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In this Indonesia Travel Vlog, we finally make it to Toraja (both Tana Toraja and Toraja Utara). We had been looking forward to going to Toraja since we first arrived in Indonesia! In our last video we explored Makassar, the largest city in Sulawesi, before taking an overnight bus and arriving in Toraja at 5am the day of this video! The bus was surprisingly comfortable, but we didn't sleep too much as there was no bathroom on the bus so we were woken up frequently for the bus to stop.. sorry if we look extra tired 😅
Unfortunately our first two days in Toraja we didn't have a guide so it was just the two of us and a motorbike with some recommendations of where to go. On our first day we explored the north of Toraja (Toraja Utara). We started by having amazing Torajan coffee at a cute coffee shop in Rantepao! We then stopped by the post office as we had some things to mail. We couldn't believe how much was actually in Rantepao! There were hotels, banks, a post office, lots of stores....before we went to Toraja we expected it to be a lot more rural so that was really good to find out! We then continued driving to our first location. On the way we stopped by Objek Wisata Kalimbuang Bori. There was a sign in English at the beginning that explained a little about the area and the megalith stones that were there. It was so interesting to walk around even without knowing a lot of the history! We continued to drive to the Tinimbayo Viewpoint where we were able to see amazing views of rice terraces and grab a coffee. We then drove just a little farther to Batutumonga Viewpoint which had amazing views of all of Rantepao. As it was already getting late we didn't stay there long and continued on to the Lo'Ko Mata Stone Graveyard. Again it was super cool to see (especially because of the buffalo) but without a guide we didn't know anything. From there we went to our furthest stop - a viewpoint somewhere close to Lolai. On the way home we stopped by Pana. While we were there filming we thought it was the oldest stone baby grave.....turns out it's the oldest stone grave and also a baby grave (the baby graves are in trees, not stones)! We ended Day 1 here as we were so tired and getting cold!
Day 2 started with a tour of our homestay: Ne'Pakku Manja. It was the most adorable homestay in a great location about 10 minutes outside of Rantepao. It was only a few minutes from Ke'te Kesu - our first stop of Day 2 and a must see place in Toraja! Ke'te Kesu has lots of souvenir shops but also lots of different graves. At the end there is even a cave you can enter which we were lucky enough to have some local boys guide us inside! Next we went to Londa Caves which are must see burial caves in Toraja! After the caves we got lunch with a French couple at a roadside warung. Next we went to Lemo - an ancient stone grave with lots of Tau-Tau statues. Our final stop was the huge Jesus Christ statue in Toraja (Buntu Burake). It's one of the tallest Jesus statues in the world - even taller than Brazil's famous Christ the Redeemer! We had such an amazing time in Toraja even without a guide....but in the next video you'll see how much better it is to explore Toraja with a guide!
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00:01 Intro
01:21 Kaana Coffee Toraja
02:11 Driving Through Rantepao
02:27 Toraja and Rantepao Map
03:03 Kota Rantepao
03:39 Motorbike in Toraja
04:04 Buffalos in Toraja
04:30 Tongkonan Houses Everywhere
04:39 Objek Wisata Kalimbuang Bori
05:49 Megalith Stones in Toraja
07:07 First Time Seeing Bones in Toraja
08:19 More Toraja Buffalo
08:50 Tinimbayo Viewpoint
09:11 Drone Shots of Toraja Rice Terraces
10:29 Batutumonga Viewpoint
11:01 Lo'Ko Mata Stone Graveyard
14:43 Viewpoint Close to Lolai
15:45 Pana Gravesite
17:13 Baby Grave Tree
18:17 Day 2 Toraja Homestay Tour
20:21 Buffalo at our Homestay
21:12 Ke'te Kesu Toraja
28:04 Londa Cave
33:10 Indonesian Food
33:45 Lemo Toraja
34:36 Tau Tau Workshop
36:31 Toraja Christ Statue
37:45 Drone Shots at Toraja Jesus Statue
38:40 Next Video Clips

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