Ugjong Peak

Overview

Ugjong Peak is a hill in Barangay Limocon, Valencia, offering views across Valencia’s rolling terrain toward surrounding municipalities. The site draws campers, hikers, and cyclists who use it as both a destination and a route point within the municipality’s highland network.

A small wooden cottage sits partway up the slope and serves as a rest stop for trekkers making the ascent. The peak is identified by the local government as one of Valencia’s ecotourism assets with potential to expand the municipality’s outdoor recreation offer.

The nearby Kabotbot Hills form a related feature in the same barangay area, and the peak is part of a loose highland cluster that includes Banderahan Peak elsewhere in the municipality.

Location

Barangay Limocon, Valencia, Bohol. Valencia is approximately 12 km south of Tagbilaran City in the Bohol interior. Unlike Bohol’s coastal fishing towns, Valencia’s economy runs on upland farming — rice, corn, and root crops worked across the same rolling terrain the peak looks out over.

Getting There

From Tagbilaran City, take a jeepney or habal-habal toward Valencia. Barangay Limocon is within the municipality. The peak is accessible on foot from the barangay — ascent time and trail condition will vary by season. [TO ENRICH: trailhead location, approximate ascent time, whether a guide is recommended]

Practical Info

• Open to hikers, campers, and cyclists
• Wooden rest cottage available on the slope
• [TO ENRICH: entrance or camping fees, whether overnight camping is permitted, water availability on the trail, best approach route]

What to Expect

A highland viewpoint with open sightlines over rolling hills. The landscape is consistent with Bohol’s interior terrain — grassy ridges, patches of secondary forest, and distant views of lowland areas and coastal municipalities on clear days. The wooden cottage provides a basic rest point. The site is informal in character — a working ecotourism site rather than a fully developed attraction.

Notes

• Kabotbot Hills is listed as a nearby feature in the same area — the relationship between the two sites (whether they form a single trail or separate points) should be clarified during enrichment.
• Valencia’s ecotourism network also includes Danao Lake, Cabjawan Cave, Anislag Spring, and Ughob Cave — multi-site day itineraries are practical from Tagbilaran.