Arrive in the morning at Sam Ratulangi Airport of North Sulawesi. Meet and greet with our guide then you will start the journey of about 2 and a half hours by car to the Tangkoko Forest. Upon arrival at the Tangkoko Lodge you will take a rest for while before trekking to Tangkoko National Park just before sunset, to see Tarsiers. Overnight & Dinner at Tangkoko Lodge.
This day will be dedicated to exploring the jungle in search of animals and bird watching. You will start the trekking that will take you to Tangkoko National Park. In just 40 minutes, you will reach the Batuangus beach where you will then climb Mount Tangkoko (1500 m). The dense and virgin jungle is home to some unique animal species in North Sulawesi such as the crested black macaque and the tarsier spectrum that has become known as “the smallest primate in the world”.
As you will be trekking through the lush jungle, you will probably see and hear the red gnarled hornbill as well as the maleo which is a megapod bird that lays eggs on large mounds it builds on the black sand. You can also find couscous, which is a relative of the Australian koala. The forest ranger will accompany you all the way to the top of Tangkoko Mountain. In the afternoon you drive to Manado city for overnight.
This tour is combination of scenic and historical tour, fresh air and enjoying the beautiful panorama of hilly and mountainous area. Tinoor spot, you can enjoy the beauty of Manado from the high. Tomohon city, a windy and cool city famous for its flowers, volcanoes and the smiling people. We will continue to visit Tomohon traditional wet market, selling vegetables, traditional food of Minahasan such as wild pig, Dog, mice even snake. Then Woloan village an area with a big group of carpenters, they are building the traditional Minahasa wooden house for sell. Then drive to Tondano lake for lunch at local restaurant. The lake popular with its goldfish farm and we will drive to Linow Lake with it’s sulphur lake. Green is dominant color of this lake, but sometimes you can see gradation color like light green, brown, white and dark brown in this lake and last visiting Pulutan village the producers of clay potteries made in traditional way before return to Manado city for overnight.
After breakfast full day tour around Bunaken Island . We will explore the magnificent beauty of of the Muslow Island coral reefs. With an abundance of colorful fish in the background you can enjoy the beautiful soft and hard corals of Bunaken. Lunch will be served on white-sandy beach of Bunaken Island . In the afternoon back to Manado for overnight.
Early morning transfer to Manado International Airport for flight to Makassar. Upon arrival at Hasanuddin Airport Makassar, meeting services. Afterwards we will take you out on the picturesque drive to Toraja with approx 8-9 hours driving along the Buginese villages with their typical houses. We will stop for a photo-taking during the trip. Lunch will be served in a seafood restaurant in Pare-Pare. In the afternoon stop on the Puncak Lakawan to enjoy the spectacular view. Arrive in Rantepao in late afternoon. Overnight at Hotel.
Pick up at Hotel, a full day exploring Tana Toraja. First you will visit Lemo to see rows of Tau Tau statues and the hanging graves. Later continue to discover the secrets of baby trees in Nonongan. Onwards to Londa with its ancient tombs in which the deceased was not buried, but placed among the rocks. Lunch break in a local restaurant in Rantepao. Onwards to Kete Kesu with a stop in Karuaya to enjoy the beautiful and typical Toraja panorama, From here we will continue with a short walk to Kete Kesu, one of the oldest Toraja villages. Here you still find two rows of the original village houses, the traditional ancestral houses of the Toraja people, Tongkonan, as well as traditional rice barns with colorful woodcarvings. overnight at hotel.
Pick up at Hotel, we will bring you to visit Pallawa & Sa’dan To’baranna, local Torajan villages known as the weaving center of Rantepao. Afterwards drive up and stop over in Tinimbayo where we can enjoy the spectacular view of the megalith stones spread over the extensive rice fields. Then to a burial cave of Lokomata. From Lokomata, transfer to local restaurant for having lunch with rice field view. After lunch continuing our trip to Batutumonga where we will a have short trekking down around 2-3 hours to Lempo village, enjoy the beautiful panorama and experience a moment of the unique Torajan life style (interaction with local life, see coffee plantation, bamboo forest and rice terrace). Then we will visit Bori village to see the stone menhir before back to the hotel for overnight
Pick up at Hotel, and check-out. Transfer back to Makassar via Enrekang. A coffee-break at Puncak Lakawan to enjoy the spectacular view. Lunch will be served at a seafood restaurant in Pare-Pare. Afterwards transfer to Maros. Dinner at Rammang-Rammang Eco Lodge
Overnight at Rammang-Rammang Eco Lodge – Very simple accommodation
Pick up at Hotel, enjoy the scenery of Ramman-Rammang. Walking around the village after that by motorized boat along the river surrounded with Nipa Palms (nypa fruticans) and feel the cool breeze of countryside and walk inside its valleys between rice fields surrounded by spectacular limestone mounds of various proportions, caves and rainforest, experience local farming and fishing life during your walk. Lunch will be served at a local people house/Rammang-Rammang eco lodge. Afterwards from Rammang – rammang village then proceed to Makassar city for check in.
After breakfast, we will take you on a short city tour around Makassar by visiting Fort Rotterdam, an Old Dutch Fortress. Then proceed to Paotere Anchorage, the traditional Makassarese and Bugines wooden Phinisi boat harbor. Then transfer directly to Hasanuddin Airport Makassar to catch your flight to your next destination. END OF THE TRIP.
