Tampang Allo — Local services in South Sulawesi

(06/25) Beware of scam and rip-off. I think there is no entrance fee. Here is what happend to us.

We were harassed for money by five villagers randomly approaching us: From a five year old boy to a 95 year old woman! They don't speak any other English word than "ticket, ticket, ticket".

First a man and a woman stopped us at the road down and asked for 20k per person, which we paid. They both sent us further down the road and disappeared. We did NOT even get a ticket, neither an explanation or any service. After the next bend of the road a 95 year old woman, then a five year old boy and finally a middle aged man appeared and asked again for a "tiket". Claiming that the above 20k are for a baby cave we never saw or were directed to. They wanted to have another 20k p.p. for Allo cave. We refused and went back

Eventually we saw nothing at all. The place may be nice, but some locals ruin the experience. That's really sad as we had dozens of really positive experiences with people from Toraja.

Don't go there: All they want is your money without...

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