6 Days Toraja Highland, Rafting and Hiking Tour
Tour Code: Tor-PT/03
DAY 01 : UJUNG PANDANG - TANA TORAJA
Upon
arrival at Hasannudin airport of Makassar (Ujung Pandang), our guide
will meet you for direct 7- 8 hours drive to Tana Toraja. Lunch will
be served in Pare-Pare. Several stops will be made enroute according
to local happenings. Accommodation and dinner will be at your hotel
- Tana Toraja. (L,D)
DAY 02 : TANA TORAJA
Breakfast at hotel. Fullday excursion in Tana Toraja includes visits
Lemo where you will find rows of tau-tau and the hanging graves. Onto
Londa to see an ancient natural grave where the deceased are entombed
with big ceremonies. Proceed to Kete Kesu - a traditional Torajan
village where can see the Tongkonan and the old rice-barns and it
is famous for its woodcarving. Lunch will be served in Rantepao. Afternoon
return to hotel. (B,L,D)
DAY 03 : TANA TORAJA
Breakfast at hotel. Fullday explore Tana Toraja to visit Pallawa,
Sa'dan - the weaving center. Marante and Naggala - a traditional Torajan
village known for its large Tongkonan and 14 rice barns. Lunch will
be served in Rantepao. Return to hotel. (B,L,D)
DAY 04 : TANA TORAJA - TREKKING TO TRADITIONAL HOUSE
Breakfast at hotel. We leave the populated area of Tana Toraja to
visit outlying villages. You will use a combination of driving and
trekking to get between villages. Here is a mountainous area with
exquisite rice paddies and traditional houses. By getting away from
the traveled areas you are an oddity that attracts the local attention
and encourages interaction. Overnight will be in thatch-roofed bamboo
huts called pondoks, in a traditional village. (B,L,D)
DAY 05 : MAULU RIVER RAFTING - PAREPARE
After breakfast, from the village of Limbung you trek into the panoramic
Gorge of the Maulu River. A 30 minute hike down into the canyon walls,
lush scenery, the raging river and eagles overhead make for a hike
never forgotten. Class IV-plus white water, appropriate for beginners
yet accompanied by veterans which will me more exciting, awaits you.
Scenery includes polished stone cliffsides, hanging vines and terraced
ricefields. The journey is 5 hours long until we take out at Rembon.
Then drive to Pare Pare for accommodation at your hotel. (B,L,D)
DAY 06 : PARE PARE - UJUNG PANDANG
Breakfast at hotel. Drive back to Ujung Pandang. Arrival in Ujung
Pandang in time to catch your flight for your next destination. (B,L)
