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