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Sulawesi: Gunung Tatawiran Jungle Explorer Tour

From € 599,- per person (4D/3N)

Individual exploration trip to the unknown jungle terrains of the touristically undiscovered Gunung Tatawiran in North Sulawesi. Immerse yourself and be part of the exciting jungle life and discover animal and bird species unknown to you. Stay in a tented camp in the middle of the rainforest and discover unknown animal and bird species right around you.

  • Duration:
    4 days / 3 nights
  • Start I End:
    Manado
  • Departure:
    Daily
  • Minimum number of participant/s:
    2 persons
  • Best visit Period:
    March to November
  • Rainy season:
    from December to February
  • Vacation styleFor adults only
    Hiking
  • Activity LevelAverage fitness required
    5/10
Tour description

Sulawesi: Gunung Tatawiran Jungle Explorer Tour

This tour will inspire you if you like to be close to nature and preferably in an exotic and touristically undiscovered region. You like to discover an unknown flora and fauna and at the same time do without too much travel comfort.
If you are travelling to Sulawesi on business, e.g. to do research for your project  - great! For ornithologists, biologists/zoologists or journalists, we can also focus this tour according to your needs.
 

Go on a discovery tour: Not far from North Sulawesi's provincial capital Manado, our tour to Gunung Tatawiran gives you the opportunity to explore another untouched part of the island and get to know numerous endemic animal and plant species. To complete your nature experience, you start your explorations from a tent camp in the middle of the jungle..

Your fitness level: You should have a good level of fitness for this tour, as it leads through rough terrain. You may also find the tour somewhat strenuous, as you may have to make your own way through the jungle with camera equipment in tropical temperatures.
 

At 1,372 m, Gunung Tatawiran is one of the highest peaks in North Sulawesi and part of a mountainous landscape that stretches west from the Lokon-Empung twin volcano and is overgrown with dense tropical rainforest. In addition to ancient giant trees, unbelievably tall bamboo groves and fern trees, beautiful orchids and carnivorous pitcher plants can also be found there.

Our services

Included

  • 4 days individual round trip according to description.
  • All activities take place individually for you and are accompanied by your...
  • ...personal local English speaking tour guide for day and night explorations.
  • Porter for equipment and food.
  • Cook.
  • 2 nights with breakfast in a 'lodge style' accommodation in Tomohon
  • 1 night with breakfast in tent camp, with sleeping bag, sleeping mat, tent as well as tarp for group accommodation; no sanitary facilities.
  • Meals according to description.
  • All transfers (accompanied) from/to Manado (other pick-up/destination by arrangement, possibly with surcharge).
  • Your personal English-speaking tour guide will accompany you on your entire trip and will be your contact person if you have any questions or requests.
  • Travel insurance certificate.

 

Not included:
- personal expenses
- Tip
- Health- and accident insurance 
- Drinks such as sprite, coke, beer, etc.

 

We recommend taking out travel insurance (travel health insurance, travel cancellation insurance).


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Tour Plan

Day 1

  • Arrival at Manado's Sam Ratulangi Airport.
  • Your personal guide will welcome you at the airport and take you to your accommodation in Tomohon (transfer time approx. 2 hours).
  • Depending on your arrival time, you will have the rest of the day at leisure in your accommodation or you can use it to explore your surroundings. If desired, a programme can be designed to fill the day.
  • Dinner at Tomohon accommodation or nearby (not included)
     

Day 2

  • Breakfast at accommodation (included), then pick-up by your guide.
  • Afterwards, you will travel by car towards Gunung Tatawiran, from whose mountain base you will start your exciting nature adventure tour.
  • First, however, you will have to set up base camp, a tent camp from which you will start or finish your exploration trips through the jungle.
  • Simple local lunch in the camp (included).
  • Now your discovery tour begins. 
  • On foot you roam through the extensive jungle area and make your way through the dense greenery. 
  • Besides huge jungle trees and countless other large exotic plants, you will also have the opportunity to marvel at many colourful and flowering plants along your way. As examplary representatives are mentioned here: the colourful stinkhorn and the little more reserved in colour Coelogyne Celebensis, an endemic orchid species of the butterfly orchid genus. You will encounter numerous animal and bird species over hill and dale and across the occasional stream. You can look forward to seeing the ghost monkey - the Tarsius Spectrum -, the flying dragon, the spotted bronze snake as well as the reticulated python or the Sulawesi hornbill as well as the mountain spectacled bird or the tarantula and many more.
  • At the end of this eventful day, around sunset, you gradually make your way back to Base Camp.
  • Get ready for bed before dinner, as long as there is still enough daylight. 
  • Then it's time to wash by taking a cooling bath in the near river and that's it for the evening toilet. 
  • Simple local dinner at the camp fire (included).
  • Overnight stay in the tent.


Day 3

  • Your day begins with a hearty and simple local breakfast at the camp and then you are off again to explore; up and along Gunung Tatawiran.
  • Today you will have the opportunity to take again a closer look at the surrounding jungle landscape with all its inhabitants and features and to enjoy the breathtaking views opening up from time to time.
  • After another approx. 3 hours of jungle trekking, as the sun becomes more oppressive and the animals more sluggish, you will return to Base Camp. It is now time to take down the tents and gradually make our way back.
  • Simple local lunch at the camp (included).
  • Return to Tomohon (or by arrangement and possibly extra charge to another location in the area).
  • Check in to accommodation. Rest of the afternoon at leisure. 
  • Dinner at accommodation/hotel or nearby (not included).
  • Overnight stay at hotel.


Day 4

  • Breakfast at the booked hotel (included)
  • Transfer to Manado airport
     

This tour can be extended by 1 day on request as well as adapted to individual needs. If the tour is extended, there will be 1 additional overnight stay in the jungle base camp including breakfast, lunch and dinner.

 

Prices
  • 599 EUR per person 4D/3N (based on 2 persons sharing accommodation)
  • 699 EUR per person 5D/4N (based on 2 persons sharing accommodation)
  • Single traveller as per request

This tour is not so suitable for children because of the trekking through rough terrain.


The prices are from/to the starting point of the tour. They include all services according to the respective tour description. Higher prices may apply especially during Indonesian holidays like Ramadan or Idul Fitri.
All prices are in Euro and per person based on 2 persons traveling together in a double room. Our terms and conditions apply.


Extend your Trip

…and explore destinations beyond the wonders of the Island of Sulawesi. Extending a trip creates even more unique experiences and breathtaking moments for you and your travel companion. Combine your jungle experience with a beach vacation, a cultural trip, or even more adventure such as a tour to the active volcanoes of East Indonesia. Make your trip a unique experience and expand it to fully experience Indonesia east of the Wallace Line.


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Design your Trip

The above tour description is intended as a suggestion. The tour can be split or extended according to your wishes. We will be happy to customize your tour to your individual wishes and ideas.



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