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RICO Tour is based in Tataaran II, Lingkungan 3,Tondano - Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

RICO Tour was found by Rico Taramen.  Before he established his own agent, he spent 14 years working as  professional guide, dive guide and birder and as tour planner/ inbound tour supervisor at several Tour Operators (Pola Pelita Express, Pandu Express and Maya Express) in Manado, capital of North Sulawesi province, Indonesia. 

 

RICO Tour specializes in ECOTOURS, BIRDWATCHING, DIVING and SOFT ADVENTURES for single traveler or individuals.  

Rico is Spanish for "Rich".   We believe that traveling with us will enrich your traveling experience.

 

Let us enrich your travel experience with the riches of our beautiful island!

 

 
Rico Taramen Our Office

 

Soon we will open our office!!

 

 

RICO Tour

 

Contact us: 
Phone: (+62.431). 322 802

Mobile phone: 

(+62) 812.443.7739

 

Email:

Rico_tour@hotmail.com

 

Website:

http://rico_toursulawesi.tripod.com

 

Postal Address: 
Tataaran II - Lingkungan 3, Tondano, Minahasa  

North Sulawesi - Indonesia

Minahasa Region

 

Special Thanks to:

- Ir. J.J Westra & Anne Huynink (Wageningen, Holland) for your continuous support and your book "Birds of South-East Asia" as well as the binocular.

- DR. Robert Flamming (Naturalist/Ornithologist - USA) for your Field Guide Birds of Indonesia and the binocular.  It was an honor to be your guide for your birding trip to North Sulawesi. Your book and binocular were the first source of my interest in birding!!

- Penny van Oosterzee (EcOz - Darwin, Australia) for the book "Birds of Wallacea".  Your book helps me a lot specially for my one year bird surveys around Sulawesi Island.

Mr. Prof. Dr. Guo Fang (WBST- Wild Bird Society of Taipei, Taiwan) for the first Group of Birding trip to North Sualwesi.  It was an honor to be your guide!

- Ms. Minyo Gan (Director of KINGNET-Taipei Taiwan) for giving me the honor to be a speaker for the "Manado Eco-Tourism lecture" in Taipei.

- Ms. Jessie Chu (senior reporter of Min Sheng Daily - Taipei) for the binocular and giving me the chance to be a speaker in your Ecotours Sulawesi Radio program in Taipei and for introducing me birds of Taipei.  

- WIRA Tour (Makassar-South Sulawesi, Indonesia) for your continuous support. 

- Dr. Marc Argeloo (researcher - Holland) for your Maleo book "De kip met de gouden eieren".

- Dr. Marthin Kirs (England - WCS North Sulawesi) to take care the Taiwanese Birders  during birding in Domoga Bone park and thanks for a such brilliant idea for my company (RICO: Rapid - Intrepid - Courage - Outrages).

- Frederike Meijer (Utrecht, Holland) for all books and sharing the idea of management.  As you said, " the management is in you".

- Herman & Eef Zandvoort (Holland) for your book "Geillustreerde Encyclopedie van de Vogels".  It is my first encyclopedic of birds of the world in Dutch. This is truly a great introduction for a beginner.

- Ranald Toten (Expat Magazine - Singapore) for your very good comment about our service during the Journalists Familiarization trip to north Sulawesi. 

Ton & Cor  De Greaves, Leo & Ankie Aarsen, (Den Haag, Holland) for all your support for the past years.

- Jan Bruining (Leeuwarden-Holland, my beloved brother in law), you were my "first client" in 1985 during the trip to Sangihe Islands and around North Sulawesi.

- Leendert Kruizinga (OVR - Openbaar Vervoer Reis Informatie-Utrecht, Holland) for giving me the chance to work part time in the company.

- To all my friends at Tangkoko Nature Reserve & Dumoga Bone Park for sharing the ideas and assisted my birdwatching groups.

- Above all, thanks to All Mighty GOD!

Thank you for visiting our website!!   We are looking forward to your emails!
 

 Rico_tour@hotmail.com

Last modified:Wednesday, July 02, 2003                      

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