Route I

( Ende - Detusoko - Moni - Kelimutu )

Arriving in ende at Hasan Aoeroboesman Airport or IPPI Harbour, You can stay at night in hotels. You can spend your precious time by visiting Bung Karno museum (a formely house of the Indonesian first President when exiled in Ende in 1934 - 1938), Pohon Sukun ( a historical place where Bung Karno found Pancasila), Museum Tenun Ikat, Marine Museum, and having exciting time at City Park, Rendo Park, Ende Beach, or Mbu'u Beach.

After visiting some interisting objects in Ende you may continue your trip Kelimutu is about 53 km from Ende by using public transportation,car or motorbike. On your way to Kelimutu, there are many natural tourist attractions to see such as Japanese Cave at km 7 (Roworeke), Wolowona River, waterfall, ravines, valleys and andlenut farm. Then drive throught and see the nature view of mountains, rubbles, and ravines at km.14. You can stop a while to see the giant eel ini Wolotolo traditional village at km. 20.

You may continue your trip to the exotic panorama of the terraced rice fields in Dile, then straight to another traditional villages like Saga, Pu'utuga, and Sokoria. Getting back to the same route Ende to Kelimutu by passing throug Detubapa known with its agro-tourism, seeing the various kinds of vegetables, cloves, terraced rice fields along the way ti and after Detusoko.

In Detusoko, you can stay at Wisma St.Fransiskus then enjoy Oka Hot Spring, visit Gua Maria ( Catholic cave ) and the old Church. On the way to Nduaria, you could stop by in Nuaone to see the mummy kaki More and Wologai traditional village.

In Moni, you can spend anigh there to catch the sunrise on peak of Mount Kelimutu in early morning. Some hotels and home stays are available here such as Sao Ria Wisata. At 4.00 a.m, you can take a walk or hire a car while seeing the stunning scenery around on the way to Kelimutu. Before getting there, you must pay entry fee at Manukako post which function too as The Volcano Observation Post. You can get the information and ask for guiding from the officials. Parking is available here too.

Then walking down the footpaths through the wonderful nature settings of mountains and valleys with woods and flowers around like edelweiss, and mountain fig (Casuarina yunghuniana). There is existed a special species called gerugiwa,a bird with twelve different twitters.

Catching on the top of the mount, you can enjoy the exciting sunrise and three wonders of Kelimutu Lakes from the inspiration point.

On the way back, you can stop awhile in natural hot spring water at Waturaka, Kolorongo, and liasembe. Than Having a pleasure time at Murundao waterfall. In Moni - Koanara have achance to see traditional villages and dances, buy an elegant ikat cloth as souvenir in which the ikat cloth has the value both as economic and cultural.