Bonjour à tous !
Nous avons le projet d'aller, après les Philippines en janvier, sur Sulawesi en février.
1 - Qu'en est-il de la météo à ce moment de l'année sur cette île, sachant que nous la parcourrons si possible du nord au sud et de l'est à l'ouest (ou l'inverse) ?!!!
2 - Est-il possible de rejoindre Sulawesi en ferry (si oui, quels ports, durée de la traversée, prix...)
A l'avance merci :-)
Il pleut beaucoup à Sulawesi en février. Ca n'est pas forcément dramatique sur la côte, mais en montagne, dans le pays Toraja, c'est pas forcément terrible, car on se retrouve un peu coincé dans les nuages.
Voici quelques stats climatiques pour Manado et Rantepao. Il y tombe en gros en un mois ce qu'il tombe en France en 6 mois.
D'un point de vue purement statistique (voir la 3eme carte de la rubrique climat) http://www.starfish.ch/dive/Indonesia.html
le centre de Sulawesi échappe relativement à la saison des pluies (compte tenu des vents de la saison des pluies, qui arrivent des Philippines, puis repartent en sens inverse après avoir traversé Sumatra, on pourrait comparer le centre de Sulawesi à l'oeil d'un cyclone...).
La région autour de Gorontalo est réputée très sèche. J'ai moi-même visité les Togian et les Banggai en saison des pluies, le climat était correct. Au sud-est de Sulawesi également.
Maintenant cela reste des statistiques (l'oeil du "cyclone" se déplace) et il s'il ne pleut pas trop, il ne faut pas s'attendre pour autant à un grand ciel bleu.
Evidemment comme partout en Indonésie les reliefs sont sous des rideaux de pluies quotidiens, il faut donc s'éloigner au maximum des reliefs (privilégier les archipels les plus éloignés possibles des côtes).
Il n'existe pas encore de ferry entre les Philippines et l'Indonésie (grosse insécurité maritime), et au niveau des vols c'est pas encore l'idéal (il faut passer par Bali ou Kuala Lumpur).
Salut Laurent !
Merci pour les infos qui nous permettront de réajuster au niveau organisation, sachant que, retraitées, nous avons tout notre temps :-)
Cordialement
Salut Loïc !
Merci pour les infos qui nous permettront de réajuster au niveau organisation, sachant que, retraitées, nous avons tout notre temps :-)
Cordialement
Bonjour,
Selon ton expérience, quelle est la meilleure période pour visiter Sulawesi et pratiquer le snorkeling ? les mois de Mars , Avril sont ils trop pluvieux ?
Merci
Bonjour Loic,
Je voudrais visiter l'ile du nord au sud (ou l'inverse) sur 4 ou 5 semaines (plutôt entre fevrier et avril) en passant par le pays Toraya, les iles Togians, et les fonds marins du coté de Manado, et autres sites... avec des déplacements locaux.
Merci pour vos réponses
Bonjour
De façon statistique et théorique les Togian sont relativement épargnées par les pluies, car les vents qui font une boucle autour l'Indonésie épargnent relativement le centre de Sulawesi (c'est un peu comme le centre d'un cyclone).
La région de Manado n'a pas une saison des pluies très marquées, donc là c'est un peu toi et ta chance. Certaines années il pleut beaucoup, d'autres pas du tout... Avril marque la fin des pluies en Indonésie et les vents se calment, c'est plutôt bon pour le snorkeling (sauf si la saison des pluies est en retard, ce qui arrive de plus en plus souvent!).
Toraja a de grandes probabilités d'être encore sous la pluie, c'est le problème de tous les reliefs en Indonésie. La journée appartient alors aux lève-(très)-tôt, la pluie arrivant vers 9-10h du matin.
Bref ça vaut le coup de tenter car de toutes façon Sulawesi (surtout le nord) n'a pas vraiment de saisons sèche/humide marquées comme dans les iles de la Sonde.
Bonjour,
Donc à te lire pour profiter d'un climat favorable dans l'ensemble de Sulawesi, ce serait plutôt à partir du 15 avril.
Merci pour ces informations.
Jean-Marie
bonjour
Globalement oui mais il y a des spécificités... par exemple les mois les plus pluvieux aux iles Banggai c'est en juin-juillet...
Sur Manado les grosses pluies c'est de décembre à mars puis ça décline à partir d'avril, mais ces grosses pluies restent très inférieures à ce qui tombe à Java par exemple.
Le climat de Makassar par contre suit beaucoup plus le climat classique du pays à savoir saison des pluies très marquée de décembre à mars.
Les reliefs sont sous l'eau beaucoup plus longtemps et il pleut même en saison sèche... faut bien faire pousser le Toraja Cofee 😉
On envisage de partir en sulawesi fin fevrier-début mars. C'est la saison des pluies. Est-ce que quelqu'un peut nous dire à quoi ressemble la saison des pluies…
Nous partons en Indonésie du 12 avril au 12 mai. Initialement nous souhaitions visiter Sulawesi, mais nous craignons la pluie ; est ce que quelqu'un a visité…
Malgré les recherches que j'ai faite sur le site, je n'arrive pas à savoir quel temps il fait aux Toraja, à Makassar et aux Togian entre mi-mars et mi-avril.…
D'après vous, MARS est un mois sympa pour faire du snorkeling en Suwalesi? je ne trouve rien à propos de la météo sur cette période...cela sera déterminant…
Je projette de me rendre en Indonésie mais n'ai pas encore déterminé la période. D'abord à Java je compte ensuite aller sur Sulawesi. Je profite de ce message…
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Hi,
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