Labuan Bajo is the harbour town on the western tip of Flores where the boats leave for Komodo National Park, and the Labuan Bajo City Guides answer what every visitor here ends up asking: a speedboat day trip or a few nights on a phinisi, which park fees hide outside the quoted price, where to meet manta rays and the fruit bats at dusk, and where a plate of smoked se’i beef or nasi goreng costs a fraction of the harbour-front menus. Each guide is a short, honest list that says why a place is worth it, what to order or look for and one practical tip, and it opens in your browser the moment you have paid.
About the Labuan Bajo City Guides
- 85 places
- 4 guides
- 7 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The four Labuan Bajo guides
Food guide
21 places
The evening seafood market and local warungs, smoked se’i beef, harbour dinners from wood-fired pizza to Japanese-style tuna, Flores coffee and early breakfasts before the boat, and sunset drinks.
Things to do guide
20 places
The Komodo National Park stops you choose between when you book a boat, snorkelling and diving with mantas, viewpoints and a cave in town, and waterfalls and villages on the Flores mainland.
Day trips guide
21 places
Padar, Pink Beach, the dragons of Komodo and Rinca and Manta Point by boat, the islands and beaches close to town, mainland Flores by road and the dive shops worth booking with.
Budget guide
23 places
Free sunset hills and town beaches, warung plates and the night market, Komodo on a shared boat, cheap mainland trips by scooter and where to sleep and land for less.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
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Works offline
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Three places from the guides
Sei Sapi Lejong Halal Labuan Bajo
Jl. Yohanis Sahadun, town centre
The dish to try in this part of Indonesia: beef cured and slowly smoked over kesambi wood until it turns rosy, sliced thin and served on rice with sambal lu’at and stir-fried papaya flowers. Around Rp 40,000 to Rp 60,000 a plate, and a flavour Bali does not offer. From the food guide.
Pink Beach
Pantai Merah, Komodo Island
Bits of red coral colour the sand pink where the waves break, and the water stays clear and calm, with good snorkelling just a few metres from shore. Expect a gentle pink rather than the neon of retouched photos, and deer strolling past the stalls. From the things to do guide.
Gua Rangko
Rangko village, 1 hour by road east, then 10 minutes by boat
A sea cave that hides a pool of clear salt water, glowing turquoise when the sunlight reaches it, and you swim in it with bats overhead. The boat over from Rangko is about IDR 300,000 to 400,000 for the whole group, plus a small entry ticket. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Labuan Bajo
Day one: join a shared boat into the park for Padar, Pink Beach, the dragons on Komodo or Rinca and a drift over Manta Point, with a last swim at Kanawa, then eat grilled fish at the Kampung Ujung seafood market once the price is agreed. Day two: with more time, trade the speedboat for a two- or three-day phinisi that reaches Padar at sunrise, Gili Lawa Darat and the bats of Pulau Kalong at dusk. If you stay on land instead, see Mirror Stone Cave in the morning, drive east to Cunca Wulang waterfall or the sea pool of Gua Rangko, and watch the sun go down from Puncak Waringin or Pantai Pede. For a rainy or slow day, when boats may not sail, take your time over Flores coffee at Kopi Mane, browse the Batu Cermin market, order se’i at Sei Sapi Lejong and keep a spare day for the next departure.
Questions about the Labuan Bajo guides
What do the Labuan Bajo City Guides include?
Four guides covering 85 places in Labuan Bajo, Komodo National Park and western Flores: food, things to do, day trips and budget. Every entry tells you why it is worth going, where it is, notes on opening and one tip you can use.
Do the guides help me choose a Komodo boat trip?
Yes. They set a shared speedboat day trip against a two- or three-day phinisi, show which stops each one reaches and list what to check before you pay, from park fees and ranger fees to lunch and snorkel gear, since the fees usually come on top of the boat price.
How do I get the guides after paying?
The links appear on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to create. Load each guide once while online and it keeps working offline, even out on the islands.
Which languages are the Labuan Bajo guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Chinese. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the Labuan Bajo guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99 and the full set of four is €15.99.
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