Carawis Cave

Overview

Carawis Cave is a cave in Barangay Calatrava, Carmen, Bohol. It is recorded in the BPTO provincial tourist-attraction inventory under the “Caves” classification. Carmen is the municipality most associated with the Chocolate Hills complex — Bohol’s most recognised geological feature — and Carawis Cave is one of the secondary natural attractions in the area.

Per the Municipality of Carmen’s official tourism page, Carawis Cave sits within open grassland surrounded by the Chocolate Hills and is part of a network of interconnected caves. The entrance is reached on foot across the grassland, marked by a cluster of trees at the centre of the field, and the interior contains stalactite and stalagmite formations.

Location

Barangay Calatrava, Carmen, Bohol. Carmen is in central Bohol, approximately 55 kilometres north of Tagbilaran City. Nearby landmarks include Kanli-ogan Hill.

Getting There

From Tagbilaran City, travel north on the Chocolate Hills highway toward Carmen — approximately 1 hour by bus or van. From Carmen town, proceed to Barangay Calatrava. [TO ENRICH: confirm exact road distance from Carmen town centre to the cave, and whether habal-habal is the standard last-kilometre transport]

Practical Info

[TO ENRICH: cave dimensions, formation type (limestone karst), lighting, entrance fee, guide requirement, current access conditions]

What to Expect

[TO ENRICH: bat population, water features, and total passable length of the cave]

Notes

• Carmen municipality is primarily associated with the Chocolate Hills (directly to the east); Carawis Cave adds a secondary cave attraction to a Carmen day itinerary.
• Other Carmen municipality sites include the 8 Sisters Hills, Mt. Dolores, and Cafe Nueva Vida.
• Bohol’s karst geology means many municipalities contain cave systems of similar formation type — limestone dissolution over millennia.
• Overview/What to Expect enrichment (accessed 2026-07-28): the Municipality of Carmen official tourism page for Carawis Cave confirms the cave sits in open grassland surrounded by the Chocolate Hills, is part of an interconnected network of caves, and has an interior with stalactite and stalagmite formations. The live page currently returns a 404 (checked directly via curl and WebFetch on 2026-07-28); content was recovered from a Wayback Machine snapshot and cross-verified against an independently indexed copy via Exa search — same text in both, so treated as reliable despite the live 404. This is the only page-length description of the cave found anywhere online; a companion listing page (Municipality of Carmen — Tourist Spots) additionally tags it as having “historical significance” without elaborating (not used, since no specifics could be sourced).
• Remaining Practical Info / Getting There / What to Expect gaps (searched 2026-07-28, fresh-angle pass): tried targeted queries for “Carawis Cave entrance fee/guide,” “Carawis Cave Bohol tripadvisor/google maps/reviews,” and “Carawis Cave Calatrava habal-habal Chocolate Hills complex distance” via Exa web search. No TripAdvisor listing, Google Maps listing, blog trip report, or Facebook page for Carawis Cave specifically turned up — all results either returned the same single Carmen LGU tourism page or surfaced unrelated Bohol caves (chiefly Hinagdanan Cave in Dauis/Panglao, a different, much more commercialized cave). No source gives cave dimensions, passable length, bat population, water features, lighting, entrance fee, guide requirement, current access conditions, exact road distance from Carmen town centre to the cave, or confirmation that habal-habal is the standard last-kilometre transport (habal-habal is confirmed as the standard mode for the nearby Chocolate Hills Complex specifically, per multiple sources, but not for Carawis Cave itself — not assumed to transfer). A future pass should try calling/visiting the Carmen Municipal Tourism Office directly, or checking Facebook groups/pages for Barangay Calatrava or “ATGA”-style local guide associations (the model used for other unguided Bohol caves), since no searchable web source covers these specifics.