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Visit  and Explore Sulawesi

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Sulawesi Remote Hideaways

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Sulawesi
Explore the K shapped Island of Indonesia

Geologically Sulawesi Island which also known as Celebes in world history - never being part of  either Sunda Shelf in its west or Sahul Shelf in its east. Both Sunda and Sahul Shelf being part of Asia or Australia. But not Sulawesi.

 

It made Sulawesi Island home to many endemic fauna which do not exist at any parts of the world. Babirusa, Maleo, Anoa and Tarsius Spectrum (the smallest primate in the world) just some to mention.

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Culturally, Sulawesi is home to many ethnic groups. Toraja, Makassar, Bugis and Minahasa are the four main ethnic which occupy the Island. Anthropologically these ethnic groups arrived in different phase of time. Toraja which occupy the hinterland of Sulawesi believed to be arrived earlier. Whilst the rest arrive later on.

 

Yet there are at least two Lost Civilization of Indonesia found on the Island. Deep in the plateau of Central Sulawesi there are numbers of stone statues and carved stones scattered in three different valleys. No one knows who the statues belong to. 

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Waters around Sulawesi bear rich sea nutrients hence the Island hold World Class Dive Spots. Bunaken National Marine Park at the northern side of the Island, Togian Islands National Marine Park in the Gulf of Tomini in the middle and Wakatobi National Marine Park on its south east

Places of Interests

Road distance: Makassar - Manado +/- 2,000 km

  • Cultural Attractions:

    • Toraja​

    • Bugis and Makassar

    • Manado & Minahasa

  • The Lost Civilizations:

    • Plateaus of Central Sulawesi​

    • Caves of Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park

  • Endemic Fauna:

    • Tangkoko Nature Reserve​: Tarsiers​, Sulawesi Hornbill, Sulawesi Owl, Maccaca Nigra

    • Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park: Maleo bird, Babirusa, birds

    • Nantu Nature Reserve: Babirusa

    • Lorelindu National Park: Anoa and endemic birds

    • Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park: Butterflies​, Maccaca Maura, arsiers

  • Marine and Dive spots:

    • Bunaken National Park​

    • Lembeh straits: muck diving

    • Togian Islands National Park

    • Wakatobi National Park

  • Lakes:​
    • Tempe (lowland)​
    • Matano, Mahalona and Towuti (highland)
    • Poso (Highland)
    • Lindu (highland)
    • Limboto (Lowland)
    • Moat (crater lake)
    • Linow (crater lake)
    • Tondano (highland)

How to get to Sulawesi Island

Due to its strategic location being in the center of Indonesia's geographic span, Sulawesi Island is easily accessed by any means of transportations.

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There are two International Airports in Sulawesi Island.

  • Manado in the North and

  • Makassar/ Ujung Pandang in the South. These two International Airport have regular flights connecting Sulawesi both with Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

  • Domestic Flight Connections (direct flights): The island is wel-connected by regular flight services with the rest of the country either to the west like Bali, Jakarta, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Medan etc or to the east such as Papua and Maluku

  • Ferry: there are ferry services connecting the island to Java, Kalimantan  and the neighboring islands from

    • ​Makassar​ with Surabaya and Jakarta

    • Parepare with Balikpapan

    • Bira with Flores Island

    • Manado with Sangihe Islands

  • Passenger Ship (PELNI Lines): Almost all PELNI lines ships made Sulawesi harbors as the hub on their voyages on Indonesian waters. 

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