Discover Sulawesi tour - North - South Sulawesi Tour, Indonesia
Discover Sulawesi tour
Attraction : Culture, Diving/Snorkeling, Trekking, Rafting,
Tour area : North Sulawesi - Central Sulawesi - South Sulawesi
Duration : 31 Days / 30 Nights
Grade : Easy – Intermediate
Start – End : Manado or Makassar
Day 01 : Arrival Services - Check in
- On arrival in Sam Ratulangi, Manado International airport, meet with our staff and guide than transfer you to hotel in Manado.
- Visit Tunan waterfalls in Talawaan village with about 60 M height, scenic view of the waterfalls.
- Drive through Manado ring road to Tomohon city with stopover at second highest Jesus Christ Monument after Rio the Jenairo, Brasil.
- Lunch on the road of tour.
- Up to th hill called Tinoor and Photo stop in Manado view point.
- On arrival check in Tomohon.
Day 02 : Minahasa highland tour
- Breakfast at resort.
- Drive to arround Minahasa, a windy and cool city, famous for flowers city, volcanoes,Rice field.Traditional Market is the place where you can see local life style in Tomohon.
- Woloan where the Local people make a traditional houses of Minahasan.
- Linow lake famous as a sulfur and changing color lake.
- Tampusu hill is a place where you can see the erotic panorama of Minahasa as a Tondano City and the lake also Langowan & Kawangkoan as a background view.
- Pulutan village is the places you can see the people make pottery in a traditional way.
- Tondano lake with is fish farming. This lake also famous as a Lunch stop places on the way of the trip.
- Get refresh with having bath at a Rano Lewo natural hotspring.
- Return to Manado and overnight at hotel. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 03 : Mahawu volcano trekking
- Mountain Mahawu, which is 1.130 meters high above sea level is a no longer an active volcano and has become one of many tourist attraction in North Sulawasi. This has not been an active volcano since the 16th century.
- Mahawu Mountain is located in Tomohon city, approximately 1 hour drive from Manado city. The word Mahawu was taken from the old Minahasan language which means dusted.
- The most attractive part of this mountain is the crater. This crater looks so amazing in the rainy season when almost the entire crater is filled with water and smoke is coming out from it.
- The best time for you to do the trekking of this mountain is very early in the morning. It would be better for you to reach the top of the mountain at 6 a.m. to see the sunrise. You can also see Manado city's view, Tondano lake and Bitung city.
- Dawn to Tondano lake for lunch. After, we visit the hotsprings to swimming in the natural pool, surround by the rice field.
Day 04 : Tangkoko rainforest tour
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Depart to Tangkoko nature reserve. On the way stop at Sawangan village to see Waruga stone graves of Minahasan ancestors.
- Continue drive to Tangkoko Rainforest for exploring the tropical rainforest and enjoying your discovery of Tarsius Spectrum (The smallest monkey in the world), black ape, cuscus, hornbill, etc.
- Late afternoon return to Manado – Sintesa Peninsula.
- Overnight at Hotel. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 05 - 10 : Bunaken Diving and Snorkeling tour.
- Breakfast at hotel,
- Drive you to the Harbor then to Bunaken island. Full diving / snorkeling activity at Bunaken island. It is very famous all over the world for marine life, drop-off coral reef and thousands varieties fish.
- Lunch will be served at Bunaken beach.
- Afternoon, return to hotel in Manado or overnight at the cottage on Bunaken Island.(Breakfast, lunch, Dinner)
- Snorkeling and Diving is an attraction on this tours.
Day 11 : Manado – Luwuk – Ampana
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Free at leisure to wait the departure time to airport for Luwuk
- On arrival take a charter car to Ampana for 4 – 6 hours.
- Lunch at local restaurant.
- Afternoon arrival in Ampana.
- Check in the hotel. Overnight.
Day 12 : Ampana – Togean Island
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Sail to Togean Island for 3 – 4 hours by charter boat.
- Check in at Kadidiri Paradise resort.
- Overnight.
Date 13 : Ampana – Togean Islands (B,L,D)
- After breakfast the trip continues via a speedboat or public boat on going to Togean Islands
- Check-in and overnight at Kadidiri Paradise cottage on Kadidiri Island
- Enjoy spectacular sunset (if good weather)
Day 14 : Togean Islands (B,L,D)
- Snorkeling or scuba diving
- Visit Bajoe Sea Gypsy ethnic group who build simple wooden houses over a reef
- Observing Coconut crab
- Night in the cottage
Day 15 : Togean Islands (B,L,D)
- Snorkeling & Scuba diving
- Do a short hiking through Islands
- Afternoon Fishing tour close by
- Overnight in the cottage
Day 16 : Togean Islands – Ampana – Tentena (B,L,D)
- We will arise early morning, transfer to Ampana (via a speedboat),
- Onwards Drive through mountainous to Tentena
- Check-in and overnight at danau Poso hotel.
