Maumere Trip Overview
Flores Island has a size of 14.125 square metres and the landscape is very mountainous. It is the biggest island in Nusa Tenggara. The length of the island is 380 kilometres and it is between 26 and 270 kilometres wide. By distance, it can be reached from the west to East within 24 hours. However, Flores is very Mountainous and located in volcanic zone make it interesting to be discovered. This 4 day-tour will allow you to visit and experience the highlight of Flores especially to whom love nature and culture and at the same time having sufficient time for holiday. As it is a private tour, we are open to your individual needs, request, and interest. Feel free to contact us. The tour can be started either from Labuan Bajo to Ende or Maumere depending much on your flight.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Maumere, Indonesia
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Flores Island has a size of 14.125 square metres and the landscape is very mountainous. It is the biggest island in Nusa Tenggara. The length of the island is 380 kilometres and it is between 26 and 270 kilometres wide. By distance, it can be reached from the west to East within 24 hours. However, Flores is very Mountainous and located in volcanic zone make it interesting to be discovered. This 4 day-tour will allow you to visit and experience the highlight of Flores especially to whom love nature and culture and at the same time having sufficient time for holiday. As it is a private tour, we are open to your individual needs, request, and interest. Feel free to contact us. The tour can be started either from Labuan Bajo to Ende or Maumere depending much on your flight.
Itinerary
Day 1: Maumere-Moni
Pass By: Koka Beach, Desa Wolowiro, Kecamatan Paga, Kabupaten Sikka, Maumere, Flores 86153 Indonesia
1. Guide and driver pick you up from Maumere and drive to Moni.
2. You will drive to Moni with a stop at Lepo Lorun Ikat weaving
3. You will learn how to process weaving from very beginning which all the materials are taken from nature.
4. After Ikat weaving, you will drive to Koka beach.
5. In Koka beach you will enjoy playing on the beach and swim. You make sure have your swimming suit with you and enable to swimm as the wave is quiet strong.
6. While you enjoy swimming, we will prepare for you seafood which is totally fresh. Seafood is something famous from Flores as the island is surrounded by sea.
Stop At: Moni, Moni, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara
1. After enjoying yourself at Koka beach, you will drive to Moni which takes less than 2 hours.
2. Moni is small town located under Kelimutu cratered lakes. It is a last town for travelers who want to go to Kelimutu. while staying in Moni, you can also visit waterfall and visit local cultivation. Moni is well-known with its fruits and vegetables, they can be easily get when shopping in its traditional market called Ndua Ria. As it is volcanic soil, no wonder fruits and vegetable are easily growing in moni.
3. You will have dinner and overnight in the only highly recommended stay called Kelimutu Echo lodge. it is located by the river with a view of rice field and far from busy town.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Kelimutu Echolodge
Day 2: Moni-Bajawa
Pass By: Mount Kelimutu, Moni, Flores Indonesia
1. You will wake up at 4 am to proceed to the base of Kelimtu which takes less than an hour. Make sure to have with you walking shoes, trousers, jacket, and rain coat (in case of rain). The track has been properly constructed for walkers with about 300 stairs. From the base to the summit takes you about 30 minutes walk with the steepest one at the last point which only takes 5 minutes.
2. Catching for sunrise is highly recommended that you may have great view of the cratered lakes combined a sunshine appeared behind the clouds with a panorama of mountains surrounding the area. Even though, sunrise is not always guaranteed but worth the view.
3. While you are at the summit of Kelimutu, you also will be served some drinks from local Moni villagers who engagingly accompany your stay, they also willingly tell story of how they see Kelimutu from locals’ perspective. more than that, while staying on the summit you will be provided with some scientific information about the lake that makes your wait valuable.
4. after enjoying the view, you will be back to the base and drive back to hotel for breakfast and shower. indeed, fruits at the echo lodge have been prepared.
Stop At: Blue Stone Beach, Nanga Panda Beach, Ende, Flores Indonesia
1. After leaving from Moni, you will drive to Blue Stone Beach which takes about 2 and half hours via Ende.
2. You will stop for most unique beach in Flores called Blue Stone Beach. A beach fully fulfilled with blue stones from volcanic irruption thousand of years ago.
