Get Lost in Flores

Durations

II Days

Difficulty

Medium

Min Age

5

Enjoy the Adventure

This Flores overland tour is categorized as an adventure tour. You will spend most of the time in the car, visit indigenous villages of Flores by car or trekking for max 2 hours through the jungle with a companion of local guide especially in Flores. The distance from Maumere to Labuan Bajo is 504 km. This may sound short but due to drive on the windy road, lots of ups and downs and some bumpy roads it takes 14 hours with an average 4 hours from one to another city in a day.

Included / Excluded

To help you plan your trip, we have put together a list of what's included and what's not included in your tour package. This will give you a clear understanding of what to expect and help you make any necessary arrangements before your journey begins.

Itinerary

We have carefully planned out each day to give you the best possible experience. From exploring historic landmarks to tasting delicious local cuisine, each day is packed with adventure and excitement. Join us as we take you on a journey through some of the most fascinating destinations in the world.

Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the Frans Seda airport Maumere to transfer to the hotel which is going to be on the beach side. Before reaching for the hotel, you will get to the restaurant for lunch and after lunch, you will visit Wuring fishing village 3 km from the city center. In here you will find the locas living above the sea where their houses are mostly made of woods by living harmoniously to each other by relying much on sea resource for their survival. You will walk around this village with a locals guide.  From Wuring, you will head to hotel for dinner and overnight. Tour starts based on your arrival time.

After breakfast at hotel, you will drive slowly to the west part of the island to see its tourist destinations by starting to visit Lepo Lorun Ikat weaving to see the process of producing sarongs by an authentic and heritage process which uses natural dyes. In this community along with the local women you will see how they produce a thread from natural materials until it becomes a ready woven sarong. From Lepo Lorun, you will continue to drive to Paga where there is a breathtaking viewpoint to see the south sea and some villages living close to the beach. From Paga, for less than 10 minutes you will stop at Koka beach playing around the beach and eat lunch here. From Koka, you will head to Moni for dinner and overnight. Tour starts at 9 AM

You will wake up at 4 am for reaching the base of Kelimutu and then walk for about 30 minutes to the peak (1,600 m abl). From the peak of the mountain, you will be witnessing the sunrise with a view of the colored lakes in front of it. After Kelimutu, you will be back to Hotel for shower and breakfast. You will leave for Riung with stops at Wologai traditional village and Bung Karno’s house, a place where he was exiled from 1934-1938. After that, you will make a stop at Blue Stone Beach for lunch before continuing to Riung for dinner and overnight. P.s there is no guarantee we can see the sunrise in Kelimutu three colored lakses, it depends on the weather.    Tour starts at 04.00(You can choose either sunrise or normal one at 8 am. Sunrise is not guaranteed)

During your stay in Riung, the guide will take you for hopping island to see some nice spots including snorkeling. You will overnight at Nirvana hotel in Riung. In the morning after breakfast, you will explore 17 islands starting with a visit to Kelelawar Island or known as bats island. From there, you will head to Rutong Island for snorkeling, and then snorkeling at Tembang Island and snorkeling at Pulau Tiga. Fish Barbeque is your lunch. In the noontime, you are back to Riung for dinner and overnight.   Tour start at 08.00

You will leave Riung after breakfast for Bajawa with a stop at Mengeruda Natural hot spring and then to Boubou traditional market. Lunch in the town of Bajawa. In the afternoon, you will visit Wolobobo to see the view of the mount Inerie (2.250 mbl) and its surroundings. After Wolobobo, you will check in hotel for dinner and overnight. Tour starts at 9 AM

During your stay in Bajawa, you will do the trekking to some traditional villages including Luba, Bena, Tololela (lunch local food in Tololela) and then to Gurusina and then bathing at Nage hot spring

 

before getting back to hotel for dinner and overnight. You will be accompanied by a local guide from Bajawa.

After breakfast at hotel, you will visit Belaraghi traditional village which is considered one of the oldest villages in Bajawa. In here, you are going to walk around the village to see an ancient buildings including to see the locals’s activities where most of the people really on farming for their survival. From there, you head to Aimere, a village where most of the people rely much on “arak” alcoholic drink as main income. From Aimere, you will head to Siquarra Restaurant for lunch. From the restaurant, tour continues to Ruteng for dinner and overnight. Tour starts at 09.00

Start the morning with a short drive to a spectacular lookout over a sea of rice terraces stretching across the valleys and up the slopes of the mountains that surround Ruteng at Golo Cador and then you will do trekking around the rice terraces to see the beautiful view of rice paddy on the outskirt or hustle bustle Ruteng City. Besides to enjoy the view, in here you have the opportunity to see by your own eyes the activities of the local people who go farming. After trekking, you will drive to the city center for lunch. After lunch you will do the city tour to see the oldest church and in noontime you will do a small walk to see the traditional market of Ruteng which is one of the biggest ones in Flores to see all the farming products and the locals’ activities.  Start at 8 AM

You will leave Ruteng for Dintor with a stop at spider web rice field in Cancar to see another spectacular view of rice field which is like spider web that is inherited from Manggaraians’ ancestors. 20 minutes to the west of Cancar, you will drive to the restaurant where found an authentic food to East Nusa Tenggara Province which is se’i babi (smoked pork).  You will continue on driving to Dintor where you will overnight and dinner at Wae Rebo Lodge, Dintor

Today you are able to visit the beautiful, remote village of Wae Rebo. You begin your adventure (taking just an overnight bag) with a short drive up the bottom slopes of the mountain to the village of Denge, from where you hop on the back of a motorcycle for the 10-minute ride further up the mountain to post 1, the starting point for your 5 km hike up the mountain to Wae Rebo. You will be following a stone-laid path, and then a well-trodden forest path to reach the village, but be prepared for a tough uphill hike with sturdy hiking boots or walking shoes, (and rain gear depending onthe season) Upon arrival at the lovely village of Wae Rebo, you will be welcomed in a traditional Wae Lu’u ceremony that requests permission, and provides blessings from the village ancestors. Following the ceremony you will have to one of the village houses for lunch. Your afternoon is then free for further exploring, visiting local homes, learning more about their customs and traditions, and just enjoying the beauty of this amazing location. Overnight will be in one of Wae Rebo’s cone-shaped traditional home, shared with other visitors.

You will be trekking to Denge where the driver will wait to drive to Dintor for lunch. After lunch, the journey continues to Labuan Bajo. Travel time is approximately 5 hours. Dinner and overnight in Lbuan Bajo. Start at 9 AM

Accomodation

“Flores has no starred hotels (except Labuan Bajo). There are only guest houses, homestays, standard hotels, and bungalows. So, we categorize bungalows or luxurious hotels as class 1 and lodges or standard hotels are categorized as class 2. Place like Manulalu is 30 minutes drive from main city of Bajawa and located in the middle of the jungle with amazing view surroundings. With those circumstances, do not be shocked if you see or hear some animals or insect from around your room. This is also the same in Moni if you stay overnight at Kelimutu Ecolodge as it is the only hotel far from the hustle bustle of the trans Flores “highway”.

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