Flores is a large island that is beautiful and amazing. Few people know that this is the original name of the island Nusa Nipa (Snake Island). Located in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Flores is a long island covering an area of 14,300 km² and the world's best kept secrets, waiting for anyone to come and explore it.
some exotic and beautiful places in flores;
kelimutu lake
Maybe some of you have ever been to try trekking to Lake Kelimutu but some may still dreaming to visit it. The lake has three colors is located on the top of the National Park Flores.
Trips with rental car with a capacity of 7 seats will keep you entertained with the impressive scenery along the road for several hours. Winding journey that connects the 350 km-long island is somehow a fair price for Flores panoramic beauty that deserves to be discussed.
To reach the lake, you can start from Moni, a small town which is the backpacker basecamp. Beautiful scenery along the road to the location of the lake is very beautiful. The westernmost lake is named Tiwu Ata Mbupu meaning 'lake souls of parents who have died'. The lake is at the center of the lake Tiwu called Nuwa Muri Koo Fai, or 'the lake for the souls of young people who have died'. The lake is the easternmost called Tiwu Ata Polo, or 'the lake for the souls of those who always commit a crime'. The third color of the lake is always changing.
liang bua
Liang Bua is a cave in a limestone hill in Manggarai regency, Flores. Local people are very familiar with this cave because of its huge size (50 meters long, 40 meters wide and 25 meters high). Because of the large size of this cave was once used as a place of worship and schools.
Liang Bua has been famous worldwide after the discovery of an ancient human skull the size of short referred to as Homo floresiensis, or called hobbits of Flores. Fosli is found at a depth of 6 meters. Frame size brain is only 430 cc (compared to a normal human being who has a brain size of 1400 cc). Archaeologists found the skull is from 2 million to 12,000 BC or in the Pleistocene era.
In addition, at a depth of 10.7 meters, ancient animal bones were also found including dariStegodon (ancient elephant), komodo dragons, turtles, and lizards.
Liang Bua has been famous worldwide after the discovery of an ancient human skull the size of short referred to as Homo floresiensis, or called hobbits of Flores. Fosli is found at a depth of 6 meters. Frame size brain is only 430 cc (compared to a normal human being who has a brain size of 1400 cc). Archaeologists found the skull is from 2 million to 12,000 BC or in the Pleistocene era.
In addition, at a depth of 10.7 meters, ancient animal bones were also found including dariStegodon (ancient elephant), komodo dragons, turtles, and lizards.
Komodo National Park
Loosen nervous and free your mind for adventure in this amazing place. While at the Park-like creatures are on another planet, an experience very memorable and unforgettable when visited.
Come to Komodo National Park in East Nusa Tenggara. There is a beauty waiting for you here, not to mention the wealth of underwater life. While on it plastered the islands beautiful white sandy to sandy pink beautiful when the sun is addressed.
Komodo is a great creature like a giant lizard with a length of 2-3 m and weighing up to 165 kg, or 100 kg when empty stomach. Although the appearance of creepy, dragons hunter is not active, they are predators who wait. In the wild, Komodo dragon usually hunt prey are weak or have been injured. They only took one bite to paralyze their prey. After stalking its prey, sometimes for days, dragons will eat prey that is dying.
Although large in size, scaly, sharp hooves, forked tongue stuck out, as well as an ancient form but you do not need to be afraid of it as sordid as it is for every visitor, including you who want to see these animals will be accompanied by rangers the same time as the handler. You live only comply with all the instructions and advice of experienced guides this.
Komodo dragon (Varanus) is a rare species that is almost extinct, you can only find in the Park. Because of the uniqueness and scarcity, Komodo National Park sebagaia declared World Heritage Site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1986. The scientific world was first discovered in 1911 by JKH Van Steyn. Since then later expand their conservation objectives as well as to protect the entire biodiversity, both marine and terrestrial.
The park includes three major islands, Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well many other smaller islands that add up to have a land area of 603 km². The total area of Komodo National Park is 1,817 km². Expandable up to 25 km² (Banta Island) and 479 km² of marine waters will produce a total area of up to 2,321 km². At least 2500 Komodo dragons live in this region. Komodo large usually has a length of 3 m and weighs 90 kg. Komodo natural habitat is open grassland savanna, rainforest, white sandy beaches, coral reefs, and beaches where the water is crystal clear. In this area, you can also find horses, wild buffalo, deer, wild boar male, snakes, monkeys, and various species of birds.
