Hotels Fully Booked

Posted on Aug 26, 2014

In 2016 Solar Eclipse, Indonesia is the only land crossed by eclipse.
Indonesian hotels fully booked for 2016 Solar Eclipse.

A total eclipse of the sun is expected to occur in March~April 2016, with the provinces of Bengkulu, South Sumatra, South Kalimantan and Central Sulawesi set to be potential viewing sites for the phenomenon.

“Tourists have booked hotel rooms and homestays from March to April 2016. They will come to watch the total eclipse of the sun,” Palu city’s Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy Office head Rosdiana Lalusu told The Jakarta Post on Monday.

She said a coordination meeting had been held because the Central Sulawesi provincial administration had received information from relevant agencies on the total eclipse of the sun.

Source: Jakarta Post

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>Total Solar Eclipse Tour

A total eclipse of the sun is one of the natural world’s greatest spectacles. It is an event which defies description and even the best photography can only offer a hint of the eclipse experience.

The path of the eclipse shadow in 2016 crosses the vast area of Indonesia, offering an interesting mix of unusual and exotic destinations together with promising weather prospects and an eclipse of good duration. All of the land crossed by the eclipse is in Indonesia, although with over 13,000 islands and many hundreds of different cultural and ethnic groups, this country offers unsurpassed diversity.

The Eclipse
The eclipse starts when the shadow of the moon reaches the earth’s surface in the Indian Ocean west of Sumatra. The shadow then moves across Indonesia and out into the Pacific Ocean, with a maximum eclipse duration of just over four minutes south of Guam and the track ends north of Hawaii.

Indonesia is the only land crossed by the eclipse.
Belitung
Maximum duration of totality app 2 min 12 secs
Palu, Sulawesi
Maximum duration of totality app. 2 min 50 secs
Ternate
Maximum duration of totality app. 2 min 44 secs
Tidore
Maximum duration of totality app. 3 min 05 secs
Moti Island
Maximum duration of totality app. 3 min 15 secs

Belitung
Belitung is one of the increasingly rare places which have an unbelievable wealth of features that have drawn tourists to other parts of the world, but this island has somehow been overlooked. The beaches are world class, with white sand, blue water and undamaged coral directly off the beach. There are uninhabited small islands which can easily be reached on the colourful fishing craft. Inland you can take a trip to a waterfall and bathing pool or just explore the mix of cultures in the small villages.

Sulawesi
Our site on Sulawesi will be in a valley south of the small town of Palu. The hills on the eastern side of the valley form a barrier to the prevailing wind, reducing any cloudiness it may bring. A local micro-climate like this is always a good feature! This programme will start in Manado, the main hub of North Sulawesi and the base for our eclipse seminars before setting off for the observation sites.

Ternate and Tidore
Ternate is one of the remote Muluku Islands known in earlier times as the Celebes. The Celebes were the original Spice Islands where rare spices such as nutmeg, mace and cloves could be found. Around 180 miles east of Manado, the remote islands of Ternate and Tidore offer very good weather prospects and Tidore has the longest duration of any reasonably practical land observation base. Ternate is the capital of North Muluku Province so it is the gateway to the region. We fly in from Manado and base ourselves at a hotel in Ternate. The eclipse can be observed from Ternate, but for the more adventurous a 30 minute speedboat trip south to the island of Tidore will offer a potential increase in the eclipse duration to over three minutes.

Cities/Places Recommended for Leisure
Bali Island
Komodo Island Adventure
Manado
The Borobudor Temple
Mount Bromo

Contact your travel agent for your Solar Eclipse Travel Adventure