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DESTINATIONS . Solor, Adonara, Lembata, Pantar and Alor are a small string of islands off SUMBAWA/MOYO A rugged mountainous terrain island stretches between Lombok and KOMODO This legendary island, together with its neighbouring island
Rinca belong FLORES Discovered by Portuguese explorers in 1512 who name it Capo de .
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the east coast of Flores. For centuries cut off from the cultural and
historical changes. The people are a mixture of Malay and Melanesians, some have
Portuguese features, and have shared strong cultural traits. The Portuguese and Dutch
missionaries controlled this area from the 16th to the 19 century. The waters surrounding
these islands are exotic and still vastly unexplored. The crystal clear blue waters abound
in a myriad of spectacular marine life offers some of the most fascinating underwater
world. Scientists have confirmed that this region is the heartland of marine life.
Flores
islands. The restored old palaces of the former Sultan of Sumbawa Besar and the sultan of
Bima show traces of the early Islamic penetration in Sumbawa. Water buffalo races and
traditional boxing matches are held at special events and festival times. Moyo island, off
the north coast is a protected nature reserve with abundant wildlife, fine beaches and
splendid coral reefs.
to the Komodo National Park, the only place
where the Komodo "dragon" still lives and roams freely. The Komodo dragons are
survivors of the prehistoric carnivores that thrived in tropical Asia some 100 million
years ago. These secluded islands are dominated by wild eroded mountains and deserted bays
with fine pink and white sand beaches and a spectacular underwater world.
Flores or Cape of Flowers. Flores is a long and mountainous island, with
astonishing landscapes, rain forest, dramatic volcanoes, deep ravines and picturesque
villages. Ancestral beliefs are still widespread in remote village., Flores has a great
collection in megaliths and cult houses. Mount Kelimutu with its 3 crater-lakes and each
lake has different colour water, making Kelimutu one of the world's greatest natural
beauties.
