About Flores Indonesia

Flores Islands is a place not to be missed by any traveler.  The name Flores was given by the Portuguese and it means “Flowers.”   The island is one of Lesser Sunda Islands, which are a group of islands in the eastern Part of Indonesia.  The population of the Island is about 1,850,000 and the largest town is the town of Maumere.  The location of Flores is east of Sumbawa island and Komodo National Park.  On the east side of Flores are the islands of Lembata and the Alor Archipelago.  It is northwest of the island of Timor and North of Sumba Strait and Sumba island.  To the north is the Flores Sea and the island of Sulawesi.  There are many extremely unique things about flores, and one of them being that before modern humans arrived, Flores was actually inhabited by Homo floresiensis which is a pygny archaic human.  A few Remains of these pygny archaic humans have been found and they have been found to have anatomical differences from modern humans.  As recent evidence shows that the Homo Floresienses like become extinct from the island about 50,000 years ago.  The island was also the habitat of several extinct dwarf forms of the proboscidean Stegodon, disappearing approximately 12,000 years ago.
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Another incredibly unique thing about Flores island is that famous Komodo dragon can be found on the island of Komodo and Rinca.  Komodo National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a site not to much is you are visiting the island.  For Komodo National Park Tours contact us and we can accommodate you for what you are looking for. There is also another national park on the eastern part of the island called Kelimutu National Park.   Theses parks were designated to protect the unique wildlife and nature of the island.  For a Kelimutu Tour contact us as well, and we can work to accommodate you. 
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Tourism has become a major source for the growing economy of Flores Island.  One of the most popular tourist attractions on the island is the Volcano named Kelimutu.  The unique volcano can be hiked to quite easily as now there are paved walkways.  The volcano contained three colored lakes that have also been documented a changing cooler of the years due to changing of oxidation.  Kelimutu is located in the district of Ende which is close to the town of Moni.  There is also a very popular volcano outside the town of Bajawa which is called Inierie volcano.  There are many place that have become very popular for scuba diving and snorkelling.  The consist of the north coast by Riung and Maumere.  The 17 islands Park, north above Riung is becoming a very popular spot for tourism as well.  Unfortunately due to a large tsunami in 1992, many of the reefs were destroyed in the area though.  On the west side, Komodo National Park is a very famous by Scuba Diving all over the world.  Here there are very popular diving spots such as Batu Bolong, Manta Point, and get hiking to see a panoramic view on Padar Island.
Considering Flores is a large island in the south Pacific, agriculture, fishing, and seaweed production also help to drive the local economy.  Primary the crops that are grown are; rice, cassava, sweet potto, maize, coffee, coconut, candle nut, and as well cashew was brought to the island in recent decades.  An upcoming attraction that people are now finding out about how well the island is for growing coffee with a more floral and heavy body taste.  Demand is increasing for this great tasting coffee as well.  If you would like to view any of the crops and to see how their are grown and used by locals, please contact us for a tour and we can accommodate what you are looking for while you are visiting this wonderful island.
If you would like any information on any of our tour locations that we can accommodate you for, please contact us.  We can help you with many location including; 

Padar Island Tour
Kelimutu Volcano
Visit Wae Rebo Village
Manta Point
Kelor Island Tour
Kalong Island Tour
Tado Village Rice Field
Cancer Spiderweb Rice Field
Ruteng Indonesia
Pink Beach Flores
Rinca Island Tour
Batu Bolong
Taka Makassar
Scuba Dive Komodo
Bena Traditional Village
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