Route III

Maumere - Kotabaru - Maurole - Wewaria - Detusoko - Moni - Kelimutu

The third route to Kelimutu can be reached from Maumere by passing through the north sea Flores - well known with sandy Beach and coral garden along coastal area of Sikka Regency, north sea Ende in Kotabaru, Nggemo, Ndondo, Aewora, Enabara, Maurole, Mausambi and Ropa. Then visiting Detusoko, Moni and Kelimutu to catch wonderful view on Top of Mount Kelimutu.

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.

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.

Kelimutu Lake Colour a Change

Mount kelimutu including volcanoes are still active. Changes color of water from each lake is an indication of the existence of these activities. Changes in color can never predicted, some people have trust relationship between the color changes on the lake with a forecast  something important happens in a country or in Indonesia itself 

Legend 

Three colored crater lake at the peak of Mount Kelimutu this vulkanik activities, including millions of years ago is a natural phenomenon that does not have both of them in the earth. Menurud Legend, the third lake is the village spirit. Lake Atapolo the red color held a sit as the wicked spirit, Lake Nua Muri Koo Fai green tosca is a young spirit and mudi-Ata Lake Mbupu that black is the soul of the parents or the sage 

The cause of Color Changes 

Among scientists and researchers to provide information that the actual chemical form of iron and sulphate salts, minerals and other activities vulkanik gas pressure and the sun is the factors that cause changes in water color 

Tiwu Ata Polo 

Concentration of Fe and showed less sulphate content is relatively low compared with the crater Tiwu Fai nua MURI koo so this is very possible Fe ² + teroksidasi be formed Fe ³ + ferry hidroksida compound (Fe (OH) 3 a reddish brown sediment with chemical reaction as follows: 
O2 
²------------------------------- Fe Fe ³ + e 
Fe ³ + 3OH -------------------------------- Fe (OH) 3 
(H2O) (sediment / colloid, reddish brown) 

Thus the water in the crater Tiwu Ata Polo occur deposition / colloid or residues of reddish brown

Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai

Ion affects the color of water in the crater Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai is the presence of Fe ion in large amounts. Hasil Uji kualitatif di laboratorium menunjukan bahwa pada suasana asam kehadiran Fe² memberikan warna hijau. View kimianya composition of the fetus showed sulphate (SO4 ² +) is very high (4100 mg / L) then the green comes from the compound ferosulfat (FeSo4) alami.Reaksi that are going are: 
Fe + + SO4 ² ²-------------------------- FeSo ³ (padatan, green) 

Explained ferosulfat FeSo4 compound, which makes the water crater Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai-green, in addition, there are also bubble-bubble sulfur (sulfur corn) that float dipermukaan craters and yellow. 

Tiwu Ata Mbupu 

Visual observation of the distance of ± 500 m (from a height) of water crater this old black-green (Munsell color chart: 5y, 3 / 2). But from the close (down down) was very clear water 

There Cemara mountain vegetation (Casuariana junghuniana) is dense in the mouth and lips in the crater walls, dry leaves, dry pine which float on the surface so that the crater as though the water reddish brown crater