Ende Travel Guide

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Things to Do  

PANTAI RIA-ENDE BEACH

PANTAI RIA-ENDE BEACH, Ende

 meiyergani Says:  Pantai Ria is just in walking distance from Ende City Center (Ende Ground Zero)....located at the west side of Ende Harbor...this is one of a favorite place for hang out for Endeness.....everybody would not miss a very stunning beauty of sunset....in a faraway the visitors... 

ENDE Ground ZERO-City CENTER

ENDE Ground ZERO-City CENTER, Ende

 meiyergani Says:  The city center of ENDE is ENDE Ground Zero, was a wide Landscape of ENDE City where one could find a sQuare as a football playground ... this is the place where someone would find a beautiful scenery of Gunung Meja and Gunung IYA from the west side of the sQuare. 

GUNUNG IYA

GUNUNG IYA, Ende

 meiyergani Says:  Gunung IYA is one of majestic scenery in ENDE, stand side by side with Gunung Meja.If you are strolling along Pantai Ria ( Ria Beach) not far from ENDE Harbor, you can sea the majestic view of Gunung Iya just behind the Harbor.Gunung IYA is one of an active volcano in Flores... 

GUNUNG MEJA

GUNUNG MEJA, Ende

 meiyergani Says:  Gunung Meja (Gunung means mount...and Meja means table) is one of a beautiful scenery which is greeted every attendants to Ende when they arrive at Ende Airport, this green mountain stand elegantly in front of the Airport 

ENDE-A Little Town Blue

ENDE-A Little Town Blue, Ende

 meiyergani Says:  ENDE is one of a beautiful small town on the island of FLORES....geographically the town was located at the southern beach line of Flores island...surrounded by beautiful scenery of bluish green mountain range.....Gunung Meja and Gunung IYA is two mountain which furnished... 

H.HASAN AROEBOESMAN AIRPORT-ENDE

H.HASAN AROEBOESMAN AIRPORT-ENDE, Ende

 meiyergani Says:  Ende is a beautiful Small Town in Flores island, H. HASAN AROEBOESMAN is one of entry point for visitors who come from Bali Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Airport or from Kupang-East Nusa Tenggara El Tari Airport.This is an Airport which located at Ende City Center, behind the green of... 

Bung Karno Museum

Bung Karno Museum, Ende

 theo1006 Says:  A virtually sacred place, this house where freedom activist and Indonesia's first president Soekarno lived from 1934 to 1938 when he was banished from Java by the Dutch colonial authorities. Yet it does not seem to receive the care and attention proper to that status.We... 

The Kelimutu coloured crater lakes

The Kelimutu coloured crater lakes, Ende

 theo1006 Says:  Second only to the komodo dragons, the coloured crater lakes of Kelimutu are among the most popular attractions of Flores island. So there is no lack of tips about them on VT and elsewhere. We just add our own accents.The meaning of Kelimutu is 'boiling (mutu) mountain... 

VILLAGE HOUSE

VILLAGE HOUSE, Ende

 davidjo Says:  While in Moni you will be able to enter a villager's home and see how they live, but don't be surprised if they ask for a donation! 

WOLOWARU

WOLOWARU, Ende

 davidjo Says:  Wolowaru is 12 kms south of Moni and it is quite a nice walk (2-3hrs) through the tree lined road or you can catch the local transport. Good quality Ikat is made here and you will see it displayed around the village. If you are staying with the villagers you may be invited... 

KELI MUTU

KELI MUTU, Ende

 davidjo Says:  Take a trip to Moni, check in to a suitable guest house and get up 6am the next morning for the 4 hour hike to Keli Mutu and see the sunrise and the three coloured lakes that are the craters of the volcano. Alternatively lie in bed a little longer and go to the top in a... 

Mbongawani market

Mbongawani market, Ende

 theo1006 Says:  Mbongawani, Ende's main market, is located between the two jetty's of Ende harbour. It has an important fish division where we saw everything from small dried fry to big chunks of enormous fish. Other merchandise includes live chickens, vegetables, rice and beans, cooking... 

