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Introducing Toraja Land

 
Tana Toraja is quite simply unique. A cultural island, hemmed in by mountains on all sides, the Toraja prove there is life after death with their elaborate ceremonies. Take the beauty of Bali, the houses of the Bataks in Sumatra and the megalithic cultures of Sumba and you’re still not even close. Cave graves, hanging graves, tau tau (life-sized wooden effigies) of the dead and buffalo carnage every summer; it’s macabre but mesmerising. This is a world unto itself.
 
Tana Toraja is undoubtedly the most popular destination in Sulawesi. It’s a vast, pretty and mostly unspoilt area of trad­itional villages, unique architecture and fascinating cultures. The funeral season is usually during July and August, when Toraja working throughout Indonesia return home for celebrations, tourists come in numbers and Rantepao hotel prices peak. However, in recent years, visitor numbers have been pretty low, so it doesn’t hurt to time a visit with the funeral season to see the elaborate ceremonies in full swing.
 
How to get there
By Land : Just one hour flight from Bali to Makassar Airport then by land transport with sceneric drive-trip that takes about 7 hours to get into Toraja Land. There is a daily flight going to Makassar Airport from major cities of Indonesia
 
By Air : DAS (Dirgantara Air Service) serves two flights per week from and to Makasar which is on every Monday and Thursday. The flight leaves Makasar at 10.30am and arrive in Toraja at 11.30am and return at 12.30am with arrival time in Makasar at 13.30pm.
 
BY Sea : There are regularly scheduled PELNI cruiser get into Makassar harbour from all major cities of Indonesia. Then take a drive or flight to get into Toraja Land also known as "the land of the heavenly Kings"
 


 
TORAJA EXOTIC PACKAGE TOUR (03 D / 02 N)
TORAJA : Sample Package Tour
TOUR CODE : IGA - 101
 
DAY 01 : ARRIVAL - PAREPARE - TORAJA (L.D)
Upon arrival at Makassar airport. Meeting service. Transfer to Toraja Land with 8 hours drive-trip takes across Bugis village with their typical houses built on poles along the magnificent mountainous ranges. Lunch will be served servedat Bukit Indah Restaurant in Pare-Pare, a small port situated 155 kms north of UjungPandang. Refreshment at the Top-Hill of Puncak Lakawan , the erotic mountain view.Late afternoon arrive in Toraja Land check-in at hotel for your accommodation and dinner 
 
DAY 02 : TORAJA TOUR (B.L.D)
Breakfast at hotel. Full day visiting : the stone grave with tau-tau installed on a high cliff balcony overlooking the green valley of the Toraja at LEMO,The royal family tombs at SUAYA. and then we continue on to royal family tombs at SUAYA. We shall then make a easy walk to see a giant-tree made as burial site for a new born-baby who died before teething at KAMBIRA. After Lunch, we drive to The traditional carving village at KETE KESU, Natural burial cave at LONDA. The typical village at NANGGALA with 16 rice-barns standing in a raw as a sign of their wealthy status inToraja community. Then continue on to visit the ancient house-grave at MARANTE. Late afternoon back to hotel for overnight and dinner. 
 
DAY 03 : TORAJA - PARE PARE - AIRPORT (B.L)
Breakfast at hotel. Leaving Toraja Land for UjungPandang. Lunch at KUPA Restaurant in Pare-Pare. After lunch, proceed to UjungPandang and directly to the Airport for your onward flight. 
 
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TORAJA EXOTIC PACKAGE TOUR (04 D / 03 N)
TORAJA : Sample Package Tour
TOUR CODE : IGA - 102
 
 
DAY 1 : MAKASSAR AIRPORT - TORAJA (L.D) 
Upon arrival at Hasanuddin Airport, Meeting Service. Transfer directly to Toraja Land with 08 hours drive takes across the Bugis Village with their houses on poles along the magnificent mountaionous ranges. Lunch will be served at Bukit Indah Restaurant in Pare-Pare, a small port situated 155 kms north of UjungPandang. Refreshment at the Hill-Top of Puncak Lakawan and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Erotic mountain. Late Afternoon Arrive in Toraja Land , check-in to Hotel for overnight .
 
