Toraja Land
Overview
Facilities
Tour Features
- Round trip airport transfers
- Accommodations double occupancy at Heritage Toraja for 4 nights with hotel tax and service charge
- All meals daily
- Extensive sightseeing tours by coach/car with English-speaking guide and admission fees as per itinerary
Rates do not include
- Any expenses of personal nature such as tips, laundry, table drinks, telephone calls, etc.
- Optional Travel Insurance
- Any item not mentioned above
Remarks
- If hotel is not available at the time of reservation, alternative hotels at the same category or airlines could be used. Prices may differ.
- During trade fairs season and during Christmas and New Year’s Days, some hotels may require surcharges. The prices may increase.
- Full payment must be received 90 days prior to departure
- Major credit cards accepted; credit card authorization required
- Change and cancellation penalty apply once ticketed; Triwalk Tours’ general cancellation policy applies
- Hotel upgrades, air upgrades, additional hotel nights, extensions to all Asian destinations, and add-on air fares from various US cities are available
Itinerary
Arrive by air in Ujung Pandang and begin transfer north to Toraja highland, "land of the heavenly kings." Eight-hour drive takes you along magnificent mountain passes and across Bugis villages with typical houses on poles. Lunch at port town of Pare-Pare. Late afternoon, arrive in Toraja and its remote island villages in Sulawesi's mountainous center. (Heritage Toraja)
Full-day sightseeing includes the cliff-side stone graves at Lemo, royal tombs at Suaya, and the baby graves in a tree at Sangalla. After lunch in Rantepao, visit the natural burial cave at Londa and a traditional woodcarving village at Ke'te Kesu.
Full-day tour includes Palawa, Toraja's oldest village, and Bori, with its ancient megalithic stone. After lunch in Rantepao, visit the traditional Torajan village of Marante.
Transfer to Tikala for a soft trek to the village of Batutumonga, with magnificent views of rice terraces and lush environs.Meet local people and see daily activities. Before reaching the summit at Pana village, a footpath leads to a unique tomb and baby grave in a tree, one of Toraja's oldest graves. Lunch en route to Lempo, and transfer to hotel. (B/L/D)
After breakfast, drive back to Ujung Pandang. Lunch at Pare-Pare. Transfer to airport for your onward flight.
