Route IV and V

(Maumere - Wolowaru - Kelimutu )

The fourth route to kelimutu is from Maumere Via Wolowaru. Before catching the beautiful lakes of Kelimutu, you can visit traditional villages spread out around such as NGgela, Pora, Wolojita, Jopu, Ranggase and Koanara. Most of the Villages where you can see the megalithic monuments and traditional houses. Those some villages above are known well with their excellent hand made weaving that still use naturals dyes. There are alot of Traditional dancing and collections of ethnological objects in those villages. On the way to Kelimutu, you can stop by at Murundao waterfall and Liasembe hot spring.

(Labuan Bajo - Ruteng - Bajawa - Ende)

The fifth route to Kelimutu can be reached from Komodo Island by passing through Labuan Bajo - Ruteng - Bajawa - Ende. Along the trip, you can enjoy the exciting panorama and sandy beaches with its green stones of Nangamboa, Nangapanda, Penggajawa, having a chance to see beautiful natural cave in Mbawe. You will be satisfied if you can find time for sailing and visiting Ende Island by using traditional boat ( Perahu Cadik ), Before Continuing Your trip to Kelimutu, you can stay a while in Ende and visiting Mbu'u beach, Wolotopo, Ngalupolo and Ndona.

To leave Ende, you can take some alternative routes available; Moni to Maumere, Moni to Ende, Moni - Ende - Labuan Bajo by using public transporation, plane, or passenger ship.

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.