Various kinds of beautiful tropical plants grow and thrive in this fresh air city.

Most people of South Sulawesi still consider the mountains a sacred place and still practices local rituals there.

Souvenirs typical of this area are Passion fruits, glutinous lunkhead, Tenteng Malino, apples, wajik, etc.

The Dutch organised a conference in Malino in July 1946 as part of their attempt to arrange a federal solution for Indonesia.

Areas that are above an altitude of 1,500 meters are also a major supplier of horticulture crops to Makassar and its surroundings, even the results of part of this plantation has been exported to several countries in Asia and Europe.