3. Another thing that you cannot miss is its fresh seafood. After playing around the beach, you will be served some seafood andsome juicesprovided in local restaurant runned by locals.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Mengeruda Hot Spring, Mengeruda, Soa, Ngada Regency, Flores Indonesia
One of our favorite places to visit is Mengeruda Hot Spring. Located in the North part of Bajawa in the small town called Soa. It is a natural hot spring that you can swim in it which has been facilitated in some swimming pools. You also are able to swim and play around the water where the hot water mixes with warm water added with small waterfall where you can put your body to be massaged naturally.
It is about 45 to 50 degree Celsius in the place where the spring appears and about 40 degree Celcius at the river.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Manulalu Panorama, Tiworiwu Indonesia
The show of the day is not yet finished. Driving for an hour from Soa, you will be going to the place called Heaven’s door. Yes, it is where chimetrical mountain Inerie, sea, landscapes, and unique traditional villages are featured. You will end up the tour of day 2 in Manulalu in its unique bungalow setting just underneath Inerie.
Duration: 18 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Manulalu Bungalow
Day 3: Bajawa-Ruteng
Pass By: Bena Traditional Village, Off the Main Road to Bajawa, Bajawa, Flores Indonesia
1. We will make sure you will have magnificent time to enjoy the atmosphere of Manulalu by leaving at 9 am.
2. You will visit the biggest and the oldest traditional village in flores called Bena Traditional Village belongs to Bajawa tribe.
3. In Bena you will see unique Traditional houses that differ for man and women.
4. In here you will also witness locals’ activities that mainly rely much on their environment for survival. Besides working as farmers, peaple are also weaving and carving to support their lives.
Pass By: Aimere, Ngada Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
The next stop after Bena is Aimere. A small town located in the south part of Bajawa where Arak wine is processed traditionally. As Flores is well known for its Arak, almost each regency has their typical Arak or in Flores called “Sopi”. Aimere is one of the biggest center of distillation of Arak. In here, you will see how the process from beginning like juice to become Arak from small percentage of 15 % to 50%. Almost all the people in this area rely much on Arak as their main income because Arak in Flores is one of the biggest parts to be possessed when having small or big ceremony.
You will have lunch in Wae Lengga, 10 minutes fro AImere.
Stop At: Rana Mese, Sambi Rampas, East Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Rana Mese lake is place that you may not miss after a long drive from Bajawa. Situated in the Protected forest as home of endemic animals of Flores in East Manggarai. An ideal place for a short walk, not too hard, a bit sweaty, and a nice cool waterfall. spending 30 minutes to relax is just valuable.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Traditional Market Ruteng, Jl. Pasar Ruteng Pitak, Langke Rembong, Ruteng, Flores Indonesia
A mountain city Ruteng is great city for stopover. As a home and center of Economic city of Manggarai, Ruteng is where all the farmers bring their corps for sale. Of course you will be able to see this when visit its traditional market which is open from 6 am to 7 pm. In here, you will have a look of any variety of tropical fruits,
bulbs, herbs and spices, and a lot more.
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: spring Hill Hotel
Day 4: Ruteng-Labuan Bajo
Stop At: Ruteng, Ruteng, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara
1. For coffee lovers, Ruteng with its Coffee Manggarai that was awarded a one of the best coffee in the world in France 2018, you can visit its home industry where you may have look how they process and pack it home. As this community work, you can directly support local economic as they they really do to have valuable sale for farmers.
2. After coffee, you may have look at where they grow it and take walking tour on paddy fields that located on the outscirt of the big city Ruteng. This activity will allow you to experience the local’s wisdom adn culture especially in cultivating.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Ruteng, Ruteng, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara
After walking around the paddy fields, you will leave for Cancar to see the spider web rice field. A very unique way of distributing paddy field among the families in the community. In here, you will walk for 5 minutes to the hill where you can spot the view. It is definitely worth the visit.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Lembor, West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Leaving from Cancar at around 12 pm, you will drive to Lembor for lunch. Lembor is known as the town of the largest of rice field in East Nusa Tenggara Province. It is where the rice is exported to some regencies of the province as they mainly harvest 3 to 4 times a year.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Labuan Bajo, Labuan Bajo, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara
After having lunch in Lembor, you will drive for about 2 hours to Labuan Bajo. It is the city located in the westeren part of Flores. A city that is main access to Komodo National Park. As one of the developed cities, Labuan Bajo will attract you the amazing atmosphere of its sea view. you also will be provided with some nice beaches runned by some resorts and hotels.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Puri Sari Hotel
