Introduction
Manado city is the capital of the Province of North Sulawesi.The population of the city is getting closer to 500,000 people. Manado is surrounded by mountains, and farmland and the blue sea making it a beautiful city in Indonesia.
Manado has got a number of places that are interesting for visitors to see. Explore Minahasa offers tours for tourists who want to see beautiful landscape, enjoy nature with the main activities of sightseeing, and wildlife watching (birds, butterflies, and etc.)
To take this tour, visitors can bring their binoculars, spotting scope, camera. However, if tour participants do not have birding devices, they can share the spotting scopes that are brought by the tour guide.
ITINERARY
Day 1
We will start the tour at 07:00 in the morning by meeting you at your hotel and then organize your trip by car to farmland area in the north of the city. We could walk along the roadsides to see various kinds of agricultural crops that local farmers grow. We could also do birdwatching using binoculars and spotting scopes to see Sahul Sunbird, Gray-headed Imperial Pigeon, Green Imperial Pigeon, Spotted Dove, Asian Glossy Starling, Zebra Dove, Sooty-headed Bulbul, Brush Cuckoo, Pink-necked Green Pigeon, and etc.
We could visit waterfall area to see more colourful butterfly, dragonfly and damselfly.
The are also butterflies that can be seen such as Manado Yellow Tiger, Great Eggfly Butterfly, Common Birdwing, and etc.
At around 10:00 we will return to Manado city and visit the State Museum of Manado.
Lunch at 12:00, after that we will bring guests back to the hotel to take a rest. At 15:00, we will go to Bersehati traditional market to see agricultural produce and other products that is traded by merchants. again sightseeing to waterfall in Talawaan. On the way back, we will do birdwatching along the roadside. We will look for Collared Kingfisher, Green-backed Kingfisher, Black-naped Fruit Dove, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Slender-billed Crow, Hair-crested (White-eyed) Drongo, and etc.
Day 2
We will start from your hotel in Manado city at around 07:00. Our destination is the water dam to see the natural view and to watch water birds and butterflies. We will return to Manado city at around 10:00. A visit to Museum of North Sulawesi will give us a brief information about the history and culture of peoples who live in this province. Lunch at 12:00. Back to hotel and rest.
We will go by car to Warembungan at 15:00, a village at the outskirt of Manado city. We will see the view of Manado city. At approximately 18:00, we will return to your hotel. End of the Tour.
Booking
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This Manado city tours can be extended to other tours such as to Paal beach, to Tangkoko Nature Reserve, or to some of the following destinations:
