Discover Sulawesi awaits with holidays in Minahasa highlands of North Sulawesi. Discover Sulawesi brings out tradition hidden by locals. In the village you are going to meet locals, see how they live and interact with them. There are three main activities in Discovery Sulawesi trip. Palm sap production is good to observe. The famous palm wine and palm sugar are made from palm sap. Then, there is farmland activities. The other is Minahasan hands-on home-cooking adventure. You will definitely enjoy all activities in this Discovery Sulawesi trip.

5 DAYS TOUR | ALL EXPENSES COVERED | SUITABLE FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, STUDENT GROUP, YOUTH GROUP, AND GROUP OF 10 PAX | LEVEL OF ACTIVITY IS MODERATE | CHILDREN  FRIENDLY | NOT FOR HANDICAP

CULTURE IN THE VILLAGE

Some communities do not allow the logging done when moon is visible. Certain communities must eat well prior to planting sweet potato. They believe that can make the potatoes larger and more. The other communities cannot hunt rat during when watching the rice growing. During mourning days, all communities prohibit the member of the family to wear clothes of red, pink and orange color. And of course, there are many interesting traditions about house making, marriage, mother and pregnancy, cultivating farmlands and many more. These all are in village tour of discover Sulawesi. Discover Sulawesi plays out harmonious life of Minahasa highlanders in Tomohon. Awaits unique traditions, rustic places, countryside and friendly people on this discover Sulawesi.

PALM SAP PROCESSING

For Indonesian and people who live on the equator, palm has so many uses. From root to leaves, every single part is useful for life. Discover Sulawesi tour bring you to see how palm is prepared. Palm sap is famous on highlands. Cooking it results in two products. First is brown sugar. This is from sweet sap. Second is palm wine. It is by distilling the sap. On Discover Sulawesi, you observe farmers step by step prepare the sap in traditional way.

RICE FIELD ACTIVITIES

Rice, for oriental people, is very important for healthy diet. It rules the table of Asian food. Asian thinks it is like eating snack whenever they don’t eat rice. On Discover Sulawesi tour, you have chances for rice-field activities. From sowing to harvesting, rice undergo several process such as cultivating the pond, planting rice seedling, harvesting, drying and skin peeling. The activities on discover Sulawesi depend on the season. Awaits loads of fun things.

HOME-COOKING ADVENTURE

Minahasan cuisines are very well known across Indonesia. The rich using of spice and herbs result in tasty and delicious food, even though it is undeniably spicy. On home-cooking day, you will go to traditional market for buying ingredients. Afterwards, with a local you prepare food in the bamboo, cooking with leaves such as in woku and nasi bungkus and so on. This activities will be done in local house in nearby village. The food you have prepared will be for farewell dinner later.