Flores
Flores is the second largest of the Lesser Sunda islands in the Indonesian Nusa Tenggara province.Located 500km east of Bali and 300km south of Sulawesi, it measures 350km from east to west and 65km from north to south at its widest point (total area of 15175 km²).
Flores is a very mountainous islands with several volcanoes, some of which are still active. The island is very green and largely covered by tropical rainforests. Some parts of Flores are more dry and are covered by savannahs.
The population of Flores consists of five ethnic groups (the Manggara in the west, the Ngada around Bajawa, the Ende and Lio people in Ende, the Sikkanese in Maumere and the Lamaholot around Larantuka), for a total of 1.8 million inhabitants. The main tourist attractions are the Komodo national park near Labuan Bajo, the traditional villages in the interior, beaches and islands near Flores and the scenery and mountains. The main entry points for tourists are the airports in Labuan Bajo, Maumere and Ende, which have flights to Bali, West Timor and Sulawesi.
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18 photos of the city of Labuan Bajo, the main access point to the Komodo national park
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24 photos of mountains and landscapes on Flores
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30 photos of cities and villages on Flores island
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40 photos of agriculture, farms and plantations on Flores
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11 photos of Bela, a a traditional Ngada village located in the mountains near Bajawa
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18 photos of Bena, the largest and best preserved of the traditional Ngada villages in the Bajawa region
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13 photos of Luba, another traditional Ngada village in the Bajawa area
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16 photos of the coast and beaches on Flores
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19 photos of Ende, a small city along the southern coast of Flores
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16 photos of bamboo forests, the Malanage hot springs and the Mt Kelimutu national park.
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