The diving was behind us and we decided to book a hike tour on Rinca Island to see some Komodo dragons.
We had a bit of bad luck with local agency. The manager tried to rip us off by saying that there is no available tours from Flores Island and he wanted to charge us a lot of money for it. We cancelled the reservation and found another agency, where everything went smoother.
The travel from Flores Island to Rinca Island was by an old boat.
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| The boat wouldn't start, so the captain had to jump in the water and solve the problem. |
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| We met a fisherman on the way. |
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| We were very happy, when we arrived on Rinca Island. We hoped to spot some dragons. |
After arrival on the Island, we had to register in tourist office. The island and the Komodo dragon are UNICEF heritage, so we had to book a guide and a tour in hope to see the dragons. Komodo dragon is extremely dangerous and can attack a human. The guides had wooden sticks, which is split at the end. This helps to maintain a dragon, if attacked. The dragon has more than 50 different bacteria in his mouth and can attack even a large animal like buffalo. After the bite, the pray gets blood poisoning, which causes slow and painful death.
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| The guide explaining us the tour. |
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| Baby Komodo dragon spotted in the village. |
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| More Komodo dragons enjoying the shadow in the village. |
We went on a hike around the village. The guide showed us the place, where female laid the eggs.
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| Baby dragons hatched just a few weeks ago. |
On our hike we finally spotted a real Komodo dragon in the nature. It is truly a beautiful creature!
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| Beautiful Komodo dragon |
The tour took us up the hill, where the view was spectacular!
Greetings from Rinca Island,
Jerneja & Boris
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