Sunda Adventure Tours


WELCOME TO INDONESIA

Sunda Adventure Tours - Your First Hand Tour Operator will show all the best tourist destinations in Eastern Part of Indonesia especially to A great Lesser Sunda Islands : Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo - Home for Giant Lizard in the world called Komodo Dragon, FLores - Home of authentic of friendliness and beauty of land and sea natures, Amazing Kelimutu Lake with three colored Lakes, Adonara, Lembata /Lamalera - the well-known of primitive and ancient whale hunting, Alor, Timor, Rote, Sabu and Sumba - Home of Merapu believers, thousand of stone tombs, Pasola - brave men riding the horse while throw the wooden spears to each others and well-known for Ikat Weaving textiles, pristine beaches best for surfer lover and many many things to see, to feel, to hear, to try......For detail informations please read more here below.

WEST NUSA TENGGARA
History

West Nusa Tenggara Province named Sunda Kecil before 1951, and become East Indonesia State part. Based on the Lombok government constitution, East Indonesia Presidents decision on 9 May 1949 No.5/Prv/49, Lombok did not contain of a municipality but is a area that governed by Dutch Government and in 1946, 1949 had formed Neo Municipality or an area that done its autonomous based Zelf Bestuur Rgelen (ABR) in 1938. The Swatantra I area and Swatantra II area had formed since 14 August 1958. The government has developed when it formed based on the constitution number 1 in 1957 about the main point of region government. Then the formed of Swatantra area in West Nusa Tenggara had done step by step start from 1959 until 1961. Read More

WEST LOMBOK

West Lombok has both the lushness of Bali and the starkness of outback Australia. The 3,726m Rinjani volcano dominates the northwest of the island, while the southwest is arid and covered by savannas. Famous for its basket ware, pottery and ikat hand woven textiles, Lombok has exceptional charm and is relatively undiscovered, except for Sengiggi and the Gili islands that have become popular tourism areas. We visit traditional villages and a local market in search for rare pieces of handicraft. ...[Read more]

EAST NUSA TENGGARA

History

Considering its name, actually East Nusa Tenggara archipelago is believed to have been the center of industrial trade and exchange two thousand years ago when Timor island functioned as the source for the original stock of sandalwood trees established in India (or even in China) and there after developed as an important commercial tree. The trees grow in some islands (mostly in Timor Island now and used to be in Sumba) and the quality is still judged superlative.. ...[Read More]


FLORES ISLAND :

Flores, a long island located between Sumbawa and Timor, is strewn with volcanoes in a mountain chain dividing it into several regions with distinctive languages and traditions, scenic beauty, good beaches, and natural wonders. The name is Portuguese for "flower", as the Portuguese were the first Europeans to colonize East Nusa Tenggara. .. ...[Read More]


KOMODO NATIONAL PARK

Komodo National Park lies in the Wallacea Region of Indonesia, identified by WWF and Conservation International as a global conservation priority area. The Park is located between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores at the border of the Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) and Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTP) provinces. It includes three major islands, Komodo, Rinca and Padar, and numerous smaller islands together totaling 603 km2 of land. The total size of Komodo National Park is presently 1,817 km2. Proposed extensions of 25 km2 of land (Banta Island) and 479 km2 of marine waters would bring the total surface area up to 2,321 km2. .. ...[Read More]

PASOLA FESTIVAL
Pasola is the name of a war game tournament played by two groups of selected Sumbanese Men. They riding their decorated selected horses fling wooden spears to each other. The government allows the ritual game to take place, but the spears must be blunted. Pasola is a traditional ceremony of the Sumbanese held in the way uniqely and sympathy traditional norms, every year on February and March and has been the focus of attention of the people since is a part of sacred homage to the Merapu.