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Rammang-rammang, Toraja, Tentena, and Ampana Tour 6 Days 5 Nights

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North Toraja One Day Tour

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Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi is well known for their unique culture and traditions. Beside that Toraja is also popular with beautiful sceneries and beautiful traditonal houses called Tongkonan.

If you don't have much time then this one day Toraja tour is perfect for you.

What to expect

After breakfast we will visit Bolu market. Slaves, firearms, and coffee were one main commodities in the past. Now it is famous as livestock market. As we know that even majority of Toraja's population are christian, but they still practice the Aluk To Dolo way, giving animals an extremely important role in Toraja culture.

Katokkon chilli at Bolu market

Lokomata Grave

Then we will continue to Lokomata with a stop in Tinimbayo rice terrace view. Lokomata is a huge stone with over sixty mausoleums have been carved. Every 3 year, especially in August, people do Ma'nene ritual. Ma'nene ritual is cleaning and changing the clothes of the dead bodies. Then we will have lunch in Batutumonga. Batutumonga is a village located 1200 meters from the sea level. Here you can see rice terraces, mountains, and Rantepao from above.

Lunch in Batutumonga

After lunch we will do soft trekking from Batutumonga to Lempo through rice fields, bamboo forest, and some villages. The trekking will take around 2 hours.

After arrive in Lempo. We will drive down and stop in a rante. Rante is a field where local people held the funeral ceremony. Here you can see megalithic stones from the previous funeral ceremony. One megalithic stone means there was a funeral ceremony that happened there.

After that we will head to Pallawa. Pallawa is a traditional village 12 km from Rantepao. Here you can see traditional houses called Tongkonan. Tongkonan houses always face north because Torajan people believe that Puang Matua or God Almighty lives in the north part of the world. Back to hotel.

Pallawa

Duration

8 hours

Inclusions

Private vehicle depending with the number of travelers.
Driver.
Gasoline.
Toraja tour guide.
Entrance fees based on the itinerary.

Exclusions

Meals.
Other personal expenses.
Guide tipping.
Donation if there is a funeral ceremony.

Additional info

A moderate amount of walking is involved
Wear hiking shoes or hiking sandals
Don't forget your sunscreen and mosquito repellant
The itinerary is just an example and you can customize it according to your need.

Why should you book with us? Check it here.

For further info:

Phone/ Whatsapp: +6282194918590
Facebook page: southsulawesitours
E-mail: ikhsanahmad@gmail.com

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South Toraja One Day Tour

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Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi is well known for their unique culture and traditions. Beside that Toraja is also popular with beautiful sceneries and beautiful traditonal houses called Tongkonan.

If you don't have much time then this one day Toraja tour is perfect for you.

What to expect

After breakfast we will visit Lemo. Lemo is a stone grave on a huge stone. There are around 70 holes that made the stone looks like a pomelo or in local language "Lemo". Beside the graves, you can also see wooden effigies, which are the representatives of the dead.

Lemo Stone Grave

Then we will visit baby graves inside a living tree in Kote. The babies that were buried here have not yet teethed. Then we will have lunch in Panorama restaurant.

Kote Baby Grave

After lunch we continue to visit Tampang Allo. Tampang Allo is a natural cave grave where you can see stack of skulls, wooden coffins on wooden frames, an ancient wooden effigies or tau-tau.

Tampang Allo Cave Grave

Then we will go to Karuaya. Karuaya is a traditional village in North Sangalla. Around 7 km from Makale, Tana Toraja. Here you can see traditional houses called Tongkonan. Tongkonan houses always face north because Torajan people believe that Puang Matua or God Almighty lives in the north part of the world. The uniqueness of this village is because you can seven skulls on the balcony of one Tongkonan house.

Tongkonan Karuaya

When finish the tour with a visit to Kete Kesu. Kete Kesu is also a traditional village like Karuaya, but here you can see hanging coffins and Patane or modern grave in many sizes and shapes. There are 6 Tongkonan houses and 12 Alang in Kete Kesu and they are estimated around 300 years old. Back to hotel.

Modern Grave

Duration

8 hours

Inclusions

Private vehicle depending with the number of travelers.
Driver.
Gasoline.
Toraja tour guide.
Entrance fees based on the itinerary.

Exclusions

Meals.
Other personal expenses.
Guide tipping.
Donation if there is a funeral ceremony.