DAY 2 : FULLDAY TORAJA TOUR (B.L.D) 
Breakfast at hotel. Full day visiting : the stone grave with tau-tau installed on a high cliff balcony overlooking the green valley of the Toraja at LEMO, The royal family tombs at SUAYA. and then we continue on to royal family tombs at SUAYA. We shall then make a easy walk to see a giant-tree made as burial site for a new born-baby who died before teething at KAMBIRA 
After Lunch, we drive to The traditional carving village at KETE KESU, Natural burial cave at LONDA. The typical village at NANGGALA with 16 rice-barns standing in a raw as a sign of their wealthy status in Toraja community. Then continue on to visit the ancient house-grave at MARANTE village. Late afternoon back to hotel for overnight.
 
DAY 3 : FULLDAY TORAJA TOUR (B.L.D) 
Breakfast at hotel. Full day visiting ; the Traditional Toraja village with full buffalo horns in front of their houses at PALAWA, Traditional weaving village at SA'DAN, and the ancient Megalithic stone at BORI. Lunch will be served at local restaurant on the slope of Mount Sesean where you can also enjoy the terraced rice-fields with a fascinating mountainous view at BATUTUMONGA, After lunch, take a small trek from LOKOMATA to PANA and will be picked at the other side of the village at TIKALA then we transfer you back to hotel for overnight. 
Note : A traditional funeral ceremony which can be reached by foot will be included within this tour. A typical torajan local fruits & live stuff market can also be visited during your two days tour in Toraja.
 
DAY 4 : TORAJA - PARE PARE - AIRPORT (B.L.D) 
Breakfast at hotel. Leaving Toraja Land for Makassar. Lunch at Bukit indah Restaurant in Pare-Pare and directly to the Airport for your onward flight.
 
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TORAJA EXOTIC PACKAGE TOUR (04 D / 03 N) - Second Choice
TORAJA : Sample Package Tour
TOUR CODE : IGA - 103
 
 
DAY 1 : ARRIVAL - MAKASSAR (L.D) 
Upon arrival at Hasanuddin Airport, Meeting Service. Transfer directly to Makassar for your accommodation and city tour. Overnight and dinner at hotel.
 
DAY 2 : MAKASSAR - TORAJA (B.L.D) 
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Toraja Land with 08 hours drive-trip takes across the Bugis Village with their houses on poles along the magnificent mountaionous ranges. Lunch will be served at local Restaurant in Pare-Pare, a small port situated 155 kms north of UjungPandang. Refreshment at the Hill-Top of Puncak Lakawan and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Erotic mountain. Late Afternoon Arrive in Toraja Land , check-in to Hotel for overnight and dinner.
 
DAY 3 : FULLDAY TORAJA TOUR (B.L.D) 
Breakfast at hotel. Full day visiting ; the Traditional Toraja village with full buffalo horns in front of their houses at PALAWA, Traditional weaving village at SA'DAN, and the ancient Megalithic stone at BORI. Lunch will be served at local restaurant on the slope of Mount Sesean where you can also enjoy the terraced rice-fields with a fascinating mountainous view at BATUTUMONGA, After lunch, take a small trek from LOKOMATA to PANA and will be picked at the other side of the village at TIKALA then we transfer you back to hotel for overnight. 
Note : A traditional funeral ceremony which can be reached by foot will be included within this tour. A typical torajan local fruits & live stuff market can also be visited during your two days tour in Toraja.
 
DAY 4 : TORAJA - PARE PARE - AIRPORT (B.L) 
Breakfast at hotel. Leaving Toraja Land for UjungPandang. Lunch at Bukit indah Restaurant in Pare-Pare and directly to the Airport for your onward flight.
 
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TORAJA & BUGIS CULTURAL TOUR (5 D / 4 N)
TOUR CODE : IGA - 104
ITINERARY:L
 
DAY 01 : MAKASSAR AIRPORT - TORAJA (L.D) 
Upon arrival at Hasanuddin Airport, Meeting Service. Transfer directly to Toraja Land with 08 hours drive takes across the Bugis Village with their houses on poles along the magnificent mountaionous ranges. Lunch will be served at Bukit Indah Restaurant in Pare-Pare, a small port situated 155 kms north of Makassar. Refreshment at the Hill-Top of Puncak Lakawan and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Erotic mountain. Late Afternoon Arrive in Toraja Land , check-in to Hotel for overnight and dinner.
 
DAY 02 : TORAJA TOUR (B.L.D)
Breakfast at hotel. Full day visiting : the stone grave with tau-tau installed on a high cliff balcony overlooking the green valley of the Toraja at LEMO, The royal family tombs at SUAYA. and then we continue on to royal family tombs at SUAYA. We shall then make a easy walk to see a giant-tree made as burial site for a new born-baby who died before teething at KAMBIRA. After Lunch, we drive to The traditional carving village at KETE KESU, Natural burial cave at LONDA. The typical village at NANGGALA with 16 rice-barns standing in a raw as a sign of their wealthy status in Toraja community. Then continue on to visit the ancient house-grave at MARANTE village. Late afternoon back to hotel for overnight and dinner. 
 
