| Day
01: DENPASAR - MAUMERE Your afternoon program is visiting 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 for you 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 DETUSOKO There are places around the town worth to be
visited, such as Maumere market, Wuring - the fisherman village with houses built
on stilts and Ledalero Museum. Lunch will be provided in Paga Beach or Wolowaru.
During the day 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 (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 - the three colored crater lakes. You will begin your day early in the
morning (about 4 o'clock). Once you arrive 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 nature wonder drive
to ENDE you will pass ravines and villages. There are chances photo stops, such
as at Nduaria Fruit market. Lunch in ENDE. Your afternoon program will include
the visit to Penggajawa - locally known as blue pebble beach, where woman collecting
blue tiny stones for export market. Proceed afterwards to Reworena - the village
where you can have a closer look into the daily life of ENDE ethnic. Women producing
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 also as the black smith center. To end the day's program, drive toward
Nuabosi until reach 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 In the morning visit Wolotopo, the typical coastal village
of Lio ethnic. It is better to arrive there early in the morning (start at abt
5.30 AM) as you will experience the dramatic ray of morning light showering the
chopped volcano of Meja at the opposite side 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. Return
afterwards to ENDE to visit the morning market and Exile House of the late Mr.
Sukarno - the world famous Indonesian Founding Father. ENDE is the place where
Mr. Sukarno got the inspiration about PANCASILA - the five philosophic principle
of the Nation of Indonesia. Afternoon drive back to Maumere through the northern
coast of FLORES. Day
05: MAUMERE - DENPASAR. End of Tour
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