Komodo National Park, Indonesia

At a glance · 5 reasons to go

Why Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

1. 1

   Komodo National Park (UNESCO) is the only place on earth to see wild Komodo dragons — three-metre apex predators — on guided ranger walks on Komodo and Rinca.

2. 2

   Padar Island’s viewpoint, with its three curved bays of different-coloured sand, is one of the most photographed panoramas in Indonesia.

3. 3

   The diving and snorkelling are world-class — manta rays at Manta Point, vivid reefs, and the famous Pink Beach, coloured by red coral.

4. 4

   Most visits run as liveaboard or day-boat trips from Labuan Bajo on Flores, increasingly a destination in its own right.

5. 5

   The currents are strong and the landscape is raw, savanna-dry hills meeting electric-blue water — this is the wild edge of the archipelago.

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