NAD

North Sulawesi


This easygoing place is very well set up for anyone with an interest in dive photography, as one guide is assigned per two divers. House reef dives are free. Choose from stylish, attractive, recently renovated rooms or sea-view bungalows. There's a small dark-sand beach out front.


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1. Tasikoki Wildlife Rescue

10.26 MILES

About 9km southwest of Bitung, Tasikoki is an entirely volunteer-run organisation that rescues and cares for animals confiscated from smugglers. The aim…

2. Public Museum of North Sulawesi

27.57 MILES

This museum features a large display of traditional costumes, and an exhibit illustrating traditional pottery-making. There are captions in English.

3. Kienteng Ban Hian Kong

27.6 MILES

The 19th-century Kienteng Ban Hian Kong is the oldest Buddhist temple in eastern Indonesia and it has been beautifully restored. The temple hosts a…

4. Traditional Market

28.53 MILES

Up the hill east of town is the colourful, chaotic, anything-goes traditional market you've probably heard stories about – and those stories are true…

5. Waruga Opo Worang

29.14 MILES

Minahasans traditionally interred their dead in a squatting position in waruga stone sarcophagi shaped like houses sitting above ground right near their…

6. Woloan Wooden House Builders

29.96 MILES

Here master craftsman build stunning Minahasa-style wooden homes to be disassembled and shipped to their new owners.