Arrival at Frans Seda Airport Maumere in Eastern Flores from Depasar, Bali, meeting with our guide and transferring to your hotel. Afternoon can be spent relaxing on the hotel beach with a free program.

Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Starting our discovery of  Flores island,  we drive first to Dokar, which is a traditional weaving village, located about 40 minutes from our hotel, on the hill from where you can see the beautiful landscape from Maumere bay. Traditional dance and weaving demonstrations will be held in this village.Then we will continue to Paga beach where lunch will be provided.And on the way to Moni we  visit Koka beach near Paga.

Dinner and overnight at hotel.

We start our day in the early morning and at 4 am we drive to visit Kelimutu lake, the three colored crater lakes,which are  one of the most specular and mysterious sights for those travelling in  Indonesia. On the way back to Moni, will make a short trek to see the the rice terraces. Breakfast at hotel then we continue the trip to Ende and  on the way we visit Saga village, a traditional village of Ende Lio tribes. We have lunch at a restaurant in Ende before driving  to Bajawa. Dinner at a restaurant.

Overnight at a homestay in Bajawa.

In the morning we trek for about 1.5 hours to Wawomuda volcano (1753m) which is the latest volcano to emerge in Flores, exploding in 2001. From here we can see spectacular views of the Inerei and Ebulobo volcanoes. In the afternoon we  visit Bena and Luba traditional houses and megalithic tombs  and  have the opportunity to take a hot  bath at Soa natural hotspring. Dinner at a restaurant and overnight at a  homestay.

Overnight homestay

Leaving our hotel in the morning, we drive down to the south coast of  Flores to Aimere, which is famous with its “Arak” distillation and fresh palm juice tapping. We visit, Rana Mese lake,located on the slopes of Ranaka mount. Dinner at local restaurant.

Overnight at hotel

After early breakfast,depart for Ruteng to discover the southern part of Manggarai. First we visit Golo Cara village – the best place to see ‘spider web’ rice fields. From there, we drive to Todo traditional village, soft trekking through rice terraces and enjoying the beautiful landscape near Narang Village. Lunch will be provided at a local family’s house in Narang. In the afternoon, drive along the south coast to Dintor and Denge (some stops will be taken en route). We will have dinner and stay overnight at a family’s house in Denge.

Overnight family house

After a light breakfast, we will trek to Waerebo Village, which takes around four hours. The authentic Manggarai houses are located about 1100m above sea level in the middle of the mountains. There are  seven traditional houses. Built in the same form, six are for the local people and one extra house for visitors. These houses have really high roofs and are five stories high.We will will have dinner and stay overnight in the visitors house.

Overnight in the visitors house.

After breakfast, we will trek down to Denge village where lunch will be provided. After lunch, we drive to Labuan Bajo via Dintor and Nangalili (depending on the road condition; alternatively take the route through Todo Village to Labuanbajo). We will have dinner and stay overnight at  a hotel in Labuan Bajo.

Overnight hotel

Morning after breakfast at hotel, transfer to the pier of Labuan Bajo to join our live aboard vessel/large boat for snorkeling  around Kelor Island. We enjoy the sunset  from Kalong Island and we get to see thousands of bats that come out to the trees to find food at night- an incredible experience. We continue sailing to Rinca Island for overnight stop.

Overnight on board vessel

After breakfast on board we get off to start trekking and walk through the typical dry forest to explore the island of the Komodo dragons. We will find not just the Dragons but many wild animals such as  Timor deer, wild buffalo, long-tailed macaque and wild boars and numerous of birds. We may be lucky and see the young Komodo dragons on the trees. We return to boat and proceed to the  Pink Beach island for swimming, snorkeling and relaxing. We then continue to Gili Laba for an easy trek to the top  to enjoy a spectacular sunset.
Overnight on board vessel

We visit  Manta Point for swimming and snorkelling to see the manta rays. We then continue to Bidadari Island for swimming and relaxing. Then back  to Labuan Bajo for dinner at an interesting restaurant.

Overnight Hotel near Labuan Bajo.

Free time until transfer to airport for departure flight to Denpasar.
End of expedition. Accomodation details by request.

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