Flores Traveler

Flores Trekking Tour  is our new tour activity which is recently released as a result of the request from our previous customers who have been here to do  tours in Flores. They have been so cooperative with us in supporting the local tour company and suggested to include something that others do not have.  Trekking tour in Flores is one of the recommendations from our valued travelers, just like Sean from Singapore who only traveled in Flores for 4 days and 3 nights in the end of April 2025 due to lack of holiday time. After looking by her own eyes the beautiful landscape of Flores  formed from the volcanic activities  million years ago including its unique traditional villages, she promised to come back to do trekking tours.  Zach from the US who has visited Flores in May 2024 for  7 days tours   had promised to come back to Flores next year in May 2026. He challenged us by providing a new tour program we could offer for his second visit. With no...

A pool Above the Sky in Cunca Plias On April 2 2024, all of us from Flores Traveler went on a trip for survey to a new viral tourist object called Cunca Plias waterfall. The location about 3 hours drive away from our office in Ruteng but this object is near to Labuan Bajo on western part of Flores, just an hour drive by car.  We met Alan Romarhon (32) whose nickname is Alan, a local to Langgo who I knew from a online searching that later I call as a local champion. He is an admin of Cunca Plias waterfall on Facebook who is actively promoting this wonderful place that makes it well-known and had engaged us decided to reach him out for a mission to see by our own eyes how much this place has paused people from just passing by. We planned to visit Cunca Plias two weeks before but due to an unpleasant weather, we decided to postpone it till we were able to get our footprints here thankfully on a sunny day. Together with our two drivers, Tony and Mus who surely will be there over ...

  View from the summit of Mount Inerie The storm has passed, a strong wind and heavy rain in Flores has ended at the end of March. April began with a sunny day and we were in Bajawa on the fifth of April 2025 starting the day very early in the morning  ready to hike Mount Inerie. Kusni , a local guide from Tololela village, located exactly on the foot of Mount Inerie came to meet Laurent and Bilo, our French guests who explored Flores for 5 days , explained about what to prepare for the hike, the approximate time to hike, the elevation of starting point and the peak of the hike. He later emphasized more about the physical conditions and experience of hike before hiking to Inere. He is more careful now as some parts of the trail to the summit of Inerie have disappeared because of the landslides after the endless rain in March. “Inerie is a natural pyramid shaped mountain. If you have done hiking to Rinjani or other mountains, Inere is considered the most challenging one", ...

Tradisi doa Rosario yang dilaksanakan setiap dua kali setahun pada Bulan Mei dan Oktober bagi kami di Flores atau mungkin di tempat lain sungguh sebuah momen yang tidak bisa dilewati begitu saja. Sembahyang giliran dari rumah ke rumah menjadi momen saling jumpa untuk mendaraskan doa Rosario lima peristiwa dan setelahnya kami menikmati suguhan kopi, teh, air putih panas ditambah dengan aneka kue atau ubi yang semuanya dinikmati sambil menukar cerita merayakan perjumpaan di tengah kesibukan pekerjaan harian. Saya sendiri adalah warga KBG Mater Boni Consili (MBC) Paroki Kumba, Ruteng yang terdiri dari 34 kepala keluarga. Saya memang tidak intens mengikuti doa Rosario setiap malam tapi cukup lah bila tidak sedang menemani tamu melakukan tur, saya sudah pasti hadir bersama dengan warga yang lain ikut berdoa Rosario. Pada bulan Oktober kemarin (tidak rasa su masuk November) doa Rosario selama sebulan itu berjalan tidak jauh berbeda dengan bulan-bulan Rosario sebelumnya di mana setiap malam...