Fort Rotterdam is a fort on the seafront of Makassar. It was built by the Gowa Sultanate in the 16th century and rebuilt by the Dutch after 1667, when they named it after Admiral Speelman's birthplace. Its walls enclose well preserved colonial buildings, one of which holds the La Galigo Museum on the history of South Sulawesi.

Losari Beach is the seafront promenade of Makassar, facing the Makassar Strait. Rather than a sand beach, it is a wide paved waterfront with large letters spelling out the city's name and a floating mosque. It is famous for its sunsets. In the evening, food stalls sell local specialities such as pisang epe, grilled banana with palm sugar.

Rammang-Rammang is a karst area in Maros, north of Makassar. Boats travel up the Pute River between towering limestone pillars to the village of Berua, set in rice fields ringed by rock walls. The area is part of one of the largest karst landscapes in the world. Caves nearby hold prehistoric hand stencils and paintings.

Bantimurung is a nature park in Maros, South Sulawesi, part of Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park. A wide waterfall flows over limestone rock into a pool where visitors swim. The area is famous for its butterflies; the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace called it the kingdom of butterflies in the 1850s. A cave and a butterfly museum lie nearby.

Londa is a burial site in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi. Coffins are placed in natural caves in a limestone cliff, and some hang from the rock face. Rows of wooden effigies called tau tau, representing the dead, look out from balconies in the cliff. Guides with lamps lead visitors into the caves, where old coffins and skulls lie among offerings.

Kete Kesu is a traditional village in North Toraja, South Sulawesi, said to be over 400 years old. Rows of tongkonan houses with huge curved roofs like boats face rice barns across a courtyard. The houses are decorated with carvings and buffalo horns. Behind the village, a path leads to old graves and hanging coffins in a cliff.