Review & Trip report
Tangkoko - Tomohon Birding/photography
Pic you up in manado,hotel/airport and directly to tangkoko NR and stay there for 4N/5D to see some endemic bird of sulawesi. Any bird you will be see it such us : Sulawesi Dwarf kingfisher, green backed kingfisher, lilac kingfisher, ruddy kingfisher, red backed thrush, sulawesi scops owl, ochre bellied boobook, sulawesi nigtjar, sulawesi roller, knobbed hornbill, pale blue monarch and etc. and more over that, we can see also mammals,reptil and insect.
Two of us did an all-day tour with Julian in mid-May. I contacted him via email a week or so before and were happy that he could accommodate us. He picked us up at our dive resort in Bitung (about an hour away) and even stopped at an ATM en route to Tangkoko as we were running low on cash! Julian has a great ear for birds and is very attuned to animals and birds in Tangkoko. On this trip we sighted hornbills, an owl, kingfishers, red-backed thrush. We also spotted a cuscus and saw the tarsiers, but the numerous macaques were perhaps the most fun to observe. One of the nicest parts of the tour was just wandering in the forest among the beautiful big trees, and hearing the sounds of the forest. IN addition to great guding, Julian handled all details superbly, from safely driving us back and forth, to delivering us to a nice lunch spot in Tangkoko, to providing water. In addition to being very knowledgeable about the forest and its birds and animals, he is a great person to spend a day with and is very relaxed and a great resource for learning a little bit about North Sulawesi generally. The bugs weren't too bad on our trip but you want to be armed with insect repellent. It was quite hot so you might want to bring extra water. We did the all-day tour but if you didn't have that much time, the afternoon tour might be better as we saw more wildlife then. Do bring good walking shoes as we walked quite a bit over the course of the day.
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DeleteAmazing tour with tangkoko wildlife tour,expecily julian be the guide for us,if you wanna visit tangkoko just call him via e-mail : juliantures@gmail.com
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We did a day trip from Manado to Tangkoko NP in February 2019. We googled that Julian should be the best guide for Tangkoko NP so we tried to reach him on his Whats up (+62 853-4016-7411) the evening before the trip. He came back to us very quickly and the communication was smooth.
ReplyDeleteJulian managed for us whole trip including transport from/to Manado with great driver (who spoke perfect English and did a great company to us during the way) and perfect lunch in TŃP.
Although we visited NP in low season and during the day (not in the morning/evening which is the best part of the day for visiting) we saw everything what we want - tarsier, kuskus, lots of black maqaues, kingfisher.
In addition of that Julian was a really nice guide and it was pleasure to meet him.
Tereza and Michal
Thanks for the blog article.Really looking forward to read more. Cool. quad bike safari
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