Things To Do In Toraja
9:12:00 AMToraja 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)
To take these busses you can go to Terminal Daya which is located around 18 km from the downtown.
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- By airplane via Toraja Airport (TRT)
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)
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
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
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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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