Toraja – Bugis Tour 5 days/4 nights

Upon arrival in Makassar airport, we will meeting service, and we take an eight-hour drive up to Tana Toraja passing through Bugis villages with a few stops on the way including visiting Rammang Rammang area where mountainous KARST, and on the way, there can take the Motorize Canoe to go and back from Rammang Rammang with beautiful panorama of Mangrove plant right and left after that can visit the interior of the Bugis houses which built on stilt in Barru and then Stop by Pare-pare to enjoy lunch at a beautiful sea-food restaurant located up on a hill with sea view. Afternoon, refreshment stop at Bambapuang to see the erotic mountain of Buntu Kabobong and enjoy some local cakes with traditional coffee or tea. Late in the afternoon arriving in Toraja land, directly check-in at the hotel.

This day's excursion around Tana Toraja entails visits to various ancient villages; Lemo, which is famous for its stone grave with the statue of a dead person; Londa, where the dead have been buried in a natural cave since a hundred years ago until now and people still use it for a newly dead person. Then to Kete Kesu, a traditional village with traditional houses and granaries for keeping the rice. This Kete Kesu is also the center of local handicrafts, Torajan carving, while enjoying lunch during the tour and returning to your hotel in the afternoon for dinner and an overnight stay.

In the morning, after breakfast, we have another full day exploring Tana Toraja. Visit Sadan village, the Torajan weaving center. Visit Pallawa, a spectacular traditional village with rows of tongkonan houses and traditional granaries. Visit Bori, a burial place with megaliths which are the remains of the Torajan ancient stone culture. After driving up to Tinimbayo for a spectacular panorama of the rice field terrace, then to Lempo and walk for 1 hour to Batutumonga (possibly by car also), and then lunch in Batutumonga, take a walk. In the afternoon, we have a walk to Loko Mata and then back to Hotel in Rantepao.

You’ll depart in the morning for Sengkang, with a stopover at Bambapuang, Sidrap, where rice is a big production in South Sulawesi. After arriving at your destination, you'll embark on a tour of Buginese home industries to see a demonstration of traditional silk weaving. After checking into the hotel, you'll take a boat to the middle of Tempe Lake, where you can see many different types of birds flying and the life of the fisherman who lives in the middle of the lake. You'll return to the hotel for lunch and dinner in the afternoon, before dark. 

You'll pass through Cabenge and the Camba Nature Reserve on your way to the airport, with stops in Bantimurung and Leang Leang, where deers have scratched their fingers into the cave walls, and lunch will be provided at a local restaurant. After lunch, we will continue to the airport and see you at our next destination.