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Notes:

Prices include:

- Private land transport
- English Speaking Guide
- Entrance fee
- 1Breakfast
- 1 Lunch on Day 1
- 1 Dinner
- 1 room accommodation at Wisma MBB or Hotel Dahlia
- Refreshments en route and mineral water on the day time

Prices Exclude:

- Lunch on Day 2
- Donation in Liang Bua and villages
- Personal expenses


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Homo Floresiensis Excavation Site Tour


Duration: 2 day(s) - Location: Ruteng
The report on excavation of remains of Homo Floresiensis in Flores published on Nature Magazine triggered a controversy. Paleoanthropologists keep arguing. Some believed it just a fossil of human who experienced microcephalic but the study made later on only to confirm that it is an ancient homo sapiens who live side by side with modern humans until 18.000 years ago.

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.
Itinerary
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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.



Participant guidelines

  • Bring good walking shoes
  • Bring sweaters or jackets to comfort the high altitude climate (1.000 m above sea level)




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