One of the most popular tourist destinations in Indonesia is the Komodo Island, situated within the Komodo National Park in Labuan Bajo. Every year, thousands of travellers visit the island via cruise ships to see the Komodo dragon, which is the largest living lizard in the world and the natural beauty of the island. Besides the Komodo dragon, visitors also get the opportunity to visit many other interesting places within the island.
Aboard a luxury Komodo Island cruise ship the Ayana Lako Di’a, visitors tour the best spots of the island in comfort and ease. The cruise ship, which is the property of the five star resort ayana Komodo Resort, is not only luxurious but it has the most sophisticated suites all with the amenities of a five star hotel. The cruise tour takes two days and one night and takes you to the following places.
Where Komodo Cruise Tour Takes You
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Menjite
The komodo tour the luxurious cruise ship starts from the ayana komodo resort for different destinations within the island. One of the most popular destinations is Menjerite, a beautiful place with clear waters that allow you to have the best snorkelling sessions. Besides snorkelling, you can also enjoy stand up paddles and kayaking. After having enough of all the activities, the ship then goes on to its next destination.
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Pink Beach
Pink beach is another spectacular spot for the visitors touring the island. Famed for its white and red sandy beach, the waters are also great for snorkelling, swimming and other water activities. The colourful coral reef adds to the beauty of the beach and if you do not feel like doing anything, you can relax and sunbathe or just watch the play of the colourful fishes in the ocean.
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Kelor Island
Located very near menjerite is Kelor Island, which is another cruise ship tour destination. The island has breathtakingly beautiful and clear waters that allow you to see deep underneath the water. The clear waters of Kelor Island also offer may activities that include snorkelling and other water activities. You can also spend some time hiking up the hill or just laze around on board the cruise ship as you enjoy the breeze and the sunset rays cascading over the clear waters.
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Kalong Island
Also referred to as the bat island, kalong island is another beautiful cruise tour destination that offers the visitors nothing but beauty. Home to mangrove plantations and native bats, the island is also the best place to view the sunset. The bats soaring in the sky as they head to the other islands in search of food creates amazing scenery that you carry in your head for years to come.
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Rinca Island
Cruising to Rinca Island, which is the second largest island after Komodo Island, is one of the cruise tour highlights. Rinca Island is home to the Komodo dragon and though it is less known than Komodo Island, there is a bigger chance of sporting the lizards here than it is at the Komodo Island. Besides the dragons, the island also has beautiful scenery with savannah vegetation and palm trees that make trekking on the island feel relaxing and fulfilling.
The island has less population as compared to Komodo Island, making it a great place to enjoy the surrounding views without too many interruptions. The island actually makes you feel as if you are in Jurassic park and the view of the Loh Buaya Port is breath taking.
Wrapping it up
A Komodo Island cruise tour is one of the most unforgettable experiences you will have on your visit to Indonesia. Along with the islands of Flores, Rinca, Gili and Motang, Komodo Island offers you the opportunity of watching real dragons in their natural habitat. The lizards, which look bigger in real life than they do in pictures and documentaries or behind glass screens in zoos, are a wonder.
Besides the dragons, the cruise takes you to beautiful beaches, amazing coral reefs, top diving destinations, fish watching in the clear waters where, snorkelling, kayaking, sunbathing or watch the sunset aboard the cruise ship. Get more Travel tips here
