La Galigo Liveaboard

Built by traditional South Sulawesi craftsmen in 2012, the 33m La Galigo dive liveaboard Indonesia is a traditional two-mast Phinisi sailing boat. Designed by an avid diver the La Galigo was built with liveaboard diving lifestyle and comfort in mind.
The La Galigo has 7 privately controlled air-conditioned en-suite cabins each with an American style deep spring mattress double bed. For added luxury you can choose ’The Suite’, which has everything you need for your ultimate liveaboard experience, including a private balcony, a 48” HD TV with PS4 and 270 degree views.
The main deck is home to the spacious living and dining area, which offers a large TV, well stocked book case and many power points for charging and preparing laptops, camera and video equipment. This is also where will you enjoy the International and Indonesian dishes that the head chef has prepared. Vegetarian and Vegan requests can easily be accommodated with advance notice.
For further relaxation there are also outdoor living areas where you can lounge in reclining chairs enjoying the tranquil ocean breeze. The dive deck is located at the back of La Galigo with plenty of space to kit up and enjoy the spectacular scuba diving of Raja Ampat and sail through the beauty of stunning cliff formations. The La Galigo is an excellent choice for your Raja Ampat dive liveaboard.

Komodo Dragon Lizard

Komodo Dragon Tours are the exciting tour packages to explore the amazing small islands encircle by the sea to discover the biggest dragon in the world living free in their habitat. These Komodo tour packages are the impressive sightseeing exploring Komodo National Park located in Flores Island, the east part of Indonesia Archipelagos with stunning panorama of small islands, white sandy beaches, beautiful underwater life, unique Flores Cultures and the most amazing wild predators of dragon. These Komodo Dragon Tours will bring you to unforgettable experience to see the spectacular view from the sea, find the dragons and fantastic cruise that complete your vacation in Indonesia.

Komodo Dragons are the biggest lizards in the world freely living in wild savanna at Komodo National Park. They are the top predators among the wild animals in the world as well as eat each other. The body can reach 3 meters length with 70 kilograms weight. Moreover, it is only living in Flores, east part of Indonesia. It is a rare and endangered animal. Therefore, the park is very important as a sanctuary of this biggest reptile that still living until now. We invite you to join Komodo Dragon Tours to see directly these lizards in the savanna of Rinca Island as well as Komodo Island. Meanwhile, the spectacular of scenery panorama will be a complimentary during your trip to this park. So, all tour arrangements have been set perfectly on Komodo Tour Packages that you can find through this page.

Komodo Dragon Tours

Komodo Island forms part of the chain of islands towards the east of Indonesia commonly known as the Lesser Sunda Islands. Komodo Island and its surrounding islands are of specific scientific interest and therefore the Komodo National Park has been established. The island offers world class diving, and of course the chance to engage with the endemic world’s largest monitor lizard, the Komodo Dragon. The island has an area of 390km2 and a population of roughly 2000 ethnic Bugis.

We as Komodo Tours agent is an established organization and specializes in facilitating tours and trips. Its professional staff are multilingual, and have a wide knowledge of the island. There is comprehensive information available about the island, a variety of tour packages, Komodo Island diving tours, day trips, plus trekking and overland tours too. To get to Komodo Island one first needs to reach Flores. This is most accessible from either Bali or Lombok, and entry gates are either Labuan Bajo or Maumere. There are regular daily flights from Denpasar Bali to Labuan Bajo and Maumere, making bookings strait forward, and trips can be arranges from anything from two up to eight days at a time.

Typical ventures include jungle trekking, scuba diving, snorkeling, and fishing, and on these ventures you can really appreciate the vastness of Komodo’s biodiversity, pristine marine environment, and crystal clear waters. There are of course spectacular views of breathtaking scenery, natural formations, and countryside to be savored and various species of wild animals to be encountered. Komodo Tours is a truly unique experience and cannot be compared to anywhere else in the world. This part of Indonesia is nothing like Bali, Sumatera, or Java, since the Lesser Sunda Islands are separated by a deep underwater fissure known a s the Wallace line, and this represents totally different geology, climate, and both flora and fauna. Komodo Tours is capable of designing a tailor made tour to suit the needs and capabilities of the accompanying party. The service is therefore highly personalized which is very impressive. Catering is highly regarded and all welcome guests are constantly attended to, fed, watered, and not just left out to dry! Eco Tours organized by Komodo Tours will also make certain that guests get a chance to see and get up and personal with the surrounding beautiful islands called Rinca, Bidadari, plus many others.

