CENTRAL SULAWESI

Lore Lindu

MEGALITHS & MOUNTAIN RAINFOREST

Lore Lindu

Lore Lindu is a 2,180-square-kilometre national park in the central highlands. Its megaliths stand in three valleys: Napu, Behoa and Bada. There are more than 400 of them, in grass and rice fields. About 30 are human figures, up to 4.5 metres tall. No one knows for certain who made them.

Nobody has dated them with certainty. Estimates run from 1,000 to 5,000 years old. Their faces are weathered to abstraction; the largest, Palindo, leans at a slow angle in a field outside Sepe village.

The park is also a birder's draw — the maleo, the Sulawesi hornbill, the satanic nightjar, all here. Most visitors arrive by road. Wuasa, in the north of the park, is 2.5 to 4 hours from Palu. Gintu, in the Bada valley, is 2 hours or more from Tentena. The road is slow and worth it.

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Lore Lindu in pictures

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Lore Lindu National Park, a UNESCO biosphere reserve in Central Sulawesi: mountain rainforest, endemic birds, and the stone megaliths of Bada and Besoa.

When to go and how to get there

Rain in Lore Lindu, month by month, and the journey in from the nearest airport.

Driest months

Oct – Feb

October is the driest month, with 111 mm of rain on average. April is the wettest, with 307 mm. Every month here averages more than 100 mm of rain.

Driest months
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Rain: CHIRPS v2.0, Climate Hazards Center, UC Santa Barbara, average of 1991-2020. See the weather in Sulawesi by month

Getting there

01 · Fly
To Palu (PLW)
Daily from Makassar and Jakarta. It is the main airport for the park.
02 · Drive
Palu → Wuasa
About 105 km on the national road, 2.5 to 4 h. Wuasa is the main town of the Napu valley.
03 · Drive
Tentena → Bada Valley
About 75 km to Gintu village, 2 h or more by 4WD. The road is rough; allow a buffer day.

Lore Lindu weather by month

The average rain, temperatures and sea of each month, measured over many years.

Month	Rain (mm)	High / low (°C)
January	130	26 / 16
February	141	27 / 16
March	222	27 / 16
April	307	27 / 16
May	248	26 / 17
June	222	26 / 16
July	156	26 / 16
August	150	26 / 16
September	170	27 / 15
October	111	27 / 16
November	129	27 / 16
December	111	27 / 16

Rain: CHIRPS, 1991-2020. Temperatures: NASA POWER, 2001-2025.

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Lore Lindu travel guides

The Sulawesi.com guides that cover Lore Lindu.

Experiences in Lore Lindu

Day trips and activities in and around Lore Lindu. Each one has its own page.

Full dayLore Lindu: Megaliths and Rainforest WildlifeWalk the mountain rainforest of Lore Lindu National Park to the stone megaliths of Bada and Besoa, with endemic birds on the way.See the experience

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