Tambusisi Mountain Tour with a tour package of 6 days and 5 nights by exploring the tropical mountains of Central Sulawesi, especially in North Morowali with the attraction of plant species diversity, namely Nephentis, which can be referred to as Kantung Semar and the local knowledge of the people of the Taa tribe who will be found on the way to Mount Tambusisi.
Mount Tambusisi is within the Morowali nature reserve conservation area, which is supervised by the Central Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Center. The conservation area certainly has a very high value that is preserved, because it is one of the largest areas and alluvial rainforests in Sulawesi. Morowali Nature Reserve has an area of 225,000 Ha (Hectares) which functions as part of animal protection from mammals and endemic species of birds that are unique and have their own attraction. When arriving at Mount Tambusisi, with a view that spoils the eyes with the beauty of the trees that stand firm and beautiful green grass.
A trip to Mount Tambusisi provides a type of complete botanical ecosystem, the types of forests that are inside are quite diverse, from coastal forests, mangrove forests, alluvial forests in the lowlands, mosque forests, to types of mountain forests.
Mount Tambusisi offers a unique and charming variety of flora and fauna. Mount Tambusisi is a habitat for mammals such as anoa, wild boar, deer, civet, monkey, kus – kus, bear, and types of bats such as kalong. The Taa people who live at the foot of Mount Tambusisi whose tribal habits are hunting, farming, and moving as well as various rituals that they believe in and are still preserved to be given generations from generation to generation so as to attract researchers and even world anthropologists to visit Mount Tambusisi.
The Taa people lived in several areas such as Kabalo Valley, Lipu Marisa and Wana Posangke. The Taa people are usually called the Wana people, that is the name of the Kolonodale people who live spread around Mount Tambusisi, Mount Tokala, and the Morowali Nature Reserve area. The Taa people live in groups and have very strong family relations. Their livelihoods as farmers and using the barter system and interacting so that they have the perspective that the forest and nature are their homes.
If the Taa people want to open the forest for a plantation area, they have their own special wisdom, they must first have a traditional ceremony called Kapongo to ask permission from the ruler of nature. They sacred forests, lakes, springs, savannahs and rivers to save nature. Since long ago, the lives of the Taa people have been very dependent on nature. They have a simple lifestyle that relies on rice, corn, tubers which are made as the staple food and hunt mammals and birds as protein. The Taa people have their own way of understanding and responding to the forest. The forest is used as an ancient land that must be preserved and cared at all times.
Monyopu or can be called chopsticks as an external activity of the Taa people, which is done during their free time. Chopsticks or Sopu are made from a piece of bamboo with a length of 3 to 4 meters and a diameter of 2 centimeters. The chopsticks are decorated with woven cane rope and forest fern rope. Manyopu is used when hunting animals in the forest around Mount Tambusisi.
Before heading to the top of the mountain you have to see the weather because the area of the top of Mount Tambusisi is very open which will cause strong winds and is the most difficult route than other posts. After arriving at the top with the conditions are flat and around it grow shrubs, perdu, and santigi plants.
Tomori Gulf is a geotourism activity which is a combination of sailing and hiking in one day. The very beautiful sea is in the gulf as its own attraction plus prehistoric heritage in the form of handprint paintings.Hiking in Mataruttung waterfall tour and Paka – Paka waterfall which is still in the Tomori Gulf area. And hiking can be Bajo Island still around Tomori Gulf. Activities other than sailing and hiking are Kayaking and Diving on Tokonanaka island which is still around Tomori Gulf.
We’ll meet at 4 p.m. at our hotel in Luzern (Lucerne) for a “Welcome to Switzerland” meeting. Then we’ll take a meandering evening walk through Switzerland’s most charming lakeside town, and get acquainted with one another over dinner together. Sleep in Luzern (2 nights). No bus. Walking: light.
After tambayoli village we will visit the cowshed on foot with a distance of ± 2.5 hours or maybe with people’s transportation such as tractors with a distance of 30 minutes.
After Kandang Sapi we immediately climbed to Post 1 on foot with a distance of 30 minutes with a very clear path. Post 1 is quite spacious and there are several Wana people’s huts so that climbers do not need to put up tents and there is a water source.
Post 1 to Post 2 is relatively uphill by passing through the mountains and along the way you will find Pine and Damar plants.
To visit Kobalo Village, you have to cross the river and pass through the vast green grasslands. After passing through all you will arrive at the house of the head of the kabalo village, and set up a tent around it. To get to post 3 with a distance of 7 hours that passes through a large river until passing the Wana ethnic village. Along the way to post 3 you will find pine forests, bamboo, ferns, moss, etc.
Post 3 to Post 4 is traveled with 5 hours with a varied track path because along the path with cold temperatures and very dense trees and sunlight that is difficult to penetrate the road surface, causing the road to become slippery.
Post 4 to the top of Mount Tambusisi can be reached in ± 4 hours. After passing Post 5 to Post 6 with the road will be a little flat and after that towards the top, the road will be a little slippery because there is a lot of moss and some trees fell because of the strong winds.
Seeking experience from the Taa people.
Seeking experience from the Taa people.
Exploring around Tomori Gulf
