Toraja Cultural Tour - South Sulawesi, Indonesia
OPTION 1
*MAKASSAR - TORAJA - SENGKANG - BIRA - MAKASSAR*
*TORAJA CULTURAL PACKAGE TOUR*
Attraction : Toraja Cultural tour.
Duration : 07 Days / 06 Nights.
Tour area : Makassar - Toraja - Sengkang - Bira
Grade : Easy
Start - end : Manado
DAY 01 : Makassar airport - Toraja ( L.D )
- Arrive at Hasanuddin Airport, meeting Service. (Morning Arrivals is highly recomended)
- Transfer directly to Tana Toraja with 08 hours drive across the Bugisnese village with their typical traditional houses along the road.
- Lunch will be served at Restaurant in Pare-Pare.
- Hill-Top of Puncak Lakawan is the place for stop over and enjoy the beautiful of the Erotic mountain.
- Late Afternoon arrive in Tana Toraja , check-in the hotel and dinner.
DAY 02 : South Toraja cultural tours ( B.L.D )
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Visiting : the stone grave with Tau-tau in Toraja at LEMO, and then continue to the royal hanging grave at SUAYA.
- Easy walking to see a tree were made as burial site for a new born-baby at KAMBIRA.
- After Lunch, drive to The traditional Toraja village at KETE KESU, Natural cave at LONDA made as a grave yard.
- The typical Toraja village at NANGGALA with 16 rice-barns as a sign of their wealthy status in Toraja community.
- Visit the ancient house-grave at MARANTE village.
- Afternoon Return to hotel and dinner.
DAY 03 : Full day North Toraja cultural tour ( B.L.D ) 
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Visiting the typical Traditional Toraja village at PALAWA,
- Traditional weaving village at SA'DAN, then visit the ancient Megalithic stone at BORI.
- Lunch will be served at local restaurant where you can enjoy the rice terrace with mountainous and valleys view at BATUTUMONGA.
- After lunch,we transfer you back to hotel for overnight and dinner.
Note : A traditional funeral ceremony which can be reached by foot will be included within this tour. A typical torajan local fruits & live stuff market can also be visited during your two days tour in Toraja. Day
04 : Toraja - Sengkang ( B.L.D )
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Leaving Toraja Land for Sengkang with few stops on route for some interesting stuff.
- Lunch on route at local restaurant.
- Arrive in Sengkang, take a boat-trip on "TEMPE" lake to see the way of life of those who still live on their floating houses. Take a refresh while enjoying the sun-set view from this floating house.
- And with your driver and Guide, visiting the traditional silk-weaving village.
- Late afternoon Check-in the hotel and dinner.
Day 05 : Sengkang – Bira beach
- Breakfast at hotel
- Take a drive to Bira beach to enjoy the beautiful White sand beach of Bira.
- Afternoon arrive in Bira , Check in the hotel/cottage, leisure on your own.
- Dinner,Overnight.
Day 06 : Pantai Bira beach - Makassar
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Swimming or doing snorkeling around the area.
- Lunch return to hotel.
- After lunch head back to Makassar on the way visit the traditional shipbuilding at Tanah Beru or Marumasa. The local’s boat builders use old traditional techniques to craft traditional ships.
- We also try to observe the Frisky monkeys at a cave, but do not disturb them.
- Continue to Makassar to overnight in the hotel.
- Dinner at the Resort or Cottages.
Day 07 : Makassar city - Airport.
- After breakfast, Free at leisure
- Transfer to the airport of Makassar, for your next destination.
- End of this tour program.
Tour includes:
- Accommodation based at Hotel and Cottage.
- Executive Air Conditioned cars or bus will be Provided.
- Full Board (Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner).
- Guide fees.
- Entrance fees.
- Toraja dance performance special for the group more than 15 persons
- Experience, professional guides.
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OPTION II
*MAKASSAR - BIRA - SENGKANG - TORAJA - MAKASSAR*
*TORAJA CULTURAL PACKAGE TOUR
Attraction : TORAJA CULTURAL TOURS
Tour Area : Makassar – Bira – Sengkang - Toraja
Duration : 07 days / 06 nights
Grade : Easy
Start – End : Makassar
Day 01 : Makassar – Bira (Bulukumba)
- Meeting service.
- Depart for Bira beach resort.
- Lunch will be served at Bulukumba.
- Late afternoon arrive at Bira, check in the hotel.
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Dinner and overnight.
Day 02 : Bira – Sengkang
- Breakfast at resort.
- Visit the beautiful white sandy beach of Bira.
- See the processing of the traditional boat called Phinisi in Tana Beru.
- Continue the trip to Sengkang. Lunch en route
- Afternoon arrival in Sengkang
- Check in – Dinner. Overnight
Day 03 : Sengkang – Tana Toraja
- Breakfast at hotel
- Take a boat trip to Tempe lake, to see the daily activities of the local people who live on the lake.
- Return to lunch in Sengkang.
- Continue the trip to Tana Toraja.
- Afternoon arrive in Toraja.Check in - Dinner
Day 04 : South Toraja tour.
- Breakfast at hotel.
- First day of the Toraja tour is visit: the old royal stone graves in Sangalla at Suaya.
- Then the baby grave at Tampang Allo or Kambira.
- The most famous stone graves in Toraja at Lemo is being the next of the destiny.
- Traditional village called Kete Kesu with its hanging graves behind the village is a must.
- The next is Nanggala, the traditional village of a royal family with a row of traditional rice barns lucky you to see the splendid of fruit bats around the Village.
- And the typical traditional Toraja village Marante with a hanging grave.
Day 05 : North Toraja tour
- The second day of Toraja tour is visiting : Palawa – one of the oldest traditional villages in Tana Toraja with its typical Toraja houses (Tongkonan).
- Sadan is the weaving centre of Tana Toraja.
- Megalithic stones at Bori.
- Batutumonga and Lokomata is the place lies on Mount Sesean with exotic views over the Toraja valley with rice field.
- Local market of Rantepao is a place where you can see another unique typical Torajanese.
Day 06 : Toraja – Makassar
- Breakfast , return to Makassar.
- Stop in some places of interest such as Bugisnese and Makassarnese villages, a fish farm and rice fields, is being the activity a long the road back to Makasar.
- Lunch will be served at Pare-Pare.
- Dinner and overnight stay in Makassar.
Day 07 Makassar – Transfer Out
- After breakfast at your hotel, free at leisure.
- Transfer to the airport .
Tour includes:
- Accommodation based at Hotel and Cottage.
- Executive Air Conditioned cars or bus will be Provided.
- Full Board (Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner).
- Guide fees.
- Entrance fees.
- Toraja dance performance special for the group more than 15 persons
- Experience, professional guides.
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