DAY 03 : TORAJA TOUR (B.L.D) 
Breakfast at hotel. Full day visiting ; the Traditional Toraja village with full buffalo horns in front of their houses at PALAWA, Traditional weaving village at SA'DAN, and the ancient Megalithic stone at BORI. Lunch will be served at local restaurant on the slope of Mount Sesean where you can also enjoy the terraced rice-fields with a fascinating mountainous view at BATUTUMONGA, After lunch, take a small trek from LOKOMATA to PANA and will be picked at the other side of the village at TIKALA then we transfer you back to hotel for overnight and dinner. 
Note : A traditional funeral ceremony which can be reached by foot will be included within this tour. A typical torajan local fruits & live stuff market can also be visited during your two days tour in Toraja.
 
DAY 04 : TORAJA - SENGKANG(B.L.D)
Breakfast at hotel. Leaving Toraja Land for Sengkang via Palopo. Lunch enroute at local restaurant. Arrive in Sengkang. Check-in to hotel for overnight and dinner.
 
DAY 05: SENGKANG - LAKE TEMPE - MAKASSAR (B.L.D)
After breakfast at hotel. Visting Lake TEMPE of Sengkang to see the way of life of those who live at the lakeside with some of them having their floating houses on it.Visiting the traditional silk weaving villagers who make Silk Sarong "The Buginese Skirt". Lunch enoute at Local restaurant. And proceed to UjungPandang Airport for your next destination.
 
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TOUR CODE : IGA - 105
TORAJA & BUGIS CULTURAL TOUR (6 D / 5 N)
ITINERARY: 
 
DAY 01 : MAKASSAR - PARE PARE - TORAJA (L.D) 
Upon arrival at Hasanuddin Airport, Meeting Service. Transfer directly to Toraja Land with 08 hours drive takes across the Bugis Village with their houses on poles along the magnificent mountaionous ranges. Lunch will be served at Bukit Indah Restaurant in Pare-Pare, a small port situated 155 kms north of UjungPandang. Refreshment at the Hill-Top of Puncak Lakawan and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Erotic mountain. Late Afternoon Arrive in Toraja Land , check-in to Hotel for overnight and dinner. 
 
DAY 02 : FULLDAY TORAJA TOUR (B.L.D) 
Breakfast at hotel. Full day visiting : the stone grave with tau-tau installed on a high cliff balcony overlooking the green valley of the Toraja at LEMO, The royal family tombs at SUAYA. and then we continue on to royal family tombs at SUAYA. We shall then make a easy walk to see a giant-tree made as burial site for a new born-baby who died before teething at KAMBIRA. After Lunch, we drive to The traditional carving village at KETE KESU, Natural burial cave at LONDA. The typical village at NANGGALA with 16 rice-barns standing in a raw as a sign of their wealthy status in Toraja community. Then continue on to visit the ancient house-grave at MARANTE village. Late afternoon back to hotel for overnight and dinner. 
 
DAY 03 : FULLDAY TORAJA TOUR (B.L.D) 
Breakfast at hotel. Full day visiting ; the Traditional Toraja village with full buffalo horns in front of their houses at PALAWA, Traditional weaving village at SA'DAN, and the ancient Megalithic stone at BORI. Lunch will be served at local restaurant on the slope of Mount Sesean where you can also enjoy the terraced rice-fields with a fascinating mountainous view at BATUTUMONGA, After lunch, take a small trek from LOKOMATA to PANA and will be picked at the other side of the village at TIKALA then we transfer you back to hotel for overnight and dinner. 
 
Note : A traditional funeral ceremony which can be reached by foot will be included within two days Toraja tour. A typical torajan local fruits & live stuff market can also be visited during your two days tour in Toraja Land. 
 
DAY 04 : TORAJA - SENGKANG(B.L.D) 
After breakfast at hotel. Leaving Toraja Land for Sengkang with few stops enroute for some interesting stuff. Lunch enroute at local restaurant. Arrive in Sengkang, take a boat-trip on "TEMPE" lake to see the way of life of those who still live on their floating houses. Take a refresment while enjoying the sun-set view from this floating house. And with your driver and Guide, visiting the traditional silk-weaving village. Late afteroon Check-in to your hotel for overnight and dinner. 
 
