FLORES PT.1, INDONESIA - The Way Overland - Episode 15

We've now crossed our first "official" land border into Indonesia!
Our first destination is Kupang, the capital of the provence of East Nusa Tenggara and the island of Timor's biggest city. There is not a lot happening in the city though and subsequently is mainly used for a transit point between Timor, Flores, Rote and the islands to the North.
We had a couple of options from Kupang. Take the short crossing to the island of Rote and spend a few week surfing or continue westward to Flores. We didn’t particularly want to be stuck in Kupang for Christmas so the we opted for the latter for two reasons, its now the wet season and the onshores are blowing meaning the surf is unreliable and also as due to the increased wind and swell the crossing to Flores is often cancelled. The overnight ferry crossing from Kupang to Flores takes around 14 hours and is pretty basic. Thankfully we had our house so could retreat to get some sleep.
The ferry pulled into Larantuka at about 2:30 in the morning, so we found a spot in the ferry carpark to catch a couple more hours sleep. Then at breaky we met a lovely local, Sandy, who offered to show us around his home town.
After our tour of the markets and jetty in Larantuka, we started the 230km drive to Kelimutu, a volcano with tri-coloured crater lakes sitting at 1639m.
We found a camp spot just down from the volcano so that we could get up nice and early the next morning to go up to the summit in time for the sunrise. Unfortunately, Jolie's alarm didn't go off (or she turned it off), so we ended up reaching the top at about 8:30, which worked out well in the end as the misty morning had cleared by the time we got up there, making for some pretty awesome drone shots!
Hope you guys enjoyed the video! Next week we're driving to the north coast to a town called Riung where we have a fun day of snorkeling, then to Bajawa to soak in the hot springs and visit a traditional village, and to finish it off going diving in the Komodo National Park off Labuan Bajo.
If you have any suggestions on places we must see in Indonesia we’d love to hear from you!
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[@vianburch3902]

that's my hometown LARANTUKA i like your channel exploring all tours in INDONESIA

[@stevestott3652]

Great drone shots . And what a beautiful countryside . Thanks for sharing . From Steve Stott in Sutherlin Oregon U.S.A.

[@TheTravelingTogetherJournal]

I think your videos are getting better. I am super excited that you are sharing this with us, as I really want to overland indo and haven't found other videos on it. Bringing back memories of trying to sleep on those ferries ;)

[@TheWayOverland]

+The Traveling Together Journal we hope they're getting better! 😂 You definitely should overland through Indo! It's been easy, so far, to find places to camp and because it's so cheap to live here and we're not paying for accommodation it's hardly costing us anything. So you've been to Indo before? Any recommendations of places to see?

[@TheTravelingTogetherJournal]

Yeah, I've been a few times. (very surf-focused trips) I enjoyed exploring around western sumbawa. Super Sucks was an insane/uncrowded wave there, but that was 10 years ago... If you make it to Simelue (off western Sumatra) there is so much untapped surf potential. I spent a couple months out there 6 years ago and wished I had my camping gear because you couldn't make it around the island by motor bike in 1 day and there was only 1 place to stay so you really couldn't adventure too far away.

[@TheWayOverland]

+The Traveling Together Journal oh sweet! We're heading over to Sumbawa in about a week or so. It's certainly not the best time of the year for surf though hopefully Mark can get his boards in the water there! The videos I've watched of the west coast look amazing! Thanks for the tip about Simelue, I'll look into it!

[@shanazmakrufa9789]

I'll make a trip to Flores this september from Labuan Bajo and end up in Ende. Sooo excited! 😁

[@TheWayOverland]

You’ll love it! Flores is amazing 😍

[@greatsouthernoverland]

Brilliant footage, really enjoyed the fish markets. Thanks for sharing your travels.

[@TheWayOverland]

+Viktor Cebergs The fish is so good! We can feed both of us for about $6 with fresh coral trout, amazing! Thanks Viktor!

[@kerryvincent6601]

Once again the drone work is brilliant, thanks guys

[@TheWayOverland]

+Kerry Vincent thanks Kerry! 😄

[@mssadia6169]

Owo..amazing...🥰🥰

[@davepicot6072]

Wow! I've been watching these episodes on my iPad. This time I watched it on the HD Tv, what a difference. Incredible footage. Thanks for sharing guys

[@TheWayOverland]

+Gus we done the same thing the other week and it was a bit scary seeing our faces that big and up close haha. You're welcome! Thanks for watching 😄

[@jhantertuawolo3903]

Kelimutu lake in Ende Flores,,,love Flores

[@JeremyS404]

Great episode guys can’t wait to see the rest 👍 Have a awesome Christmas 🎄

[@TheWayOverland]

+Jeremy Summerton thanks! Merry Christmas to you too 🎅🏼🎄

[@gmart308]

Have you been to "yogyakarta "? Many beaches in the "mountains of eid" and the "mountains" are picturesque. Go over there

[@riskiardi561]

That is amazing view

[@TheWayOverland]

Sure is! 😄

[@yophystriders9348]

beatiful indonesia👍

[@jakecamplin3205]

That final drone shot is awesome

[@TheWayOverland]

+Jake Camplin thanks! 😄

[@teofreitas1395]

Are they've gone to RAMELAU or not. Ramelau the one most beautiful of TIMOR-LESTE mountain...

[@TexasADV]

Another AMAZING video! I can't believe y'all still only have 800-ish subscribers.

[@TheWayOverland]

+Texas ADV thanks! We're just glad that some people are watching and enjoying the videos 😊

[@donny4373]

Great video

[@TheWayOverland]

+Lako Lako thanks 👍

[@echa9446]

what car is that?? so cool! did u get it customized? how can i get one like that in indo?

[@TheWayOverland]

It's a Toyota Landcruiser and we customised it ourselves back in Australia. Not too sure about where to get one in Indo though!

[@amirhraenan]

Selamat datang