Sulawesi Adventure Tour
(Manado
- Bunaken - Tangkoko - Palu - Lore Lindu - Tentena - Ampana - Togean Islands - Gorontalo - Manado)
Tour Code: MH-CS 077 | Duration: 18 Days / 17 Nights
Tour Description : Adventure-trekking tour, wild animals, tropical plants, Indigenous Tribes, Snorkeling, Culture & History
Tour Highlights : Trekking into dense forest, Reptile & Mammal, Stone megalith Statues, Bark-clothes, Macaque Tonkeana, hornbills, Tarsius spectrum and Macaque nigra, snorkeling on Bunaken Island and Togean Islands, Bajoe sea Gypsy ethnic group
Tour Area : Palu valley, Lore Lindu National Park, Tentena, Manado, Minahasa Highland, Tangkoko Nature Reserve and Bunaken National Marine Park
Starting Point : Manado
Ending Point : Manado
Day 01: Arrival in Manado
- Meeting service
- Transfer to Bunaken Island
- Night at the Resort
- Snorkeling or scuba diving as your optional interests
Day 02: Bunaken National Marine Park
- Boat trip (Dolphin tour, Snorkeling or scuba diving around Bunaken and Siladen Island)
- Night in the Bungalow
- Notes; Scuba diving fees & snorkeling equipment doesn’t included in the tour cost
Day 03: Bunaken Island - Tangkoko Nature Reserve - Manado
- Still have possibility to do snorkeling or scuba diving before lunch
- Then transfer to Manado, onwards driving to Tangkoko Nature Reserve for observing a nocturnal primate (Tarsius spectrum), and Macaque nigra (Black Sulawesi Monkey)
- Return to Manado for overnight
- Night at Hotel
Day 04: Manado – Palu (via Makassar)
- Travel by Air to Palu, is the capital city of Central Sulawesi (via Makassar)
- Transfer to Palu Golden hotel
- Welcomed with Art and Live ethnic music instrument performance
- City sightseeing (if possible)
Day 05: Palu - Napu - Besoa valley (Lore Lindu National Park)
- After breakfast drive to Lore Lindu National Park
- You can see exotic view of the valleys
- Stop on the way for seeing stone megalith Statues
- Night in Berkat Homestay in Doda village (Besoa valley)
Day 06: Doda – Trekking
- After breakfast, start on trekking through dense forest
- Set up a tent for our camp in the forest
- This section is harder because hike up to the summit of Mountain
Day 07: Trekking
- Continues trekking through dense forest
- Set up a tent for second overnight in the forest on this section and we can see various Tropical Plants, animals, insect, birds and Butterflies
Day 08: Trekking
- Full day of trekking through dense forest
- Set up the tent for our camp
- Enjoy a cup of lovely coffee at night
Day 09: Trekking – Kolori – Bomba (Bada valley)
- After breakfast packing stuff
- Keep walking slowly down to Bada valley
- Stop at Kolori Waterfall, bathing a on a clear water and cold
- The trip continues walking on grassland for seeing the biggest stone megalith statues called Watu Palindo; stand up more than four meters high
- Keep walking across Lariang River via Bamboo raft before check in at Ningsih home stay in Bomba village
Day 10: Bomba – Tentena
- After breakfast the trip continues, driving via 4 Wheels Drive/Jeep on a dirt road down Tentena
- Stop at Sulewana waterfall, has 12 terraces, cold and clear water surrounded by green forest, with pleasant call of birds
- Check in at Pamona hotel near Poso Lake
Day 11: Tentena – Ampana
- The journey continues, driving down to Ampana
- You can see beautiful sea view along the way
- Check in at Oasis hotel
Day 12: Ampana – Togean islands
- The trip continues via Boat to Togean Island
- Check in at Kadidiri Paradise cottage on Kadidiri Island
- Snorkeling or diving as your own optional interests
Day 13: Togean Islands
- Snorkeling or scuba diving as your optional interests
- Visiting Bajoe Gypsy sea ethnic group who build simple wooden houses over a reef for
- Night in the cottage
- Notes; Scuba diving fees & snorkeling equipment doesn’t included in the tour cost
Day 14: Togean Islands
- Snorkeling or scuba diving as your own optional interests
- Night in the cottage
Day 15: Togean Islands
- Snorkeling or scuba diving as your optional interests
- Night in the cottage
Day 16-17: Togean Island (Kadidiri island) - Gorontalo - Manado
- Travel by Ferry or wooden public boat on going to Gorontalo, departures once a week
- There’s a possibility if missed the Ferry schedule, travel away back to Ampana then Driving to Pagimana where can travel via another Ferry every second day to Gorontalo
- Arrive in Gorontalo in the morning on the next day
- The journey continues, drive by car takes 8-9 hours to Manado
- Check in at Hotel
Day 18: Manado - Airport
- Transfer to the airport for your next destination
- End of our Service
Price includes:
- Private car, boat during your tour package
- Airplane Ticket Manado - Palu
- Extra Local Transport
- Permit + Conservation Fee for the Parks
- Accommodation based on 2 people sharing a room
- Full board (3 meals/day), mineral water, Tropical fresh fruit
- 10% Government tax and service
Price Excluding:
- Personal expenses
- Alcoholic beverages, Juice, Soft drinks
- Personal Insurance
- Donation
- Phone calls
- Laundry