Come to Komodo National Park in East Nusa Tenggara. There is a beauty waiting for you here, not to mention the wealth of underwater life. While on it plastered the islands beautiful white sandy to sandy pink beautiful when the sun is addressed.
Komodo is a great creature like a giant lizard with a length of 2-3 m and weighing up to 165 kg, or 100 kg when empty stomach. Although the appearance of creepy, dragons hunter is not active, they are predators who wait. In the wild, Komodo dragon usually hunt prey are weak or have been injured. They only took one bite to paralyze their prey. After stalking its prey, sometimes for days, dragons will eat prey that is dying.
Although large in size, scaly, sharp hooves, forked tongue stuck out, as well as an ancient form but you do not need to be afraid of it as sordid as it is for every visitor, including you who want to see these animals will be accompanied by rangers the same time as the handler. You live only comply with all the instructions and advice of experienced guides this.
Komodo dragon (Varanus) is a rare species that is almost extinct, you can only find in the Park. Because of the uniqueness and scarcity, Komodo National Park sebagaia declared World Heritage Site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1986. The scientific world was first discovered in 1911 by JKH Van Steyn. Since then later expand their conservation objectives as well as to protect the entire biodiversity, both marine and terrestrial.
The park includes three major islands, Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well many other smaller islands that add up to have a land area of 603 km². The total area of Komodo National Park is 1,817 km². Expandable up to 25 km² (Banta Island) and 479 km² of marine waters will produce a total area of up to 2,321 km². At least 2500 Komodo dragons live in this region. Komodo large usually has a length of 3 m and weighs 90 kg. Komodo natural habitat is open grassland savanna, rainforest, white sandy beaches, coral reefs, and beaches where the water is crystal clear. In this area, you can also find horses, wild buffalo, deer, wild boar male, snakes, monkeys, and various species of birds.
pink beach
Blue sky and clear sea water in a frame of white sand that may have become a common sight when visiting the beach. So what if the natural beauty of the beach sand beach framed with pink? This is certainly not unusual. This is one of the beauties that you can find in the Komodo National Park, Nusa Tenggara Timur. Pink Beach or Pink Beach is one of 7 pink sandy beaches in the world.
Given Pink Beach is uninhabited beach and is in a fairly remote area, the need for lodging and other accommodations are available in Labuan Bajo. If you want to stay in Kampung Komodo, you can ask the resident or tourist guides there. Available home stay residents but certainly with simple facilities, including availability of food is also simple.
Bena village:
Stone Age grandeur of Cultural Heritage in Flores
A traditional village named Bena has become one of the goals required when you visited the island of Flores. Here time stood still where the life of the stone age period can still enjoy and impregnated together an impressive friendly people with a smile in the mouth and teeth are red because of chewing betel nut. Enjoy the luxury and grandeur one archipelago amazing cultural heritage in Bena.
Bena village is one of the traditional villages Flores remaining leaves traces amazing megalith culture. The village is located only 18 km from the town of Bajawa Flores Island. Bajawa town located in the basin as a plate lined mountain ranges. The city is visited by many tourists especially the weather is quite cold, cool, and hilly, much like in Kaliurang, Yogyakarta. Life in the village of Bena maintained along the stone age culture that has not changed much since 1,200 years ago. Here there are nine tribes inhabiting 45 housing units, namely: Dizi tribes, tribal Dizi Azi, Wahto tribe, tribal Lalulewa roar, roar Solamae tribe, tribal Ngada, Khopa tribe, and the tribe Ago. Distinguishing between one tribe against other tribes are the levels of as much as 9 pieces. Each of the tribes are in a level altitude. Bena tribe's own house is in the middle. Because Bena tribe considered the oldest tribe and founder of the village because it is also named after Bena.
