FLORES CULTURAL TRIP 05D/04N

Day 01. Arrival Maumere                      

Your afternoon flores Kelimutu package begins with an adventure trip to Watublapi, a hamlet about 18 km south east of Maumere locally known for it’s fertile land and rich in exotic tropical plants and fruits. You will be entertained with dances and folk songs accompanied with local dishes and drinks.  There is chance to comprehend more about Ikat Weaving - the well-known tie-dyeing weaving technique. The Ikat are both as cultural and economical products since the women in the village earn their living from selling the Ikat.

Day 02. Maumere - Moni or Deusoko                                               

The second day Flores Kelimutu adventure trip is visiting Maumere market and Wuring fishermen village with houses built on stilts and Ledalero Museum. Lunch will be provided in Paga Beach or Wolowaru. During the tour you will experience the dramatic change in both nature pattern and ethnicity. In the afternoon you will find yourself in the Lio ethnic’s environment.  Pay a call to their villages such as in Lisedetu and Ranggase and try to comprehend the local’s daily life or just having a closer look into their work of architectures.

Day 03. Moni / Detusoko - Kelimutu - Ende                             

It is worth to experience the sunrise at Kelimutu three colors crater lake. You will begin your Flores Kelimutu adventure tour at about 4.00 o’clock early morning. Once arriving in Kelimutu you will find yourself something like nowhere, incomparable with known told stories - photos or even moving pictures you have seen before.After admiring the wonder Kelimutu lake proceed the tour to ENDE. You will pass ravines and villages. There are chances for photo stop, at Nduaria Fruit market. Lunch in ENDE. The afternoon adventure trip includes a visit to Penggajawa - locally known as blue pebble beach, where woman collect the blue tiny stones for export market. Afterwards proceed the adventure tour to Reworena - the village where you can have a closer look into the daily life of ENDE ethnic. Women produce Ikat Sarongs and in the late afternoon they are busy preparing Ndota - the local dish made of fresh tiny chopped cassava. (Conditional, depends on the season). The village is also known as the black smith center. To end the adventure trip, drive toward Nuabosi till reaching the vantage point for the wide-angle view over the town of ENDE  which is beautifully located on the coastal area fortified by volcanoes.

Day 04. Ende - Maumere                                               

The adventure tour start again with a visit to Wolotopo, the typical coastal village of Lio ethnic. It is better to arrive there early in the morning as you will experience the dramatic ray of morning light showering the chopped volcano of Meja at   the opposite of the bay with bright golden light. Just sit next to the megalithic monuments and animistic shrine in the village and enjoy what the nature and the work of civilization prepare for you.  Afterwards return tho tour to ENDE to visit the morning market and Exile House of the late Sukarno - the world famous Indonesian Founding Father. ENDE is the place where he got the inspiration about PANCASILA - the five philosophic principle of the Nation of Indonesia. Afternoon drive the adventure trip back to Maumere through the northern coast of FLORES.

Day 05. Departure Maumere - Next Destination

Breakfast at hotel. Free program while waiting for airport transfer. END OF THE TOUR.