Flores and Komodo Indonesia Complete Guide 2026: Dragons, Crater Lakes, and Catholic Easter
Browse more guides: Indonesia travel | Asia destinations Flores and Komodo Indonesia Complete Guide 2026: Dragons, Crater Lakes, and Catholic Easter TL;DR I planned a 10-day Flores and Komodo loop in 2026 because eastern Indonesia kept showing up in my notes for three different reasons, and I wanted to stitch them together on one trip. Komodo National Park, gazetted in 1980 and inscribed by UNESCO in 1991, still shelters around 5,700 Komodo dragons across Komodo, Rinca, and a handful of smaller islands. Pink Beach sits on the same boat route, and Padar Island gives you the postcard viewpoint with three crescent bays. Then I crossed Flores by road to Kelimutu, where three crater lakes inside Kelimutu National Park change color on their own schedule, with no one fully predicting which shade will appear by sunrise. The cultural side of Flores is what surprised me most. Around 85 percent of Flores identifies as Catholic, a legacy of Portuguese contact in 1512 and missionary work in t...