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SULAWESI
A unique shaped island
Sulawesi - formelly known as Celebes - lying across the sea between
Kalimantan (Borneo) in the west and Maluku in the east.
There are now five provinces
on this 227,000 square km island; South Sulawesi, South-east Sulawesi,
Central Sulawesi, North Sulawesi and the Gorontalo which was just
separated from the North Sulawesi Province.
Sulawesi
stands on the divide between
Asia and Australasia not just geologically but in many other ways. With
its 98% of the mammals on the island are found nowhere else, made
Sulawesi has special notable aspect of this is the unique wildlife. In the
nineteenth century naturalist Alfred Wallace drew the "Wallace Line"
which divides Asian and Australian flora and fauna right through the
island.
The cultures of people on
the island, dominated by the Bugis in the south, and the Christian
Minahasa in the north make the cultures of the island developed in unique
ways, especially the Christian-animist Toraja people who live in their
beautful highland in the north of South Sulawesi Province, who attract
large number of visitors every year.
Dotted with volcanoes,
protected by the mountains and walled by thick jungle make the inland of
Sulawesi are serenely beautiful and challenge those who have the spirit of
adventures.
The marine tourism in
Sulawesi is also considered as one the of the best in the world. The
superb beach and coral reefs of Bunaken marine park in north Sulawesi is
waiting for you to explore, while the other untouched under water world in
Togian and Banggai in Central Sulawesi are waiting to be discovered.
Check out our best
itineraries of traveling on Sulawesi Island:
◊ NORTH SULAWESI
◊ SOUTH SULAWESI (TORAJA)
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