SULAWESI ADVENTURE TRIP 5D/4N
D1.
Makassar Pare-pare Toraja
Arrive
at Hasanuddin airport, meeting services. Drive to Toraja approx 8 hours
drive passing through Bugis villages along the coastal area. Lunch will
be served in Kupa Beach or Pare-Pare. Afternoon continue the trip inland
with beautiful panoramic views. Some stops are provided for stretching
legs. Enjoy the nature beauty and refreshment. Arrive in Toraja late in
the afternoon.
D2. Toraja
Full day Tour
Exploring
Toraja land visit: Lemo, a burial site on the cliff with effigies up on
the balconies. Then to Sangalla to see baby graves in a big tree
proceed then to Suaya, the royal burial site of Puang Sangalla where
you can see all kinds of graves existing in Tana Toraja from the ancient
to the present time. After lunch en route visit Londa the biggest
burial site in cave and rock cliffs. To end the day visit Kete Kesu
a traditional village with rows of Tongkonan houses and granaries
hanging graves
D3. Toraja
Palopo Sengkang
In t he
morning visit Marante and Nanggala the two places worth visit. Drive
then to Palopo passing one of the most beautiful panoramic views on the
province. They are clove plantation, virgin highland forest, ravines and
brooks. Lunch will be served at local restaurant in Palopo. Then
continue to Sengkang, drive along the almost flat and wide road passing
fishponds, rice fields, cocoa and clove plantations. Approaching
Sengkang there is more and more house on stilts along roadside. Take a
chance to visit some to them to get in touch with locals who are
producing Sengkang Silk textiles. Then check in at hotel Apada. If time
permit we will take a boat ride toward Tempe Lake. The real interest is
not the lake but the daily activities of locals along the riverbank
D4. Sengkang Bone - Sinjai - Kajang - Bira (With Sandy Beach)
If there
is no chance to visit the lake in the previous day, then the visit maybe
made this morning. It is better to visit before schools hours, the river
will be busy with traffic of boats ad people bathing and washing along
the riverbank. Breakfast at hotel and then drive towards Bira Beach.
Lunch will be served in Sinjai. En route to Bira, visit Kajang the
place well known as one of native Indonesian who still keeps the pre
Moslem tradition. The house architecture and clothing are specific.
D5. Bira
Tana Beru Bulukumba Bantaeng Makassar Airport
Early
departure with a stop at Tana Beru. It is the home of famous traditional
boat builders where Phinisi the well
known Bugis
schooner are built in traditional way without written design or modern
technical calculation, but tradition and personal judgments. Lunch will
be served in Makassar on the time transfer to airport for your next
destination.
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