Additional info

Pick up at hotel in Rantepao
Wear hiking shoes or hiking sandals
Don't forget your sunglasses, sunscreen and mosquito repellant.
If there is a funeral ceremony happening today, then we will visit less tourism object.
Please wear proper clothes if we are visiting a funeral ceremony. Dark colored clothes are preferable.
The itinerary is just an example and you can customize it according to your need.
Itinerary is subject to change due to local conditions.

Why should you book with us? Check it here.

For further info:

Phone/ Whatsapp: +6282194918590
Facebook page: southsulawesitours
E-mail: ikhsanahmad@gmail.com

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Things To Do In Toraja

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Toraja not just offers their unique culture that focused on the death and afterlife, but also offers beautiful architectures, amazing landscapes and scenics treks through rice terraces, villages on the mountain, bamboo forests, cacao plantations, and of course coffee plantations. But the most famous thing from Toraja is the elaborate funeral ceremonies where they spend some days of feasting, dancing, and the animal sacrifice that mark the official death of someone after keeping the body for several months even years.

This article explains why you should visit Toraja, how to get to Toraja, and things to do in Toraja so you can make your holiday unforgetable.

How to get to Toraja

By public transport (bus)

There are many bus companies that go to Rantepao, Toraja. Metro Permai, Primadona, Bintang Timur, Bintang Prima, Borlindo, Litha, Alam Indah, etc. Some bus companies leave twice a day from Daya Terminal in Makassar, one that we know leave twice a day from Daya Terminal in Makassar is Metro Permai. First at 9 am and second at 8 pm. It takes around 9-10 hours to get to Toraja with 2-3 stops for coffee break/ lunch/ dinner and for rest room.
To take these busses you can go to Terminal Daya which is located around 18 km from the downtown.
If you need a Toraja tour package during your staying in Toraja, you can contact us here.

By airplane via Toraja Airport (TRT)

There is only one company that flies to Toraja Airport. Wings Air flies from Sultan Hasanuddin airport in Makassar to Toraja airport and Toraja airport to Sultan Hasanuddin airport in Makassar. The flight schedule from Sultan Hasanuddin airport Makassar to Toraja airport is every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The flight from Makassar to Toraja takes 45 minutes.
Toraja airport is located around 30 km from Rantepao and there is no public transport. Make sure you book a pick up before hand.
If you need a Toraja tour package during your staying in Toraja, you can contact us here.

By airplane via Palopo Airports (LLO)

Wings Air flies from Sultan Hasanuddin airport in Makassar to Palopo airport. The flight schedule from Sultan Hasanuddin airport Makassar to Palopo airport is every Days at 8 am. The flight from Makassar to Palopo takes 1 hour.
Palopo Airport or known as Lagaligo Bua airport is located around 75 km from Rantepao and there is no public transport. Make sure you book a pick up before hand.
If you need a Toraja tour package during your staying in Toraja, you can contact us here.

Hire a car with driver

Another option to go to Toraja from Makassar is to hire a private car with a driver to Toraja. We provide a transfer from Makassar to Toraja with an English speaking driver or you can rent a car with English speaking driver to Toraja. Minimum rent for Toraja is 3 days. We also provide a guided tour to Toraja. Please contact us here for more info.

Things to do in Toraja

Lemo

Lemo is a stone grave located in Lemo village, Makale Regency, Tana Toraja. It's called Lemo because there are around 70 holes in a big stone, so it looks like a pomelo or lemo in Toraja language. It takes months to make one hole and one hole can be filled with 10 dead bodies. At the balcony on the cliff you can also see effigies or tau-tau in local language.

Londa

Londa is a cave grave located in Sangbua village in North Toraja. This cave is around 1 km length and you need to hire a local guys with a lantern to guide you through the cave. There are many coffins, skeletons, and offerings along the way inside the cave.

Kete Kesu

Kete Kesu is located around 4 km of Rantepao. Kete Kesu is a traditional village with traditional houses called Tongkonan and rice barns called Alang. Beside the beautifull architecture of Tongkonan, there are also modern graves, hanging graves, and a cave grave here.

Kote Baby Grave

Kote baby grave is located around 17 km of Rantepao. Babies that are buried inside a tree are babies who have not yet teethed. Torajan people believe that they are still pure and have no sin so they will get to heaven easily.

