Flore island is unique with has many beautiful nature and culture should be explored as long as land from east up to west (Maumere up to Labuan Bajo). This thing make Flores Island become a magic place for tourists around world come to visit spend for vocation.
Besides, Flores Island is a favorite place especially for travelers who love eco tour, culture and history. To know more detail about Flores Island and its best places recommended to be visited.
The following is complete program of 6 days and 5 nights of Flores Island tour that starting from Ende and ending in Labuan Bajo. Let’s take a look at this program closely.
Day I : (Ende – Wologai Traditional Village – Moni)
After have lunch at Hotel in Ende at 12.00 AM. You start drive by car from Ende to Wologai traditional Village for 2 hours, before reach at village on the way there you will stop to enjoy beautiful landscape of local terrace rice field in Detusoko.
This farm area is unique because its’ located as long road and can spoil the eyes you will just stop some moment to take videos or pictures. Then driving continue to Wologai Village for 1 hour.Arriving in Wologai traditional village some procedure you must follow as visitor firstly, do a report and ask permission to village functionary who wait at gate.
There is entrance fee and donation for every visitor to exploring village. Before enter to traditional houses, the head village will explain to you about story of Wologai traditional village in general by local language because he cannot speak in English but your guide directly will translate it into English clearly.
Secondly, then let you to walk for less than 5 minutes to see the traditional house of Wologai. Thirdly, you enter in area of traditional houses while exploring, your guide explain about everything relate to Wologai tradition, such as; traditional houses, ritual, tradition of people, story of culture, symbol of culture, belief of ancestor, etc.
fourthly, activity of exploring village will finish you ask for farewell and leaving the village quietly and patient. Continue drive to Moni and stay at Hotel for a night.
Day II : (Moni – Kelimutu Lake – Blue Stone – Bajawa)
You wake up at. 04.00 AM. prepare to drive to Kelimutu Lake National Park with distance 15 KM from Moni. You will drive for 1 hour more and less to reach parking area. But, before you going to trekking to Kelimutu Lake there a moment to watch sun rise and enjoy landscape fame of nature.
Start walk from there to main spot of Kelimutu hill to see the panorama of three Colors Lake. You will enjoy from accessibility area prepared while guide explain some time about Kelimutu Lake. Take photos or videos of landscape there, then start to back to the car.
From Kelimutu Mountain now you will drive to Blue stone for 4 hours driving more and less. At 1 PM. you will have lunch in restaurant in while enjoy the panorama of blue stone and sea view. Lunch and rest for 1 and half hour then drive to Bajawa for 2 hours. Driver will drop off you at Hotel in Bajawa for stay 1 night.
Day III : (Bajawa – Hot Spring – Bena Village – Ruteng)
After breakfast at hotel you will drive to Hot spring Soa around 45 minutes from Bajawa city. Hot Spring Soa is one of favorite spot in Bajawa to spend the vocation, swimming to warm the body it suitable for peoples who get tired after doing a lot of activities, enjoy panorama nature while submerged the body on water.
Besides Hot Spring efficacious to treat people who get mange. After finish activity at Hot Spring you back to the car and continue driving to Bena Village. It takes 1 and half to 2 hours driving from Soa. To enter In Bena Village you through gate of village and ask permission, do registration and entrance fee of village at waiter while a maiden wearing you Bena tradition’s sarong as a symbol of welcoming for every visitors.
You now like Bena Villagers and willing to explore Bena traditional houses and to see the things that very historic since thousands years before. Guide while explaining to you about the story of Bena Village, ritual, tradition, culture, belief of ancestor, symbols, livelihood of villagers, etc.
You can fill your activities while taking photos or videos for every important moment of you saw. The activities of exploring village finish you than back to car and continue driving to Ruteng, you have lunch on the way at restaurant in Bajawa.
Drive to Ruteng more less for 3 and half hour, in Amere you stop to see the process of making arak/ sopi kobok (local drink) created by local people’s handmade in traditional way, while you having rest for 30 minutes. Arriving in Ruteng driver droop off you at hotel. Dinner and rest in hotel for 1 night.
Day IV : (Ruteng – Spider Web Rice Fields Ruteng – Labuan Bajo)
After breakfast in Hotel, at 08.00 AM you leaving Ruteng city drive to Spider web rice fields that spend for 30 minutes more and less. Trekking to see the panorama of spider web rice fields from hill take photos or videos while guide explain about this spot.
Rest and enjoy the landscape then you back to car continue drive to Labuan Bajo. You have lunch on the way at restaurant in Lembor at around 12.00 PM. Lunch and rest for 1 and half hour then drive to Labuan Bajo for 1 and 45 hours. Ariving in Labuan Bajo driver droop off you at Hotel. Tour End!