Kuda Laut

North Sulawesi


Two resorts in one! Kuda Laut with its refined rooms, pool and beach bar command a premium, while its sister resort next door, Onong, is more basic, but no less comfortable. Both resorts are relatively good for extroverts, not so much for privacy.


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Nearby North Sulawesi attractions

1. Pulau Siladen

0.28 MILES

Located 3km east of Pulau Bunaken and the smallest island of the archipelago, Siladen boasts wonderful white-sand beaches and a wall of gorgeous corals…

2. Pantai Pangalisang

2.16 MILES

Forming much of the east coast of Pulau Bunaken, Pantai Pangalisang is a long stretch of walkable soft white sand tucked between a thick wall of mangroves…

3. Pantai Liang

2.63 MILES

Suffering from erosion and rising sea levels, the beach at Liang has become a svelte, though pleasant, strip of white sand. At low tide, there's still…

4. Kienteng Ban Hian Kong

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The 19th-century Kienteng Ban Hian Kong is the oldest Buddhist temple in eastern Indonesia and it has been beautifully restored. The temple hosts a…

5. Public Museum of North Sulawesi

9.96 MILES

This museum features a large display of traditional costumes, and an exhibit illustrating traditional pottery-making. There are captions in English.

6. Waruga Opo Worang

19.66 MILES

Minahasans traditionally interred their dead in a squatting position in waruga stone sarcophagi shaped like houses sitting above ground right near their…

7. Traditional Market

20.88 MILES

Up the hill east of town is the colourful, chaotic, anything-goes traditional market you've probably heard stories about – and those stories are true…

8. Woloan Wooden House Builders

21.23 MILES

Here master craftsman build stunning Minahasa-style wooden homes to be disassembled and shipped to their new owners.