Tana Toraja
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.
- Where
- Makale, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- -3.1667, 119.7500
Get the Tana Toraja stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Tana Toraja. 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 Tana Toraja
Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park 193 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.
Fort Rotterdam 222 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.
Losari Beach 223 km
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.
Togian Islands 402 km
An archipelago of 56 islands and many islets in the Gulf of Tomini off Central Sulawesi, the largest including Batudaka, Togean and Una-Una. One of its villages is home to the Bajau, the sea nomads, and the islands are ringed with coral reefs.
Wakatobi National Park 549 km
A marine national park in Southeast Sulawesi, established in 2002, its name made from the first letters of the four main islands: Wangi-wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia and Binongko. The reefs around them are among the most prized dive sites in Indonesia.
Lok Baintan Floating Market 562 km
A floating market on the Martapura River near Banjarmasin, held from small wooden boats at first light. Women traders in wide straw hats paddle their jukung loaded with fruit, vegetables and cakes, trading from boat to boat.
Mount Tambora 597 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.
Liang Bua 602 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.
More hidden gems in South Sulawesi
Questions
Where is Tana Toraja?
Tana Toraja is in Makale, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park (193 km), Fort Rotterdam (222 km), Losari Beach (223 km).
How do I get the Tana Toraja stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Tana Toraja 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 Tana Toraja 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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