Sulawesi, once known as Celebes, is one of the largest islands in the world and it comprises four peninsulas radiating from a mountainous crater. It is famous for dramatic topography, impressive coral reefs and famed diving sites but also strong Dutch colonial heritage.

This spider-shaped island with its wrinkly arms spreading out into the sea is an extraordinary place and step back in time. Apart from its beautiful landscape and breathtaking scenery, the island is home to Christian and Muslim religions, but more importantly, it cloaks one of the world`s most remarkable animist site – a place where death is celebrated in quite a particular way…

Sulawesi is an island of various cultures and tribes, and the indigenous people continue to maintain superstitious beliefs and practise eerie ceremonies, where live beings are sacrificed. This is the island of bizarre cemeteries, skull bones and skeletons.

Destination Sulawesi will surely be on a bucket list of every adventurer who loves nature, seeks for some excitement and is up for a challenge. Here you will encounter raw beauty, cross mountains and smoking volcanoes, find yourself on deserted beaches and discover some of the world`s best diving spots, get to know remote tribal cultures.

Sulawesi is a place where to enjoy the beauty and exhilaration, and a sense of fright while walking through the creepy jungles and ravines surrounded by skeletons. Yes – one will definitely go back in time.

TOGEAN ISLANDS - COMING ACROSS THE SEA GYPSIES

Sitting right on the equator, 56 paradisiacal isles and 37 villages are scattered across the azure, brilliant waters of the Molluca Sea. This little tropical wonderland is home to some of the last remaining genuine Bajau Laut, known as the sea gypsies. Moreover, the visitors will find striking seascapes, unspoilt beaches and some of the most attractive diving locations in Indonesia.
MEET THE ZOMBIES OF TANA TORAJA

Sulawesi`s major attraction and Indonesia`s icon of ecotourism magnetises hundreds of adventurers and photographers each year, for so much has been spoken and written about the local culture and its peculiar customs. The National Geographic named Tana Toraja ‘a place where death doesn`t mean goodbye’. Indeed, the region is famous for bizarre funeral ceremonies, eerie cemeteries, ‘walking’ mummies, skull bones and skeletons - a place where superstitious beliefs continue to grow, where families live with dead bodies for weeks, and live beings are regularly sacrificed. The reason is that the indigenous people here celebrate death a little bit differently from us – Westerners.
SOUTHEAST SULAWESI - A CORAL PARADISE OFF THE BEATEN TRAIL

Whereas the North Sulawesi is Indonesia`s foremost coral paradise, the Southeast is its last frontier. Not for lack of underwater beauty, however. On the contrary - the Wakatobi Islands take pride in possessing the highest number of reef and fish species in the world. It is rather the isolation what often discourages the travellers from visiting Sulawesi`s southeast regions. The bold ones, however, will be rewarded with some extraordinary encounters: world-class dive sites, epic beaches, terrific atolls, and beguiling sea-nomadic tribes. Less crowded and more genuine, Southeast Sulawesi is the place to be for adventure-spirits, seascape photographers and underwater explorers.
SOUTH SULAWESI - FROM WHITE STRETCHES TO EERIE CLIFF TOMBS

The southern territories of Sulawesi have been home to the Makassarese and Buginese people for centuries. And still today, their beguiling cultures live in harmony with nature and surprisingly manage to maintain the ancestral way of life. The journey through South Sulawesi leads from the tumultuous Makassar, past Batimurung`s alluring butterflies and divine beaches of Bira to spooky jungles and creepy cemeteries in Tana Toraja. Travellers will encounter a country of wilderness, grand beauty and ancient tradition. Sulawesi surely is a spellbinding island, and the south possesses its some of its best pieces.
NORTH SULAWESI - NATURE` MAJESTY

For its natural splendour and the surreal underwater world, North Sulawesi is the island`s premier destination. Chains of mountains, fuming volcanoes and forested hills punctuated by valleys make up the land and they have been serving the indigenous people and teeming wildlife for centuries. Also, lakes and rivers have a large value in the development of the field of tourism, irrigation and energy. Yet most importantly, some of the world`s best coral reefs are hidden in the emerald depths of the Celebes and Molucca Seas. With a generous portion of attractions, in surprisingly condensed space, North Sulawesi has plenty to offer to all types of travellers.
MANIFOLD GORONTALO

With some of the oldest towns in Sulawesi, Gorontalo is a country of ancient civilisations and sublime historical heritage. Being the centre of Islam in Eastern Indonesia, the region takes pride in the Muslim Upiya Karanji, classical Gorontalese fine art, Karawo handicraft as well as superb poetry. To the contrary, the Dutch legacy here is at its strongest, and the unhurried colonial feel retains. What makes Gorontalo even more colourful are numerous indigenous ethnic groups that contribute to awe-inspiring cultural variety, which is incidentally topped up with sublime natural splendour – both coastal and inland.
CENTRAL SULAWESI - EMBRACED BY RARITIES

Stretching along the entire Gulf of Tomini, the interior of Sulawesi is filled with mysterious megaliths, ancient caves, foggy mountains, dense vegetation, remarkable fauna and indigenous tribes. In 1999, the region was plagued by inter-religious violence between Muslims and Christians, and its natural grandeur has been abandoned by tourists. Today, slowly but surely travellers are returning - although rather the adventurous ones - for the country is simply calling to be explored. Controversial yet captivating, Central Sulawesi is a destination for the ultimate discovery.
AT THE HEART OF THE CORAL TRIANGLE (BUNAKEN, BAGNKA, LEMBEH & SANGIHE-TALAUD ISLANDS)

Bunaken Marine National Park is the heart of the Coral Triangle recognized as the global centre of marine biodiversity and the so-called "Amazon of the Seas". The marine reserve provides habitat to 390 species of fringing reef and barrier reef corals and many species of tropical fish, mollusc, reptiles and marine mammal species. Bunaken is, however, not the only coral paradise in North Sulawesi. The nearby islands of Bangka, Lembeh, Sangihe and Talaud  - reaching far up to the Philippines, make an extension to the striking marine realm, and their remoteness indicates that there will be much to discover, both on land and underwater...
GOING TO SULAWESI (ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW)

Get out of your comfort zone and embark on a challenging journey along the path less trodden. In Sulawesi, you will find bizarre tribes, spooky jungle cemeteries, walking mummies, odd wildlife and the world`s last sea gypsies.

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