Generally, citizens of the tribes in Bena livelihood as cultivators with gardens green growing on the sides of the canyons that surround the village. To communicate their everyday use of the language Nga'dha. Almost all residents of Kampung Bena converted to Catholicism but still run the ancestral beliefs including custom and tradition.
Currently inhabited village of Bena 326 inhabitants in 120 families. However, traditional ties of this village, more broadly because there are thousands of other souls who are descendants of citizens living outside Bena traditional village. Bena villagers embrace the kinship system by following the maternal lineage. Bena man who is married to another woman, the tribe will become part of a clan of his wife. Especially for women in Bena they are required to have expertise motivated weave with horses and elephants as a trademark.
For the citizens of Bena, they believe that at the summit of Mount Inerie dwelling Zeta god that protects them. Inerie mountain as high as 2,245 m above sea level is a mountain with a dense forest on the western side alone. Meanwhile, in the southern part of the slope in the form of plantations. For citizens Bena Mount Inerie regarded as a right mama (Mother) and Mount Surulaki be claimed as the father (Father).
Adventurers and climbers flock to Mount Inerie during the dry season (June to August). From the summit looks beautiful views from all directions including the city of Bajawa in the northwest. In the southern part of the visible blue Savu Sea are pressed at the foot of the mountain. 1882 and 1970 Mount Inerie never erupted and is now leaving a trail of beauty and splendor with seasoning fertile soil in sekilingnya. Notice how the size of the bamboo rod as very large growing around this mountain!
Hopefully this article useful for those of you who want to travel to exotic and beautiful places in Southeast Asia, namely Indonesia, flores.
Komodo Marine National Park office
Jl. Kasimo Labuan Bajo
West Flores, East Nusa Tenggara 86 445
Tel. +62 385 41004
Fax. +62 385 41006
e-mail: tnkomodo@indosat.org
www.komodonationalpark.org
Bena village is one of the traditional villages Flores remaining leaves traces amazing megalith culture. The village is located only 18 km from the town of Bajawa Flores Island. Bajawa town located in the basin as a plate lined mountain ranges. The city is visited by many tourists especially the weather is quite cold, cool, and hilly, much like in Kaliurang, Yogyakarta. Life in the village of Bena maintained along the stone age culture that has not changed much since 1,200 years ago. Here there are nine tribes inhabiting 45 housing units, namely: Dizi tribes, tribal Dizi Azi, Wahto tribe, tribal Lalulewa roar, roar Solamae tribe, tribal Ngada, Khopa tribe, and the tribe Ago. Distinguishing between one tribe against other tribes are the levels of as much as 9 pieces. Each of the tribes are in a level altitude. Bena tribe's own house is in the middle. Because Bena tribe considered the oldest tribe and founder of the village because it is also named after Bena.
Generally, citizens of the tribes in Bena livelihood as cultivators with gardens green growing on the sides of the canyons that surround the village. To communicate their everyday use of the language Nga'dha. Almost all residents of Kampung Bena converted to Catholicism but still run the ancestral beliefs including custom and tradition.Currently inhabited village of Bena 326 inhabitants in 120 families. However, traditional ties of this village, more broadly because there are thousands of other souls who are descendants of citizens living outside Bena traditional village. Bena villagers embrace the kinship system by following the maternal lineage. Bena man who is married to another woman, the tribe will become part of a clan of his wife. Especially for women in Bena they are required to have expertise motivated weave with horses and elephants as a trademark.
Adventurers and climbers flock to Mount Inerie during the dry season (June to August). From the summit looks beautiful views from all directions including the city of Bajawa in the northwest. In the southern part of the visible blue Savu Sea are pressed at the foot of the mountain. 1882 and 1970 Mount Inerie never erupted and is now leaving a trail of beauty and splendor with seasoning fertile soil in sekilingnya. Notice how the size of the bamboo rod as very large growing around this mountain!
Hopefully this article useful for those of you who want to travel to exotic and beautiful places in Southeast Asia, namely Indonesia, flores.
Komodo Marine National Park office
Jl. Kasimo Labuan Bajo
West Flores, East Nusa Tenggara 86 445
Tel. +62 385 41004
Fax. +62 385 41006
e-mail: tnkomodo@indosat.org
www.komodonationalpark.org
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