Some Photos of Birds from My Birding Walk in Subdistrict Sonder

Here are some photos of birds that I took while doing birding walk in Subdistrict Sonder of Minahasa regency. 

Barred Rail in Subdistrict Sonder of Minahasa regency

The first picture is Barred Rail. This is a ground walking bird. When I took picture of this bird, it was walking on the branches of a small tree at a roadside. It was an unusual scene for the Barred Rail.

Sulawesi Hanging Parrot

The second picture is Sulawesi Hanging-parrot (Loriculus stigmatus). The bird was perhaps feeding on lichens of a tree in Subdistrict Sonder of Minahasa regency. I was standing on the frontyard of a villager's house that is on a hill. This allowed me to take some pictures of the bird on trees that stood at the frontyard of the house.

White-browed Crake

White-browed Crake is a very shy bird. I frequently see them walking through paddy fields in search of food. Yesterday, I tried to walk closer to take pictures of them. Unfortunately, they moved into denser rice plants. 

Scaly-breasted Munia

These three small birds that were sitting on a twig of a tree were Scaly-breasted Munia. They were considered as pests by farmers who cultivate rice in paddy fields. 

There are more birds that we can watch in Minahasa highland. I will continue to update this blog with more articles of birding in this region. 

Finch-billed Myna

If you are interested in visiting Minahasa regency in Indonesia for sightseeing, birdwatching, butterflywatching and farm tour, and want a guide to organize your trip, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by whatsapp to: +6281332245180 or by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com.

Also read:

• Birdwatching and Photography Trip in Sonder of Minahasa Highland
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• Birds of Sulawesi
• Birding and Photography Tour in North Sulawesi

Tour Around the Farmland of Minahasa

The highland of Minahasa has got beautiful landscape. Visitors who spend their holiday here can take a tour to see the villages, farmland, and forest. 

Most of the inhabitants of Minahasa land are farmers. They grow rice, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, chilli, spring onion, cabbage, kangkung, pineapple, pangi, lemon grass, orange, rambutan, durian, and etc. 

Vanilla, clove, coconut, road through farmland, traditional market

While walking through the villages and farmland, tour participants can meet with the farmers and talk with them. Farmers can explain the food crops which they grow and how long they have to cultivate the plants until they could harvest them. 

Rice field in Sonder of Minahasa highland

In addition to dry farm, visitors could also take rice paddies trip to see how farmers cultivate their paddy field to grow rice which is the staple food of most of the Indonesian people. 

Industrial agricultural crops such as coconut, vanilla, clove and nutmeg could also be seen in Minahasa. They are harvested in certain period of time. For instance coconuts are usually picked every three months, and clove every two years. During the waiting time, farmers can do other jobs or cultivate short term food crops such as chilli, tomatoes, and other vegetable plants. Mos of the food crops are available in local markets. 

Farmers dry their harvest around their houses. That's why front-yard of a lot of farmers' houses in Minahasa are covered with concrete floor.

For coconut, farmers use other method for drying it. The meat of coconut is put on a shelf and is heated from below using fire.

Birds and Butterflies

There are birds and butterflies which visitors can watch during the farmland tour in Minahasa land. Some of them are Sooty-headed Bulbul, Sahul Sunbird, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Crimson Sunbird, Hair-crested Drongo, Black-naped Oriole, Finch-billed Myna, Chestnut Munia, Scaly-breasted Munia,  and a lot more. 

Some of the birds in the farmland of Minahasa 

Butterflies that occur in Minahasa include The Clipper, Common Birdwing, Minahasa Yellow Tiger, Blanchard's Wood Nymph, Blanchard's Tree Nymph, Meyer's Jay, Sacred Tabby and etc.

Butterfly watching in Minahasa highland

If you are interested in traveling to Minahasa and want to tour guide to organize your trip and accompany you, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180. 

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Farmland Tour in Minahasa Highland

Most tourists who travel to Manado city want to enjoy their holiday in Bunaken or Lembeh Strait. As a matter of fact, they can also take a farmland tour in the highland of Minahasa. 

