Tempe Lake, Sulawesi, Indonesia

5emiibakrii 5:00 PM Feb 28, 2017

My lovely hometown tourist destination
I always took my friend to this lake. various opinions from them. Not bad, good, nice, great, and wanna stay in the like. I read some bad reviews about this lake. Doesnt like because of the price, tourism perpetrator, or expectations that are not as expected and so forth. First i will discussed the price. I was saddened by the unevenness price by each boatman that in fact one of the perpetrators of tourism. Raise prices up to three times of the normal price. The tourism department has been trying to suppress such fraudulent practices. hopefully no longer in the future. FYI if u are tourist u can ask 150k(include entrance fee) per boat(1-5 with boatman). Next i talk about expectation. All of people are different. If u are a nature lovers, i promise u a wonderful expectation. If you are not a nature lovers i just can say no :) For hotels, so many hotel in my hometown. Such as Hotel Eka(swimming pool), hotel ayu, BBC hotel, sermany hotel. But u can spending night in the floating houses too. Just ask for the cheapest price :) never give up never surrnder to bargain :D Restaurant too. There are lesehan jetpur and glory catering. Both of i choose glory because the taste so yummii, not too crowded, and not pricy :D And last but not least, if u wanna meet up or ask something about tempe lake or about my hometown feel free to send me message in my WA 085398673383 or Line @emiibakrii Happytravelling aLL :*

5yimin516 5:00 PM Oct 2, 2017

Overnight if you can! Strongly recommend
The usual package is a boat tour in the lake, and have coffee and fried banana fritters (pisang goreng) in one of the local floating houses, but we went a mile ahead to overnight at the house (request from your guide!) and this is the best decision made! We were staying with Aldi's family whom owns some speed boats. The house is small with only 1 bedroom, but wait, it is for the owners. We ate and slept in the living room. The local people usually use the lake water to bath, wash, cook and drink. But the family is good enough to prepare some mineral water for us. The toilet is open air and human waste is disposed directly into the lake. You have to come here once to experience this!