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Lowland Rainforest
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Extended rainforests in the area around Kendari offer opportunities for trekking tours of different degrees of difficulty. Find yourself in astonishment of the giants of the forest with their mansized butress roots and of the diverse jungle wildlife. Watch out for example for the extraordinary horn bills or... |
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Sulawesi Hornbill |
Strangling fig tree (Ficus) with butress roots |
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- with a little bit of luck - for the night-active charming diana tarsier (Tarsius dianae) with their huge eyes, the smallest ancient relatives of the primates. |
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diana tarsier |
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These excursions offer the opportunity for you to enter remote areas, that have not been visited by any foreigner before, and to discover rare, yet unknown exotic animals and plants. |
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For adventurers and nature romantics spending a night in a jungle camp will be an overwhelming experience. As soon as the sun sets, nightlife rises up in the jungle and a multitude of nocturnal animals will contribute to a fascinating chorus of sounds and voices. Take a flashlight and a good guide to carefully seek for your own discoveries.... |
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Mountain Rainforest
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Undertake a trekking excursion of several days' duration with us to the Gunung Mekongga, the highest mountain of southeast Sulawesi with a summit elevation of 2790 m. This remote mountain region is renowned for its large diversity of plants and animal wildlife. While passing through the different climate zones you can study the changes of the vegetation: |
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from lowland rainforest with its giant trees through dense mountain rain forest up to shrubby misty forest where mosses, lichen, treeferns and orchids predominate. |
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tropical misty forest |
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