Cancar SpiderWeb Rice Fields, Flores Indonesia

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If you have wanted to visit more inland on the island of Flores Indonesia, that you probably have heard of the term Lingko or Spider Web Rice Field.  These are very unique rice fields laid out in  shape that looks like a massive spider web.  This is a large of that is know about the Manggarai Culture of Flores.  It is more of a traditional communal agriculture style that each family is allocated one part or segment the spider web rice field and as their family gets married it keeps splitting in two for most families.  As with most way to inaugurate a new field, home, or engagement, or marriage, their is always some sort of animal sacrifice.  As history tells it, most of these where passed on by the sacrifice of a buffalo.  The design starts in the middle and rotates outward getting larger and larger as it expands in a giant circle.  You could also say it heavily resembles a pie shape as much as a spider web shape.  This is very unique to the Manggarai culture of the island of Flores, Indonesia.  There are only a very few Spider Web Rice Fields left on the island.  One of those is in Tado Village and the other larger and more popular ones are located in Cancar Village, which is about 30 minutes or 15 km west of the town of Ruteng.  This tour also requires at least about about 15- 20 minute hike to get to the top to get the best photos of the Spider Web Rice Fields
Cancar Village Spider Web Rice Field is the most photographs Spider Web Rice field on the island.  I you can get there right before harvest time, you will see an a beautiful color of green and that almost doesn’t even seem real.  There is a Spiderweb terrace viewpoint to get some to see it in it’s entirety. We highly recommend taking this tour and take the short hike to get some amazing and unique photos to remember your time in this truly unique place in the world.  If you look on Google maps, you will also find it listed under the name of LInkgo Spider Web Rice Fields.  To schedule a tours of the Cancar Village, please contact us today and we can talk about how we can work out a Flores Overland Tour would fit in your schedule. ​
If you would like to visit Cancar Village, we recommend hiking to the top to get the best experience and photos.    These are all wonderful stops to make on many of the overland tours we offer. We have experienced guides that now the area of Flores, Komodo and surrounding areas extremely well and always go out of their way to make sure all of our guests have a safe, and enjoyable time.  If you are wanting to get the most out of your time in Flores Indonesia, than contact us today. 
​Other areas to visit of Overland Tours of Flores, Indonesia include;
  • Tado Village
  • Cuci Wulang Waterfall
  • Cuci Rami WaterFall
  • Rangko Cave
  • Komodo National Park
  • Kelimutu Valcano
  • Bajawa
  • Ruteng