DAY 05 : SENGKANG - BANTIMURUNG - MAKASSAR (B.L.D)
After breakfast at hotel. 4 hours drive trip to makassar with a stop at Bantimurung to enjoy the beautiful waterfall and some rare species of most spectacular colorful butterfies at green mountainous view.Lunch will be served enroute. Afternoon proceed to the main city of Makassar and directly check-in to hotel for your overnight stay and dinner will be served at sea-food restaurant in Makassar.
 
DAY 06: MAKASSAR - AIRPORT (B) 
After breakfast at hotel. A short city tour and then proceed to Airport for your next destination
 
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TOUR CODE : IGA - 106
TORAJA, BUGIS & BIRA TOUR (7 D / 6 N)
ITINERARY:
 
DAY 01 : MAKASSAR AIRPORT - PARE PARE- TORAJA (L.D)
After meeting service upon arrival at the airport, We take an eight-hour drive up to Tana Toraja passing through Bugis villages with a few stop on the way including visiting the interior of the bugis
houses which built on stilt. 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 for your overnight stay and dinner.
 
DAY 02 : FULLDAY TORAJA TOUR (B.L.D) 
Morning after breakfast, exploring Toraja: the Land Full of Surprises. First to Lemo, a cliffside burial site with effigies up on balconies. Then to Sangalla’ to see baby graves in a big tree. Visit Suaya, the royal burial site of Puang Sangalla’ where you can see all kinds of graves existing in Tana Toraja from the ancient to the present time. After lunch en route, visit the Ke’te’ kesu’ traditional village with rows of traditional tongkonan houses and granaries and hanging graves. Back to the hotel in the afternoon. Dinner and stay overnight at hotel.
 
DAY 03 : FULLDAY TORAJA TOUR (B.L.D) 
Morning after breakfast, We have another fullday exploring Tana Toraja; the Indonesia’s Mountain Eden. Visit Sadan village, the Toraja 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 cultures. After lunch en route, visit Nanggala, a traditional village with thousands of bats up on the bamboo trees, and a traditional tongkonan house with a human skull on top of it. Afternoon, back hotel and stay overnight.
 
Note : A traditional funeral ceremony which can be reached by foot will be included within two days Toraja tour. A typical torajan local fruits & live stuff market can also be visited during your two days tour in Toraja Land. 
 
DAY 04 : TORAJA - SENGKANG - LAKE "TEMPE" (B.L.D) 
Morning after breakfast, take a four-hour drive to the silk city of Sengkang. Stop by Bambapuang for a refreshment to see the erotic mountain of Buntu Kabobong once again. Early afternoon, check-in at the hotel. After lunch, enjoy boat ride on the lake Tempe to the floating villages. Witness the the locals doing their daily activities on the lake. Evening, enjoy dinner in a traditional-bugis-nobel style where we are served by boys and girls in traditional dresses. 
 
DAY 05 : SENGKANG - BIRA (WHITE SANDY BEACH) (B.L.D)
Morning after breakfast. Proceed to Bira with some pictureque-stops on the way and main stop is lunch enroute. After passing through some typical villages of bugis-makassar. You will be arriving at the edge of south sulawesi island which is very famous for the local people who build the traditional wooden-sailing-boats at Tana Beru. Afternoon arrive at Tanjung Bira and Check-in directly at the hotel. free at leisure while witnessing the beautiful sunset from the Bira beach. Dinner and stay overnight at hotel. 
 
DAY 06 : BIRA AT LEISURE (B.L.D) 
Morning after breakfast, drive back to Makassar with a stop at Tana Beru boat-building center to watch the boat masters building huge traditional Pinisi boats in traditional way. After lunch enroute, we proceed to Makassar city. Evening, enjoy seafood dinner at the famous sea-food restaurant in Makassar city. Stay overnight at hotel. 
 
DAY 07: MAKASSAR - AIRPORT - OUT (B) 
After breakfast at hotel. A short city tour in Makassar city , visiting the sea-shell collection & orchid garden, fortress, sailing harbour and lunch at sea-food restaurant. On time transfer to Airport for your next destination (noon flight.
 
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Note : If you found the above-stated accommodations were not on your style. Don't worry ! We can still arrange your accommodation based on your preferred type of lodging, such as bed & breakfast basic, budget class or a kind of homestay, or if you require to upgrade from standard to luxury / classed type of hotel, then we surely can manage of your taste.
 
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