Tourism Indonesia - Komodo Island East Nusa Tenggara

Komodo Island is located in Nusa Tenggara islands. The island is included in the Komodo National Park along the island of Rinca, Padar, Motang Island and many other smaller islands. Administratively, the island is located in the Komodo, West Manggarai regency, and directly adjacent to the province of West Nusa Tenggara.


This island is the native habitat of the animals dragons, giant lizard meat
eater. On the island there are more than 2,000 Komodo dragons tail of living in the wild. You can see dragons chasing prey in many locations in this place. It's important to get around with a company for safety reasons for being here.

In 1986, UNESCO set Komodo Island and other islands in the Komodo National Park as a World Heritage site because of the existence of dragons that can only be found in this region. Habitats of endangered animals are outdoors with meadows, white sandy beaches and tropical rain forests.

Komodo Island won the award for the New Seven Wonders of Nature which is a tribute to the seven best natural attractions in the world. Determining the winner is obtained from the results of voting and research experts, Komodo island won the highest vote along with six other tourist attractions are the Iguazu Falls, the Amazon Forest, Puerto Princesa Underground River, Halong Bay, Jeju Island and Table Mountain.
dragons

Komodo it self is a kind of giant lizard reptile meat eaters that can reach 2-3 meters and weigh 100-165 kg. This animal has a scientific name Varanus komodoensis, while local people call this beast as the 'Ora'. If seen, dragons is creepy, with a great body, sharp nails, scaly skin and has a forked tongue that always stuck out. The main prey dragons are pigs, horses, deer, raccoons, buffalo and monkeys.

A glimpse of the history of the island of Komodo

In 1910, Lieutenant Steyn van Hens Broek go to Komodo Island to prove his force report says that there is some sort of dragon beast on this island. Broek with his troops were trained and then decided to come to the island to hunt these animals. He and his troops managed to kill the dragons were then photographed and sent to the Botanical Garden in Bogor.

1912 was the first time the existence of dragons known to the public through written journals Peter A. Ouwens and published in daily newspapers belonging to the Dutch East Indies. Ouwens is Director of the Zoological Museum in Bogor. Then in 1915, the Dutch government began to ban the hunt dragons for fear of these animals will become extinct.

What can be done on Komodo Island?

In addition to viewing the life of dragons in their natural habitat, there are many other things you can do on the island of Komodo:

Trekking

Komodo Island is not only contains animal dragons, Komodo addition, there are many other animals that inhabit this island such as horses, deer, various species of birds, snakes, lizards and much more. One way to enjoy this island is to do trekking. You can see these animals when trekking in Komodo Island.

When trekking, you will be invited to climb Mount Ara which has a height of 538 meters above sea level. You will also pass the Water Hole is a place to drink and rest dragons. You can see the komodo-dragons yanng drinking or sheltering under a tree in the vicinity.

There are four trekking trails to choose from, ranging from short, medium, long until adventure. This trekking path length is 1-8 km depending on the type you choose. If you choose a long and adventure, you will be invited to pass through forests, rivers and beautiful hills. As for short, the trip will end at the top of the hill with amazing views of the bay. However, four of the trekking path will pass through Water Hole so you do not need to be confused to choose which path.

During trekking, you and the group will be accompanied by a ranger or guide once the handler dragons. Ranger will equip you with a forked stick that end. It is said that the stick is made from a type of tree that can be a weapon to weaken the dragons. If dragons attacking or chasing suddenly, forked end of the stick which is used to suppress the neck dragons, dragons in a short time will weaken and stop attacking.

What else is interesting at Komodo Island?

On this island there is a very unique beach that is Pink Beach. The beach is also known as the Pink Beach, but local residents prefer to call it the Red Beach. Pink beach has sand beach pink, the color will become increasingly apparent during the wet sand by waves.

According to research, the color pink on the beach is caused by a piece of crushed coral and mixed with sand beach. In the world there are recorded only seven beaches with pink sand and are located on the island of Komodo is one of them.

The beauty of this beach is not only the unique sand color. The underwater world here is also well-known beautiful. The beach is also often used as the location of diving and snorkeling.

Transportation

Transportation on the island of Komodo can be done by air, land and sea or a combination of all three.


Air

If you use the plane, you will fly from Denpasar to Labuan Bajo. After that you can continue the journey by ferry to the island of Komodo.


The Sea

You can depart from Tanjung Benoa, Bali, heading to Labuan Bajo. From Labuan Bajo, a trip to Komodo Island continued to use the ferry.


Land

There are buses from Denpasar to Labuan Bajo. The bus will cross by ferry. Arriving in Labuan Bajo, the journey can continue to use the ferry again to Komodo Island.

In addition to these three options, you also can choose Live on Board. If you choose Live on Board, you will stay on the ship for a few days to get to the Komodo National Park. During the trip you can dive with the group and guides. Facilities provided were counted everything from bedrooms, dining and toilet. The price charged ranged between 175-10000 USD per night depending on how the package that you choose as well as existing facilities. The ship departed from Bima, Bali, Lombok and Labuan Bajo.


Accommodation

Many tourists choose to stay at a hotel in Labuan Bajo. But apart from hotels in Labuan Bajo, there is another alternative lodging:


Chartered ship

In addition to touring, you also can use a rental boat to stay. Most ships have been equipped with a bed, toilet and dining package. And facility rental fees depend on the size of your boat rental.


The house keeper Komodo Island

You can homestay at home guard or ranger Komodo Island. This house stilts with limited electricity supply. Electric generally will be extinguished at 22:00.


Komodo Island travel tips

    When trekking, do not make any sudden movements or noise. Komodo is very sensitive to movement and sound.
    For women who are in the menstrual period, must report that the ranger could give more attention. This is because dragons can smell blood from a radius of hundreds of meters.