or bats. Its glide membrane allows it to travel up to 100 metres between trees. In the wild, it is nocturnal and arboreal — daytime captive conditions do not reflect its natural activity patterns.

This distinction is worth noting when writing content: the facility offers genuine access to a rarely seen species, but the welfare caveats from visitor reviews should be acknowledged honestly rather than omitted.

Bohol Lemur and Butterfly — Trip.com listing, accessed 2026-07-17. Bohol Lemur & Butterfly Park entrance fee post — Facebook, accessed 2026-07-17. Bohol Lemur & Butterfly Park entrance fee video post — Facebook, accessed 2026-07-28 — independently corroborates the ₱100 entrance fee and adds the free-entry-for-children-5-and-under detail.

Research attempt, 2026-07-28 (butterfly species / breeding — tag left in place): Tried a fresh angle beyond the Trip.com/Facebook sources already on file. Checked: (1) TripAdvisor reviews and review-listing pages for this attraction — direct fetch returned HTTP 403 (blocked to automated retrieval), and search-result snippets referencing the page did not surface any species-level detail; (2) the operator’s Facebook pages (two candidate pages found) — page content was truncated/inaccessible via fetch, no species or breeding info retrievable; (3) Instagram location page — not retrievable via search; (4) AI-aggregator sites evendo.com and mindtrip.ai — evendo.com explicitly cites no original source and only references “vibrant butterflies” generically, mindtrip.ai returned no descriptive content. One search-engine AI-summary claimed “~300 species… over half found in their conservation center” with active breeding, but tracing this back showed it actually describes a different, unrelated facility (Simply Butterflies Conservation Center, Bilar) — discarded as a false lead, not attributable to Bohol Lemur and Butterfly. No independently verifiable butterfly species list or breeding-program confirmation exists for this facility as of this round; tag left in place for a future pass to try direct outreach (phone/Messenger to the operator) or an in-person/BPTO source.