Welcome to Jakarta, Java!! Upon arrival at the Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International airport and after necessary immigration control, you are met by your hotel representative or local guide and transfer to your hotel (15 minutes)  – look out for your name on a sign/paging board in the arrivals area. Rest of the day free for relax & get acclimatised.

Accommodation: FM7 Resort

Today you will take a flight to Medan, the capital of North Sumatra. Upon arrival at the Kuala Namu International airport in Medan you are met by your tour guide and transfer to Bukit Lawan. Bukit Lawang is one of the most accessible places to spot orangutans, thanks to an orangutan conservation programme that has been operating on the eastern edge of the park since the 1970s. The Gunung Leuser National Park is one of the final orangutan strongholds, with more than 5,000 thought to be living in the wild. You should be arriving sometime in the early afternoon and check in to your hotel. You will have time to go out for Nature walk around in the forest or your local guide/ranger will orrange hike to nearby Bat Caves, where you explore an amazing geological formations and lots of bats roosting inside the cave is just fascinating to watch. The rest of the day free to relax.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Eco Lodge Bukit Lawan

Over the three days, our professional team will healp you exploring the wilderness of Sumatra’s mountainous National Park. This is one of the largest national parks in the world and you spend time with your guide & park ranger and have an opportunity to explore the trails, searching for orangutans and other wildlife. You have plenty of opportunities to experience the incredible biodiversity of this spectacular ancient rainforest. Your guide will take the easier trails to explore accessible tracts of the rainforest, with a particular focus on searching for the park’s eight species of primate and there is a good chance of seeing Thomas’s leaf monkeys and long-tailed macaques plus, hopefully, one of the endearing Sumatran orangutans who inhabit the forest. Other mammals include Sumatran elephants and the elusive Sumatran tiger and rhinoceros, although the last is unfortunately facing imminent extinction. We are unlikely to encounter these shy animals. This excursion lasts approximately four to six hours,including time spent for lunch, and can be demanding at times given the steep, muddy terrain and hot and humid climate. Reasonable fitness is required and, therefore, completely optional. For anyone who chooses not to undertake the longer jungle hike, the rest of the day is at leisure to relax at the lodge.

Meals: Breakfast|Lunch|Dinner
Accommodation: Eco Lodge Bukit Lawan

After your liesurely breakfast you retrace your drive back past terraced rice fields & palm plantations to Medan in time to catch your flight back to Jakarta where you spend the night before your early morning flight tomorrow. You overnight at the hotel close to the airport again ready for your next leg of the journey.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: FM7 Resort Hotel

Luggage ready, today the day has come to know one of the most important centers of the world’s largest lizard – the Komodo dragon in Komodo National Park which is located within Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.!!!
After breakfast and at the right time you will have the transfer to the airport to catch the direct flight to Labuan Bajo at the western tip of Flores island. This town is the main entry point into Komodo National Park. Upon arrival at the airport your guide will be waiting for you to transfer to the jetty and board the traditional phinisi, settle into your cabin then sail for Sabay Kecil and Komodo National Park. Sabayor Kecil, located within the Komodo National Park, is a beautiful dive along a steep rock bank adorned with coral and colorful tropical fish. We keep watch for dolphins and various seabirds as we sail. At Sabayor Kecil, you can enjoy your first snorkel over the coral reef where a plethora of colourful reef fish including Napoleon wrasse, groupers and stingrays can be seen. There are also some stunning white sand beaches to enjoy before you return to the boat to enjoy sundowner & relax before a leisurely supper.

Meals : Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation : Elyssia Phinisi

Note: Sailing route and day-today activities are likely to be altered by the vessel’s captain and same is
depend upon the weather patern & tides.

This morning you start by exploring the island of Rinca and will most likely encounter your first Komodo dragons. Rinca is one of the islands that houses Komodo dragons but is also home to wild pigs, buffalos and birds. Going ashore, you go on a trek accompanied by a local island ranger to look for Komodo dragons in their natural environment. You can enjoy some short walks around the island to marvel at these impressive reptiles up close. After spending the morning exploring the island, you set sail for Karang Makassar stopping at Manta Point, so-named as giant manta rays, some with a wingspan of 4m, are regularly seen here. This is a reliable feeding ground for manta rays and one of the best snorkelling locations in the Komodo National Park. You may also stop at another snorkelling site with an excellent coral reef with good chances of seeing parrotfish, clownfish and, with a bit of luck, various other sea creatures including sea turtles.