Tampang Allo

Tampang Allo is located 23 km from Rantepao. Tampang Allo is a natural cave grave where you can see stack of skulls, wooden coffins on wooden frames, an ancient wooden effigies or tau-tau.

Karuaya

Karuaya is a traditional village in North Sangalla. Around 10 km from Rantepao, Tana Toraja. Here you can see traditional houses called Tongkonan. Tongkonan houses always face north because Torajan people believe that Puang Matua or God Almighty lives in the north part of the world. The uniqueness of this village is because you can seven skulls on the balcony of one Tongkonan house.

Tongkonan Papa Batu

Tongkonan Papa Batu is a 700 years old Tongkonan with stone roof. The total weight of the whole roof is around 10 tons. To enter the Tongkonan, one must knock the door with head 3 times. Local people believe that if you don't do it, then you will get sick .The only cure is to pour water to the buffalo head inside the house and then drink the water.

Buntu Burake/ Jesus Statue

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28 Things To Do In Makassar

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Makassar or formerly known as Ujung Pandang is the capital of South Sulawesi. Makassar is the biggest city in Sulawesi island and also the 5th biggest city in Indonesia with population around 1.7000.000 people. Because of it's location, it's easy to find flights to Makassar from Kalimantan, Java, Bali and easy to find flights to the eastern part of Indonesia. There are also direct flights from Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Many travellers come to Makassar because they want to visit Tana Toraja and then But beside Tana Toraja, Makassar has more interesting places to offer and many delicious food to try.

Here are 28 things to di in Makassar and places around Makassar that you can visit as a one day tour.

Losari Beach

Losari beach is a favourite place for local Makassar people to spend time with families or friends to see the sunset. At the background you can see the 99 domes mosque.There are many food stalls around if you want to enjoy the sunset with some local dessert and drinks. The popular one will be "Pisang Epe" or grilled banana with brown sugar and gratis coconut. You can also find other famous dishes of Makassar from the restaurant around Losari beach.

How to get to Pantai Losari:

Just type "Pantai Losari" on Google Maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Losari Beach entrance fee: Free

Fort Rotterdam

It was built by the 9th King of Gowa. It has a shape of a turtle if you see from above. After Bongaya treaty, Gowa Kingdom must give this fort to The Dutch and they re built the fort as we can see now. Here you can see some buildings with Portuguese architecture and you can also visit a museum that shows the history of Makassar.

How to get to Fort Rotterdam:

Just type "Benteng Rotterdam Makassar" on Google Maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Fort Rotterdam entrance fee: donation according how much you want to give.

Paotere Harbour

This harbour starting to use in 1909 and still operating until nowadays. Here you can see many traditional boats that transporting things from Makassar to islands around Makassar. This attracts photograper to hunt some photos here. Beside that you can also see fishermen upload their catch from the boat.

How to get to Paotere Harbour:

Just type "Pelabuhan Paotere" on Google Maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Paotere Harbour entrance fee: Rp. 10.000

Terong Traditional Market

Starting to operate in 1960, Terong market supplies many provinces in Sulawesi, western part of Indonesia, and eastern part of Indonesia. Here you can see local people selling rice, vegetables, fruits, spices, fishes, meats, and many more.

How to get to Pasar Terong:

Just type "Pasar Terong" on Google Maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Lae-lae Island

Lae-lae island is located 1,5 km from Makassar. This island was inhabited by Japanese soldier during World War 2. Now this island is inhabited by around 2000 people. On this island you can watch sunset, swimming, fishing, etc.

How to get to Lae-lae island:

You can take a shared boat from Kayu Bangkoa Port. It's around Rp. 15.000- Rp. 20.000 one way. To get to Kayu Bangkoa Port, you can just walk from Fort Rotterdam.

Samalona Island

Samalona island is part of Spermonde Archipelago. It's llocated around 6,9 km from the coast in front of Fort Rotterdam. It takes only around 30 minutes to get to this island, that's why it becomes local people's favourite place for holiday. In the past this island was used as a base to attack Benteng Ujung Pandang or now known as Fort Rotterdam. There are also 7 ship wrecks from World War 2 around this island. Samalona island is inhabited by 7 families.

