 It is a fascinating place for the hardy traveler, Nusa Tenggara with Lombok as the main entry point is home to hundreds of ethnic groups who speak scores of different languages and dialects and hold widespread beliefs in magic. Flores and Sumba produce some of the most exquisite handwoven ikat of Indonesia. Another of the area’s striking cultural characteristics is the great variety of adapt architecture: the Balinese-style temples of Lombok, the shaggy elliptical thatch houses of Timor, and the Sumbanese native houses which resemble a gigantic straw hat. Astounding natural wonders include Komodo’s 3-m-long monitor lizards, the colored volcanic lakes of Kelimutu, superlative snorkeling with 100-m drop-offs on Flores, the virgin game reserve of P. Moyo, seashell collecting on Gili Trawangan of NW Lombok and many more. |
