Day 1
We left the campus at
08.00 and headed to Barru district for lunch. During the trip, each student is
assigned to be a tour guide. From Makassar city to Barru Regency, it takes
about 3 hours.
We arrived at kupa
beach restaurant, barru district. There we were welcomed by the owner of a
welcome drink restaurant. Like the color of milk but not the taste of milk.
Like the taste of coconut milk, but delicious and fresh to drink. After that we
had lunch together, pray, rest and then continue the journey to Bambapuang,
Enrekang Regency. From Barru Regency to Bambapuang, it takes around 3-4 hours.
In Bambapuang,
Enrekang District, we did a coffee break and enjoyed the beauty of "Mount
Miss". Miss Nona is also one of the tourist attractions in Enrekang
Regency.
Besides being able
to do coffee breaks in Bambapuang, you can also buy ole ole typical of Enrekang
district because there are so many different types of food that can be used as
ole ole. After traveling from Bambapuang we continued our journey to Toraja
Regency, it was great to be able to set foot again in Tana Toraja.
The place is so
beautiful with the characteristics of the Tongkonannya house and is one of the
places I wanted to go to when I was in high school. We arrived at the senses hotel to check in, and our tour leader
gave directions to get ready to do dinner at the penyet ria chicken. And our
last activity was closed overnight.Our first day trip was spent on the road
because from Makassar city to Toraja district it was very far and took around
8-11 hours.
Day 02
Our activity on the
second day was started with breakfast at the senses hotel and continued with a
trip to Timenbayo.
At Timenbayo we enjoy
the beautiful views of northern Toraja. After timenbayo we continued our
journey to Lokomata. Along the road to our locomata we were amazed by the
beauty of very thick dew.
Arriving at the locomata,
we observed the stone grave. And while the observation was taking place we met
a tourist from America along with a local guide. These tourists and guides
taught us a lot. Tourists tell us how the tracking experience he did. And Gudie
tour explained to us about the history of the tongkonan, tedong and stone grave
houses in Toraja.
After that we continued our activities on foot to the restaurant
mentiro tiko.
Along the way we saw a
number of Toraja communities doing mutual cooperation activities. The activity
aims to replace stones from the tongkonan house as well as to tighten the ties
of the Toraja community itself. The men work pushing stones using ropes and
pick-up cars while women are in charge of preparing food for those who work. In
addition, along the way we also saw many new stone graves were dug. And the
scenery that we found was very beautiful.
We also did tracking
from the Lempo to Bori. During the trip, we were accompanied by views of a vast
expanse of rice fields with cool breeze that has not been polluted by
pollution. Morning or evening is the right time to visit.We also visited baby
grave. Baby grave is a stone grave made by Toraja people to bury babies under
the age of six months. They were buried in a tree called 'Tara'. And it is said
that the tare tree has a lot of latex which is believed to give breast milk to
the baby in the tomb. Also when visiting baby grave we accidentally met with
tourists from France. He taught us many things including teaching us the
language.
After baby grave we
proceed to the next tourist attraction, Bori ’Kalimbuang. This tourism object
is one of UNESCO's world heritages which is located on the Poros Barana road,
Pangli, Bori Village, Sesean District, North Toraja Regency. These rocks are
not through natural processes, but are formed in advance and planted in the
ground. The formation and planting of stones cannot be done by just anyone.
We rested for a moment
and sat on the edge of the rice fields while enjoying the beautiful view of
Tana Toraja. When we were resting, we saw many tourists passing by and many
people in Toraja were wearing black clothes, which they said would do solo
signs. We really want to see it but time and schedule do not allow us. So we
continued our journey.And the last place we visited was todi. Todi is a place
that sells typical Ole Ole Toraja. In addition, there we can see firsthand the
weaving process carried out directly by the Toraja community itself. A very
nice place to visit to buy Ole Ole in North Toraja. After from todi we returned
to the hotel, dinner and over night.
Day 03
Our third day starts
with checking out the hotel and having breakfast.After breakfast
we went shopping at Ole Ole at the Toraja traditional market. In the
traditional Toraja market, there are many Toraja tribal souvenirs and toraja
special foods.
But we were only given 1
hour to shop and the next trip was to continue to lakipada. Lakipadada is a
descendant of Puang Tamboro Langi, who also was the first king with the nickname
Puang Tomatasak I in tana toraja.
After from lakipadada we
continued our journey home to return to Makassar. We do lunch in the town of
Parepare right terrace restaurant empang and dinner at the restaurant of the
dream city of Maros. After that we arrived at the campus safely.
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