Matahatikita Tours

matahatikita — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:41:42 +0000

Tour Description : Hiking, Culture & History
Tour Highlights : Trekking in the dense forest, Wild Animals
Tour Area : Mt Tumpa
Starting Point : Manado

Ending Point : Manado

Meeting service in Manado
Full Payment
Drive to Ilo-Ilo Village
Be ready start on trekking into dense forest, it takes 4-5 hours
On this section you can see tropical plants, colourful insects, and chance for Tarsius spectrum roosting on bamboo branches or fig trees (Notes; Recommended to bring a good pair of shoes, the paths are steeply and slippery sometimes)
You also can listen to pleasant call of birds
Lunch box is provided
From the summit you can see exotic sea view of Bunaken Marine National Park
Keep walking slowly down to Meras village where the transport will pick up and transfer to Manado
Return to Manado for your accommodation
End of our services

Price includes:

Private car during your tour package
Extra Local Transport
Permit + Conservation Fee for the Parks
Lunch, Mineral water, Tropical fresh fruit
10% Government tax and service

Price Excludes:

Personal expenses
Alcoholic beverages, Juice, Soft drinks
Personal Insurance
Donation
Phone calls

matahatikita — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:06:44 +0000

White Water River Rafting

Tour Description : Rafting
Tour Highlights : Rafting
Tour Area : Minahasa
Starting Point : Manado

Ending Point : Manado

Meeting service in Manado
Full Payment
Drive through to the starting point where to start River rafting
Be ready for your challenging tour on river rafting along the Timbukar River, takes approximately two hours, 12kms
On this section you can enjoy exotic view, and trying to memorize a challenge of life
Keep your balance for the rock along the river (Notes; Recommended to bring a safety cover Bag for the camera, your body can be fully wet on the Water)
Minimum 4 persons can join this trip
Lunch will be served on the resting point at the bank of the river
You still have time on visiting the villages before drive down to Manado
Return to Manado for your accommodation
End of our services

Price includes:

Private car during your tour package
River rafting fees
Extra Local Transport
Permit + Conservation Fee for the Parks
Lunch, Mineral water, Tropical fresh fruit
10% Government tax and service

Price Excludes:

Personal expenses
Alcoholic beverages, Juice, Soft drinks
Personal Insurance
Donation
Phone calls

matahatikita — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:59:43 +0000

Waterfall Adventure Tour

Tour Description : Hiking, Culture & History
Tour Highlights : Kali Waterfall, Home Industry, Tinoor Waterfall
Tour Area : Minahasa
Starting Point : Manado

Ending Point : Manado

Meeting service in Manado
Full Payment
Drive to Kali village
Walking down takes an hour to Kali Waterfall
Visit Papaya’s wine home industry by villages women at Lota
Tinoor Waterfall Adventure
Lunch box will be served at the first waterfall (you will reach four levels of waterfalls on this section)
Keep your balance on walking against current of the river (Notes: Recommended to bring a safety cover bag for the camera because your body can be fully wet on the water)
Keep walking away back following the river and stop at native people house to have a cup of coffee
We can stop at Tinoor Hills to see look over or take a picture of Manado Bay and Bunaken Marine Park
Return to Manado for your accommodation
End of our services

Price includes:

Private car during your tour package
Extra Local Transport
Permit + Conservation Fee for the Parks
Lunch, Mineral water, Tropical fresh fruit
10% Government tax and service

Price Excludes:

Personal expenses
Alcoholic beverages, Juice, Soft drinks
Personal Insurance
Donation
Phone calls

matahatikita — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:38:06 +0000

Minahasa Highland & Volcano Hiking
(01 Day) (MH-MV1D 003)

Tour Description : Hiking, Culture & History
Tour Highlights : Traditional Market, Mt Mahawu 1311 m, Ceramics Home Industry, Linow Lake, Tondano Lake
Tour Area : Minahasa
Starting Point : Manado
Ending Point : Manado

Meeting service in Manado
Full Payment
An hour drive to Tomohon, stop at Tinoor Hill over look manado bay
Visit local market Tomohon
Rurukan Vegetable farming (Terrace vegetables)
Mount Mahawu around 1.311 m above sea level spectacular view if the weather good
Tondano Lake (where we have our lunch on the lake side Restaurant)
Visit Pulutan village Ceramic home industry
Linow lake (highly sulphuric lake)
Woloan Village Minahasan architect house are made (knock down house)
Return to Manado for your accommodation
End of our services

Price includes:

Private car during your tour package
Extra Local Transport
Permit + Conservation Fee for the Parks
Lunch, Mineral water, Tropical fresh fruit
10% Government tax and service

Price Excludes:

Personal expenses
Alcoholic beverages, Juice, Soft drinks
Personal Insurance
Donation
Phone calls

matahatikita — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:43:27 +0000

Tangkoko Nature Reserve Tour

Tour Description : Wild Animals, Culture & History
Tour Highlights : Waruga Ancient Stone Grave, Tarsius Spectrum, Home Industry, Black Monkey Macaque Nigra, Hornbills
Tour Area : Tangkoko Nature Rreserve
Starting Point : Manado

