BARA BEACH   Bungalows & Restaurant Offering convenient location close to diving places and marine bio diversity, Bara Beach Bungalows & Restaurant Sulawesi is just the place for guests to have a quality accommodation and friendly services for a memorable vacation. The Bira Beach and Tanah Beru, where visitors can find a village full of [...]

Welcome to the Tana Toraja, the “Land of Heavenly Kings”. The long drive from the lowlands to the mountain stronghold of Tanaopens up a breath-taking new world. The rugged mountains and verdant valleys are home to a people whose love of religious spectacle is equaled only by their hospitality. With majestic panoramas, captivating villages and [...]

Sengkang, the capital of a former Bugis kingdom, this historic and bustling market town overlooking Lake Tempe retains its traditional character, as well as many old cultural traditions, silk weaving, colourful bugis weddings-celebrated, according to Ancient customs, dance, and a traditional orchestra. Danau Tempe near Sengkang is the largest lake on Sulawesi. Lake Tempe is [...]

KAJANG ” THE BLACK COMMUNITY “ Kajang situated about 58 km north-west from Bira beach, Kajang is a sub-district from Bulukumba regency, the interest point in Tana-Toa village where live the leather of Pra-islamic called:”Amma-Toa’”.The village covering the forest conservation area according to the teaching of the;Tana-Toa,every houses inside built in natural material from plant [...]

PHINISI SCHOONER BOAT BUILDING IN INDONESIA In Southern Suluwesi, traditional boat builders still make wooden sailing ships the same way that they have been doing so for hundreds of years. These boats are called pinisi, or Phinisi schooners. They are made by the Bugis boat builders on the beaches of Southern Suluwesi in the Bulukumba [...]

The Island of Selayar – Rediscover Nature! Selayar, a secluded island, far away from mass tourism, lies in the Celebes Sea to the south of the Indonesian Island Sulawesi. Myths have been kept alive on this small island which once lay on the Chinese trade route. The west side of the island is mainly inhabited [...]

BIRA BEACH -SOUTH SULAWESI Bira, for centuries the home of South Sulawesi’s boat building. Bira still plays an important role in the sea-faring industry. Three harbors, two for prahus, and one for ferries, compliment excellent white sand beached with clear water for swimming. Daily ferries depart to Selayar Island, which was an historic trading center [...]

Makasar City ( Formerly Ujung Pandang ) Makassar, (Macassar, Mangkasar) is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was formally named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably. The port city is [...]

The province of South Sulawesi comprises the narrow south-western peninsula of this orchid-shaped island which is mainly mountainous. The seafaring Bugis dominate the southern tip, whereas the northern part of South Sulawesi is inhabited by the Torajas whose unique culture rivals that of the Balinese. Famed for their seafaring heritage and Pinisi schooners for centuries, [...]