Assalamualaikum
Welcome to my blog. My
name is Amar Nur Ahmad. And I'm a 3rd semester travel student, Makassar State
Tourism Polytechnic. I would like to share a story about my experience while
doing a Nature Field Trip in northern Toraja regency.
On 14 15 16 October 2019
me and my classmates Department of Travel study program travel business tour
conducted Nature Field Trip activities in the north toraja district. We travel
for 3D2N. And before we do our marine trip activities we do a meeting first
with our tour leader. We gathered at our beloved campus (Makassar tourism polytechnic)
at 07.00.
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.
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 ayam
penyet ria. 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 arrived at the
restaurant, we had lunch, rest for a while while performing prayers. After
about 1 hour we were ordered to take the bus and go to the next tourist spot,
namely to the starting point of the Lempo. 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. This
Menhir is a neat fusion with the Toraja traditional house, Tongkonan.
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.
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.