In Minahasa, papaya flower is harvested as vegetables and papaya fruit is consumed as fruit

Villagers who live in Subdistrict Sonder of Minahasa regency work as farmers. They grow rice, corn, banana, papaya, tomato, chilli, spring onion, aubergine, kangkung, cabbage, peanut, kidney bean, durian, duku, rambutan, mango; and industrial crops such as clove and vanilla. Those who live near water streams run fish, poultry and pig farming. 

Paddy fields and coconut trees in Subdistrict Sonder of Minahasa regency

Visitors who take the farm tour in Minahasa can explore the agricultural land to see plants and animals which the local people have and how local farmers cultivate their food crops. 

Palm sugar from Rambunan village in Subdistrict Sonder is processed from the sap of aren tree

Minahasa is an important supplier of agricultural produce to towns and cities in eastern region of Indonesia. Vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat are exported to Sorong, Manokwari, Jayapura, Ternate, Ambon, and Balikpapan. 

Villagers in Tincep village grow flowers which they sell to various towns and villages in North Sulawesi province of Indonesia

Birdwatching

Walking through the trees and shrubs in the dry agricultural land, tour participants can enjoy watching various species of birds and butterflies. Some of the birds that can be seen include :

Crimson Sunbird, Sahul Sunbird, Chestnut Munia, Cattle Egret, Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove

Sahul Sunbird, Crimson Sunbird, Brown-throated Sunbird, White-faced Cuckoo Dove, Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon, Green Imperial Pigeon, Black-naped Fruit Dove, Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove, Chestnut Munia, Scaly-breasted Munia, Black-faced Munia, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Purple Heron, Cinnamon Bittern, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Sooty-headed Bulbul, Pale Blue Monarch, Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker, Black-naped Oriole, Gray-sided Flowerpecker, Yellow-sided Flowerpecker, White-eyed Drongo, Zebra Dove, Rock Pigeon, and etc. 

The secretive White-browed Crakes were walking through rice plants in Subdistrict Sonder of Minahasa regency 

Flight Routes

The capital of North Sulawesi Province is Manado city. It is the main gate for visitors who want to travel to Minahasa highland. There are daily flights between Manado and some major cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Balikpapan, Denpasar, Makassar and Sorong. Visitors could fly to these cities and continue their trip to Manado by taking one of the domestic flights served by Garuda, Citilink, Batik Air, Lion Air, TransNusa.

For direct international flights, Scoot Air fly between Manado city and Singapore several times a week. There are also direct flights between Manado city and Guangzhou served by China Southern Airlines.

Trip from Manado to Minahasa highland can be done by car. There are hotels, resorts and guesthouses in Tomohon. 

Flights from Singapore and major cities in Indonesia to Manado city

Land route from Manado city to Tomohon town and Subdistrict town of Sonder

If you are interested in taking a farmland tour in the highland of Minahasa and want a guide to organize your trip, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180.

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• Trip to Minahasa Highland
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• Sightseeing and Birdwatching Tour in the farmland of Subdistrict Sonder
• Farmland Tour in Sonder Town of Minahasa, Indonesia

Birdwatching and Photography Trip in Sonder of Minahasa Highland

The forest, agricultural land and paddy fields of Subdistrict Sonder in Minahasa regency is the habitat of various species of birds. They are beautiful subjects for visitors who like photography. 

Turquoise Flycatcher in Sonder of Minahasa Highland

Bird Photography Trip in Sonder of Minahasa Highland

In higher elevation forest of Sonder, photographers can take pictures of such birds as Warbling White-eye, Black-crowned White-eye,  Sulawesi Myzomela, Crimson Sunbird, Black-faced Munia, Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher, Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker, White-faced Cuckoo Dove, Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker, Sulawesi Drongo, Black Sunbird, Sulawesi Bush Warbler, Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove, Gray Wagtail, White-breasted Woodswallow, and etc. 

