Day 1: DENPASAR - MAUMERE – MONI ( -/ L/ D).
Upon arrival at Frans Seda airport of Maumere East Flores, our local guide will meet you and transfer to a restaurant in town for lunch. Depart to Moni for 3,5 hours driving. On the way stops at Ledalero--a major Catholic Seminary to visit the Blikon Blewut Museum with its various collections of local royal families’ old portraits, antique hand woven clothes, fossils of stegedont (=giant elephant), etc., (if the museum had closed as it does sometime, we will visit it the next day on the way back from Kelimutu), then stop at Jopu traditional village to see tall thatched roofing traditional house of Lio tribe and their typical hand woven ikat fabrics on dosplay. Opportunity for snap-shop along the journey will follow with the local happenings. Late afternoon arrive in Moni, check in at Bintang Lodge. If time allows we drive up to Liasembe hot spring. Dinner and stay overnight at Bintang Lodge.

Day 2: MONI – KELIMUTU – MAUMERE ( B/ L/ D).
Having earlier coffee or tea in Bintang Lodge while breakfast we will have it after we back from Kelimutu. At 04:45 am depart by car to Kelimutu to explore the inexplicably three colored crater lakes (Brown, Turquoise and Black—often change colors). After exploring the lakes we hike down to parking area and continue drive to Moni and on toward Maumere. Next stop at Pantai Koka, a beautiful white sandy beach for a short walk and taking photo. Lunch serves at Laris, a sea view restaurant in Paga. Before Maumere we drive off road to Sikka weaving village to see typical hand woven ikat fabrics of Sikka. As usual, at time we enter this village there could be nobody around, but once a women weaver sees us coming, one by one weaver will come and centring around us with beautiful ikats on the shoulder as a way to attract visitors’ eyes--of course they expect every visitor to buy one. Next we go and see an Old Portuguese style Catholic Church which built since the Portuguese were still on Flores somewhere aroung XVI centuries ago. Return to high way and onto Maumere. Before the hotel we will drive onto Wuring fishing village on the north west of Maumere town to see Buginese stilt houses stretch down the lowest tide line--it’s a beautiful village filled with hundreds of Pinishi boats and catamarans. Continue to hotel for dinner and stay overnight at Sea World Club Cottages or at Wailiti Beach Resort.

Day 3: MAUMERE – DENPASAR ( B/ -/ -).
Early in the morning excursion to Watublapi village to see a full set of cultural performance. The whole cultural performance begins with customary greetings then followed by the performance of traditional music, dances and folksongs then opportunity to observe the whole process of hand weaving textiles. From Watublapi we drive directly to Frans Seda airport for your flight back to Denpasar.

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