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East Nusa Tenggara, General Information Tours

East Nusa Tenggara is one of the four provinces in the Nusa Tenggara (Southeast Islands). starting from Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, and east timor. It stretch is between the east longitude of 118° and 125°, and between the southern latitude lines of 1 18° and 125°, and between the southern latitude lines of 8° and 12°. The territory of East Nusa Tenggara Province comprises 566 islands. The three main islands are Flores, Sumba, and Timor from which come the term FLOBAMOR, which has been familiar as one of the names of East Nusa Tenggara.

Flores is the main volcanic island and has many unique and spectacular attractions, one of these is Mount Kelimutu with it's three lakes of distinct color variation, has become one of the fabled destinations travelers. Sumba is the island famous for its arts, handicrafts, particularly the textile weaving, and cultural assets. Timor, being the principal island with Kupang as its capital, serves as the center of government and economic activities. The other name given to East Nusa Tenggara is "Nusa Cendana" the Sandalwood Island.



Flores has an irregular coast line and rugged landscape due to its volcanic origin. The vegetation is plentiful and rich in diversity. Wildlife includes species of lizards, monkeys and parrots. There is also an abundant marine life with reef sharks, sperm whales, dolphins and tropical fish.


Eventhough the majority of the Indonesia population is Islam, most of the people in East Nusa Tenggara are Christian. There are about 56% Catholics, 35% Protestant 8% Islam, 0,6% Hindu and Buddhist, and the rest still follow their traditional systems of belief. One of the outstanding traditional beliefs is Marupu
There are a lot of languages spoken in East Nusa Tenggara coming from as many different which groups of the population. Bahasa Indonesia is the national language in to Malay, written in Roman script and based in European orthography, In all tourist destination areas English is the number one foreign language fairly spoken and written.
The staple food of most Indonesian is popularly rice. From the surrounding seas as well as fresh water fish-eries, fish is abundant and of great variety, such as lobsters, oysters, prawns, shrimps, squids, crabs, and so on.Coconut is available every where and green coconut are now sold in recreation Places.
Spices and hot chili peppers are the essence of most cooking, particularly for those coming from Sumatra (found in Padang Restaurants).
Pork dishes are specialties for the people of East Nusa Tenggara but served only in Chinese Restaurants are easily found all over the country.Nearly all restaurants in East Nusa Tenggara serve Indonesian food can also be found in some big restaurants.
The people of East Nusa Tenggara are predominantly agrarian. The agricultural products are for domestic consumption including rice, corn, cassava, soybeans, etc.