Some butterflies in Kecamatan Sonder of Minahasa regency

The farm forest of the hills of Sonder is the habitat of beautiful butterflies such as the Blanchard's Tree Nymph, Blanchard's Ghost, Common Birdwing, The Clipper, Lime Swallowtail, Celebes-banded Swallowtail, and etc. Butterflies like to feed on nectar of the wild flowers that bloom from plants that grow on both sides of the road. 

Crimson Sunbird

Inside the Sonder town, there is a small forest. It is located at Tounelet slope behind Siloam Hospital. Birds are active in this forest especially in the mornings and in the afternoons. Some of them are Sooty-headed Bulbul, Sahul Sunbird, Chestnut Munia, Scaly-breasted Munia, Black-naped Oriole, Brown-throated Sunbird, Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon, Slender-billed Crow, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove, Brush Cuckoo, Gray-sided Flowerpecker, White-rumped Triller, Yellow-sided Flowerpecker, and Black-crowned White-eye.

If we explore further to the outskirts of Sonder town and its agricultural land and paddy fields, we will be able to see more birds such as Zebra Dove, Finch-billed Myna, White-eyed Drongo, Collared Kingfisher, Cinnamon Bittern, White-browed Crake, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, White-breasted Woodswallow, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Barred Rail and etc. 

Birds in the farmland of Sonder: Purple Heron, Collared Kingfisher, Brown-throated Sunbird, Zebra Dove, White-eye Drongo, Sooty-headed Bulbul, Finch-billed Myna

Taking pictures in the farmland is easy because photographers can put their cameras on tripods and stand on the roadside.  

There are also Barn Swallow, White-nest Swiftlet, Purple Needletail, Gray-rumped Treeswift, Sunda Teal, Purple Heron, Sulawesi Swiftlet, can be seen in open area such as in paddy fields of Tincep village, and Lake Linow.

Subdistrict town of Sonder in Minahasa highland

The entry point for visitors to Minahasa regency is Manado city. It is the capital of North Sulawesi Province in Indonesia. So, visitors need to fly from their country to this city and then continue their trip by car to Tomohon town or Subdistrict town of Sonder. 

Every day, there are flights between Manado city and some major cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Makassar, and Sorong. They are served by Garuda, Citilink, Lion Air, Batik Air and TransNusa. 

Flight from major cites in Indonesia to Manado city

Accommodation

There are homestays in Sonder and hotels in Tomohon town which visitors can choose to stay while birding in Sonder. 

If you are interested in spending your holiday time in Minahasa highland and want me to organize your trip, please, contact me by whatsapp to: +6281332245180 or by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com.

Also read:

• Local Guide Program: Birding in Manado city and Minahasa Highland
• Wildlife Photography Tour in Tangkoko Nature Reserve and Minahasa Highland
• Hiking Tour and Birdwatching in Minahasa
• Butterflywatching in Subdistrict Sonder of Minahasa
• Birding and Butterflywatching in Sonder of Minahasa
• Birding and Photography Tour in North Sulawesi

Collared Kingfisher in Minahasa Highland

This is the photograph of Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) that I saw in Tomohon town of Minahasa.  This bird can easily be found in paddy fields, dry farmland or forest edge. It eats grasshopper, spider, lizard, snails, frog, small fish, and etc. 

Collared Kingfisher

In agricultural area, this is a natural predator that most farmers like to keep because the bird helps them kill pests from their crops.

Villagers in Minahasa highland grow produce such as rice, corn, aubergine, papaya, coconut, peanut, green bean, kidney bean, carrot, cabbage, chilli, and etc.

Agricultural produce in Minahasa highland

They supply food to various towns, and cities in North Sulawesi, Maluku and West Papua such as Tondano, Tomohon, Langowan Manado, Bitung, Balikpapan, Ternate, Ambon, Sorong, Manokwari and Jayapura.

Agricultural commodities such as clove, nutmeg and mace, vanilla and copra are sent to factories which will further be processed into various kinds of products. 

