Homo Floresiensis Excavation Site Tour
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The excavation on Liang Bua site actually has been done by a priest - Father Theodorus Verhoven SVD (Dutch Catholic Missionary) in1958. He described it as Proto Negrito possibly to comply with the "main stream" theory on the ancestors of Indonesian who are described as Proto Malaiers and Deutero Malaiers.
The controversy arises when two Australian paleoanthropoligist Peter Brown, Michael Morwood and their colleagues published their report on Nature Magazine in 2004. Since then the publicity on Homo Floresiensis has been escalating which in turn risen curiosity among people to visit Liang Bua -the location of excavation.
The cave is accessible from Ruteng - the capitol town of Manggarai. It is about 12 kilometres from the town. The cave is settled on the foot of a hill close to a small river which was ideal as a home for these ancient homo sapiens.
- Duration: 2 day(s)
- Location: Ruteng
Day 01 LABUANBAJO - RUTENG - LIANG BUA
Drive through winding road and beautiful panoramic views, some photo stops are provided en-route. Arrive in Ruteng about midday and proceed directly to Restaurant for Lunch. Afternoon drive to Liang Bua until reaching the village, get off and walk through the village and rice fields to reach the Cave of Liang Bua. Upon arrival take your chance to get the atmosphere of being in a place once occupied by Homo Floresiensis. Late afternoon return to Ruteng and stay overnight.
Day 02: RUTENG - CANCAR - LABUANBAJO
Visit morning market of Ruteng to have a complete atmosphere of being among "who knows" the descendant of Homo Floresiensis. Then drive back to Labuanbajo with a visit to Cara village in Cancar to have an aerial view over Lingko - a spider web shaped rice fields. It is probably the only such a rice field exists in the world. Upon arrival in Cara, walk up hill to reach the vantage point with beautifully panoramic views. You will arrive back later after mid-day in Labuanbajo.
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