Maluku
Ambon City
Ambon city (95 sq km) is the capital of Maluku province and the starting point for trips to Seram and Banda. the wet season falls between May and August.
Getting there
Pattimura Airport is on Ambon island's Hitu Peninsula, across the bay from Ambon city-37 km and 45 mins by road. A vehicle and passenger ferry runs every few minutes between Poka and Galala, where the bay narrows, which cuts the travelling distance in half. the airport taxis charge $9 for the trip. You can get to town more cheapy by taking public transport from the roadside in front of the airport to the ferry terminal at Poka. From Galala, the ferry terminal on the other side of the bay, shared taxis whisk passengers the remaining 6 km into town.
taken from Birding Indonesia. Periplus Publishing. Singapore
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Birdwatching in Tamoko (Sulawesi)
Tamoko
Take the bus from Tahunan to Tamoko (5 hrs, IDR 15,000 ). There are no losmen in Tamoko, so report to the kepala Desa (village head) and ask him to find you somewhere to stay. From the market in Tamoko take another bus to Kentuhang (1 hr; IDR 3,000). Get off at the end of the road, where it branches into two unsurfaced tracks that lead up to the crater rim. Take either track and climb steeply. After 2-3 hrs of secondary scrub the tracks enter forest. Red-and-Blue Lory and Caerulean Paradise-flycatcher have not been seen here yet, but Sangihe Hanging-parrot and Elegant Sunbird are easy, as are Blue-backed Parrot, Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon, Hooded Pitta, Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher, Pied Cuckoo-shrike and Black-fronted White-eye.
Take the bus from Tahunan to Tamoko (5 hrs, IDR 15,000 ). There are no losmen in Tamoko, so report to the kepala Desa (village head) and ask him to find you somewhere to stay. From the market in Tamoko take another bus to Kentuhang (1 hr; IDR 3,000). Get off at the end of the road, where it branches into two unsurfaced tracks that lead up to the crater rim. Take either track and climb steeply. After 2-3 hrs of secondary scrub the tracks enter forest. Red-and-Blue Lory and Caerulean Paradise-flycatcher have not been seen here yet, but Sangihe Hanging-parrot and Elegant Sunbird are easy, as are Blue-backed Parrot, Blue-tailed Imperial Pigeon, Hooded Pitta, Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher, Pied Cuckoo-shrike and Black-fronted White-eye.
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