3days Komodo Adventure Tours via Labuan Bajo

Komodo National Park has widely known with the home of the giant lizard Komodo Dragon - which has just declare to be one of the latest heritage of the world. This is the home of the giants lizard known as the "Komodo Dragon" it was thought to be a myth until the turn of the century, when fishermen who were forced by a storm to take shelter on Komodo sight the monsters. This is the world's largest monitor lizard, varanus Komodoensies, when full grown it measures up to 3.13 meters (10feet 2 inches) in length and weight anything up to 165.9kg (365pounds). They are fearsome creatures with enormous jaws, squat muscular legs and sharp claws. Komodo National Park was established in 1980 and was declared a World Heritage Site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1986. The park was initially established to conserve the  unique Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), first discovered by the scientific world in 1911 by  J.K.H. Van Steyn.  Since then conservation goals have expanded to protecting its entire biodiversity, both marine and terrestrial.

TOUR ITINERARY

Minimum Participants : Two Persons
Departure Schedule   : Everyday
Flight from Bali by SKY AVIATION 1000/1130am
Flight from Labuan Bajo by SKY AVIATION 1200/1330pm

TOUR ITINERARY

Day 01 : Bali - Labuan Bajo - Rinca
We will pick you up from your hotel in Bali and transfer to the airport. Depart from Bali by domestic flight for Labuan Bajo located in of West Flores island. Upon your arrival you will be welcomed and met by our local staff and direct transfer to Bajo harbour to catch a boat cross to Rinca island. Lunch will be provided. We arrive at Rinca after boating about 2 hours proceeding with hiking to see the activities of komodo dragon for the whole afternoon. All meals provided and accommodation on board.

Day 02 : Rinca - Komodo - Pink Beach - Labuan Bajo
We are slowly moving from Rinca to Komodo island, while enjoying sunrise and breakfast on board, again we begin our trek and hike through the tropical dry forest to explore the Komodo dragon at Komodo island. While entering the park, please keep your look at any directions as sometimes you will also find young komodo dragon hanging over the trees. A local ranger will lead you during the trek. We return on board for relax and lunch before proceed to Pink Beach for a beautiful beach, spectacular snorkel site. In the afternoon return to Labuan Bajo. On your arrival, transfer to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 03 : Labuan Bajo - Denpasar
After breakfast, short city sightseeing to visit the old stone fossil at Mirror cave, local market will be made before transferred to the airport for your flight to Denpasar. On your arrival we will pick you up and transfer to your original hotel in Bali.

Package price include :
- return airfare from Denpasar
- airport transfers in Bali and Labuan Bajo (West Flores)
- all sightseeing tours as per itinerary
- full board meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
- one night boat accommodation
- one night stay at hotel
- boat charter
- land transportation
- entrance fees
- mineral water
- english speaking guide

Package price NOT include :
- conservation fee at US$15/person - net paid directly at ranger office in Komodo or now change to camera fees & snorkeling
- airport taxes
- alcohol beverage
- soft drink
- phone call
- laundry service
- travel insurance and personal insurance
- snorkeling equipment
- tip and gratuities, etc .......

What to Bring :
- small size of luggage
- some cash
- sun cream
- sun glasses
- hat
- seasick tablets
- copy of your passport
- malaria medicine (only a suggestion)
- snorkel equipment to suit your size
- fishing gear

 PACKAGE PRICE : US$525/person - net (minimum participants two persons)


BOOKING : please email your booking to booking@komodotrip.com
Contact Person : Peter (peter@komodotrip.com)

Exploring The Exotic KEI islands on the southern Maluku islands in the eastern part of Indonesia

 

 

The Kai Islands or Kei islands are located in the southern part Maluku of Indonesia where most people called the region of spice islands. It is a region of Maluku Province of Indonesia. The most accessible part of southern Maluku, the Kei Islands are rapidly regaining their reputation as the place to go to look for perfect, unspoilt beaches. It is a paradise for most marine lover and also a hidden heaven of adventurer. The most popular destination is the island of Kei Kecil, which is connected by a bridge to the neighbouring island of Dullah. The bridge also connects the twin towns of Tual and Langgur that make up the capital of the entire Kei archipelago, and as such, the two islands form a practical unit.

The Kei Islands encompass a number of small islands with Kei Besar and Kei Kecil (big and small) being the biggest islands in the group. Kei Besar may be bigger in size but it is the Kei Kecil that has a larger population. In contrast to these two flat, deforested islands, Kei Besar, the largest of the Keis, is long, mountainous and forested. The other islands in the Kei archipelago tend to be of the little white sands and coconut palms type, but the remotest of them, Tanimbar Kei, is noted for its traditional culture. The Kei islands are definitely beautiful. But there is so much more to explore at Kei Kecil. There are nearby islands that you can only reach by boat from the little harbor Debut, a one hour drive from the airport. One of these islands is Warbal.

