Flores Overland Adventure Tours in 05 Days 04 Nights Day LABUANBAJO-RUTENG (-/L/D) After lunch a local restaurant for lunch. Then drive to Ruteng with stops in Cancar to view the spider web style rice terraces and Ruteng Puu traditional village. Late afternoon arriving in Rueng and check in at Dahlia Hotel for dinner and ovenight. [...]

Flores is one of the main islands of east Nusa Tenggara which are consist of Flores, Sumba, Komodo, Solor Alor, Roti and west Timor. There are many small islands on the water of flores such as Rinca, Ende, Adonare, Tomblem, Pador, Besar, Pomana, Babi, Pamana, and Palu. At the beach of West Flores, north sea [...]

FLORES ISLAND  INFORMATION Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. The population is estimated to be around 1.5 million [1], and the largest town is Maumere. Flores is located east of Sumbawa and Komodo and west [...]

MAUMERE – NORTH EAST FLORES On the north coast of Flores, roughly equidistant between Ende and Larantuka, MAUMERE was once the visitor centre and best diving resort in Flores. However, since the terrible earthquake of December 1992, it’s been a beaten town, still disfigured by heaps of rubble and unrepaired buildings. The majority of the [...]

Komodo Sailing Cruise 02 Days 01 Night Day 1 DENPASAR-LABUAN BAJO-RINCA-KALONG (-/L/D) Morning flight from Bali to Labuan Bajo in West Flores. On arrival direct transfer to the harbor to get on board and sailing to Rinca. Afternoon trekking in Rinca to see the activities of Komodo dragons and other wild animals. Then leisure sailing [...]

Homo floresiensis (“Flores Man”, nicknamed “hobbit”) was a possible species, now believed to be extinct, in the genus Homo. The remains were discovered in 2003 on the island of Flores in Indonesia. Partial skeletons of nine individuals have been recovered, including one complete cranium (skull). These remains have been the subject of intense research to [...]

MONI AND MOUNT KELIMUTU LAKES Indonesia is one of the world’s most geologically active countries. Given its combination of active volcanism and tropical climate, it is home to several volcanoes which exemplify the type of dynamic interactions between the forces of the endosphere and exosphere that are characteristic of volcanic lake environments. Of all the [...]

ENDE-SOUTHEAST FLORES The capital of Flores, situated on the S coast. The center of the town is W of the town but the town itself spread from W to E in 6km. If you travel from W by bus, you have to change to local bemo 2km W from the town. From N, almost E [...]

RIUNG & SEVENTEEN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK Riung village, on the coast north of Bajawa, offers beautiful coral gardens in the Seventeen Island National Reserve, as well as thousands of flying foxes. The National Park, Pulau Tujuhbelas (Seventeen Islands), in fact has more than 20 islands, but, in a gesture of patriotism, the number was declared [...]

BAJAWA-CENTRAL FLORES Flores is one of the larger islands in the chain running west to east between Java and Timor. Bajawa is the harbor town for the small highland area along the southern coast where the coffee is grown. The coffee is reputedly of indifferent quality and is not seen much in the specialty trade. [...]