Travel To Ruteng: Land Above The Clouds
Let's begin from the west. After taste Labuan Bajo's heat, cool it down by the trip travel to Ruteng, the town of Manggarai people. Pamper your eyes with the greeny scenery, the flowery town, Ruteng is the contrary of West Flores's Coast.Â
by vulcanic activity. Put the binoculars on your eyes and listen up, then the pygmy owl (burung hantu kerdil), sunbird (burung madu), white-eyes (burung kacamata), noisy friar-bird (cikukua lantang), glittering kingfisher (Cekakak tunggir putih), wallacean drongo (srigunting sikek),the hardhead (itik gunung), the whistling duck (belibis), and junglefowl (ayam hutan) can be seen/heard.
Travel To Ruteng: Birds Ave Paradise
The 9 Km Ranaka spot towards Ranaka Mount's top is the home for sunbird, white-eyes, noisy friar-bird, glittering kingfisher, junglefowl, chestnut-capped Thrush (anis kembang/ Zoothera intrpres), chestnut-backed Thrush (anis nusa tenggara/ Zoothera dohertyi), and Sunda Hawk Eagle (elang flores). Ranaka Mount is the second highest top in Manggarai and East Manggarai Regency.
The seven summits in this park are Ranamese (1,790 m), Golo Coronumbeng (1,800 m), Ponte Nao (1,920 m), Poco Leda (1,990 m), Poco Nembu (2,030 m), Poco Ranaka (2,140 m), and Poco Mondosawu (2,400 m). In 1987, Mount Ranaka erupted then produced the new volcano, was called by Anak Ranaka.
Meet some springs at Gololusang spot, this is the place to find sunbird, white-eyes, noisy friar-bird, short-tailed Starling, junglefowl, chestnut-capped Thrush, chestnut-backed Thrush, and lesser coucal (bubut alang-alang). From this place we can have a sightseeing of Flores's Southern Coastal and Sumba Island. Ruteng Natural Park also home for wild boar (babi hutan/Â Sus vitatus), hedgehog (landak/Â Hystrix bracyura), Asian palm civet (musang/Â Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), long-tailed Macaque (kera ekor panjang/Â Macaca fascicularis), cave nectar bat (kelelawar/Â Eonycteris spelaea), Hainald's rat (Rattus hainaldi), Flores giant rat (Papagomys armandvillei), and snakes.
While observe the fauna, explore the nature of this park. Around the Ranamese Lake, there are waterfalls. The popular ones are Cunca Rede and Cunca Ruar. Both are separated by 100m distance. This park is water catchment area for Manggarai Regency to East Manggarai Regency. It has the wettest ecosystem in East Nusa Tenggara. The primary forest on 1,000 m asl and the slope over 40% results temperature from 9 to 28C.
Travel To Ruteng: One Of The Coldest City In Indonesia
This climate is suitable for epiphit especially orchids. The authority has identified 12 species, and the study still continues. Based on the note by a priest (Jilis Aj Verheijen SVD), there are 252 species of anthophyta, 69 of them are used as traditional cure by local people.