Here you can swim in the crystal clear water, snorkeling, dive or just sunbathing on the beach. If you are hungry, you can find some food stalls selling fishes, instant noodles, and some snacks. They also provide coffee, tea, and beer. If you want to stay overnight, there are some houses to rent.

How to get to Samalona island:

You can charter a boat from Popsa Port. It's around Rp. 600.000 both ways. To get to Popsa Port, you can just cross the street from Fort Rotterdam.

Kodingareng Keke Island

Kodingareng Keke one of many islands in Spermonde Archipelago. Located around 14 km from Makassar. This island is uninhabited, but at daytime, many fishermen come to have rest here.

Here you can camp, hang a hammock, snorkeling, swimming, etc. Make sure you bring some food and drink because there are no sellers here.

How to get to Kodingareng Keke island:

You can charter aboat from Popsa Port. It's around Rp. 900.000 both ways. To get to Popsa Port, you can just cross the street from Fort Rotterdam.

Lego-lego Food Court

Lego-lego food court is located in Center Point of Indonesia. Near 99 domes mosque. Here is not just a place to find food and drinks but also a place to spend time with family because it has big open space and play ground.

How to get to Lego-lego food court:

Just type "Lego-lego Sulsel" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

99 Domes Mosque

Like it's name, this mosque has 99 domes. Why 99 domes? Because it's inspired by "Asmaul Husna" or God names. In Islam God has 99 names. It's located near the sea in Center Point of Indonesia. Really close to Lego-lego food court. This mosque can host until 13.000 people.

How to get to 99 domes mosque:

Just type "Masjid 99 Kubah CPI Makassar" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

99 domes mosque entrance fee: free

Pantai Indah Bosowa

Indah Bosowa Beach or Pantai Indah Bosowa is popular for teenagers in Makassar. It's only 6 km from Losari Beach so many people go here. Beside watching sunset, here you can swim, casing, there is also banana boat for max. 5 people. If you are hungry, there are some cafes on the beach area. There are also some huts/ gazebos for rent if you need them.

How to get to Indah Bosowa beach:

Just type "Pantai Indah Bosowa" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Pantai Indah Bosowa entrance fee: Rp. 10.000 (weekdays) / Rp. 15.000 (weekend)

Akkarena Beach

photo by: @nurulshabir

Akkarena beach is located in Tanjung Bunga areaarea, around 6 km from Losari beach. This beach was opened for public in 1998. Beside swimming, here you can watch sunset while enjoying food or drink in some cafes in the area. You can also do swimming and some water Sport activities.

How to get to Akkarena beach:

Just type "Akkarena Beach Recreation Centre" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Pantai Indah Bosowa entrance fee: .

Rp. 10.000 (weekdays) / Rp. 15.000 (weekend).

Somba Opu Street

photo by: @difoto.ai_

Somba Opu street is a popular area to buy souvenirs from Makassar. Makassar is famous with good medicated oils, cajuput oils, snacks, coffee and fabrics. Not just that, you can also buy t-shirts, magnets, Tongkonan house model, Phinisi boat model on this street.

How to get to Somba Opu street:

If you are in Losari beach or Fort Rotterdam then you can walk to Somba Opu street. Just type "Jalan Somba Opu" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Trans Studio Mall

If you are in Makassar and you need to buy some stuffs for your travelling, then Trans Studio Mall is the best options. There are many international brands such as Mango, Uniqlo, Watsons, L'Occitane, Frank & Co. and many more. If you want to work with your laptop, or just spending time at coffeeshop there are some coffeeshop like Starbucks, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, etc.

How to get to Trans Studio Mall:

Just type "Trans Studio Mall Makassar" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Museum Kota Makassar

Museum Kota Makassar was built in 1918. It was the office of the first mayor of Makassar, Mr. D. J. Hambrink before the government turn it into a museum in 2000. Here you can see cannon, cannonball, photo of Queen Wilhelmina, coins, photos of mayors of Makassar, maps of Makassar in 16th century, and many more.

How to get to Museum Kota Makassar:

Just type "Museum Kota Makassar" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Tallo Kings Cemetery Complex

Photo by: Muh Firdaus W

Tallo Kingdom was founded in the middle of 15th century when The 6th king of Gowa, Tunatangka'lopi died. His son, Batara Gowa Tuminanga ri Paralakkena became the 7th king of Gowa, while his brother Karaeng Loe di Sero ruled part of the region as first king of Tallo kingdom. The two kingdoms of Tallo and Gowa subsequently engaged each other in combat and competition, after an agreement was reached, the two kingdoms reunited and it's called Gowa-Tallo kingdom.

