Komodo Island - Komodo National Park is a great place to adventure and to start your East-Indonesia culture, nature, and marine discovery.The Park covers 1,817 square kilometers of land and waters of the islands of Komodo, Rinca, Gili Mota, Padar, and Nusa Kode included the small islands surrounding. Komodo Island is approximately 37 km long and 22 km wide, Rinca Island is approximately 24 km long and 21 km wide, Padar Island is about 8 km long and 2 km wide, Gili Mota is about 10 km?, and Nusa Kode is about 7 km?. Komodo can justly claim to be one of the world’s greast tourist destination, a transit island to discovering the islands of Flores, Alor and Sumba.
Access to Komodo Island. To get to Rinca and Komodo, the two main islands in the Komodo National Park Indonesia, you can access via Labuhan Bajo of West Flores, Labuhan Sape of Bima, East Sumbawa, and directly from Lombok on pinisi boat that leaves regularly twice a week on a 4days-3nights or 3days-2nights adventure cruise.
Travel to Komodo National Park would be possible to organize from=
1. Lombok by pinisi boat (5d/4n, 4d/3n, and 3d/2n), an exciting boat trip that not only brings you into the great Park of Komodo but also brings you venturing into the natural beauty of the marine garden off the less-visited islands in East Indonesia.
2. From Labuhan Bajo of West Flores (3d/2n)
Travel to Komodo National Park would be possible to organize from=
1. Lombok by pinisi boat (5d/4n, 4d/3n, and 3d/2n), an exciting boat trip that not only brings you into the great Park of Komodo but also brings you venturing into the natural beauty of the marine garden off the less-visited islands in East Indonesia.
2. From Labuhan Bajo of West Flores (3d/2n)
The Komodo Dragon - Komodo Giant Lizard=
When frightened, Komodo dragons can run up to 18 km/h for short distances.
Usually, they run at a slower pace of 8-10 km/h.
Large dragon usually weigh up to 90 kg (198 pounds).
The largest Komodo dragon ever measured weighed 165.9 kilograms (365 pounds) but this might be because its belly was full of food.
The largest recorded Komodo dragon is 3.13 meters (10 feet 2 inches).
The scientists believe that Komodo dragon can live up to 50 years, maybe longer.
Komodo dragon can swim at least 500 meters.
However, they become sluggish in the water because the water cools their body temperature down.
The young dragons spend most of their time in trees but dragons over 1.5 meters long cannot climb well.
Because Komodo dragons are cold-blooded, they are constantly regulating their body temperature.
In the early morning, they must warm-up their bodies in the sun, if the bodies temperature drops too low, the food in their stomach can rot and cause regurgitation or even death.
Komodo dragon’s body temperature must not exceed 42 degrees Celsius (108 degrees Fahrenheit).
When it is too hot, they must rest and seek shade to prevent their body from over-heating.
When frightened, Komodo dragons can run up to 18 km/h for short distances.
Usually, they run at a slower pace of 8-10 km/h.
Large dragon usually weigh up to 90 kg (198 pounds).
The largest Komodo dragon ever measured weighed 165.9 kilograms (365 pounds) but this might be because its belly was full of food.
The largest recorded Komodo dragon is 3.13 meters (10 feet 2 inches).
The scientists believe that Komodo dragon can live up to 50 years, maybe longer.
Komodo dragon can swim at least 500 meters.
However, they become sluggish in the water because the water cools their body temperature down.
The young dragons spend most of their time in trees but dragons over 1.5 meters long cannot climb well.
Because Komodo dragons are cold-blooded, they are constantly regulating their body temperature.
In the early morning, they must warm-up their bodies in the sun, if the bodies temperature drops too low, the food in their stomach can rot and cause regurgitation or even death.
Komodo dragon’s body temperature must not exceed 42 degrees Celsius (108 degrees Fahrenheit).
When it is too hot, they must rest and seek shade to prevent their body from over-heating.
Komodo Island Track. Since the Komodo National Park has two major visited-islands, the track on each island has its own characteristics and views. What you will see here in Komodo Island, you will not see inRinca Island, hence the visits and the tracks on the two islands are considerable necessary when you visit the National Park of Komodo.
The trail on Komodo Island=
The National Park will offers you normally two different tracks, namely the one-hour trail and the two-hour trail. However should you wish to do more in the Park, the National Park will help you. The Komodo dragon track from the Park’s reception of Loh Buaya to Banu Gulung, the former feeding area with water source provides some very good bird-watching opportunities; sulpher-crested cockatoos, noisy friar birds, orange-footed scrub fowl, green imperial pigeons, greee jungle fowl and black-napped orioles are often seen during this walk. The Ranger station in Loh Buaya is also an excellent viewing area for many bird species that live in the park. The track brings you walking in the savannas and steppes, and plains with some very old trees, where you may encounter the Komodo dragon, the herds of deer and wild boars. The feeding has stopped so that they can resume their natural activities. By feeding the dragons, they were relying heavily on humans for their food. Even though the feeding has stooped, the Komodo dragons still come to Banu Gulung as their territory. During the track, you will always accompanied by the Park’s Ranger. The people attacked by the Komodo dragons are totally 9 people, including one tourist that disappeared in 1970. This trail will take you about two and half hours.
The trail on Rinca Island=
The trail on Rinca Island is more challenging, and what you will see during the track is something different than the one in Komodo Island. Prior to the walk, you may consider to take the longest trail or the ordinary trail. Both the trails provides a great challenge and adventure with more exposure to the sunshine. During the track through the savannas and steppes heading onto the hills and back to the plains, you will see the birds, the herds of wild buffalos, wild horses, long-tail grey monkeys, active Komodo dragons, dried rivers and streams with water buffalos in the shade being accompanied by Komodo dragon, the dragon that is looking for a chance to attack the sleepy biggest mammal of the island. The keen, experienced and English-speaking ranger that holds a security V-form wooden stick will accompany you during the track.
The trail on Komodo Island=
The National Park will offers you normally two different tracks, namely the one-hour trail and the two-hour trail. However should you wish to do more in the Park, the National Park will help you. The Komodo dragon track from the Park’s reception of Loh Buaya to Banu Gulung, the former feeding area with water source provides some very good bird-watching opportunities; sulpher-crested cockatoos, noisy friar birds, orange-footed scrub fowl, green imperial pigeons, greee jungle fowl and black-napped orioles are often seen during this walk. The Ranger station in Loh Buaya is also an excellent viewing area for many bird species that live in the park. The track brings you walking in the savannas and steppes, and plains with some very old trees, where you may encounter the Komodo dragon, the herds of deer and wild boars. The feeding has stopped so that they can resume their natural activities. By feeding the dragons, they were relying heavily on humans for their food. Even though the feeding has stooped, the Komodo dragons still come to Banu Gulung as their territory. During the track, you will always accompanied by the Park’s Ranger. The people attacked by the Komodo dragons are totally 9 people, including one tourist that disappeared in 1970. This trail will take you about two and half hours.
The trail on Rinca Island=
The trail on Rinca Island is more challenging, and what you will see during the track is something different than the one in Komodo Island. Prior to the walk, you may consider to take the longest trail or the ordinary trail. Both the trails provides a great challenge and adventure with more exposure to the sunshine. During the track through the savannas and steppes heading onto the hills and back to the plains, you will see the birds, the herds of wild buffalos, wild horses, long-tail grey monkeys, active Komodo dragons, dried rivers and streams with water buffalos in the shade being accompanied by Komodo dragon, the dragon that is looking for a chance to attack the sleepy biggest mammal of the island. The keen, experienced and English-speaking ranger that holds a security V-form wooden stick will accompany you during the track.
