highlights makassar

• cycling barombong

  • For those who are interested in culture and the local way of living, we can take you to local villages in the Barombong area, about 15 minutes from Makassar by car. By mountainbikes you will explore the rural area and get acquainted with the friendliness of the locals. Everywhere you go, be expected to receive a warm welcome. During the trip coffee and tea is served at a local house and a Buginese lunch in another. As you are travelling by bike it is easy to make some stops along the way at some home industries and you can (try to) chat with some of the locals.

• culinary tour

  • The culinary tour is a fun way to explore the local markets of Makassar and of course eat a delicious home cooked meal! By becak, taxi or public transport you will visit markets in Makassar where you will do some grocery shopping for the cooking class which will take place in a small community in Makassar. This community consists of 300 families that have been able to remain their traditional lifestyle harmonizing with modernization. Surrounding the village are rice fields and agriculture fields on which crops are grown without using pesticides or fertilizers. The rivers provide them with plenty of fish and shrimps. Most of the houses are in Bugis style. The community can only be reached by small boats that can take bikes and motorbikes, but cars cannot reach the village.

• adventure in bulusaraung

  • Tari Travel’s newest trip is an adventurous, but long day! For a full day you will explore the Maros-Pangkep area by cycling, walking and canoeing. The trip starts at a small village about 1,5 hours from Makassar where you can see kalong, flying foxes, sleeping in the trees. From here on you take the mountainbike through an amazing landscape dominated by karst mountains and you can visit one of its caves. It is a mountainous area and some parts are so steep, you need to walk with the bike in hand. But what goes up, must come down! After the ride downhill a lunch is served at a local home. From here you start the beautiful, adventurous walk through ricefields, forest and a narrow gap between the rocks. The gap can be filled with some water when it has rained and some clambering is required. At the end of the gap, you reach a beautifully located village where coffee and tea is served. Afterwards the last part of the trip remains, which is a relaxing ride with a canoe.