Hey there! In this post, I would like to share my recent
trip to South Sulawesi, Indonesia. If you have visited Indonesia and want to
come again but do not want to visit the highlights like Bali and Lombok, South
Sulawesi is a great decision for your next destination!
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| The City Name Statue in Losari Beach |
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| South Sulawesi Location in Indonesia Map |
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| Map of South Sulawesi |
Located between Borneo and Papua Island, Sulawesi offers you
beautiful landscape and rich culture. In the beginning of May 2016, I got the
chance to travel there for 4 days 3 nights. Here's the itinerary, budget, and
travel tips~ Hope this can help and encourage you to visit this beautiful
island! Don't wait before it gets too touristy and crowded~
HOW TO GET THERE?
To get to South Sulawesi, you can fly from many major cities
in Indonesia to Sultan Hassanudin International Airport (Code: UPG). Here are some
cities that have direct flight to Makassar: Surabaya, Jakarta, Denpasar,
Yogyakarta, Kendari, Balikpapan, Timika, and Bandung. For international flight,
you can fly from Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia and Singapore.
If your origin city or country doesn't have direct flight,
you don't need to worry! There are many connection flights that will take you
there. For more info, check: http://hasanuddin-airport.co.id/
THE JOURNEY (MAXIMUM
EXPERIENCE, MINIMUM COST!)
Please note that this was written by a greedy person who
wanted to see a lot in a very short time. If you want to visit it longer or
shorter, please adjust with your own itinerary ;)
Day 1. Thursday, 5th
of May, 2016.
I arrived in Makassar on Thursday, 5th of May, 3am local
time (GMT +8).
TO GET TO MAKASSAR
CITY
The plan was we (my cousin and I) would stay in the airport
for couple of hours and then took the earliest bus (or called Damri) to the
city center. We browsed on the internet before and found that the earliest bus
departed on 4am. THAT WAS NOT TRUE!