How to get to Tallo King Cemetery Complex:

Just type "Kompleks Makam Raja-Raja Tallo" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Prince Diponegoro Cemetery

Photo by: @andikset

Prince Diponegoro was born in Jogjakarta, 11th of November 1785. His father was Sultan Hamengkubuwono III. He led the war against colonialism in Java from 1825-1830. After his defeat, he was captured and exiled to Manado. After seberapa years in Manado, he was moved to Fort Rotterdam in Makassar. He then died in Makassar at the age of 69 years old.

How to get to Prince Diponegoro Cemetery:

Just type "Makam Pahlawan Nasional - Pangeran Diponegoro" on Google maps. If you are not in walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Bugis Waterpark

Photo by: @bugis.waterpark

Bugis Waterpark is the biggest waterpark in the eastern part of Indonesia. There are many attractions like Turbolance, Space Boat, Kids Pool, Pinisi Slide, and many more.

How to get to Bugis Waterpark:

Just type "Bugis Waterpark Adventure" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Bugis Waterpark Adventure entrance fee:

Rp. 100.000 - Rp. 200.000.

Lantebung Mangrove Forest

Photo is taken from www.infodesa.online

Lantebung mangrove forest has a colourful wooden bridge that goes through Mangrove forest until the pier. Here you can enjoy beautifull view of the mangrove forest, the sea, see local people looking for crabs, and hunting good photos.

How to get to Lantebung Mangrove Forest:

Just type "Wisata Mangrove Lantebung" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Lantebung Mangrove Forest entrance fee:

Rp. 5000.

Somba Opu Fort

Somba Opu fort is located in Daeng Tata street, in Gowa regency. This fort was built by the 9th king of Gowa, Daeng Matanre Tumapa'risi Kallonna and finished under the 14th king of Gowa. In the 16th century, it was a centre for trading spices that was visited by Asian and European traders.

After VOC and alliances attacked in 14th of June 1669 this fort was destroyed and only some walls remaining until now.

Beside Somba Opu Fort, you can also see 24 traditional houses from different ethnic in South Sulawesi.

How to get to Somba Opu Fort:

Just type "Benteng Somba Opu" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Somba Opu Fort entrance fee:

Rp. 2000.

Sheikh Yusuf Tomb

Photo by: @rannadahlan

Sheikh Yusuf was born in Gowa, 3rd of July 1626. Sheikh Yusuf started to learn about Islam when he was 15 years old in Cikoang. After got back from Cikoang, he got married and then went to Banten, Aceh, and Yaman to learn more about Islam. After the defeat of Gowa Sultanate, he moved to Banten in 1669. There he helped Sultan Ageng to fight against VOC until he was captured and exiled to Cirebon, then to Srilanka then to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and died there. Sultan Abdul Jalil, the 18th king of Gowa then negotiated with VOC to bring Sheikh Yusuf body back to Makassar.

How to get to Sheikh Yusuf Tomb:

Just type "Makam Syekh Yusuf Al Makassari" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Kings of Gowa Cemetery Complex

Photo is taken from http://visitsulsel.blogspot.com

Kings of Gowa cemetery complex is located on a hill in Somba Opu district, Gowa. There are 21 cemeteries in this complex including Sultan Alauddin and Sultan Hasanuddin tombs. In this complex you can find 4 types of cemeteries.

How to get to kings of Gowa Cemetery complex:

Just type "Kerkhof van Gowa-Tallo Koninklijke Familie" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Balla Lompoa Museum

Photo by: @sakinahparamithaaulia

Balla Lompoa Museum is located in K. H. Wahid Hasyim street in Gowa. This museum which used to be a palace was built in 1936 by the 31st king of Gowa. After the 36th king of Gowa moved to Makassar, the palace changed its function in to a Museum.

Here you can see historical things from Gowa kingdom since the 10th century such as traditional weapons, traditional costumes, and many other items.

How to get to Balla Lompoa Museum:

Just type "Museum Balla Lompoa" on Google maps. If you are not on walking distance, you can order online taxi with Grab or GO-JEK application or you can rent a car with English speaking driver in Makassar for 12 hours.

