Explore Toraja

Length: 4 days 3 nights

Accommodation style: hotel (3 nights)
Tour type: Private tour
Prices: from US$482.00 per person*
Tour code: TTR-2

*Price per person for two-people on a twin share basis. Single rates available. Special rates applicable for larger groups.

Highlights:

Delve into the real Toraja!
Expand your knowledge of Torajan local concepts around rituals relating to life, death and afterlife
Discover Toraja’s unique architecture and its role in community life
Enjoy local cuisine
All this with your own cultural interpreter – your guide, a local expert.

DAY 01 :
MAKASSAR AIRPORT – TANA TORAJA (_, L, D)

Arrive at Makassar Airport, where you’ll be met by your guide and transferred to Tana Toraja. On the way you’ll pass through quiet Bugis fishing and farming villages and see rice fields and traditional sailing boats. Enjoy tasty local fare over lunch at the port of Parepare, then head off for Tana Toraja, arriving later that afternoon. After your hotel check-in, relax over dinner and stay overnight.

DAY 02:
TANA TORAJA EXPEDITION (B, L, D)

This full-day expedition visits the ancient graves at Lemo and Londa where animistic ritual funerals are held. You’ll visit traditional houses at local villages, enjoy lunch en route, and stop in at local markets where the mountain people sell their produce. Dine at a local restaurant (local speciality papiyong, meat and vegetables cooked in bamboo, and pamarasang, a local spiced meat dish, are highly recommended). Stay overnight at hotel.

DAY 03:
TANA TORAJA EXPEDITION (B, L, D)

After breakfast at your hotel, you’ll set off for a full-day Toraja expedition. Visit the graves of the kings of Sangalla’ at Suaya village, the Tampang Allo cave graves, and Kambira village to view babies’ graves located in trees and enjoy the sounds of the local bamboo orchestra. Lunch is at a local restaurant, followed by a visit to Bori megalithic stones and stone graves. Then it’s on to Pallawa village to see traditional Torajan houses. Dinner and stay overnight at hotel.

DAY 04:
TANA TORAJA - MAKASSAR AIRPORT (B, L, _)

Check out of the hotel after breakfast. Visit Lakawang hill for refreshments and enjoy lunch at a local restaurant in Parepare. Check in at the airport for your next flight in the afternoon.