Losari Beach
The seafront promenade of Makassar, facing west over the Makassar Strait. People gather here for the sunset, and food stalls along the front sell pisang epe, grilled pressed banana with palm sugar.
- Where
- Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- -5.1443, 119.4081
Get the Losari Beach stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Losari Beach. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your South Sulawesi volume with your photos and a note.
Near Losari Beach
Fort Rotterdam 1.1 km
A 17th-century Dutch fort on the Makassar waterfront, rebuilt between 1673 and 1679 on the site of a Gowa fort first raised around 1634. It has five bastions and a seven metre rampart, and seen from above its outline is said to resemble a turtle.
Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park 47 km
A national park of limestone hills in South Sulawesi, taking in the Rammang-Rammang karst, the second largest karst area known after that of southeastern China. Bantimurung, at its edge, is famous for its waterfall and its many butterflies.
Tana Toraja 223 km
The highland home of the Toraja people in South Sulawesi, a landscape of rice terraces and villages of tongkonan, houses with great boat-shaped roofs. The Toraja are known for elaborate funeral ceremonies and for graves cut into limestone cliffs.
Mount Tambora 379 km
An active volcano on Sumbawa whose eruption in 1815 was the largest in recorded history. It left a vast caldera, and its effect on the climate made 1816 the Year Without a Summer far away in Europe and North America.
Komodo National Park 390 km
A national park of three large islands, Komodo, Padar and Rinca, and 26 smaller ones, founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard. It now guards the surrounding sea as well, and has been a World Heritage Site since 1991.
Padar Island 391 km
The third largest island in Komodo National Park, lying between Komodo and Rinca. A short, steep climb leads to a viewpoint over a ridge of bare hills and curving bays, with beaches of white, black and pink sand.
Liang Bua 394 km
A limestone cave just north of Ruteng in western Flores, first explored by the Dutch missionary and archaeologist Theodor Verhoeven. In 2003 it yielded the bones of Homo floresiensis, the small extinct human nicknamed the hobbit.
Rinca Island 396 km
One of the three largest islands of Komodo National Park, close to Flores. Rangers lead walks through its dry hills to see Komodo dragons, which can reach 3 metres in length, along with wild pigs, buffalo and many birds.
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Questions
Where is Losari Beach?
Losari Beach is in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Fort Rotterdam (1.1 km), Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park (47 km), Tana Toraja (223 km).
How do I get the Losari Beach stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Losari Beach and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your South Sulawesi volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Losari Beach before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your South Sulawesi volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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