Route II

Labuan Bajo - Ruteng - Bajawa - Riung - Maukaro - Detusoko - Kelimutu

The second route to Kelimutu can be reached from Labuan Bajo where you can visit Komodo Island with its unique species called The Komodo Dragon (Varanus Komodoensis) then continuing the trip to Ruteng and touching the background of hills and beautiful rice field panorama. Then you can visit Bena, a megalithic village, in Bajawa, where people still preserve their anccestral spirits, Mangeruda hot spring and the most exciting coral garden in Riung, which naturally protected by seventeen islets.

Then visiting Mbay by passing through the beautiful white sandy beaches of Maukaro, and Jaga Po at the north sea of Flores. On the way to Kelimutu you can stop by at Oka hot spring in Detusoko and enjoy all the interesting tourist objects around.