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Purak Destination Guide

Touring Purak in Indonesia

Purak in the region of East Nusa Tenggara is located in Indonesia - some 961 mi or ( 1546 km ) East of Jakarta , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Purak

Time in Purak is now 05:32 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Makassar " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Praiyawang, Wolowaru, Waingapu, Makassar, and Maumere. Being here already, consider visiting Praiyawang . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Purak ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

How do you make Arak on Flores Island, Indonesia

4:46 min by travelswithsheila
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www.TravelsWithSheila.com Arak is a highly alcoholic spirit, home-brewed traditional beverage in Indonesia. Think...stills, firewater, hootch, moonshine, red-eye, rot-gut and you've got it. Imported a ..

video promo Flores Exotic Tours.mov

3:54 min by Leonardus Nyoman
Views: 350 Rating: 5.00

Flores Exotic Tours was established by a group of eight young Florinese in Ruteng and has gained years of experience in managing holidays in Flores and Bali since then. Combined with active participat ..


flores village

0:24 min by bluecatbikefreak
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lil' village

2:19 min by bluecatbikefreak
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This place is magical, its a 500 year old indiginous village in the middle of the jungle, at the foot of a volcano in flores indonesia... called Bena. We were invited into one of the houses by a weavi ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Ranakah

Poco Ranakah is a volcano located in the south-central part of the island of Flores, Indonesia. It's tallest lava dome, Poco Mandasawu is the tallest mountain of the island. A new lava dome, named Anak Ranakah (the child of Ranakah) was formed there in 1987. The volcano erupted again in 1991. In 2011, diffuse white plumes were seen rising from Anak Ranakah Dome, although no ash was detected.

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Located at -8.63 120.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Active volcanoes, Lava domes, Mountains of Indonesia, Volcanoes of the Lesser Sunda Islands

Poco Leok

Pocok Leok is a volcano in the western side of Flores island, Indonesia. The volcano was considered to be an irregular shaped of caldera, but evidence about caldera is problematical. No pyroclastic flow deposits associated with the caldera and its geological records are poorly known. However, Pocok Leok is listed in the active volcano list of Indonesia because of four fumarole activities in the area.

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Located at -8.68 120.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Mountains of Indonesia, Volcanoes of the Lesser Sunda Islands

Ruteng

Ruteng is a small town towards the western end of Flores Island, Indonesia. It is the capital of Manggarai Regency. The population is predominantly Roman Catholic, but still preserve the ancient Manggarai custom of caci, which is usually practiced at weddings, and serves as a tourist attraction.

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Located at -8.61 120.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Flores Island (Indonesia), Regency capitals of Indonesia

Frans Seda Airport

Frans Seda Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Frans Seda), also known as 'Wai Oti Airport' or Maumere Airport, is an airport serving Maumere, the largest town on the island of Flores, in the province of East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia.

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Located at -8.64 120.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Airports in Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara, Flores Island (Indonesia)

Liang Bua

The Liang Bua is a limestone cave on the Island of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia was the site of the 2003 discovery of a potentially new species of Homo genus, Homo floresiensis, the remains of which are coded LB1, LB2, etc. , after the cave. So far it is the only location in which such remains have been identified.

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Located at -8.53 120.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 29 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Indonesia, Caves of Indonesia, Flores Island (Indonesia), Paleoanthropological sites, Paleontological sites of Asia, Prehistoric Indonesia