Christianity - The main religion in these islands is Christianity, with Kei being one of the few islands in Maluku where Catholics, rather than Protestants, dominate. In fact Kei is seen as the centre of Catholicism in all Maluku!. Churches dominate most villages, and you may well be invited to join services on Sundays.

Islam - Away from the city of Tual which has plenty of non-native inhabitants from western Indonesia, Muslims are very much a minority in the Keis. Keiese Muslims, like most in Maluku, tend to follow a very mild form of Islam, with veiled women a rarity. Mosques are mostly low-key affairs, too – however this shining new, Persian-style one is worth a look in its own right. It is on the outskirts of Tual, along the road leading towards Dullah village and Difur.

Geography :

Inhabitants called the islands Nuhu Evav (Evav Islands) or Tanat Evav (Evav Land), but known as Kei for people from neighbourhood islands. “Kai” is actually a Dutch colonial era spelling, still persisting in books based on old resources. The islands are on the edge of the Banda Sea, south of the Bird’s Head Peninsula of New Guinea, west of the Aru Islands, and northeast of the Tanimbar Islands. The small group called Tayandu Islands (also Tahayad) is just west.

The Kei islands are made up of numerous islands, including:

* Kai Besar or Nuhu Yuut or Nusteen (Great Kei)

* Kai Kecil or Nuhu Roa or Nusyanat (Little Kei)

* Tanimbar Kei or Tnebar Evav

* Kei Dulah or Du

* Dulah Laut or Du Roa

* Kuur

* Taam

* Tayandu Islands (Tahayad) groups.

The Kei Islands’ total land area is 1438 km² (555 sq mi).

Kei Besar is mountainous and densely forested. Kei Kecil has the biggest population, and is flat. Actually it is a lifted coral reef. The capital is the town of Tual, mostly inhabited by Muslims. Nearby Langgur is the center for Christians. Kei is famous for the beauty of its beaches, e.g. Pasir Panjang.

The Kei islands are part of Wallacea, the group of Indonesian islands that are separated by deep water from both the Asian and Australian continental shelves, and were never linked to either continent. As a result the Kei Islands have few native mammals and are part of the Banda Sea Islands moist deciduous forests ecoregion.

History:

Local history holds that ancestors of contemporary Kei islanders came from Bali, part of the expanding Majapahit kingdom from the western archipelago. The village of Ohoi-Ewur ( first Raja Ewab : Raja Ohoi-Ewur = Raja Tabtut) on Kei Kecil or Nuhuroa island was the first place that the Balinese royal family and the army arrived, where they stayed with the local residents. As a result, Ohoi-ewur became a seat of government, where the local law (Larvul Ngabal) – Red Blood and Balinese Spear – is developed by the initiative of the royal princess Dit Sakmas. Evidence of these ties on Kei Kecil and especially in Letvuan include an inheritance and a harbour named Bal Sorbay (Bali Surabaya) that is the place where the royals arrived. It is recognized by kai islanders that some of their ancestors also came from another places such as Sumbawa island (Sumbau), Buton (Vutun)in Sulawesi, Seram (Seran) and Gorom (Ngoran) islands in Central Moluccas, and Sultanates of Jailolo (Dalo) and Ternate (Ternat) as well.

The tiny island of Tanimbarkei is not part of Tanimbar, but of the Kei Islands and inhabited by less than 1000 very traditional people. Half of the population calls themselves Hindus, but in fact are more or less practising ancestor worship. After the 1999 clashes between the Muslim and Christian population in Ambon, they also swept through Kei, but calmed quick down again with fewer victims. This islands archipelagoes depends on 22 ratshcaap or traditional local leader call Rat or Raja as king of customary law

Getting There

By Air
There are several flights daily betwen Ambon and Langgur on Wings, Trigana and Expressair. Trigana also flies  between Langgur and Dobo (Aru Islands) both ways, and from Saumlaki (Tanimbar  Islands) to Langgur, while Expressair flies from Langgur to Saumlaki. Merpati also flies VERY irregularly from Langgur to Larat and Saumlaki. There are plans to open a new airport with a longer airfield, which would enable larger aircraft to land here directly from Java and Sulawesi.

By Sea

Pelni ships conect Tual with Ambon, the Bandas, Dobo (Aru) and Saumlaki (Tanimbar).

They also continue on to Papua, Sulawesi, Java and even all the way to Bintan opposite Singapore.

The KM Koromolin car ferry goes from Tual to Larat in northern Tanimbar (on Tuesdays), and to Kur via Tayando (on Saturdays) weekly, while the similar KM Lobster goes twice a week (Tuesday and Friday) to Dobo in Aru. Unlike the Pelni ships, these ferry runs are often cancelled when the seas are rough.

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