Use of traditional maritime boat tour is an unforgettable experience. Using a wooden ship, sailing from Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara to Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara while visiting interesting places and remote islands are very beautiful as the island of Moyo, Satonda, Komodo and Rinca. Our main goal is to Komodo or Komodo Dragon "Varanus komodoensis" which is the world's largest lizard species and found only in Indonesia.
Depart from Labuan Lombok in Lombok Island East sebalah to use your traditional boat. We will navigate the Flores Sea for 4 days, 3 nights. Depart from Labuan Lombok at around 14:00 AM to Gili ball that traveled about 2-3 hours of sailing. We can bersenorkeling or just dive into the sea, but unfortunately, when we arrived it was afternoon and only stayed in the boat while menugggu dinner. That night we spent time playing cards with the crew and other passengers.
The next morning after breakfast, we sail to the island of Moyo, one of the islands are ever visited by Lady Diana. Arriving on the island of Moyo we immediately showered while swimming for a while and enjoy the underwater beauty of the island of Moyo and then walk around the island and visit a waterfall in the island. For about 2 hours we were on the island and sailed back to the island Satonda. Arrive at Satonda we visited a lake located on the island and return to the beach to relax and enjoy the beauty of the underwater snorkeling with coral reefs and colorful fish species such beautiful colorful.
Back to Parahu and then headed to Gili Laba located on the northern island of Komodo. Casually ask Ship Captain, next stopover on the island which to remove the anchor and stay. Wow, I was somewhat surprised to hear the answer to the Captain, "Throughout the evening we will sail to Gili Laba and will travel for approximately 15 hours."
After sailing for 15 hours and in the morning arrived on the island of Gili Laba. My body felt tired and decided to stay on board and did not go down to swim or snorkel, melanjuktan cruise to Komodo Island. Arrive in Komodo Island we went directly to the Ranger or officer Rangers and listen to explanations about the route we were going through. Not long walk to see the natural habitat of Komodo, and finally we were able to see the dragons adults who have less than 2.5 m long which were basking under a tree.
Komodo merupkan predators or cold-blooded predators and speed of the run can be up to 20 miles per hour. Komodo dragons usually eat animals that exist in the region such as deer, wild boar, monkeys, and various species of birds. Komodo is famous for its saliva which contains about 50 species of bacteria. Komodo is an independent predators, they do not live in groups and they will present at the meal or buffet, if one of the dragons have gotten prey.
After touring the island of Komodo, we sailed to Red Beach, Red Beach named because of its sand-colored slightly reddish.
The next day sail to Rinca Island which is one of the habitat of the Komodo dragon, the Komodo dragon habitat on the island of Nusa Tenggara Timur or more in the know with the name of Flores Island or Nusa Flowers from the Portuguese word that means flower. After sailing around the island of Rinca to Labuan Bajo back which is the final destination of this voyage.
