:: Lake Tempe Sengkang - South Sulawesi Travel
Guide ::
Sengkang, the capital of a
former Bugis kingdom, this historic and bustling market
town overlooking Lake Tempe retains its traditional
character, as well as many old cultural traditions, silk
weaving, colourful bugis weddings-celebrated, according
to Ancient customs, dance, and a traditional orchestra.
Danau Tempe near Sengkang is
the largest lake on Sulawesi. Lake Tempe is a shallow
lake fringed by wetlands with traditional floating
houses and a large population of wonderful birdlife.
Lake Tempe is the place to be for ornithologists. You
can go by long tail boat on the huge lake and you will
visit a traditional floating house and you can drink tea
or coffee and eating fried banana (Pisang Goreng) with
the locals. We respect the flora & fauna, so we will not
come to close to the birds, so we don’t disturb them and
so we safe this wonderful place near Sengkang. Sengkang
was a former Bugis kingdom capital. The city has still
old traditions character like; silk weavings and
markets.
A village that is really unique, around 30 houses
inhabited by traditional fishermen in the middle of the
vast Tempe lake. There the fishermenlive their
daily-life by fishing, drying some riverfishes and other
activities
This place can be reached by a traditional boat for
about one hours from the harbour of Tempe. Along the
trip you might be seeing some various types of birds of
the lake, flying in a row or settling on the grass or
flowers that live floating houses in the middle of the
lake.
The lakeside
resort of Sengkang between Bone and Pare-pare has only
recently been discovered by foreign tourist. Scenic
Danau Tempe, a large shallow lake fringed by wetlands,
is the main attraction and is best admired on a boat
trip. Geologist believe the lake was once a gulf between
southern Toraja and the rest of South Sulawesi. As they
merged, the gulf disappeared and it is thought the lake
will eventually disappear too.
There are
floating houses, magnificent bird life, and a
range of commercial activities on the lake.
Lake tours usually take in Batu-Batu on the
other side, but the most interesting part is along the
river around Sengkang.
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