If you are interested in taking a holiday trip in the highland of Minahasa and want me to organize your tour and guide you, please, contact me by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180. 

Also read:

• Kingfishers in Minahasa
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• Hiking Tour and Birdwatching in Minahasa
• Sooty-headed Bulbul

Sooty-headed Bulbul

Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster) can easily be found in Minahasa peninsula. It likes to live in  forest edge, in towns and villages of Minahasa. The Indonesia  name for this bird is Kutilang. 

Sooty-headed Bulbul

The population of the bird is high in Minahasa highland. I took picture of this bird from the window of my house.

If you need a guide for a birdwatching tour in Minahasa, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180. 

Hiking Tour and Birdwatching in Sonder of Minahasa

Most visitors who travel to North Sulawesi want to spend their holiday doing scuba diving and snorkeling in Bunaken, Siladen and Lembeh Strait. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of other tourist attractions in the region. One of them is the natural landscape, flora and fauna of the mainland Sulawesi. The highland of Minahasa is a beautiful destination for visitors who love hiking, birdwatching, butterflywatching or wildlife watching in general. 

Walking tour in Sonder town of Minahasa Highland

Sonder town in Minahasa regency is a good destination. It is a recommended base for visitors who want to explore the nature, and culture of the Minahasan people. Sonder has got forest, farmlands and rice fields and villages which tourists can visit. 

Terraces of Paddy Fields in District Sonder of Minahasa

The small forest of Tounelet Slope in Sonder is the habitat of various species of birds including Chestnut Munia, Scaly-breasted Munia, Black-naped Oriole, Sulawesi Cuckoo Dove, Slender-billed Crow, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Sahul Sunbird, Slender-billed Crow, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Grey-sided Flowerpecker, Yellow-sided Flowerpecker, Black-crowned White-eye, Collared Kingfisher, Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon, Eurasian Treesparrow, and etc. 

Farmlands, and villages in District Sonder of Minahasa

In the rice field areas of Sonder, visitors could walk along the road to enjoy the beautiful view of the agricultural land with the background hills and mountains of Minahasa. Birds such as Barred Rail, Cinnamon Bittern, Black Bittern, White-breasted Woodswallow, Chestnut Munia, Scaly-breasted Munia, Eastern Yellow Wagtail and White-browed Crake are some of the birds that can be watched in the area. 

More birds could be watched in the forest. They include such birds as Crimson Sunbird, Mountain White-eye, White-faced Cuckoo Dove.

Walking Tour Routes

Hiking trails to a lot of directions of Minahasa can be organized for visitors. One that is good for watching birds and butterflies is the route of Sonder to villages of Rambunan - Sawangan - Pinaras - Rambunan and then back to Sonder. Another interesting route for sightseeing is Sonder - Tincep - Kengkang Waterfall - Timbukar (by White Water Rafting) - Tangkuney. After that visitors can return to Sonder by car. 

Tincep is the village of flowers and butterflies

Tincep is a village that is famous for its colourful flowers, butterflies, water birds and and ricefields. Short trails for guided walking tour and birdwatching can be organized around Sonder farmlands. The walking tour route from Tounelet village to Lalek Forest - Talikuran village and back to Tounelet village is good for sightseeing. 

Tincep village, flowers and waterfall

Lalek forest is also suitable for nature lovers who want to see forest and farmland as well as birds and butterflies. Trees in this forest are tall and are the habitat of Black-naped Oriole, Hair-crested Drongo, Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon, Sahul Sunbird, Hair-crested Drongo, Sulawesi Cuckoo Dove Yellow-billed Malkoha, and a lot more.

Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon

If you are interested in taking a tour in Minahasa and want me to organize your trip, please, contact me by whatsapp to: +6281332245180 or by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com.

