Hi, I am Charles Roring, I work as tourist guide. I love nature both forest and marine life. I guide solo traveling visitor, couples, group of tourists young and older visitors.
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| As a tourist guide, for me, it is a blessing to have rainforest, mountains, beaches, remote islands, coral reef, cave as my work place. |
Most of my trips are suitable for nature lovers who like hiking, birdwatching, wildlife-watching, swimming, snorkeling, freediving, and other outdoor activities.
This nature based tourism activities greatly support villagers in remote areas and at the same time help us preserve both rainforest and marine environment.
I have guided visitors to many places in Indonesia including to Bali, Alas Purwo N.P. in East Java, Sumatra (Mount Kerinci and Kerinci Seblat National Park in Jambi), Way Kambas N.P. in Lampung, to Sulawesi especially Minahasa highland, Ramang-ramang, Malino, Palu, Wuasa valley, Lore Lindu National Park, Tangkoko, Manado, Tomohon, Sonder, Tambun Maleo Sanctuary in Kotamobagu, Ternate and Halmahera in North Maluku; and to a lot of places in West Papua.
WALKING TOUR AND BIRDING IN MINAHASA HIGHLAND
I offer customized walking tour, sightseeing and birdwatching to The highland of Minahasa in the Province of North Sulawesi of Indonesia. The duration of the tour is 4 days to 1 week depending on the availability of time of the participants.
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| The highland of Minahasa |
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| Waterfall, flowers, butterfly and birds in Minahasa highland |
I give special attention to birding in this region because it has got a lot of endemic birds. Sulawesi island is located in the trasitional zone between Asia and Australia. There is Wallace Line that devides the spread of fauna between them.
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| Pale Blue Monarch |
Some of the birds that can be found during the walking tour in the forest, farmland and paddy fields of Minahasa include:
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| Hair-crested (White-eyed) Drongo, Warbling White-eye, Yellow-billed Malkoha, Collared Kingfisher |
- Pale Blue Monarch (Hypothymis puella)
- Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis omissus)
- Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus)
- Black Sunbird (Leptocoma aspasia)
- Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
- Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
- Sulawesi Myzomela
- Gray-cheeked Green Pigeon
- Red-eared Fruit Dove
- Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove
- Sulawesi Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia albicapilla)
- Rock Pigeon
- Zebra Dove(Geopelia striata)
- Yellow-billed Malkoha
- Sooty-headed Bulbul
- Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
- Collared Kingfisher
- Common Kingfisher
- Scaly-breasted Kingfisher
- Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker
- Mountain (Warbling) White-eye
- Black-crowned White-eye
- Hair-crested (White-eyed) Drongo
- Sulawesi Drongo
- Brush Cuckoo
- Sulawesi Hanging Parrot
- White-breasted Woodswallow
- Black-faced Munia
- Chestnut Munia
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- Eastern Cattle Egret
- Little Egret
- Finch-billed Myna
- Purple Heron
- Sunda Teal
- Cinnamon Bittern
- Gray-sided Flowerpecker
- Yellow-sided Flowerpecker
- Gray Wagtail
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Slender-billed Crow
- Sulawesi Scops Owl (Otus manadensis)
- Speckled Boobok (Ninox punctulata)
- Barn Swallow
- White-nest Swiftlet
- Glossy Swiftlet
- and etc.
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| Black-naped Oriole |
Most of my birding activities are focused in the forest, agricultural land, paddy fields of the town of Tomohon and the district town of Sonder. They have got roads that are suitable for walking tour, sightseeing and wildlife watching.
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| Mountain White-eye in Sonder's forest of Minahasa |
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| Sulawesi Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia albicapilla) |
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| The Clipper, Lime Swallowtail, Great Eggfly, Sacred Tabby, Gigon Swallowtail |
In addition to birdwatching, participants of the tour, during the tour can walk through villages to see local people and interact with them, enjoy sightseeing to the beautiful landscape, and farmland.
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| Some of the agricultural commodities grown in Minahasa highland Corn, Vanilla, Clove, Rice and Papaya |
Minahasan farmers grow rice, corn, sweet potatoes, banana, papaya, vanilla, clove, coconut, chilli, carrot, cabbage, spring onion, kangkung, water spinach, peanuts, kidney bean, green bean and etc. They also run pig, poultry and fish farming.
Their agricultural produce are sold to villages, towns and cities in North Sulawesi Province and in central and eastern region of Indonesia including Jayapura, Manokwari, Sorong, Ternate, Ambon and Balikpapan.
Getting to Minahasa
The entry point for this tour is Manado city. Tour participants could fly from their country to one of the major cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar and Makassar. After that, they could continue their trip by taking domestic flights to Manado city served by Garuda, City Link, TransNusa, Lion Air or Batik Air.
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| Flight Route to Manado City |
Contacts:
E-mail: peace4wp@gmail.com
Cell Phone: +6281332245180 (send text or WA message)
You could also find me in:
https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/charles-roring
Also read:
- Birding in Higher Elevation Forest of Minahasa
- Birding in Paddy Fields of District Sonder in Minahasa
- Walking Tour, Birdwatching and Butterflywatching in District Sonder of Minahasa Highland
- Walking Tour and Birdwatching in Minahasa Highland
- Birdwatching in Sulawesi
- Birding in North Sulawesi
- Birding in Sonder of Minahasa
- Birdwatching in Minahasa
- Manado City: Birdwatching and Sightseeing Tour