Rammang-rammang

Rammang-rammang is located around 37 km from Makassar. It's an area in the middle of karst mountains in Bantimurung Bulusaraung national park. The best way to explore the area is by a motorized boat. You can visit Kampung Laku stone garden, Kunang-kunang cave, Telaga Bidadari, and the famous Berua village.

Since it's not really far from Makassar, you can do this trip as a one day trip.

How to get to Rammang-rammang:

You can check our article about how to get to Rammang-rammang here.

Bantimurung Waterfall

Bantimurung waterfall is located in Bantimurung district, Maros. Around 40 km or one hour from Makassar. Bantimurung waterfall is located not far from Leang-leang prehistoric cave and Rammang-rammang, so you can visit these places on a one day tour.

British naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace was in Maros between July-November 1857. He visited Bantimurung waterfall by horse around September and found 6 species of butterfly around Bantimurung.

Beside waterfall, you can also see butterflies, two caves, and a hanging bridge.

How to get to Bantimurung:

Grab/ Gojek services is not available in this area so if you want to go by online taxi, make sure to negotiate with the driver for both ways. Just type "Air Terjun Bantimurung" in the online taxi application. Another way is to rent a car with English speaking driver then you can visit Rammang-rammang, Leang-leang, and Bantimurung in one day.

Bantimurung waterfall entrance fee:

Rp. 255.000 (foreign tourist price).

Leang-leang Archeological Park

Leang-leang archeological park is located around 45 km from Makassar. Leang-leang means caves in Makassar language. Here there are two caves and were found by H. R. van Heekeren. In those caves you can see a pig painting and some hand stencills. These paintings estimated to be 5000 years old.

How to get to Leang-leang archeological park:

Grab/ Gojek services is not available in this area so if you want to go by online taxi, make sure to negotiate with the driver for both ways. Just type "Taman Arkeologi Leang-leang" in the online taxi application. Another way is to rent a car with English speaking driver then you can visit Leang-leang, Rammang-rammang, and Bantimurung in one day.

Leang-leang archeological park entrance fee:

Rp. 30.000 (foreign tourist price).

Takapala Waterfall

Takapala waterfall is located in Tinggimoncong district, Gowa Regency. It's around 75 km from Makassar so you can still do it as an excursion. Near Takapala waterfall, there are many things to visit such as Ketemu Jodoh waterfall, pine forest, Malino traditional market, and Malino highlands.

How to get to Takapala waterfall:

Grab/ Gojek services is not available in this area so if you want to go by online taxi, make sure to negotiate with the driver for both ways. Just type "Air Terjun Takapala" in the online taxi application. Another way is to rent a car with English speaking driver then you can visit Takapala waterfall, Ketemu Jodoh waterfall, pine forest, and Malino Highlands in one day.

Takapala waterfall entrance fee:

Rp. 5000.

Ketemu Jodoh Waterfall

Also located in Tinggimoncong district in Gowa Regency, Ketemu Jodoh waterfall hasil two story and each story is around 10 meters height. This waterfall is close to Takapala waterfall.

How to get to Ketemu Jodoh waterfall:

Grab/ Gojek services is not available in this area so if you want to go by online taxi, make sure to negotiate with the driver for both ways. Just type "Air Terjun Ketemu Jodoh" in the online taxi application. Another way is to rent a car with English speaking driver then you can visit Ketemu Jodoh waterfall, Takapala waterfall, pine forest, and Malino Highlands in one day.

Ketemu Jodoh waterfall entrance fee:

Rp. 5000.

Malino Highlands

Malino Highlands is located around 80 km from Makassar. Malino Highlands offers a beautifull scenery of tea plantation and mountains at 1200 meters from sea level. Here you can also see mini zoo, and garden with many different flowers. Another thing to do is riding a horse and enjoying a cup of hot tea at Green Pekoe cafe.

How to get to Malino Highlands:

Grab/ Gojek services is not available in this area so if you want to go by online taxi, make sure to negotiate with the driver for both ways. Just type "Malino Highlands" in the online taxi application. Another way is to rent a car with English speaking driver then you can visit Malino Highlands, Ketemu Jodoh waterfall, Takapala waterfall, and pine forest in one day.

Malino Highlands entrance fee:

Rp. 50000 - 65.000.

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