Five days and four nights
Day 1:Labuan bajo-waerebo
Leaving Labuan bajo in the morning after breakfast drive for 4 hours to Denge village. On the way there will be some stops by a spectacular rice field, beach time, etc.
Lunch will be at dintor village, its about 20 minutes from the parking area. After lunch heading to the parking area then we can start trekking for 2 hours or more through the forest .
Once we arrive there you will see the traditional houses of waerebo.
Stay overnight there.
Day 2: waerebo village-Ruteng -arak traditional procces -Bena traditional village.
After breakfast at Waerebo we will leave the village. Once we arrive at the parking area, we directly drive to Ruteng city and stop for lunch.
Continue our journey to Aimere to see how the locals produce liquid from the the palm tree as the main ingredient of making local wine.
Next place to visit is Bena village, it just 1 hour if you drive through the south coast but if you follow the main road is about 2 hours.
Bena is one of the old villages lived in by locals from the ngada tribe for many years.
Next place is bajawa town, where you stay overnight and can explore in the night.
Day 3:bajawa-soa hot spring-17 island of riung.
Bajawa is famous for their local coffee, most of the people there have their own coffee plantation. And bajawa is one of the coldest place on flores, so waking up in the morning it’s good to have some coffee.
Leave Bajawa after breakfast at your hotel, drive to 17 islands, on the way there is mangeruda hot spring, where you can swim and soak in the hot water.On the way to 17 islands, there will be ricefield, open savana, of course many paths own by locals.
Arrive at riung town, as the place you stay overnight. Its not a big town, but there are some hotels there you also can have dinner there with so many options of local food. Most of the food is from the ocean, like Tuna fish, barracuda, cuttlefish, and some many others.
Day 4: sailing arround the 17 islands-moni village.
Heading to the pier in the morning, take a local boat, visit several islands including an island with flying foxes.Also if you are lucky you can see the komodo dragon, few komodos are living there, but are very wild.
Also there will be beach and BBQ time on the islands to relax.While waiting for food, there’s a chance to do snorkeling or trekking.
After lunch we’ll sail back to the town and continue the journey to moni village. Its about a 4-5 hour drive.
On the way there will be an open savana view, blue stone beach, and local fruit market.
Arrive at moni about noon time, so rest up Stayover night at moni village.
Day 5:Kelimutu lake-maumere/Ende.
Start the tour at 4.30 am, driving up to the mountain for the beautiful panorama. Its a place lived by many kind of birds, but the famous one is the long throuth bird or Garugiwa in the local dialect.
Kelimutu has three different coloured lakes, which are always changing.
Its beatifull to see when the sun is rising.
On the way back you can see the paddy plantation, vegetable fields of locals, and beatifull scenery.
Have breakfast at the hotel before we leave to maumere or ende for the next flight, and bye bye.
Price include
- Land transport
- Entrance ticket
- Mineral water
- Sailing boat at 17 islands
- Accomodation
- Profesional tour guide
Price exclude
- Personal expenses
- Meals during the trip
- Donation and tip
