Tana Toraja & Makasar
MAKASSAR – BUGIS - TORAJA PACKAGE TOUR
07 DAYS -06 NIGHTS
The Toraja are an ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their population is approximately 650,000, of which 450,000 still live in the regency of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja"). Most of the population is Christian, and others are Muslim or have local animist beliefs known as aluk ("the way"). The Indonesian government has recognized this animist belief as Aluk To Dolo ("Way of the Ancestors").
The word toraja comes from the Bugis language's to riaja, meaning "people of the uplands". The Dutch colonial government named the people Toraja in 1909.[3] Torajans are renowned for their elaborate funeral rites, burial sites carved into rocky cliffs, massive peaked-roof traditional houses known as tongkonan, and colorful wood carvings. Toraja funeral rites are important social events, usually attended by hundreds of people and lasting for several days.
Before the 20th century, Torajans lived in autonomous villages, where they practised animism and were relatively untouched by the outside world. In the early 1900s, Dutch missionaries first worked to convert Torajan highlanders to Christianity. When the Tana Toraja regency was further opened to the outside world in the 1970s, it became an icon of tourism in Indonesia: it was exploited by tourism developers and studied by anthropologists.By the 1990s, when tourism peaked, Toraja society had changed significantly, from an agrarian model — in which social life and customs were outgrowths of the Aluk To Dolo—to a largely Christian society.
Day 01 : Airport – UPG
Upon arrival at Hasanuddin airport meeting service, short city tour by visiting fort Rotterdam, Paotere Traditional Harbor. Dinner at sea food Restaurant overnight at hotel.
Day 02 : UPG – BIRA
After breakfast depart for Tana Beru to witness the traditional Makassar way of Pinisi boat building. Lunch enroute. Afternoon arrive in Bira. Check in hotel (Local std) Dinner and overnight.
Day 03 : BIRA – Sengkang
Breakfast at hotel, transfer to Sengkang, enroute visiting Kajang (a unique tribe prefered isolation from the modern world. This tribe is ruled by a tribal and religious chief called Ammatoa). Lunch enroute. Late afternoon arrive in Sengkang, check in hotel (local std), dinner and overnight.
Day 04 : Sengkang - Toraja
Breakfast at hotel, visiting Tempe Lake to see the way of life of those who live at the lakeside, Traditional silk weaving and proceed to Toraja. Lunch enroute. Arrive Toraja , check in hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 05 : Toraja Tour
Breakfast at Hotel, full day visiting : The stone grave at LEMO, The royal tombs at SUAYA, The baby grave in the tree at SANGALLA’. Lunch in Rantepao. After lunch visiting Natural burial cave at LONDA, and traditional carving village at KE’TE KESU. Dinner and overnight at Hotel.
Day 06 : Toraja Tour
After breakfast at Hotel, full day tour visiting traditional Toraja village with buffalo horns in front of their houses in PALAWA, Traditional weaving village at SA’DAN, and Ancient megalithic stone at BORI. Lunch in Rantepao. After lunch visiting an old stone grave at MARANTE. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 07 : Toraja – Ujung Pandang
Breakfast at hotel, transfer to Ujung Pandang. Lunch at Bukit Indah Seafood Restaurant and direct to the airport.
Note : The above program can be reverted into last night in Ujung Pandang.
