Tour
Duration : 12 Days / 11 Nights
Starting Point : Makasar
Ending Point : Manado
Itenerary:
Day
01 ARRIVAL IN MAKASAR (D)
According to your schedule of arrival by GA 620 Eta.
10h10 ex. Denpasar, you will meet our Tour Guide at
Hasanuddin Airport Makassar.
After
that, transfer directly to Makassar the capital town
of South Sulawesi. Then we will take you on a half
day city tour visiting The Museum of Balla Lompoa
where we can find all ancient collection from the
royal family of Gowa kingdom. Onwards to Sulawesi
Miniature Garden to see all types of South Sulawesian
traditional houses. Afterwards, we will visit Akkarena
Beach Tanjung Bunga for resfreshment. Dinner will
be served at a local restaurant. After dinner check
in at for stay overnight – located on the beach
front.
Day
02. DRIVE
TO TANA TORAJA (B,L,D)
After
breakfast, take approx. 8 hours scenic drive to Tana
Toraja with many photo-stops en route, passing through
the Buginese villages with their typical wooden houses.
Lunch will be served at a seafood restaurant in Pare-Pare.
In the afternoon stop on the Puncak Lakawan for having
coffee break while enjoy the wonderful view of Mount
Buttukabobong. In the afternoon arrive in Rantepao.
Dinner and stay overnight at Hotel.
Day
03. FULL DAY TANA TORAJA TOUR (B,L,D)
After breakfast, we will take you on a full day Tana
Toraja tour. In the morning we drive to Batutumonga
highland, where we can enjoy the spectacular views
of blue mountains, green rice terraces & other
unique sites around the spot. Lunch will be served
at a local restaurant in Rantepao. In the afternoon,
we visit Lemo where we can find hanging graves with
its rows of Tau-Tau effigies. On to Londa, a natural
grave where the deceased are entombed. Kete Kesu is
a traditional Torajan village where we can see the
Tongkonan houses and the rice barns. Than back to
Hotel for dinner and stay overnight.
Day 04. TORAJA – PENDOLO (B,L,D)
After breakfast, drive to Pendolo via Palopo. The
road between Tana Toraja to Palopo offers us many
spectacular views. Lunch en route. In the afternoon,
arrive in Pendolo a small town, located on the south
shore of Lake Poso. Dinner and stay overnight at Hotel
– simple accommodation.
Day 05. PENDOLO – TENTENA (B,L,D)
After breakfast, depart for Tentena. Today, we will
take a charter boat, crossing the crystal clear waters
of Lake Poso. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant
in Tentena. After lunch, we will visit the Wera Saluopa
waterfall, famous for its multi stepped waterfall.
Dinner and stay overnight at Cottage – simple
accommodation.
Day 06. TENTENA – PALU (B,L,D)
After breakfast, set out to Palu. On the way we will
visit the Sulewana Waterfall. Lunch will be served
in Poso. In the afternoon, arrive in Palu. Dinner
and stay overnight at Hotel.
Day 07. PALU – DONGGALA (B,L,D)
After breakfast, we will take you on a full day tour
to Donggala. We will stop in Kampong Lere to see the
traditional house of Joyo Kodi, the house of the former
king of Kaili people. Then we will take a walk through
a fishing village near Donggala. Lunch will be served
on a sandy beach seashore. After lunch, we will take
a short city tour in Donggala by traditional horse
carriage. In the afternoon, transfer directly to Prince
John Dive Resort Tanjung Karang.
Day 08. DONGGALA (B,L,D)
Free program at Prince John Dive Resort
Day 09. DONGGALA – GORONTALO (B,L,D)
After breakfast, depart for Gorontalo, passing through
several villages where we can see the local life.
Lunch en route. Late in the afternoon, arrive in Gorontalo.
Dinner and stay overnight at Hotel Quality Gorontalo.
Day 10. GORONTALO – MANADO (B,L,D)
After breakfast, we drive to the capital town of North
Sulawesi “Manado” by passing through the
picturesque villages, white sandy beaches, coconut
and clove plantations. Late in the afternoon, arrive
in Manado. Then direct transfer to your hotel for
dinner and stay overnight at.
Day 11. FULL DAY MINAHASA HIGHLAND TOUR (B,L,D)
After breakfast, start from your hotel to highland
places visiting Woloan village an area with a big
group of carpenters, they are building the traditional
Minahasa wooden house for sell. Tomohon traditional
wet market, selling vegetables, traditional food of
Minahasan such as wild pig, Dog, mice even snake.
Temboan hilltop, if not cloudy you can enjoy the fantastic
panorama of line of vegetables, farms, Bitung port
and Tondano Lake with rice field surroundings. Here
is a good photo spot. Drive around Tondano Lake with
its goldfish farm. After lunch visiting Hill of love
with the spring water and 2435 stairs around this
hill but before visiting Pulutan village that produces
clay pottery. This tour is uncompleted if you not
seeing the Linow Lake in Lahendong because the sulfur
and sunshine, after the spectacular tours and dinner
with Manado view you will be pick up to your hotel.
Day 12. TRANSFER OUT (B)
After breakfast, transfer directly to Sam Ratulangi
Airport Manado to catch your flight for your next
destination.
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