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Sumba Travel Guide: Villages, Beaches & More This Sumba travel guide opens the door to one of Indonesia’s last untouched islands — a place of rolling savannahs, ancient stone villages, wild empty beaches and a culture that has barely changed in centuries. Far from the crowds, Sumba rewards travellers who want something raw and real. […]

Pasola Festival: Sumba’s Spectacular Horseback Ritual The Pasola festival is one of Indonesia’s most extraordinary cultural spectacles — a dramatic contest where teams of horsemen charge at each other and hurl wooden spears, watched by thousands. Held in Sumba, it’s a window into an ancient animist world found nowhere else. As a local Indonesian team […]

Best Time to Visit Sumba: A Season-by-Season Guide The best time to visit Sumba is the dry season, roughly April to October, when the roads are easy, the beaches are at their best, and exploring is most comfortable. But timing also depends on what you want to see — the famous Pasola festival falls earlier […]

Sumba’s Traditional Villages: A Guide to Marapu Culture Sumba’s traditional villages are among the most remarkable cultural sights in Indonesia — clusters of soaring peaked-roof houses gathered around ancient megalithic tombs, where an ancestral religion still shapes daily life. Visiting one is like stepping back centuries. As a local Indonesian team that’s run trips since […]

Komodo Travel Guide: Dragons, Islands & the Coral Triangle This Komodo travel guide is your gateway to one of Indonesia’s most jaw-dropping destinations — a national park of prehistoric dragons, pink-sand beaches and some of the best diving on earth. Spread across rugged islands in eastern Indonesia, Komodo National Park rewards every kind of adventurer. […]

Komodo Dragons: Facts & How to See Them in the Wild Komodo dragons are the closest thing to living dinosaurs you’ll ever meet — giant, ancient lizards found wild in just one corner of Indonesia. Before you come face to face with one, here are the facts worth knowing, and how to see them safely. […]

Best Time to Visit Komodo: A Season-by-Season Guide The best time to visit Komodo is the dry season, roughly April to October, when the seas are calmest, the water is clearest and the diving is at its best. But Komodo is a year-round destination, and the dragons are always there. As a local Indonesian team […]

How to Get to Komodo: Flights, Labuan Bajo & Boats Working out how to get to Komodo is easier than you might think — a short flight from Bali lands you in Labuan Bajo, the gateway to the national park. As a local Indonesian team that’s run Komodo trips since 2006, here’s our clear, practical […]

Wae Rebo Guide: Flores’s Village Above the Clouds Wae Rebo is one of Indonesia’s most enchanting hidden places — a tiny traditional village of cone-roofed houses, set high in the mountains of Flores and often wrapped in cloud. Reaching it takes a trek, and staying overnight is a rare window into a living traditional culture. […]

Kelimutu Guide: The Tri-Coloured Crater Lakes of Flores Kelimutu is one of Indonesia’s most surreal natural wonders — a volcano on Flores crowned by three crater lakes that mysteriously change colour. Watching the sun rise over them, as mist drifts off water that may be turquoise, green or black, is an experience travellers never forget. […]