Guest's Comments - Manado North Sulawesi

Date : Fri, July 4, 2008 12:10 am,
Dear Monal, Thank you for being a superb tourguide for the Minahasa Highlands Tour on 15 June 2008. Although the tour was for 8 hours, we learnt much about the way of life and the culture of Manado. The scenery was beautiful and the locations visited held many interesting lessons and stories. Also, the lunch venue had excellent food! The tour was extremely enjoyable and was conducted very professionally. Monal's command of English is very good and coupled with his friendly and warm personality, he is the best tour guide ever! We highly recommend Monal and Sultan Tours to be your guide to beautiful Indonesia. :) Regards, Nicole, Pat, Richard and Sara

Date : Mon, June 30, 2008 4:56 am,
Dear Monal, Next time we take you with us as guide to Papua! The tour with you was exactly as we like it, from beginning to end, sightseeings, accommodation, organisation, your way of doing things, we had joy, we had fun all the time. As you know, we like rainforest and animals. For this Wamena (Baliem Valley) was not the right destination. We wanted to trek for 5 days. There were faszinating views, many adventurous steep paths, suspension bridges, nice people. But also very cold nights and cold on the top of the hills. No bird singing, no animals to be seen, because people catch and eat all what is moving. So we broke off after 3 days. No joke: Before we started the guide took me to the market to buy shoes. But I did the tour with my flip flops, sometimes I went barefoot - and had no problems. They never before had seen tourist without shoes. Kind regards - Ingrid

Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 9:12 PM,
Dear Monal, It was a great experience to join the North Sulawesi region within three days with you. We enjoyed the family feeling, the great landscape and the special spots. Further more we took the chance to explore a foreign country with a well prepared and great educated guide. We loved each discussion and the possibility to meet local people and different cultures. We wish you all the best for your small growing business and we are sure to meet you again. Please don't hesitate to use us as reference for other swiss people. Thanks a lot for your effort.Best regards - Robert and Silke. Email : robertmeier@kpmg.com

This concerns our North Sulawesi Package Tour, which included the following highlights:Siladen Island, Bunaken Island, Minahasa Highlands and Tangkoko Nature Reserve. (from 2nd to 14th of November 2005) We highly appreciated the underwater and wildlife adventure tour organized by Monal. We have got to learn a lot about the friendly people, all kinds of edible plants, the very special animal life, the beauty of the underwater world and the marvellous scenery of volcanic mountains. We had a lot of fun and we enjoyed every day travelling with Monal. We recommend him to everybody, who wants to spend a happy and pleasant vacation under a competent and agreable guiding. Terima kasih. Mrs Gertrud Gl*****tetter-Saladin and her brother Mr Beat Saladin-Tanner Switzerland France

Monal is the best guide ever! I can recommend everyone to travel with Sultan tours. Monal can teach you all about Indonesian culture, lifestyle, nature, food &&& and it is just so much fun to spend time with him. The new page is absolutly great. I wish you and your family all the best. big hug from Switzerland – by Tanja Meier

To Whom It May Concern: I had worked for Daniel’s Homestay at Bunaken as the advisory manager for a year on 2001, and had daily contact with Mohamad Naliko / Monal who was the manager. There is no doubt in my mind that in hiring him you would be gaining a valuable employee. We first came to know each other several years ago when I stayed in Bunaken to enjoy my holidays. He came there with his customers who participated in their Trans-Sulawesi tour from Europe. I was so impressed by him as a capable guide. When I started observing the management of Daniel’s, it quickly became obvious that he is an excellent administrator. He already had built a clear system to manage the accounting and to activate all the staffs with giving great motivation. Because of his good work it was not difficult to communicate with the staffs. Only I had to do was to be a member of the team. The team worked efficiently and devotedly. He also diversified the business as selling postcards, T-shirt, and so on, by his own designing. I found his ability to create new business. He has both administering and creative skills. In short, he was not just a manager, but a good business designer as well. Needless to say about his experiences in tourism and language skills, I recommend him highly, emphasizing that he has the ability to be more than an assistant and can perform highly responsible functions as well. Sincerely, Kobayashi Hiroshi - Japan