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When we arrived to Wae Rebo, we wondered how old the village is as it felt like it’s super old. When we asked our tour guide and the local community, they said they didn’t know. But one of the villagers told me he is the 20th generation of his family to live there which is mind blowing. I asked our local guide what was the longest time it has taken one of his guests to reach Wae Rebo and he said over eight hours! The guest was in her 80s and stopped every few minutes along the hiking trail. I thought this was incredible that she did it, because the trail isn’t easy.
The new Lookout tower from Rebo is the perfect addition to any garden, compact enough to fit in a convenient corner while still big on inspiration and helping encourage imaginative play; it’ll keep kids entertained for hours. They told me how an English guy stayed with them sometime in the early 2000s for one year and eight months to study their culture. I thought that was pretty amazing, especially how he’s since returned with his family to show them what a special place it truly is.
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The locals at Wae Rebo told us the first ever tourists to make the trip out to see them were Russian, then Japanese. As the locals grow their own coffee beans, Steve tried their coffee and said it’s one of the best coffees he’s ever tasted. Never heard of Wae Rebo village? Neither had we until very recently. We had heard good things about the island of Flores so we decided to add it onto our first ever trip to Indonesia. After doing a bit of research, we came across Wae Rebo and knew we needed to go and see this incredible village and spend the night there..
When you land in Labuan Bajo, the airport is literally a five minute drive from the city. We stayed at Loccal Collection during our trip which is like a slice of Santorini and we stored our luggage there before going to Wae Rebo because it’s an overnight trip. The traditional cone shaped houses called Mbaru Niang, are set in the middle of the Indonesian jungle over 1000 metres above sea level. Now, it might be a mission to get to – which we’ll talk more about below – but what makes it so special is that it is only one of two traditional villages in Indonesia which look like this – the other one located nearby where the local kids go to school in the Todo Forest. If you attempt to go to Wae Rebo village without a tour, you’ll need to know where to go on the hike because there are paths which go in different directions. You’ll also need to organise a bed to stay overnight at the village of Wae Rebo as well. So, we left Labuan Bajo at 7:30am, got to our lunch spot at Wae Rebo Lodge at 3pm and started hiking at 4pm. If the road hadn’t flooded, we would have started hiking by around 1pm.There’s also a poster up on the front of the house the tourists stay overnight in which shows you the visitor count. In 2007 when they opened up the village for tourists to visit, they saw 105 visitors. By 2015, 3741 tourists came to visit. There’s a pie chart on this poster which shows you how tourism helps preserve the village of Wae Rebo, which made us understand that tourism helps support the local community in the village of the Manggarai regency. What to expect from the hike Unsure whether it was the right decision to start hiking at 4pm in torrential rain. Trousers– I wouldn’t wear shorts because there are leeches on this trek. I was constantly looking at my shoes trying to spot them before they made their way up to my leggins (they can bite through them) When the Indonesian government stepped in and put money into helping preserve the village, they built two more houses here, I’m guessing one of them was for tourists to stay overnight in. Then 12 architects from Jakarta helped re-build the remaining houses which didn’t go unnoticed. We spoke to the friends from Jakarta who stayed at Wae Rebo village with us too and they said it took three hours. I’m not sure how long it took the family as they couldn’t speak English. Towards the end of the trek we raced before it got dark to get there.
I can’t begin to explain it, but when you get to the traditional village, there’s an energy about it like no other. The views of Wae Rebo village is so incredible as it’s situated in a valley, completely surrounded by the dense jungle. We were in total awe and had to keep stopping, just to take it in as we got closer to there.Flip Flops– you’ll need these as no shoes are allowed in the houses so you’ll want to slip them on when going in and out to the bathroom (they actually have a western toilet there)
It’s hardly a top secret place to visit, you’ll see tourism banners at Labuan Bajo airport when you hop off the plane for this village, but it’s promoted for good reason. From Labuan Bajo, it should be a four hour car ride, and a five minute motorbike ride to starting point of the trek. You then have to hike up hill for about three hours, although it took us less time which we’ll talk more about in this guide. When you reach Wae Rebo, you’ll stay in one of the unique cone shaped houses with other tourists, there’s about 30 beds in the house (I didn’t count them, so this is a guess). Explore our full range of kids playhouses, including playhouses with slides, to find the perfect outdoor toys for your little one. The best way to get here is from Bali which is just a 1 hour flight to the main city of Labuan Bajo.UNESCO awarded the village the Top Award of Excellence in 2012 for the spirit of the community coming together to preserve one of the most unique villages in the world. Power bank– I brought my power bank to charge up my phone but they do have power points in the tourist house to charge your things up. When you reach Denge Village, you’ll have lunch at Wae Rebo Lodge and you might have the same meal for lunch on the day there and on the return trip. This consists of rice, tempeh, eggplant, fish and veggies.
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