Kelimutu, Flores, Indonesia

Looking down over the small village of Moni, Kelimutu truly is a sight to behold. The incredible 3 lakes coloured green, chocolate and black are a natural phenomenon. Making a trip here travelling by boat and bus from Bali is certainly not easy. We spent 2 days of solid travel to get there. After negotiating with the tauts getting lied to about a ferry not running, the bus setting on fire, waiting an entire day being stared at in a grotty port and sleeping on a concrete floor of a ferry we finally made it, and it was breathtaking…


September 28th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
[...] test of character but also an eye opening experience. Travel over land to Labuhanbajo, Bajawa and Kelimutu on the island of Flores and fly [...]
October 5th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
please can you tell me what we need for indonesia??? clothes, shoes, etc…i want to travel light, so just what i need… thanks
November 28th, 2008 at 3:13 am
kelimutu has a nice view… wanna go there, but its quite far from here.., i live in samosir, toba lake
November 28th, 2008 at 3:22 am
francine, sorry for not reply sooner, your comment slip passed me! I dont think you need anything special for Indonesia, just the usual things, its generally hot but if you going up to kelimutu, its an early start and its quite cold so you'll need some warm clothes too.
June 2nd, 2009 at 6:57 am
wow…nice view..How far is it from Bali ???
regards
Kurt M’colin
June 9th, 2009 at 3:27 am
is that one lake with 3 color or there is 3 lake with different color
June 9th, 2009 at 9:11 am
3 lakes with different colours, coloured green, chocolate and black
August 8th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Indonesia is beautiful.. trust me…
January 8th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Yeah… Nice lake… ^^ Do you know if the lake has an interesting story about the meaning of the color of the lake water? Amazing… ^^v
January 11th, 2010 at 10:17 am
I remember being told about the meaning behind the colours but unfortunately my memory fails me now.
July 21st, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Wow amazing photo I am stuck at work in an office
Need to visit Bali sometime. Liking your website.
Steve
July 26th, 2010 at 3:29 am
i am planning to go to Flores around the 31st of July (as in the end of this week)
but am traveling solo, and would love to meet a companion, or two, three etc…
anyone reading this happen to be going that way?
I work in Yogya and only have 10 days for vaycay, but am planning on flying into either Maumere or Labuan Bajo, or the reverse.