Togean

Togean Trip

30 july – 3 august 2014

Rita. Yana. Yadhi. Mas Ian. Shinta. Tiwi. Yayuk. Ganesh

There’re several ways to go to Togean from Sulawesi island, i.e. from Gorontalo, Marisa, or Ampana. We chose the easiest way: flight from jakarta to gorontalo, drive from gorontalo to marisa by car (3-hour) and charter a speedboat from marisa to malenge which is a part of the togean islands (3-hour).

Day 1

We spent the whole day to get to malenge from jakarta. Stayed at malenge lestari at malenge island. 

Day 2

Went to see the cute jellyfish at mariona lake. Yes, you can also see the stingless jellyfish here (the more famous spot to see these jellyfish is at Kakaban Lake, Derawan). For my Derawan Trip, u can click here

it's me!

cute! 

danau mariona

We made several other stops after mariona: karina beach, wakai, kadidiri paradise resort, taipi island (snorkeling), and bolilanga resort. 

mencoba berbagai gaya :D

pantai karina

pantai di kadidiri resort

pantai di depan bolilanga resort

Day 3

Snorkeling time at the very famous Reef 5. It’s beautiful. We snorkeled for around 3-hour, enjoying the amazing underwater world. We hopped on and hopped off the boat so many times that I forgot to wear my life jacket once. I don’t know how to swim! I panicked. Thank God my friend came to the rescue :P

In the afternoon, we went to papan island. A few years ago, there was a wooden bridge connecting malenge island to papan island. The length was around 800 meter. Unfortunately, the bridge has become damaged and cannot be used anymore.

view from papan island

We bought some lobsters and asked the local people to cook it for us. They were fresh and delicious!

fresh lobster!

at desa papan

As if we haven’t had enough snorkeling for a day, we did some snorkeling at night at the beach in malenge lestari to see the glow-in-the-dark plankton. It’s exciting to see the glowing planktons especially when you start to move your hands and legs frantically :D

Day 4

Snorkeling time! Again!  :D

This time just in front of our bungalows. We saw a huge amount of fish dancing and making various formations. Wow! We spent around 1,5 hours snorkeling here. 

After breakfast, we headed to kalabatu island and then to tangkabo island. Continuing our seafood saga which started with yesterday’s lobster at papan island, we asked our boatman to cook us crabs and fish. 

Tongkabo

Day 5

Time to go back to Gorontalo. How sad. Togean is so beautiful, we don’t want to leave :P

But we have to, coz there’re shrimps and crabs waiting for us at our boatman’s house in Marisa. Haha.. And the seafood saga continues... 

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