Discover Sumba Island Culture

Location

Sumba

Duration

5 Days

Highlight 1

Discover houses with very high roof more than ten meters high

Highlight 2

Visit Pasunga village to see the Greatest stone Grave

Price:

€2950

With its rugged undulating savannahs and low limestone hills knitted together with fields of maize and cassava instead of rice, the island of Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara Province offers its own distinct splendors in the eastern part of the Indonesian Archipelago. Sprinkled throughout its countryside are hilltop villages with thatched traditional clan houses clustered around unique megalithic tombs  where villagers still pay homage to their ancestors in the ancient belief of Marapu  and have retained most of the indigenous culture and traditions for generations. The island is also known for the precious art of  handwoven fabric, and the origin of the strong and agile Sumba Ponies or Sandalwood Horses. Located between the islands of Komodo  and Sumbawa, and directly facing the Indian Ocean the island is also a surfers' paradise. The large rolling Sumba barrels usually appear between May through October when waves can be either very high and strong or very flat as breaks are directly exposed to wide open ocean swells. This kind of powerful surf, however, though very challenging, should only be ventured by professionals.


Highlights

  • Sumba Museum, Ratu Wulla ikat textile, Bondu Kapumbu village, Lendungara hills and Sunset at Mananga

  • Kodi Area  to visit Tosi Village,  Ratenggaro Village,Pero Beach , this place to see all the house are very high roof more than ten meters high

  • Praigoli Village to See the kajiwa Stone and Pasola Field

  • Visit Pasunga village to see the Greatest stone Grave and the traditional houses of Sumbanese

With its rugged undulating savannahs and low limestone hills knitted together with fields of maize and cassava instead of rice, the island of Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara Province offers its own distinct splendors in the eastern part of the Indonesian Archipelago. Sprinkled throughout its countryside are hilltop villages with thatched traditional clan houses clustered around unique megalithic tombs  where villagers still pay homage to their ancestors in the ancient belief of Marapu  and have retained most of the indigenous culture and traditions for generations. The island is also known for the precious art of  handwoven fabric, and the origin of the strong and agile Sumba Ponies or Sandalwood Horses. Located between the islands of Komodo  and Sumbawa, and directly facing the Indian Ocean the island is also a surfers' paradise. The large rolling Sumba barrels usually appear between May through October when waves can be either very high and strong or very flat as breaks are directly exposed to wide open ocean swells. This kind of powerful surf, however, though very challenging, should only be ventured by professionals.


Highlights

  • Sumba Museum, Ratu Wulla ikat textile, Bondu Kapumbu village, Lendungara hills and Sunset at Mananga

  • Kodi Area  to visit Tosi Village,  Ratenggaro Village,Pero Beach , this place to see all the house are very high roof more than ten meters high

  • Praigoli Village to See the kajiwa Stone and Pasola Field

  • Visit Pasunga village to see the Greatest stone Grave and the traditional houses of Sumbanese

With its rugged undulating savannahs and low limestone hills knitted together with fields of maize and cassava instead of rice, the island of Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara Province offers its own distinct splendors in the eastern part of the Indonesian Archipelago. Sprinkled throughout its countryside are hilltop villages with thatched traditional clan houses clustered around unique megalithic tombs  where villagers still pay homage to their ancestors in the ancient belief of Marapu  and have retained most of the indigenous culture and traditions for generations. The island is also known for the precious art of  handwoven fabric, and the origin of the strong and agile Sumba Ponies or Sandalwood Horses. Located between the islands of Komodo  and Sumbawa, and directly facing the Indian Ocean the island is also a surfers' paradise. The large rolling Sumba barrels usually appear between May through October when waves can be either very high and strong or very flat as breaks are directly exposed to wide open ocean swells. This kind of powerful surf, however, though very challenging, should only be ventured by professionals.


Highlights

  • Sumba Museum, Ratu Wulla ikat textile, Bondu Kapumbu village, Lendungara hills and Sunset at Mananga

  • Kodi Area  to visit Tosi Village,  Ratenggaro Village,Pero Beach , this place to see all the house are very high roof more than ten meters high

  • Praigoli Village to See the kajiwa Stone and Pasola Field

  • Visit Pasunga village to see the Greatest stone Grave and the traditional houses of Sumbanese

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