Restaurants  

Pangan lokal: The ultimate in eco-food
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The ultimate in eco-food! This new restaurant specializes in traditional Ende food. All ingredients are produced locally, in a hamlet close to Wologai. No fertilizer or pesticides used, instead the ceremonies for planting and harvest are performed as required by the adat. The cutlery, cups and plates, are also made of local materials: bamboo, wood, coconut shells, and earthenware

The restaurant can serve you from 8am to 10pm, but you have to order in advance as preparation takes time and they only serve freshly prepared food.

Favorite Dish: Do not expect items on the menu that you find in most Indonesian restaurants. We were offered a surprise dinner as follows:
Drinks
4 teh kemangi (lemon basil tea) @ 5000
Appetizers
1 ubi jalar (sweet potatoes) @ 5000
1 ubi hitam (black potatoes) @ 5000
Main course
2 nasi merah (red rice) @ 5000
1 ikan bakar (kakap) (grilled fish) @ 30,000
2 ikan juah (another fresh water fish dish) @ 7500
1 ngela/urap (pepaya leaves) @ 5000
1 sayur paria (kind of gourd) @ 5000
1 sambal (chilli condiment) @ 2000
Total bill for two: Rp 97,000 (about USD 11).

Updated Aug 26, 2011

Address: Jalan Melati Atas, Ende

Phone: 0812 377 495 (Yachobus Mbira)

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Transportation  

ANGKOT

ANGKOT, Ende

 meiyergani Says:  ENDE is only one of Flores small town ...ANGKOT is one of the most usefull and cheap ENDE city Transportation means ...you could take a trip from one corner of ENDE to another corner of the city by using Angkot with the fare starting from IDR 2,000 and not more than IDR... 

fly fr0m Kupang to Ende

fly fr0m Kupang to Ende, Ende

 meiyergani Says:  ENDE could be reached by Air...wether from DENPASAR Bali or from Kupang East Nusa Tenggara....there are two flight from Denpasar Ngurah Rai Airport to ENDE-H. HASAN AROEBOESMAN AIRPort vise verse on the daily basis and would take an hour...one by Wings or Lion AIr, another... 

Shopping  

Local Market Place: Beautiful Ikat
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Almost every tourist knows you can buy on Flores Island the most beautiful, famous Ikats (see link). Actually I had never seen Ikat fabrics before, just heard about. Watching at all those hand-weaven Ikat clothes you cannot imagine these Ikats are so wanted! So if you are on Flores find yourself some of the ikat places (mostly a market place at specific days, so ask around) ad spoil yourself for an Ikat.

What to buy: The name of "Ikat" is a Malaysian one. Though the ikat-method is well-known all over the world when hand-weaving. In Guatamala the name is "Jaspe", in Japan "Kasuri" and Thailand knows the "Matmee/Mudmee". I bought several Ikat's (size of a big shawl) in Ende at pasar-location (included the black one out of Sumba), and some in Labuhan Bajo ...

Labuhan Bajo - Sumbawa Ikat

What to pay: The black one was about 10$, keep bargain!

Updated Apr 12, 2007

Address: Ende, Flores East-Java

Website: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7c3af/126153/c/

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Off The Beaten Path  

The Mari Longa statue

The Mari Longa statue, Ende

 theo1006 Says:  You can hardly miss it on your way from Ende to Moni or Wolotopo, this more than life-size, and we think rather ugly, statue of freedom fighter Mari Longa.We looked up information about the man on the internet. Unfortunately accounts are not consistent. Wikitravel and... 

Ipi harbour revisited

Ipi harbour revisited, Ende

 theo1006 Says:  Lying on the neck of a peninsula, Ende has two harbours: Ende harbour on the west, and Ipi (or Ippi) harbour on the east. Where a ship was allowed to moor used to depend on the season. When Theo arrived here in December 1971 the ship Stella Maris had to round the peninsula... 

Favorites  

Call in at the Tourist Office

Call in at the Tourist Office, Ende

 theo1006 Says:  We strongly advise that you call in at the Ende Tourist Office. The least you can get there is a good map of Ende town.We wanted advice on which traditional village to visit, Wologai or Wolojita. As a result we were accompanied by an employee of the office, mr. Hermanto Dee,... 

Pantai Nanganesa

Pantai Nanganesa, Ende

 RoyJava Says:  The Endenese are the people gathered in South central Flores in and around the port town of Ende. You'll notice the mix of Malay and Melanesian features. The aristocratic families of Ende link to their ancestors, through mythical exploits and magic events it is said, with... 

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