Komodo National Park
To get the most out of our trip to Komodo National Park we had booked a three days and two nights boat trip through the company Komodo Mega Tours Indonesia. We are very happy with the tour and the service provided by the owner Mr. Yuventius during the planning process. He was very service minded and quick to answer all our questions. We highly recommend him and his company if you are planning a trip to Komodo.
Our trip started in the harbour in Labuanbajo on Flores Island where we stepped onboard the wooden boat that would be our home the coming two nights. Onboard the boat we had everything we needed! We had our own little private cabin, a toilet, a lounge area, a crew of three persons (including a captain and a chef) and a guide.
We left the harbour in Labuanbajo behind and travelled out to Komodo Island. A journey that took us three hours. We had dinner onboard and enjoyed the scenery on our way out to Komodo. It was already dark when we arrived so after standing outside and brushing our teeth in the moonlight we went to bed.
The next morning we woke up early and prepared ourselves for hiking on Komodo Island. We stepped ashore and met a ranger who was leading our search for the Komodo dragons. The Komodo dragon is the largest lizard in the world and has a maximum lenght of about three meters! We didn't really know what to expect and after spotting the first dragon lying under a tree we were so happy. There were more to come! When we left Komodo Island we had already seen three Komodo dragons! What a perfect start of the day!
The boat we travelled with in Komodo National Park.
Komodo Island - a World Heritage Site.
The first meeting with a representative of the population on Komodo Island.
Hello Mr. Komodo dragon!
Amazing scenery with green hills and a calm sea.
Look at the tounge!
Next stop was Rinca Island where we met the ranger Oscar. He took us out for a hike and we managed to spot four dragons on Rinca and one of them was a baby. We were so lucky! The baby dragons live in trees to protect themselves from predators (read other larger dragons). Compared to the dragons on Komodo Island the dragons living on Rinca are a bit smaller in size. The reason for that is that there is more food available on Komodo Island.
Don't worry he is just yawning.
A Komodo dragon baby.
Our ranger Oscar is armed with a stick!
Me and Linda with the ranger's weapon.
After two amazing hikes in a Jurassic Park landscape on Komodo and Rinca Islands we stopped in a bay next to a mangrove forest. Around sunset we climbed up on the roof of the boat and sat there and watched thousands of bats coming out of the forest for their nightly hunt for insects.
Thousands of bats coming out from the mangrove forest.
During our visit in Komodo National Park we also did a snorkelling trip and a visit to the Pink Beach. The sand appears to be pink because of a mixture of white and red sand. The snorkelling was excellent in the national park. The sea is very nutritious and we saw a lot of impressive corals and colourful fishes.
The Pink Beach.
A glimpse of the underwater world in Komodo National Park.
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