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Lore Lindu National Park is one of the national parks in Indonesia which is located in the province of Central Sulawesi and is one of Sulawesi's biological protection locations. It is located about 60 kilometers in the South of Palu City. The park is in the south part of Donggala regency and in the west part of Poso regency, becoming a region of water catchment for 3 major rivers in Central Sulawesi, namely Lariang river, Gumbasa river and Palu river. This national park is divided into three areas, namely Lore Kalamanta Wildlife Reserve, Lake Lindu Tourism Forest, and Sopu Gumbasa Wildlife Reserve.

Lore Lindu National Park has endemic fauna and flora of Sulawesi and also interesting natural panorama because it is located at Wallace line which is a transitional region between Asian and Australian zones. This national park is also the largest native mammal habitat in Sulawesi. These endemic animals are anoa, babirusa, deer, ghost apes (Tangkasi), kakaktonkea monkeys, marsupial cuscus and the largest meat-eating animals in Sulawesi, Sulawesi civets living in this park.

Apart from the endemic flora and fauna, megalithic statues that are hundreds or even thousands of years old are also scattered in the Lore Lindu National Park areas such as the Napu, Behoa and Bada Valley. Based on the research in 2013, there were 1,466 megalithic findings from 83 sites that have been disclosed. Megalith statues in this National Park are classified into several categories, such as stone statues in the form of humans, kalamba which is in the form of a large water storage, tutu'na which is in the form of stone plates, dakon stones which are flat to convex shaped stones that describe channels, and other forms such as stone mortar, a pillar of the house, and others. Lore Lindu National Park operates 24 hours with an entrance ticket fee of Rp10,000 per person.