Ending Point : Manado

Meeting service in Manado
Full Payment
Visit Waruga Ancient stone grave of Minahasa Ancestors from 15th century at Airmadidi Village
Visit Local Whisky Processing
Direct to Tangkoko Nature Reserve
Lunch will be served on the way
Start on walking through the park, observing wild animals of Sulawesi; Macaque Nigra (Black monkey of Sulawesi), and Tarsius spectrum, is a nocturnal primate, an Endemic Tarsier that found in the North Sulawesi, it is active late evening and early Morning
Return to Manado for your accommodation
End of our services

Price includes:

Private car during your tour package
Extra Local Transport
Permit + Conservation Fee for the Parks
Lunch, Mineral water, Tropical fresh fruit
10% Government tax and service

Price Excludes:

Personal expenses
Alcoholic beverages, Juice, Soft drinks
Personal Insurance
Donation
Phone calls

matahatikita — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:00:17 +0000

Minahasa Highland Tour

Tour Description : Hiking, Culture & History
Tour Highlights : Home Industry, Buddhism Temple, Lake Tondano, Ceramics Home Industry, Lake Linow, Traditional Market
Tour Area : Minahasa
Starting Point : Manado
Ending Point : Manado

Meeting service in Manado
Full Payment
We can stop at Tinoor Hills to see look over or take a picture of Manado Bay and Bunaken Marine Park
Visit Tofu Home Industry at Kinilow
Visit Pagoda Buddhism Temple
Visit Local Market at Tomohon where Rats, Dogs, Snakes, Bats are sold as a food
Lake Tondano
Lunch at the lake site of Tondano Lake
Pulutan Traditional ceramics home industry
Visit Linow Lake (Highly Sulfur Lake)
Visit Woloan Village, the place of Minahasan’s architect house are build (knock-down house)
Return to Manado for your accommodation
End of our service

Price includes:

Private car during your tour package
Extra Local Transport
Permit + Conservation Fee for the Parks
Lunch, Mineral water, Tropical fresh fruit
10% Government tax and service

Price Excludes:

Personal expenses
Alcoholic beverages, Juice, Soft drinks
Personal Insurance
Donation
Phone calls

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matahatikita — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:01:32 +0000

Fun and Unique Touch To Your Tour Experiences In Indonesia

About Matahatikita (Pronounced Mata – Hatee -Keeta)

Matahatikita is composed of three Indonesian words

Mata = Eyes means” to see and to look at”.
Hati = Heart means “to feel and to love”
Kita = Our

All means” Beauty and Love are there to be admired and felt with our eyes and heart ”

Why Matahatikita…?

We use Matahatikita as a symbol of our working together as a loyal team organizing tours.
The name and symbolism of Matahatikita fits our backgrounds as tour guides. We show others the exotic scenery and magnificent underwater world, so they can see with their own eyes. We love to share our admiration of outstanding natural beauty and delicious local food. Our eyes and hearts convey the sense of community in the family life of indigenous tribes as well as the shared experience of local transport.

Who are we?
Group of experienced tour guides, while we are based in Manado (North Sulawesi) and our focus is on Sulawesi and eastern Indonesia, we organize tours throughout Indonesia

What do we offer?
We work with many well established partner companies to negotiate the best possible all in-inclusive price.

We handle everything including room and meal reservations at some of the best accommodation or nature lodges, ensuring expert guides are available, arranging safe and reliable transportation, and providing information on dive sites, bird species, indigenous tribes and maps of the areas visited. We can also assist you in making domestic and International flight reservations

What makes us different?

Our commitment to the principles of conservation and our work with local communities have been acknowledged internationally and well received by our many clients.

This can be summed by our mission statement:

“We are dedicated to providing our clients with ethical tourism products that are sustainable”

We are an equal opportunity employer and our staff comes from the various tribes and peoples in Indonesia.

Matahatikita is based on a team work to implement eco-tourism, environment, and education value. We will bring you to remote villages and get you in touch with native people, we will assist you in communicating with them and arrange to overnight at local people’s houses.

They honor you as family or relative, in this case, the local people can get some benefit income of tourism and you, as the visitor provide a vital link the outside world that is un-intrusive and not disruptive to their traditions and beliefs.

You can learn about the history and culture of ethnic groups, enjoy the tastes of local foods, and even dress up in ethnic clothes, practice on indigenous musical instruments or use a traditional vehicle.

It is particularly engaging to join in a community work project of social, health, or educational value.

Our goal is to ensure your tour with is the holiday experiences of a lifetime. We strive to make your holiday both enjoyable and unforgettable. You can count on getting prompt, personalized communication before and during your! So why not give Matahatikita a try the next time you are planning a holiday to an exciting destination.

Our main concern is for the safety of our clients. Our guides have been between them a wide and formidable knowledge of the local culture, rainforest and wildlife. We can provide specialist service for those who require the most in-depth information on Indonesia.