Interesting sites to visit in Flores.

SIGHTS IN FLORES

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- The rough unspoiled inland with his traditional villages and volcanoes
- The many idyllically islands with their white sandy beaches
- Komodo- and Rinca island with the unique Komodo dragons

Interesting sites in the different cities

Labuan Bajo

- Different islands in Komodo National Park; ideal for snorkeling, diving, fishing or relaxing on the beach
- Komodo and Rinca island with the Komodo dragons, water buffalos, deer, wild pigs, monkeys, different species of birds and unique flora
- Pulau kalong (flying foxes island) where around sunset hundreds of bats fly out, which is a spectacular sight
- Batu Cermin, mirror cave, here you can see stalagmites and stalactites

Around Labuan Bajo

- Cunca Rami: a waterfall with a refreshing natural swimming pool (2 hours drive from Labuan Bajo and trekking for 1 hour go and back)
- Cunca Wulan: a series of cascading waterfalls nestled in a tropical rainforest setting (1 hour drive from Labuan bajo and trekking for 2 hours go and back)
- Mt. MBeliling: a 1.239 meters high peak in west Flores, offering a cool refuge with rainforest and an ever-changing array of vegetation (1 hour drive from Labuan Bajo and 2 day trekking)
- Caci: the traditional fighting dance of Manggarai
- Petrified wood forest near the village of Tobedo (1 hours drive from Labuan Bajo)
- Sano Nggoang Craterlake: a 500 meter deep volcano lake (2 day trip: 3 to 4 hours from Labuan Bajo and trekking for 4 hours go and back)

Ruteng

- Traditional village Todo (one hour before Ruteng)
- Rice fields in the shape of a spider web nearby the village Cancar (half an hour before Ruteng)
- The traditional village called ‘Ruteng Pu’u’
- Golo Curu, a viewpoint from where you can see all over Ruteng and its surroundings
- Traditional weaving of the original manggerai sarongs
- A colorful market
- Ranamese lake, a mysterious lake half an hour outside Ruteng on the way to Bajawa

- On the way to Bajawa there is the village Aimere where the traditional rice wine (Arak) is made
- Around Bajawa there are several traditional villages, each with it’s own story and sarongs
- Volcano Wawo Muda which exploded in January 2001. With this explosion different shaped and colored lakes appeared.
- Hot spring So’a, half an hour outside Bajawa. A nice place to relax and take a warm bad.
- Bajawa is surrounded by many volcano’s which gives an impressive landscape. The most impressive volcano is ‘gunung Ineri’

- National park of 17 islands with their white sandy beaches for good snorkeling and relaxing
- Flying foxes

- Blue Stone Beach, on this beach and in the surroundings you can find the nice shaped blue stones

- Volcano Kelimutu, a volcano with 3 crater lakes each their own color. Especially impressive with sunrise
- The beautiful surroundings of Moni which are perfect for walks
- The traditional villages Jodpu (kings house) and Nggala (weaving)

- Paga, a beach with swimming possibilities on the way to Maumere
- traditional villages around Maumere
- the black sandy beach near Wodong (15 minutes outside Maumere)