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Tour Catalog > Transfer and Excursion > Flores Flores Island Excursion
The
best hotel on this island is Flores Sao Resort in Maumere, others
are local lodges. Some have clean room with inside bathrooms and sufficient
for the adventurous travelers. The
most magnificent site is the three colored lakes of Kelimutu volcano.
Each lake is a different color: blue, green and black. Other attractions
include spectacular hand-woven textiles of Maumere, Ende-Lio, Ngada,
the traditional megalithic village of Bena and other traditional villages
in Ngada regency (Central Flores), and "Komodo dragons". This Island
is home to hundreds of different ethnic groups who speak scores of
languages, and is a sort of transition point between the Malay and
Papuan races. TRANSFERS
DAILY EXCURSIONS / SIGHT-SEEING TOURS Maumere
City Tour, F-FLORES/01
Sikka
Village Tour, F-FLORES/02
Visit Wuring village to see the houses built on stilts over the sea. Next, drive up to Ledalero - a major Catholic  Seminary
- to visit the museum with its various collection of local royal families'
old portraits, antique hand woven clothes, stagedeon fossils, etc.
We proceed to Sikka village - a center of "Ikat" weaving to see the
traditional weaving process and an old church built in the 16th Century.
Return to hotel. Islands
Cruise, F-FLORES/03 Kelimutu
- The Three Colored Lakes Tour, F-FLORES/04 |
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The
Portuguese who reached this island in the 15th Century gave the name
Flores. 'Flores' means flowers, not by the Flowers grow on the land,
but beneath the sea, coral, fishes and other marine lifes. The most
beautiful coral reefs occur on the northern coast and western of the
Island. Flores is 1.5 hours from Bali by Air.
After
an early morning breakfast at 3.30 drive up to Kelimutu volcano (108
km by drive) to see the three colored lakes. Upon arrival walk for
1,5 km and then ascend 127 steps to top to view Kelimutu's green,
blue and black lakes. A Dutch Geologist discovered Kelimutu in 1914;
at the time the lakes were red, blue and white. Descend to Moni village
to view beautiful hand woven clothes and to visit Kowanara village
famous for its traditional Lionese houses. Lunch will be served at
a local restaurant in Wolowaru. After lunch, continue to Wolosoko
- a village perched on a hill overlooking the main road. Proceed to
Maumere with several stops made according to local happenings
