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Labuanbajo Travel Guide
Divers and wildlife-lovers on the way to the World Heritage-listed Komodo National Park often stop at the photogenic fishing community of Labuanbajo to shop, dine, or simply unwind. Labuanbajo may not have the sights to sweep tourists off their feet, but it has the basics expected of a good tourist destination—accommodations and transportation links—something that the bigger tourist islands of Komodo and Kalong sadly miss.
An attractive harbor town hanging on the western tip of Flores, Labuanbajo is sprinkled with outrigger fishing boats on the shores and bungalows on the inland. At the town's center are shops selling trinkets, traditional fabrics, and Komodo dragon replicas. A short walk or motorbike ride away from the center is an airport connecting to Denpasar and Ende, followed by terminals of public buses going to Ende and Maumere. Up on the hills, rows of restaurants offer a picturesque view of the bay and arrange before you a whole range of delicious seafood and fine specimens of international cuisine.
Ferries on the shores of Labuanbajo leave daily for the nearby islands of Komodo, Rinca, Seraya and Kalong. Seraya is where tourists can lodge in thatched huts, rent small rowboats, or catch fish on low-lying corals. Kalong or "Flying Fox Island" presents an early-evening show of flying fox bats while Komodo and Rinca are famous for their Komodo dragons, the world's largest monitor lizards. The islands are renowned as the site of the world's richest concentration of marine biodiversity. That in itself is enough to make a visit to these islands a passionate need for ardent snorkelers and divers.
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