Luwu, the horseshoe-shaped region capping the Gulf of Bone, is at once the most ancient and most modern region in South Sulawesi. Believed to be the site of the first Bugis kingdom, Luwu became an open frontier. With Javanese and Balinese transmigrants mixing with long-isolated local tribes to generate a fascinating mixture of peoples and cultures.
The most incongruous addition to the region is a relocated Canadian mining town at Sorowako (now East Luwu), built for expatriate mining specialists but now populated mostly by Indonesian managers and professionals. The nickel mine and associated facilities have brought good roads and other modern facilities to Luwu, but the air of an untamed land, reinforced by the looming presence of the Central Sulawesi mountain range, remains.
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