Also read:

• Walking Tour in the Farmland of Sonder Town of Minahasa
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• Manado City Tour
• Tour around the farmland of Minahasa
• Trip to Minahasa Highland

Kingfishers in Minahasa Peninsula

Kingfishers are birds with long pointed, and sharp bills that live at beaches, rivers, small streams and ponds. There are also kingfishers that live in the mountains, deep in tropical rainforest. There are several interesting species of them that can be watched in Minahasa peninsula. 

People think that kingfishers eat fish and small crab. Yes, but there are kingfishers that eat lizards and worms that they find in trees of rainforest.

• Great-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha) - The usual site for watching this bird is along the riverside that flows through mangrove forest. This kingfisher eats small fish.

Great-billed Kingfisher

• Collared Kingfisher -  This bird could be watched near water pond, rice field and even the dry farmland. The bird likes to sit alone on a dry branch of a tree. 

Collared Kingfisher in a farmland
at the outskirt of Sonder town

• Green-backed Kingfisher (Actenoides monachus). This bird is usually seen in lowland rainforest of central to northern region of Sulawesi. In the southern region of Sulawesi island, his relative Black-headed Kingfisher can be found. 

According to Wikipedia, Genus Actenoides was introduced by Charles Lucien Bonaparte, a French ornithologist in 1850. In Greek, actis or aktinos means beam or brightness; oidēs resembling. In Late Latin, the word monachus means monk (i.e. hooded); in Greek monachos monk > monos > solitary. 

Green-backed Kingfisher

Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda) lives in lowland forest to lower montane forest. 

Ruddy Kingfisher

Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx fallax) - a small bird that is quite difficult to find. Tangkoko Nature Reserve is the usual place which visitors go to find the bird. Actually, there are a lot of other places that visitors could go to find this bird. Some forest areas in Sonder of Minahasa are also the natural habitat of this endemic bird of Sulawesi.

Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher

Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher

Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher

Scaly-breasted Kingfisher (Actenoides princeps). This bird is uncommon. Its habitat is montane forest around 900 to 2100 meters above sea level. Most visitors go to Mount Mahawu to find this rainforest bird. Local guide and tour leader often use the call of the bird to attract the kingfisher to land in the nearby branches. 

Because this practice have been done for years, the Scaly-breasted Kingfishers do not respond the calls anymore. So, I highly recommend that birdwatchers minimize the use of the artificial electronic calls.  Let's leave the bird in peace. If we want to watch the birds, we just do walking tour inside the forest to find them. 

Scaly-breasted Kingfisher

Please, book your Birdwatching Tour

If you are interested in taking a birdwatching tour in the highland of Minahasa and want me to organize your trip and guide you, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by whatsapp to: +6281332245180 or by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com.

Also read:

• Birds in Minahasa
• Birding in Tounelet Forest of Sonder
• Birding in North Sulawesi
• Birds of Sulawesi

Trip to Minahasa Highland

Minahasa highland is a beautiful destination for visitors who love nature. It can be reached by motorized vehicle from Manado city in 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on what village or place that visitors want to go to. Some of the interesting places which tourists can visit are described below: 

The District town of Sonder with its agricultural land

Sonder town - This is a small town that is surrounded by farmlands. Clove trees used to dominate the hills of Sonder. Clove flower was expensive commodity in 1970s to 1980s. Tounelet village has got small forest that is good for birdwatching and butterfly watching.  Sonder as a whole is a great destination for birdwatching in North Sulawesi. Birds that can be watched include Sahul Sunbird, Sooty-headed Bulbul, Gray-sided Flowerpecker, Cattle Egret, Chestnut Munia, Scaly-breasted Munia, Black-naped Oriole, Sultan's Cuckoo Dove, Gray-cheeked Green Pigeon, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Black-faced Munia, Barred Rail, and a lot more.  Now local farmers gradually replace them with coconut, corn, vannila, and vegetable plants. Butterflies that can be seen include the Blanchard's Wood Nymph, Blanchard's Tree Nymph, Graphium meyeri, Graphium anthedon, and The Sylvia Clipper. There is a hospital in Tounelet village of Sonder town.