Day 17 : Tentena and It's Surroundings (B,L,D)
- After breakfast we will be transferred to Saluopa waterfall which surrounded By green forest, it has twelve terrace of water
- Bathing on clean water
- Visiting white sand beach of Poso lake
- Visiting the schools, Caves & Sulewana Waterslide
- Enjoy Dinner with Fresh Water fish called Sugili, it’s a large eel
- Night in the hotel
Day 18 : Tentena – Bada Valley (Lore Lindu National Park) (B,L,D)
- The journey will be continued by Jeep drives on dirt road to Bada valley
- You can see spectacular view the valley
- Afternoon tour; visiting stone megalith statues
- Check-in and overnight at Ningsih Home stay in Bomba village
Day 19 : Bada Valley (B,L,D)
- After breakfast we will be transferred to the Bewa village where the Bamboo Raft will takes across the Lariang River
- Visiting a large Stone Megalith Statues called Batu Palindo, stand up more Than 4 meters high
- Continued hiking through grassland, stop at Kolori waterfall.
- Here you can enjoy cold water to fresh your body after walking into sun sine
- Visiting the old ladies where are processing Bark-clothes made from Fig trees
- It’s been using for a hundred years, and used for covering the body
- Notes; none knows the story about Stone Megalith statues exactly, when they Were found, they are still mysterious
- Enjoy exotic view of Bada valley
- Night at the home stay
Day 20 : Bada Valley – Tentena (B,L,D)
- After breakfast we will drive by Jeep return to Tentena
- Check-in at Intim Danau Poso hotel
- Swimming on Poso Lake
Day 21 : Tentena – Toraja Land (B,L,D)
- After breakfast we will continue the journey, drives through mountains to the South of Sulawesi.
- Late evening will arrive in Rantepao, is the capital town of Toraja Land
- Enjoy beautiful along the way
- Check-in and overnight at Toraja Heritage Hotel
Day 22 : Northern Toraja Tour (B,L,D)
- Visiting the villages, hiking through Toraja Land
- Night in the hotel
Notes; if timing is right we can see funeral & burial ceremony of Torajan
Day 23 : Southern Toraja Tour (B,L,D)
- Visiting Traditional houses of Torajan, called Tongkonan
- Local market, souvenir & art shop
- Night in the hotel
Day 24 : Toraja land – Mamasa tour
- After breakfast, drive to Mamasa.
- This is the only village in the Mamasa Valley. Mamasa is a cool mountain resort which is not that discovered as Toraja land.
- Late afternoon check in the resort or hotel.
- Dinner, overnight .
Day 25 : Mamasa Valley exploration I
- After breakfast start the trekking trough the valley.
- Trekking for today will take about 22 km and takes about 8 hours. Easy walks up hill, and have some sharply hills.
- We passes villages like: Rante Buda, Pa’Kassasan, Lombonan, Tadokalua and Timbaan.
- Late afternoon arrive in the hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 26 : Mamasa Valley exploration II
- After breakfast, start for second day trekking.
- Today walk trough the green rice fields and cross rivers. Also see the local people during the trekking, also past the traditional villages.
- The village will past by us a like: Mawai, Tabang, Ponding and Paku.
- Late afternoon arrive at hotel.
- Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 27 : Mamasa Valley - Pare Pare
- Breakfast at hotel
- Check out and drive to Sengkang Lake with stop over in Pare Pare
- On arrival check in Pare Pare city, at Bukit Indah
Day 28 : Pare Pare - Sengkang * LAKE " TEMPE"( B.L.D )
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Take a four-hour drive to the silk city of Sengkang.
- Early afternoon, check-in at the hotel.
- After lunch, enjoy boat ride on the lake Tempe to the floating villages.
- Witness the the locals doing their daily activities on the lake.
- Evening, enjoy dinner in a traditional-bugis-nobel style where we are served by boys and girls in traditional dresses.
Day 29 : Sengkang - Bira whites sandy beach ( B.L.D )
- Breakfast at hotel.
- Proceed to Bira with some picture stops on the way and main stop is lunch en-route.
- After passing through some typical villages of bugis-makassar.
- You will be arriving at the edge of south sulawesi island which is very famous for the local people who build the traditional wooden-sailing-boats at Tana Beru.
- Afternoon arrive at Tanjung Bira and Check-in directly at the hotel.
- Free at leisure while witnessing the beautiful sunset from the Bira beach.
- Dinner and stay overnight at hotel.
Day 30 : Bira beach - Makassar ( B.L.D )
- Breakfast at resort.
- Drive back to Makassar with a stop at Tana Beru boat-building center to watch the boat masters building huge traditional Pinisi boats in traditional way.
- After lunch en-route, we proceed to Makassar city.
- Evening, enjoy seafood dinner at the famous sea-food restaurant in Makassar city.
- Stay overnight at hotel.
Day 31 : Makassar - Airport - ( B )
- Breakfast at hotel.
- A short city tour in Makassar city , visiting the sea-shell collection & orchid garden, fortress, sailing harbour and lunch at sea-food restaurant.
- On time transfer to Airport for your next destination ( noon flight )
Including :
- Accommodation based on Twin and Double room.
- Executive AC couch.
- Full Board (Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner), tours and transfer,
- Guide fees.
- Entrance fees, donation
- Drinks (Aqua, Coke)
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