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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. 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. 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.. 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.
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 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. 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. We have never been on a more rewarding adventure before, because when you reach this village, it will truly take your breath away.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.
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. 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. Included in the tour is lunch, dinner, breakfast and lunch the next day. Although it seems pretty expensive, and obviously you could organise the trip yourself, doing a tour is way easier, especially as I don’t think we would have continued with ours if we didn’t have a tour guide because we went during a massive storm. 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.It was a massive gamble for us because of the torrential rain, we didn’t know what the hiking trail was going to look like to get to the traditional village. My anxiety increased by the time we started the hike because the rivers were pumping, and we had no idea what to expect. Wae Rebo village gives tourists an opportunity to go on an adventure to visit the last village of traditional houses in the Indonesian jungle.
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