Today we cruise the picture-perfect scenery of Rammang-Rammang, with its rugged limestone karsts, palm trees and rice paddies. We are met by our guide and driver and transfer on a journey that will take about 75 minutes into the countryside to Rammang-Rammang which has a sublime landscape compared to China’s Yunnan region.

Using either a canoe, or a motorised boat, we paddle, or cruise along the river and soak-up the surrounding landscape and then disembark at a small traditional Bugis village to observe local life where we enjoy a picnic lunch at a local’s home.

Step back in time at Makassar, a former Dutch colonial city where trade from West to East was managed. The South Sulawesi capital, formerly known as Ujung Pandang, is Indonesia’s sixth largest city and we learn about its past at the Lagaligo Museum in Fort Rotterdam which spans two buildings displaying fascinating ethnological and historical artefacts.

Next, we visit Paotere Harbour, Makassar’s old port which is home to the unique Phinisi or Bugis schooners that were once used to transport goods across trade routes. Our tour concludes at Clara Bundt Orchid Garden within the grounds of the Dutch Bundt family home, where a variety of orchids and a collection of sea shells and corals are displayed.