MAKASSAR SHORE EXCURSIONS: FORT ROTTERDAM, PAOTERE HARBOUR & BANTIMURUNG

Makassar is the biggest city of Sulawesi and an old seafaring port of the Bugis people.

Route 1: City (about 5 hours)

• Fort Rotterdam, a Dutch fort from the 1600s, with a museum inside.
• Paotere harbour, where traditional wooden phinisi boats are loaded by hand.
• Losari beach promenade, and pisang epe (grilled banana) from the stalls.

Route 2: Karst and waterfall (about 7 hours)

About an hour to Bantimurung, a waterfall park famous for butterflies, and a small boat through the limestone towers and rice fields of Rammang-Rammang.

How these shore excursions work

• Private tour for your group only, from a few people in a van up to a full coach.
• An English-speaking local guide meets you at the cruise terminal (or at the tender pier if your ship anchors).
• We plan the day around your ship's times and bring you back well before all-aboard.
• Send us your ship name, port date and docking hours, and we fit the route to them.

Included

• English-speaking local guide
• Private vehicle with driver
• Entrance tickets and boat rides in the route you choose

Not included

• Lunch and drinks, unless we agree on a lunch stop in the price
• Tips for the guide and driver

Price

The price per person depends on your group size and the route. Tell us your ship, date and number of people and we will send a plan and a price.

More in Indonesia: all Indonesia shore excursions. Other ports: Toraja, Bitung, Kupang. Or see all our cruise port tours in Asia.