Before end of the day head to Kalong Island – or commonly known as Koaba Island by the locals, meaning big bats or flying foxes – is a beautiful island tucked away from the northern part of Rinca Island. The island is covered in mangrove plantations, hosting thousands of flying foxes that live in the trees during the daytime to protect them from the heat of sun.The exotic attraction of these bats flying over the island happens at sunset time. Around dusk time, thousands of bats emerge from the trees, coming out from their hiding place to find food, flying energetically and covering the sky, performing one the most stunning natural displays in the park. You will be able to admire this impressive spectacle for nearly 30 minutes, when wave after wave of bats pass over the anchored boats.

Accommodation : Elyssia Phinisi                Meals : Breakfast,Lunch, Dinner

Today you have a flexible day to explore Komodo and Padar Islands. To start with you could start early to Komodo island to enjoy more close encounters with the dragons in different settings and also discover some of the different plant, insect and bird life here.

Upon arrival, you hike to Banunggulung, the riverbed where the dragons used to be fed fresh goats (until the mid-2000s). The hike takes through spectacular scenery and there are many unusual plants along the way. There are about 2,000 Komodo dragons on the island plus wild boar, Timor deer and buffalos. You can also enjoy some of the unusual & endemic birdlife of Komodo including yellow-crested cockatoo, Western (Asian) Koel,white-bellied sea eagle, Brahminy kite, blue-tailed bee-eater, Sunda pygmy woodpecker and black-naped oriole.

Following this, you may like to visit Pink Beach where we have time to snorkel (bit crowded during the high season). Your final leg today takes you to Padar Island, where anchor will be droped for the night.
If you feel fit & time permits, you go for Padar Island Sunset Hike or Sunrise Hike following morning for the breath-taking view of Kamodo National Park.

Accommodation : Elyssia Phinisi              Meals : Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner

Today is your final morning. After breakfast and saying good bye to the crew on board,you will disembark and transfer to the Labuan Bajo where you stay a night at a nice hotel walking distance from a beautiful beach.

Accommodation : The Jayakarta Suites Komodo Flores
Meals : Breakfast

Please note: Komodo Marine Park and National Park fees are not included and will need to be paid locally at the ranger office. Diving is also optional & same can be organised on board & pay directly.

Your third & the last island stay is on the Tangkoko Nature Resere of Northern Sulawesi. You start today with a flight from Labuan Bajo to Manado via Bali (2 flights) Upon arrival, you will be greeted by your Sulawesi Safari Guide and transfer to your guest house in the village of Batu Putih. In the afternoon we enjoy our first excursion in Tangkoko National Reserve looking for its tiny spectral tarsiers, curious bear cuscus,knobbed hornbills, kingfishers, endemic reptiles and many other interesting wildlife species.

Accommodation: Tangkoko Hill Cottage or Tangkoko Sanctuary – Top Hills                                            Meals: Breakfast,Dinner

For the next two days, our professional team together withthe park ranger will take you into the wilderness in search of the Black Crested Macaque (Black Monkey indigenous to North Sulawesi), hornbills, and Couscous, which is a relative of the Australian “Koala”as well as other fauna specific to the reserve. Depending on what time it gets dark, you will head into the denser part of the jungle as the sun is setting, where you will (most likely) be able to get photographs of the Tarsius Tarsier (one of the smallest known primates).After it is completely dark and the Tarsier have departed for their nightly foraging, you head back to your resort/ homestay for a basic traditional dinner & overnight.Nightbirds are usually plentiful here and Ochre-breasted Boobook, Speckled Boobook,Minahassa Masked Owl, Sulawesi Scops Owl, Great Eared Nightjar, and Sulawesi Nightjar are all possible, and your guide will hope to find some of these on day roosts while you are out in the forest too.

Accommodation: Tangkoko Hill Cottage or Tangkoko Sanctuary – Top Hills                                Meals: Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner

Rising early, you will again hike into the forest with local ranger where you will have the best opportunity to view more birds and certainly the Black Crested Macaque as these monkeys are earlier risers and are searching out food along the coastline at Tangkoko.
After several hours back to the resort/ homestay for full breakfast and a coule of hour rest. After lunch you will head back to the jungle for more opportunities to seek out other Sulawesi specialities such as the marsupial bear cuscus and endemic knobbed hornbill, tarsius as well as a diversity of other birds & reptiles of the nature reserve.

When you make your path through lush forest jungle, hear and probably see Red Maleo Birds. If tide & weather pemit, you will also go for boating trip to mangrove forest by traditional fisherman’s boat, for more birding or sightseeing opportunities.

Accommodation: Tangkoko Hill Cottage or Tangkoko Sanctuary – Top Hills                                  Meals: Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner

Today you drive back to Manado airport in time to catch a domestic flight to Jakarta. You then transfer to your hotel for the night.

Transfer to the airport for your onward journey back home.