Ultimate Flores Komodo Overland Tour (12D/11N)

After breakfast, drive down to Moni. On the way, you will visit Ledalero Museum, located at the outskirts of Maumere with interesting collections of ethnological objects for the region. Ledalero is also a name of a major Catholic Seminary from where many of local priests originated. After that, continue driving to south coast – Sikka village, to see the old Portuguese Church heritage which was built in 1899. Then, you go to Paga beach for relaxing and swimming, lunch will be provided here. In the afternoon, you visit the traditional village of Jopu before check in at hotel.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Eco Lodge in Moni

Today we will get up early to see the sunrise at the top of the Kelimutu, one of the highlights of this Flores Komodo tour. It is a large volcano, which we access practically by car only until the last 20 minutes, which will have to walk in the fields to reach the volcano. Upon reaching the top, we can see 3 craters, which have become three lakes, of different colors. One black, one yellow and one a little purple, but the magnificent thing is that they change color, especially at dawn! Take a coat, because sometimes it is a bit cold while we wait for the sunrise.

After admiring the natural wonder, we head to Bajawa. In the vicinity of our hotel in Moni, we will be able to do some stops between the villages, where we can see how most of the women make Sarongs with the looms, in a totally traditional way. We can also pass by a waterfall in the surroundings of the town.

On the way to Bajawa we will stop in an immense bay open to the Indian Ocean, the city of Ende. There where we will have lunch, visit the market, etc. On the outskirts of Ende, we will make stops to see a cove called the Blue Stones Beach (although the stones found in the area are actually green). There we will see dozens of workers, collecting stones and classifying them to later be exported, due to the beauty they represent for gardens in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Bajawa

Today in the morning, you will go to see a second-class Kelimutu, a volcano called Wawo Muda. It is a walk of an hour and a half to go up and an hour to go down. Here you can see some incredible scenery of Bajawa, Inerie volcano, Ebulobo volcano as well as beautiful sunrise.

Then return to the hotel for breakfast, take shower, and leave to see Ngada tribe. They still have animistic beliefs and they live in some peculiar houses.

You will make a stop in a town called Bena, one of the best known traditional villages of Flores, belonging to Ngada tribe. Tribes that despite being Christianized, they still maintain their animistic beliefs. There you can see the way of life of the Bajawa people. In the village complex they have all the houses with the doors open towards the Ngadhu and Bhaga (Man and Woman) temples. Altars that they use both to bless the town and for the harvest, as they represent their ancestors.

From Bena, you will start a trekking of an hour and a half, which will take us to another town a little smaller, but more authentic called Tododela. There, a family will “adopt” you for one night, and you will sleep in their house and enjoy a dinner with them, it will be a nice experience.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Local House

After having breakfast, trekking down to Gurusina village passing through the local plantation and bamboo forest, makes you get real on the natural touching conditions. In Malanage hot spring you can enjoy taking bathing in mix point hot and cool water. After having a lunch box, in the afternoon we drive back to Bajawa for overnight and dinner.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Bajawa

After breakfast, we will drive to Ruteng – a cool and small town as the capital city of Manggarai Regency where major Manggarainese tribe dwelt. Along the way visit Aimere, it is famous with Arak (local liquor) distillation and fresh palm juice tapping. Also Ranamese Lake, located on the slope of Ranaka Mountain. Here you can see a nice panorama of the lakes and rainforest surrounding it. After having lunch in Ruteng, we explore Liang Bua Cave, the home of Homo Florencis.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Retung

You are half-way to complete this overland Flores Komodo tour!

After breakfast, drive to south coast Denge village. En route to Denge, you will visit Cara village in Cancar area to see the unexposed world wonder “Lingko” – a spider web shape rice fields. It’s probably the only such a rice field ever exist on earth. Lunch box provided and stop in Narang beach for swimming and relaxing, and then drive up to Denge village for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Lodge in Denge

After having breakfast in Denge village guest house, trekking to Wae Rebo – the oldest traditional village of Manggarainese, another highlights of this Flores Komodo tour. The rain forest along the trek to Waerebo is one of the wealthiest areas in Indonesia in biological terms. The forest is simply like a huge Garden of Eden. The walk through the forest with deferent vegetation is of great interest, from the families of orchids, palms, ferns, etc.

Natural voice of various type singing birds will entertain you along the trip. The clear and fresh water river on the way up to the village is a good point to take rest. In the village of Waerebo, you can see conical houses, which one of it is a ‘drum house’ with very unique architectures, place for holding meetings, rituals and Sunday morning prayers. The drum house is a communal building for a clan or clan branch, symbolizing the ideal unity of matrilineal descent.

The view along the trek to down land area is spectacular. The place has been developed as tourism site; sleeping on the traditional house and having local cuisine together with local community is very wonderful and unforgettable moment for the visitor. If the weather permits, you can go for an afternoon trekking around the plantations (coffee, vanilla, cacao, cassava, etc.) of Denge community. Dinner and overnight at the traditional house.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Traditional House

After breakfast, drive down to Dintor for getting a boat trip to Nangalili. Before having lunch, you can relax on the white sand beach or swimming in Nangalili. In the late afternoon, you continue the journey to Labuan Bajo.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Labuan Bajo

After breakfast transferring to the pier of Labuan Bajo for Rinca Island. Lunch on board, about two and half hours sail to the island of Komodo Dragon, start your trekking, walking through the typical dry forest to explore the Island of Komodo dragon, you will find not just the Dragons but also many wild animals like, deers, wild buffalo, long-tailed macaque and wild pig also numerous of birds. Keep your eyes look up as sometime you will find the young Komodo dragons on the trees. A local ranger will lead you through this natural preservation.

In the afternoon, you will sail to the mysterious Kalong Island, known as the home of the flying foxes. Here you will see thousands of flying foxes that come out of the mangroves at sunset time in search of food on the Island of Flores. Just at sunset they will take flight overtaking the boats of the National Park, a true spectacle of nature. The sunset in Komodo is perhaps one of the most beautiful in Indonesia and you can enjoy it on board your boat. You will end the day enjoying a delicious dinner prepared by the crew and spend the night on the boat.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Traditional Boat (Cabin with AC)

After having breakfast in your sailing directly to Loh Liang – the Ranger station in Komodo Island. By passing through many small islands, it will be two and half hours to reach the pier of Komodo Island. After registering, start to take basic trekking to see the giant lizard / Komodo dragon and other wild animals as: Timor deer, wild pig, wild chicken and many variously of tropical bird. Please keep your eyes at any directions as sometimes you will also find young Komodo dragon hanging over the trees. A local ranger will lead you during the trek. Return to the boat on to Pink beach for snorkeling, swimming and relaxing. It is really spectacular and unspoiled coral reef and many color fish. Lunch will be provided on board. You board again this time for Rinca Island to discover the Komodo dragons as a Top Predator on the Island and also other wild animals like as Timor deer, wild buffalo, monkeys, wild pig, wild chicken and tropical birds can be seen here. In the late afternoon, back to Labuan Bajo harbor and transfer to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Labuan Bajo

After breakfast, depending on your flight schedule, you will have transfer to Labuan Bajo Airport to take your flight.

Thank you for enjoying overland Flores Komodo tour with Come2Indonesia. We wait for you on another excursion with us. Sampai Jumpa!

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