When planning your Bohol itinerary, discovering where to see the world's smallest primates responsibly is a top priority.

For travelers seeking an authentic and ethical wildlife experience, the Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary in Corella is widely considered the best place to visit.

This non-profit conservation center offers a sustainable alternative to mainstream commercial tourism, ensuring your travel footprint supports genuine environmental preservation on the island.

Let’s get one thing straight right away: do not go to the commercial tarsier display areas set up along the Loboc River!

Those places are exploitative, loud, and incredibly stressful for these tiny creatures.

Tarsiers are highly sensitive, and when they get stressed out by noises or flashes, they are known to commit suicide by banging their heads against tree trunks and that's just heartbreaking.

That’s why the sanctuary in Corella is so important.

It’s a dedicated, non-profit conservation center where the tarsiers live freely in a protected secondary forest.

Before heading in, you can also watch a short documentary in the visitor center and browse informative exhibits detailing the tarsier's unique traits and conservation needs.

Visiting the sanctuary is a lesson in slow, quiet observation.

Shhh... Staff will repeatedly remind you to keep your voice to a whisper.

No Flash: Tarsiers are nocturnal and those massive, saucer-like eyes are highly sensitive to light.

Look Up: Guides are experts at spotting them.

On a typical visit, you can spot these tiny primates—each roughly the size of a human palm—sleeping or quietly staring back from the branches.

They look like a beautiful mix of Yoda, a bat, and a koala.

They can rotate their heads nearly 360 degrees and leap up to 5 meters between trees.

Watching them sit perfectly still, occasionally twitching a paper-thin ear toward the sound of a rustling leaf, is pure magic.

The sanctuary is located in Corella, about 45 minutes outside of Tagbilaran City.

By Jeepney: Skip the private tour vans. Catch a Sikatuna-bound jeepney from Tagbilaran for around 25 PHP and ask the driver to drop you at the Corella sanctuary.

It’s a quick, low-impact walk through a designated jungle trail.

Visitors are in and out in about 20 minutes, ensuring the human footprint stays minimal.

Supporting the Corella sanctuary means your entrance fee directly funds habitat protection and anti-poaching programs.

If you want to see one of the world's oldest and smallest primates without contributing to animal tourism cruelty, this is the only way to do it in Bohol.

You don't have to visit Bohol to make a difference for these endangered primates.

Here is how you can support their survival from anywhere in the world!

• Donate Directly: Financial contributions fund crucial habitat preservation, reforestation, and around-the-clock anti-poaching patrols.

• Spread the Word: Awareness is the best weapon against exploitative animal tourism.

• Follow their updates and share their mission on Facebook to educate other travelers to choose ethical sanctuaries.