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Flores & Komodo: 6-Day Plan You Can Actually Do
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The 6-day version for August: every day fits real transit, opening hours and daylight. Prefer more or fewer days? 6-day plan · 7-day plan · best time to go.
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6
days
470 km
distance
16.3 h
in transit
11
curated stops
💡 Good to know for this plan
- Drier-season window: marine and road conditions are often more workable, but the Komodo boat, park quota, village access and every Trans-Flores leg still require a live check.
Day 1 Labuan Bajo
- Transit
- none
- Finish
- ~19:00
- Temperature
- 22.4°C–29.3°C
- Rainy days
- ~4
- Daylight
- 11.7h
09:00
Komodo National Park boat and ranger circuit tnkomodo.ksdae.kehutanan.go.id map ↗
Make one carefully booked conservation day of the crossing: boat from Labuan Bajo, ranger-led wildlife viewing, and only the marine stops confirmed for the conditions.
600 min · Labuan Bajo · Boat, park ticket, naturalist guide and activity charges are separate; reserve and reconfirm all of them
Overnight here
e.g. Sten Lodge eco Homestay · Hotel Bonne Nuit
Day 2 Ruteng
- Transit
- 4h29
- Finish
- ~17:20
- Temperature
- 18.6°C–27.9°C
- Rainy days
- ~4
- Daylight
- 11.7h
13:00
Lingko Cara and Ruteng Pu’u cultural circuit indonesia.travel map ↗
Read Manggarai culture in the spider-web fields of Cancar and the living mbaru gendang settlement at Ruteng Pu’u.
180 min · Ruteng · Community entry or guide contributions may apply; confirm locally and ask before photographing people
16:30
Overnight here
e.g. Rima Hotel · Kongregasi Santa Maria Berdukacita
Day 3 Bajawa
- Transit
- 5h09
- Finish
- ~18:00
- Temperature
- 23.8°C–27.1°C
- Rainy days
- ~2
- Daylight
- 11.7h
13:00
Bena village and Inerie cultural landscape indonesia.travel map ↗
Spend a respectful half-day in Bena’s lived Ngada landscape of clan houses, ancestral shrines and megaliths beneath Mount Inerie.
180 min · Bajawa · Community entry or guide contributions may apply; confirm locally and ask before photographing people
17:10
Overnight here
e.g. Edelweiss Hotel · Cinnamon Guesthouse
Day 4 Ende
- Transit
- 4h29
- Finish
- ~17:30
- Temperature
- 23.6°C–26.8°C
- Rainy days
- ~2
- Daylight
- 11.7h
13:30
Ende independence-history walk indonesia.travel map ↗
Follow Soekarno’s years of exile from the preserved house to the breadfruit-tree park associated with the ideas that became Pancasila.
180 min · Ende · Museum admission or local charges may apply; confirm current opening
16:30
Overnight here
e.g. Ikhlas Hotel · Flores Passport House
Day 5 Moni (Kelimutu)
- Transit
- 2h12
- Finish
- ~15:15
- Temperature
- 23.6°C–26.8°C
- Rainy days
- ~2
- Daylight
- 11.7h
11:15
Detusoko rice-terrace and coffee stop indonesia.travel map ↗
Pause on the climb from Ende to Moni for Detusoko’s terraced highland fields and locally grown robusta coffee.
180 min · Moni (Kelimutu) · Public village spaces; community activities, guiding, food and homestays are separate
Overnight here
Day 6 Around Moni (Kelimutu)
- Transit
- none
- Finish
- ~15:00
- Temperature
- 23.6°C–26.8°C
- Rainy days
- ~2
- Daylight
- 11.7h
09:00
Kelimutu crater-lakes sunrise circuit indonesia.travel map ↗
Climb the signed summit path in the cool early light to see Kelimutu’s three crater lakes from the authorised viewpoints.
300 min · Moni (Kelimutu) · National-park entry, driver and any guide are separate; confirm current opening and access
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