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Labuanbajo in Flores is a ramshackle harbour town that is an
excellent base for exploring the epic Komodo National Park.
(Sara-Jane Cleland/LPI)
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The Indonesian island of Flores used to get by on Bali’s overflow alone, and the trickle of travellers that landed in the sleepy west coast town of Labuanbajo often used it as a spring board to the epic Komodo National Park, then quickly left.
But Labuanbajo is sleepy no more. That trickle has become a river, and the island named “Flowers” by 16th-century Portuguese colonists who were astonished by its lush, fragrant forests, is on the verge of becoming Indonesia’s next big eco-travel hotspot.
