Bajawa deserves to be mentioned as the paradise. The volcano surrounds the city makes it very attractive to explore. The death craters emerged from explosions many years ago created stunning landscape that make the city of Bajawa has a lot to offer for those who want to explore the island of Flores. The places you should include in your travel list is Wolobobo viewpoint, Manulalu viewpoint, Inerie climbing, Avatar Hill, and hot springs. Not only for its great nature, Bajawa has the traditional villages that made the culture come more alive. Bena, Gurusina, Tololela, and Luba traditional villages are some of the existing traditional villages. Without hesitation, Bajawa is woth to mention as cultural city because that is regency in Flores that has huge amount of traditional villages and amazingly they still keep their authenticity.
Wolobobo is a viewpoint on the top of caldera located 15 km from city center of Bajawa. The main highlight here is to enjoy the sunset of Mount Inerie (2.245 mbl) and its surrounding area. Every visitors at any age can reach this place easily as the vehicle can reach to the peak of the viewpoint and then continued with a small walk of 5 minutes to explore the area and you are already ahead of an amazing creature.
Mengeruda is natural Hot spring located on the north part of Bajawa city with a distance of 25 km and travel time 30 minutes by car. This incredible nature situated in a lush green park that visitors can enjoy bathing in the hot water under the big banyan tree. Visitors can also try to bath in the small waterfall that has been naturally mixed with a warm river. Mengeruda is very popular in Flores that this place is highly wanted by many locals who spend here hours with families during weekend or on public holiday. Besides for bathing, you also will experience the local culture here by interacting with them.