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| Purple-winged Roller |
As a touris guide, I offer tours to North Sulawesi for visitors who are interested in seeing nature, watching birds, butterflies, and other animals in the forest. The duration of the tour can be as short as 7 to 9 days covering most of the important forest areas from Kotamobagu to Minahasa and then to Bitung.
The tour that I offer is not only for birding and wildlife watching but also for seeing beautiful natural places of Minahasa such as Pine Forest in Lahendong, Lake Tondano, Mount Mahawu, and Lake Linow, terraces of rice fields, and farmlands in the towns of Tomohon and Sonder that surround traditional villages of North Celebes.
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| Farmland in the highland of Minahasa |
From my previous trips I and my clients saw various species of birds such as:
- Sooty-headed Bulbul
- Chestnut Munia
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- Black-faced Munia
- Sahul Sunbird
- Crimson Sunbird
- Grey-sided Flowerpecker
- Yellow-sided Flowerpecker
- Sulawesi Cuckoo Dove
- White-faced Cuckoo Dove
- Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon
- Black-naped Fruit Dove
- Sulawesi Hanging Parrot
- Pale Blue Monarch
- Black-crowned White-eye
- Mountain (Warbling) White-eye
- White-necked Myna
- Purple-winged Roller
- Citrine Cannary Flycatcher
- Turquoise Flycatcher
- Finch-billed Myna
- Sulawesi Serpent Eagle
- Knobbed Hornbill
- Sulawesi Scops Owl
- Speckled Boobok
- Green-backed Kingfisher
- Large-billed Kingfisher
- Lilac Cheeked Kingfisher
- Ruddy Kingfisher
- Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher
- Collared Kingfisher
- Hair-crested (White-eyed) Drongo
- Sulawesi Drongo
- Black-naped Oriole
- Sunda Teal
- Little Egret
- Cattle Egret
- Barred Rail
- Finch-billed Myna
- Barn Swallow
- Sulawesi Scops Owl
- Brush Cuckoo
- Slender-billed Crow
- White-browed Crake
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- White-breasted Woodswallow
- and etc.
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| Some birds in Minahasa highland |
In addition to birds, while walking in the forest, we saw Crested-Macaque Monkeys, Gliding Lizard, snake, and Sulawesi bear Cuscus.
Sulawesi has got a lot of endemic animals. This tropical island is located in the transition zone between the continents of Asia and Australia.
Besides birding and wildlife watching, I also did trips to traditional eating houses of the region. We ate some traditional cakes, and spicy cuisine of Minahasa.
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| Lake Tondano, photo by Charles Roring |
Visitors who plan to take this tour with me have to bring their own binoculars and if possible, camera with telephoto lens such as Nikon or Canon D-SLR with 400 or even 600 mm lenses. Sigma and Tamron manufacture 150-600 mm lenses that are suitable for bird and wildlife photography. Those who do not want to carry heavy photographic devices can bring Nikon P900 or Nikon P1000 that is very powerful in shooting birds and wild animals in distant trees.
Booking
To book your tour in Minahasa, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180.
Also read:
- Sonder's Birdwatching and Butterflywatching Sites
- Minahasa Beach and Great-billed Kingfisher
- Birding in North Sulawesi
- https//wildlifeminahasa.blogspot.com
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