In wetland area, visitors could see terraces of ricefields. Some farmers grow tomatoes, long beans, aubergine and other vegetable plants. The rivers have been devided into many small pools and are used for fish farming. There are restaurants that sell fried and grilled fish that is served with various kinds of stir-fried vegetables and sambal (chilli sauce). 

There are farmers in Rambunan village who collect sweet sap of aren tree and heat it using large cooking pans to make palm sugar. 

Tomohon town

Tomohon is another important town in Minahasa highland. A lot of schools could be found there. Tomohon is also the transportational hub of Minahasa region. The famous Mount Mahawu could reached by car or motorcycle from Tomohon. There is traditional market that sells unusual meat to Minahasan people, such as dog meat, snake, ricefield rat, and flyingfox meat. Woloan village that exports knocked-down wooden houses could be visited from Tomohon. 

Kawangkoan is another distric town that is famous for food. Visitors can buy steam buns filled with pork and boiled eggs or black nut paste.

Tondano - This is the capital of Minahasa regency. It is also the location of the State University of Manado. Lake Tondano is located in the south of the town. Restaurants and lodges could be found along the road that circles the lake. The air temperature of Tondano is cool especially early in the morning. 

Lake Tondano in Minahasa regency of North Sulawesi

This tour to Minahasa highland can be combined with trips to Bunaken, Manado Tua, Siladen and Lembeh Strait. 

Please, book your tour

If you are interested in taking a tour to Minahasa highland and want me to organize your trip and guide you, please, contact me by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180. 

Also read:

• Manado Tours
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Butterfly watching in Sonder Town of Minahasa Highland

Sonder is a small district town in Minahasa regency of North Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It is a recommended destination for visitors who like to watch and take picture of butterflies. 

Lime Swallowtail in the highland of Minahasa

A couple of Graphium meyeri meyeri
in Sonder town of Minahasa highland

Tourists who go to Sonder can watch butterfly and other insects in general along the roadsides, riversides, ricefields and dry agricultural lands as well as forest areas. 

Graphium anthedon in Tounelet village of Sonder town

Some butterflies that could be seen in District Sonder include: The Common Birdwing (Troides helena), Lime Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus), Blanchard's Wood Nymph (Ideopsis vitrea), Blanchard's Tree Nymph, Clipper Butterfly (Parthenos sylvia), Manado's Yellow Tiger Butterfly, and Neptis Ida Celebensis Butterfly, Celebes Leafwing butterfly (Doleschallia polibete celebensis). 

Common Birdwing

The recommended times to watch butterflies are early in the morning and late in the afternoons. Flowers that grow at the frontyard, roadsides, farmlands and forest edges always attract butterflies. 

Blanchard's Wood Nymph

Visitors who want to take pictures of butterflies can bring pocket cameras with zoom lens of several magnifications or camera with telephoto lenses.  Sometimes for closer picture, macro lens is needed. 

Manado Yellow Tiger Butterfly (Parantica manadensis)

Bringing binoculars is also recommended. The device will greatly enhance the wildlife watching experience of the visitors while they do nature walk around the forest, garden and wetland of Sonder. 

Blanchard's Tree Nymph Butterfly

The Clipper Butterfly in District Sonder of Minahasa regency

Celebes Leafwing

The butterfly watching tour can also be combined with birdwatching trip across the highland of Minahasa as well as snorkeling and sightseeing tour in Bunaken and its surrounding islands.

A caterpilar on the ground of a concrete path in Sonder town of Minahasa highland

The base for this butterfly watching trip is sub-district town of Sonder in Minahasa regency.

Flight routes to Manado city in North Sulawesi Province of Indonesia 

Land route between Subdistrict town of Sonder and Manado city

If you are interested in taking butterflywatching tour in Minahasa highland that is combined with sightseeing and birdwatching tour and want me to organize your trip, you could contact me (Charles Roring) by whatsapp to: +6281332245180 or by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com. 

Also read:

• Butterflywatching in Minahasa Highland
• Flower Tour in Minahasa Highland