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Tangkoko Limited is named after the Tangkoko Rainforest & Nature Reserve (Cagar Alam Tangkoko Batuangus).Our aim at Tangkoko is to help protect environments like this, to read more about our ethos, please click here. The reserve was established in 1919 and comprises 8745 hectares of pristine rainforest lies on the northernmost tip of the northern peninsula of Sulawesi, within the administrative province of Sulawesi Utara (North Sulawesi). The topography is dominated by the two volcanic cones of Gunung Dua Sudara (1,351m) and Gunung Tangkoko (1,109m), which are linked by a north-east to south-west aligned ridge. Access to the forest is from the city of Manado, which lies some 40km to the west. The predominant vegetation type is primary lowland rain forest which occurs around the three main peaks and on the Pata plateau up to 600m. This forest type is particularly noteworthy for orchids. The unusually high productivity of the lowland forest has resulted in a faunal composition with large numbers of relatively few species. This is exemplified by the fruit-eaters, particularly the endemic Celebes black macaque. Other endemic species include the famous tarsiers, Tarsius spectrum as recently seen on Channel Five's 'Nick Bakers Weird Creatures'. Birds are particularly prevalent and of particular interest are the Sulawesi endemic rhinoceros hornbill, which occurs in extremely high numbers, and the maleo bird. The marine component of the reserve includes a variety of habitats including well-developed coral reefs. Notable species include turtles; green turtle and hawksbill turtle. Information and maps kindly provided by the Tangkoko ecotourism guides club (KONTAK) which is an organization of local nature guides from Batuputih, North-Sulawesi, Indonesia, working in and around the Tangkoko-Duasudara nature preserve, active in nature conservation, ecotourism and social development.


Tarsiers are a threatened species found only in the islands of Sulawesi (notably Tangkoko Rainforest), Borneo, and Sumatra, Indonesia and parts of the Philippines. They have been said to have the tail of a rat, legs of a frog, sticky fingers of a gecko, rotating head of an owl, ears of a bat and the face of a baby. These primates are blessed with the largest eye-to-head ratio of any other mammal. Their eyes are so large that they would be equivalent to grapefruit-sized eyes in a human being. They have long legs, short bodies, and rounded heads that can be rotated through 180º in each direction - the only primates able to do so. Their faces are short, and the eyes, their most striking feature, are large and goggling. The ears are large, membranous, and almost constantly in motion. Tarsiers are about 9-16 cm (3.5-6 inches) long, excluding the tail, which is about twice that length. Their fur is thick, silky, and coloured gray to dark brown. They hunt their prey at night, using their well developed senses of sight and hearing. Tarsiers sleep during the day, clinging to trees in their forest habitat. They get up at twilight and spend the night searching for food, leaping from tree to tree with great speed and agility. Tarsiers are reportedly monogamous and will stay with only one mate throughout it's life. Paired mates can often be found with their tails intertwined, which has led them to be adopted as a symbol of love in Sulawesi. Indeed, it is said that if they are separated the remaining tarsiers will die from a broken heart.