How to take a bus from Makassar to Toraja - Buses are the most common and reliable means of transportation to traverse the 300 kilometres from Makassar to Toraja. There are several bus operators running between the two regions and the buses themselves are usually comfortable, rather spacious and quite affordable.
The ticket price per person for a one-way trip starts from
Rp 140,000 for an air-conditioned bus and between Rp 220,000 to Rp 250,000 for
the increasingly popular sleeper bus. For a bus complete with massaging seats,
the price starts around Rp 400,000. Most buses travel from Makassar to the
towns of Makale in Tana Toraja and Rantepao in Toraja Utara, with some buses
continuing to the city of Palopo in the Luwu Regency. One thing to note about
the buses is that they often offer various “classes” of bus, from Business to
Executive (sometimes written as “Executif ”) classes. This will affect ticket
price, level of comfort and type of amenities offered to the passenger.
Each bus operator has its own head office in Makassar where passengers
can leave their luggage to be stored in the respective buses they will take up
to Toraja. From the head office, passengers are then transported to Terminal
Daya (Regional Power Terminal Makassar: Jl. Kapasa Raya, Daya, BiringKanaya,
Makassar), usually in a small mini-van, from where they will wait for their bus
to arrive. It is recommended to keep an eye out for the names emblazoned on the
buses as announcements for their arrival are in Bahasa Indonesia and also come
infrequently.
There are usually two schedules offered for most buses,
leaving either during the day or at night, including sleeper buses with fully reclining
seats. During the day, passengers can spend the eight- to nine-hour drive by
alternating between watching the changing landscape with its rice paddies and
houses or napping. Passengers taking a night bus may recline in their seats,
snuggle up in the provided blankets and be lulled to sleep as the bus winds its
way up to Toraja. The night bus arrives in Makale and Rantepao the next morning
while the day bus arrives the same day, sometime in the late afternoon or early
evening.
Bus tickets can be bought directly from bus operators’
offices at Terminal Daya or at individual bus head offices around Makassar.
Additionally, most hotels and guesthouses in Toraja are able to book bus
tickets for you on request. To get a taxi to either the head office
(perwakilan) or the main bus station, Terminal Daya, from Makassar Sultan
Hasanuddin International Airport, use the touchscreen computers by the
baggage-claim exit doors. Some recommended taxi companies include Bosowa and
Taxi Putra.
PO. Primadona
email: ticket@primadonabus.com | website: www.primadonabus.com Makassar Makale,
Tana Toraja Rantepao, Toraja Utara Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan KM 13 Kompleks Ruko
Bukit Khatulistiwa Blok B No 8, Makassar. Jl. Pelita No 12 Makale, Tana Toraja.
Jl. Diponegoro No 4 Rantepao, Toraja Utara Tel. +62 411 4772290 Tel. +62 811
4497211 Tel. +62 811 4497210
Borlindo
Email. ticket@borlindo.com | Website. www.borlindo.com. Makassar Makale, Tana
Toraja Rantepao, Toraja Utara Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Ruko HCC Blok A No 1
Makassar. Jl. Nusantara No 4 Makale, Tana Toraja. Jl. Mappanyuki No 63
Rantepao, Toraja Utara Tel. + 62 813 48117657 Tel. +62 813 48117670 Tel. +62
813 48117680
PO Bus Litha & Co
Makassar Makale, Tana Toraja Rantepao, Toraja Utara, JJl.
Gunung Merapi No. 135 Makassar, Jl. Pelita 97 Makale, Tana Toraja, Jl. Pahlawan
Rantepao, Toraja Utara Tel. +62 411 324847
+62 411 331155 +62 411 311055 Tel.
+62 423 22009 Tel. +62 423 21204
PO Manggala Trans
Makassar Makale, Tana Toraja Rantepao, Toraja Utara. Jl.
Perintis Kemerdekaan KM 8 Ruko Puri Kencana Sari Makassar, Jl. Merdeka No 6
Makale, Tana Toraja, Jl. Mappanyukki No 15 Rantepao, Toraja Utara Tel. +62 411
582088 +62 852 55543434 Tel. +62 423
22190 +62 852 556568 Tel. +62 423 21237 +62 852 14605304
PO Metro Permai
Makassar Makale, Tana Toraja Rantepao, Toraja Utara, Jl.
Perintis Kemerdekaan Ruko Tello (in front of Mtos Mall), Makassar Jl. Ichwan No
122 Makale, Tana Toraja, Jl. Mappanyukki No 15 Rantepao, Toraja Utara Tel. +62
411 582734 +62 411 584015 +62 813 42610049= Tel. +62 423 22104 Tel. +62
423 21785
Bintang Prima
Makassar Makale, Tana Toraja Rantepao, Toraja Utara, Jl.
Perintis Kemerdekaan Ruko Tello No 22 Makassar. Jl. Ichwan No 108 Makale, Tana
Toraja Jl. Ahmad Yani No 100 Rantepao, Toraja Utara Tel. +62 411 4772888 Tel. +62
423 22797 Tel. +62 423 21142 +62 852
42878266 +62 852 40437337