Day Trip in Komodo National Park and Flores Land Tour - 6 Days

Labuan Bajo in the west of Flores Island is the gateway to Komodo National Park. Just 20 years ago, Labuan Bajo was a sleepy fishing village. In the course of marketing the Komodo National Park, with its impressive underwater world and wildlife, a tourist infrastructure has developed here with hotels, dive shops and restaurants. In Komodo National Parks on the islands of Rinca and Komodo, the prehistoric-looking largest lizards in the world live in the wild. On a boat day trip from Labuan Bajo you will discover the islands of the UNESCO-protected Komodo National Park and will almost certainly see the Komodo dragons.

In contrast to Labuan Bajo, the country site of Flores Island has hardly been discovered by tourists and is a paradise for lovers of beautiful natural landscapes. Volcanoes and colour-changing crater lakes, spider web paddy fields, ancient villages, jungles and beaches - these are the scenic and cultural highlights of Flores that you will discover on a 4-day land tour.

ITINERARY:
✈ Labuan Bajo ➝ Boat Trip in Komodo National Park ➝ Labuan Bajo ➝ Ruteng ➝ Bajawa ➝ Volcano Kelimutu ➝ Ende ✈

Boat day trip in Komodo National Park

Upon arrival with the first flight (around 9am) you will be picked up from Komodo Airport in Labuan Bajo and after around 20 minutes reach Labuan Bajo port where we will board a boat and head to either Rinca Island or Komodo Island in Komodo National Park. Here you go on a 2-hour hike and you will experience Komodo dragons in the wild and see other animals as well.

After returning to the boat, lunch is served and in the afternoon there is opportunity for snorkeling, swimming or just relaxing on the white sands of Kelor Island or Pink Beach. In the late afternoon we drive back to Labuan Bajo. Overnight stay in Labuan Bajo

The boat trip can also be done with a private speedboat with a corresponding surcharge, then an extended program with more opportunities for snorkeling or visiting the viewpoint on Padar Island is possible. The itinerary using speedboat is: Labuan Bajo ➝ Padar Island ➝ Komodo Island ➝ Pink Beach ➝ Manta Point ➝ Kanawa Island ➝ Labuan Bajo

Labuan Bajo ➝ Ruteng

After breakfast, we drive from Labuan Bajo to Ruteng. Optional and at an additional cost we can make a stop at Melo village, where we can arrange demonstration of the ritual Caci dance . Our first stop is in Todo in South Central Manggarai. It is one of the few ways to see the traditional ceremonial houses Mbaru Niang. In the past, Todo was also the Centre of the Kingdom of Manggaraian and the home of the Royal clan.

Alternative to Todo you can visit Liang Bua (Hobbit cave) . This large cave was the site of a stunning archeological discovery in 2003, when the skeletal remains of a small humanoid were unearthed, the so-called Homo Floresiensis. There is a small museum on site with some displays. Otherwise the cave is indeed empty and the road in poor condition but the scenery is beautiful.

If you spend 2 nights in Ruteng you can visit both sites and make hiking from Hobbit Cave to Tengkulese Watterfall.

Our next stop is in Cancar where we can see the "spider web rice field"(rice fields, which are arranged like a spider's Web) and called also Lingko. In the afternoon we arrive in Ruteng and visit "Adat House". In Ruteng you will spend the night in a beautiful, small country hotel surrounded by a well-tended gardens.

Ruteng ➝ Bajawa

On this day we spend first lot of time driving driving passing rice fields and through mountainous landscape with beautiful views. We stop for view to Lake Rana Mese and make on the way short walks and photo stops. Lunch on the road in a local restaurant. In the afternoon we visit in Aimere an traditional manufacturer of Arak and the Manga Ruda hot springs. Accommodation is in Bajawa at the foot of the Ineri volcano..

Traditional villages Bena and Luba ➝ Moni

After early breakfast, we take a detour to Bena, one of the most traditional villages in Ngada District. The village consist of two rows of centuries - old high thatched houses along a ridge. In the center you can see cult houses and much older stone monuments formerly used for ritual sacrifices in the ancient local religion. The local Christian people still use this historic protected site for worship. After that we visit the smaller traditional village Luba.

Then we continue driving towards Ende and stop at Penggajawa Beach. The beach is littered with many colored stones. The stones are predominantly blue to turquoise, but also green and red stones are in between. The stones are collected by the local people and sold as building material. Here or in Ende itself there is possibility for lunch. Then we continue towards Moni with stops at the Market in Nduaria and rice fields at Detusoko. Than we visit the Wologai village with well-preserved traditional houses in the for this region formerly typical Lioneser architecture. Accommodation in a bungalow in Kelimutu Eco Lodge which is remote located surrounded by beautiful natur just outside the Moni village.

The 3-colored Lakes of the Volcano Kelimutu ➝ Ende

Kelimutu is a volcano near Moni in Central Flores in Indonesia. Kelimutu Volcano consists of three crater lakes that have different colors due to minerals. The colors of the lakes have changed drastically several times over the years. The lunar landscape of the craters is believed by locals to be a haunt of spirits. The name Kelimutu itself means 'keli' = 'mountain' and 'mutu' = 'boiling' in the local language.

For the sunrise on Kelimutu you have to get up early in the morning. After about 30 minutes we reach the parking lot and here a pleasant walk over 1.5 km and 127 steps leads to the viewing terrace of Kelimutu at 1690 meters. From here you have a wonderful view of all three differently colored crater lakes of Kelimutu and the surrounding landscape. Amidst this lunar landscape, the colors of the lakes look spectacular. It is always a surprise what colors Kelimutu's crater lakes are at the moment.

On the return trip from Kelimutu to Moni, you will pass beautiful rice fields and tropical forests. Arrived in Moni, you can have breakfast in the hotel before we drive back to Ende for about 1.5-2 hours. In Ende there is an opportunity to visit the traditional village of Wolotopo. Overnight stay in Ende in a small, modern city hotel.

Departure from Flores island

The tour ends with transfer to Ende airport for flight to Bali or your next destination in Indonesia.

The tour can be also made in reverse direction means
start in Ende and end in Labuan Bajo.

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