Paradise Bird Watching and Wildlife Tour in Indonesia: About Me/ How to Contact Me

Hi, I am Charles Roring, I work as tourist guide. I love nature both forest and marine life. I guide solo traveling visitor, couples, group of tourists young and older visitors.

As a tourist guide, for me, it is a blessing to have rainforest, mountains, beaches, remote islands, coral reef, cave as my work place.

Most of my trips are suitable for nature lovers who love hiking, birdwatching, wildlife-watching, swimming, snorkeling, freediving, and other outdoor activities.

This nature based tourism activities greatly support villagers in remote areas and at the same time help us preserve both rainforest and marine environment.

I have guided visitors to many places in Indonesia including to Bali, Alas Purwo N.P. in East Java, Sumatra (Mount Kerinci and Kerinci Seblat National Park in Jambi), Way Kambas N.P. in Lampung, to Sulawesi especially Minahasa highland, Ramang-ramang, Malino, Palu, Wuasa valley, Lore Lindu National Park, Tangkoko, Manado, Tomohon, Sonder, Tambun Maleo Sanctuary in Kotamobagu, Ternate and Halmahera in North Maluku; and to a lot of places in West Papua.

I love art, I draw human figure, birds, flowers, butterflies and various things that are interesting.

I learned everything from journalistic writing, to coding in html5 and drawing using a digital app the Autodesk Sketchbook.

Most of the tours in the rainforest of West Papua both in mainland and Raja Ampat islands will involve long walk and hiking in steep slopes. These strenuous activities may cause severe pain in the muscles of the tour participants.

As a remedy for this muscle stress and pains, I suggest that the they drink ion supply drinks like a can of pocari sweat. Eating salty instant noodle soup will also replace body salt that is released during these long walks. Sometimes, a body massage will help sooth the stressed muscles in legs, back, shoulder and neck.

I also like reading books and various articles on the internet from topics about environment, architecture, culture and tourism, history, investing, personal finance, and etc.

I also like playing the guitar but only as a hobby.

If you want me to organize your birding or wildlife watching and snorkeling tour; and guide you, please, contact me by whatsapp to: +6281332245280 or by e-mail to: peace4wp@gmail.com.

Love

Charles Roring

WALKING TOUR AND BIRDING IN MINAHASA HIGHLAND

I offer customized walking tour, sightseeing and birdwatching to The highland of Minahasa in the Province of North Sulawesi of Indonesia. The duration of the tour is 4 days to 1 week depending on the availability of time of the participants.

The highland of Minahasa

Birds, flowers and waterfall in District Sonder of North Sulawesi

Waterfall, flowers, butterfly and birds in Minahasa highland

I give special attention to birding in this region because it has got a lot of endemic birds. Sulawesi island is located in the trasitional zone between Asia and Australia. There is Wallace Line that devides the spread of fauna between them.

Pale Blue Monarch

Some of the birds that can be found during the walking tour in the forest, farmland and paddy fields of Minahasa include:

Hair-crested (White-eyed) Drongo, Warbling White-eye, Yellow-billed Malkoha, Collared Kingfisher

Pale Blue Monarch (Hypothymis puella)
Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis omissus)
Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus)
Black Sunbird (Leptocoma aspasia)
Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
Sulawesi Myzomela
Gray-cheeked Green Pigeon
Red-eared Fruit Dove
Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove
Sulawesi Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia albicapilla)
Rock Pigeon
Zebra Dove(Geopelia striata)
Yellow-billed Malkoha
Sooty-headed Bulbul
Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
Collared Kingfisher
Common Kingfisher
Scaly-breasted Kingfisher
Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker
Mountain (Warbling) White-eye
Black-crowned White-eye
Hair-crested (White-eyed) Drongo
Sulawesi Drongo
Brush Cuckoo
Sulawesi Hanging Parrot
White-breasted Woodswallow
Black-faced Munia
Chestnut Munia
Scaly-breasted Munia
Eastern Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Finch-billed Myna
Purple Heron
Sunda Teal
Cinnamon Bittern
Gray-sided Flowerpecker
Yellow-sided Flowerpecker
Gray Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Slender-billed Crow
Sulawesi Scops Owl (Otus manadensis)
Speckled Boobok (Ninox punctulata)
Barn Swallow
White-nest Swiftlet
Glossy Swiftlet
and etc.

Black-naped Oriole

Most of my birding activities are focused in the forest, agricultural land, paddy fields of the town

Mountain White-eye in Sonder's forest of Minahasa

Sulawesi Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia albicapilla)

The Clipper, Lime Swallowtail, Great Eggfly, Sacred Tabby, Gigon Swallowtail
FARM TOUR

In addition to birdwatching, participants of the tour, during the tour can walk through villages to see local people and interact with them, enjoy sightseeing to the beautiful landscape, and farmland.

Some of the agricultural commodities grown in Minahasa highland
Corn, Vanilla, Clove, Rice and Papaya

Minahasan farmers grow rice, corn, sweet potatoes, banana, papaya, vanilla, clove, coconut, chilli, carrot, cabbage, spring onion, kangkung, water spinach, peanuts, kidney bean, green bean and etc. They also run pig, poultry and fish farming.

Their agricultural produce are sold to villages, towns and cities in North Sulawesi Province and in central and eastern region of Indonesia including Jayapura, Manokwari, Sorong, Ternate, Ambon and Balikpapan.

Getting to Minahasa

The entry point for this tour is Manado city. Tour participants could fly from their country to one of the major cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar and Makassar. After that, they could continue their trip by taking domestic flights to Manado city served by Garuda, City Link, TransNusa, Lion Air or Batik Air.

Flight Route to Manado City

Contacts:

E-mail: peace4wp@gmail.com

Cell Phone: +6281332245180 (send text or WA message)

You could also find me in:

https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/charles-roring

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