Buntu Tondok

Information

Elevation

1.211 m

Country

Indonesia (ID)

Location / Range

Dataran tinggi Toraja, sisi timur Kabupaten Toraja Utara, Sulawesi Selatan

Mountain type

Bukit/puncak non-vulkanik di dataran tinggi Toraja

Volcanic?

No (non-volcanic)

Coordinates

-3.0271, 119.9697

Difficulty

Belum ada jalur pendakian resmi maupun catatan pendakian terpublikasi; pendekatan hanya lewat jalan desa dan jalan setapak kebun di sekitar Kecamatan Buntao'

Best Season

Bulan-bulan terkering di kawasan ini adalah Agustus–September (curah hujan bulanan terendah ±99 mm); April terbasah (±452 mm)

Permits & Rules

Tidak ada sistem izin pendakian yang terdokumentasi. Lahan di sekitarnya adalah kebun dan hutan milik/adat warga — pamit ke pemerintah desa dan pemilik lahan adalah praktik yang wajar.

Hazards

Hutan rapat dan tidak ada jalur bertanda (risiko tersesat), medan licin saat musim hujan, tidak ada sumber informasi SAR atau pos jaga di puncak.

Description

Buntu Tondok is a hill summit in North Toraja Regency (Toraja Utara), South Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 2.5 km from the seat of Buntao' district and roughly 10 km southeast of the town of Rantepao. Topographic databases put its elevation between 1,197 and 1,211 m, with a prominence of about 163–210 m and a base width of some 2.6 km; the nearest higher ground lies 3.7 km to the east-northeast at nearly 1,500 m. The surrounding Toraja highlands are hilly and largely forested, with a population density of about 34 people per km², a mean temperature near 20 °C and roughly 3,025 mm of rain a year. The element "Buntu" is a common word for hill or mountain in the Toraja-speaking area. An honest caveat: no climbing reports, marked trails or tourism documentation could be found for this summit — everything above comes from geographic databases (Wikidata/GeoNames, PeakVisor, OpenStreetMap) rather than field accounts. The name Buntu Tondok is shared with at least one other peak in South Sulawesi, so the coordinates are the decisive identifier.