The boats and equipment used on Komodo Tours are second to none. Even if the sea decides to whip up a breeze and spray the decks, then the boats luxurious interiors are sure to comfort you. The compartments are design for elite travelers who like to travel in style and luxury. The staff have over a decade of experience and will be sure to look after your heath and safety and happily welcome you aboard.

Komodo Island Tours 2 Days

The 2 Days Komodo Tour is offered for those who are on a limited time scale and wish to see the very highlights of the areas of Komodo is relation to the magnificent creature on the land and under the water and get a grasp of the culture. This is a great chance to add a new dimension into your Bali holiday and witness part of the diversity of Indonesia as an entire country with so many different cultures and landscapes within it. You will be able to view the fabled Komodo dragon on this 2 days Komodo Tour which is the world’s largest lizard that grows over 10ft in length and frequently weighs over 365 pounds. These creatures have been known to be dangerous taking children from building as well as large animals from farms.

These creatures are best viewed with a guide who is an expert so that you can be safe. There are certain times in the day when the dragons must remain calm and not active to regulate their body temperature so it is then safe to see them. As with most Komodo tours actually begin from your hotel in Bali and then proceeds to the airport by air conditioned transport. You will then fly to Labuan Bajo in West Flores where you must take the water transfer over to the Rinca Island where on your first afternoon you will be able to have a Komodo dragon experience. You will also see all of the other unusual and interesting animals of the area as you trek through this strange dry island and soak up its beauty and strangeness. From here the local ranger will lead you to the preservation where you will be able to the young dragons that are breed and tend to stay in the low down branches of the trees.

Tentang Komodo

Komodo atau yang dalam bahasa latin disebut varanus komodoensis adalah spesies kadal terbesar di dunia yang hidup di pulau Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, dan Gili Dasami di Nusa Tenggara. Biawak ini oleh penduduk asli pulau Komodo juga disebut dengan nama setempat ora.
Termasuk anggota famili biawak Varanidae dan klad Toxicofera, komodo merupakan kadal terbesar di dunia dengan rata-rata panjang 2 – 3 m. Ukurannya yang besar ini berhubungan dengan gejala gigantisme pulau yakni kecenderungan meraksasanya tubuh hewan-hewan tertentu yang hidup di pulau kecil terkait dengan tidak adanya mamalia karnivora di pulau tempat hidup komodo, dan laju metabolisme komodo yang kecil. Karena besar tubuhnya, kadal ini menduduki posisi predator puncak yang mendominasi ekosistem tempatnya hidup.

Komodo dragon ditemukan oleh peneliti barat tahun 1910. Tubuhnya yang besar dan reputasinya yang mengerikan membuat mereka populer di kebun binatang. Habitat komodo di alam bebas telah menyusut akibat aktivitas manusia dan karenanya IUCN memasukkan komodo sebagai spesies yang rentan terhadap kepunahan. Biawak besar ini kini dilindungi di bawah peraturan pemerintah Indonesia dan sebuah taman nasional, yaitu Taman Nasional Komodo, didirikan untuk melindungi mereka.

Anatomi dan Morfologi

Di alam bebas, komodo dewasa biasanya memiliki massa sekitar 70 kilogram, namun komodo yang dipelihara di penangkaran sering memiliki bobot tubuh yang lebih besar. Spesimen liar terbesar yang pernah ada memiliki panjang sebesar 3.13 meter dan berat sekitar 166 kilogram, termasuk berat makanan yang belum dicerna di dalam perutnya. Meski komodo tercatat sebagai kadal terbesar yang masih hidup, namun bukan yang terpanjang. Reputasi ini dipegang oleh biawak Papua (Varanus salvadorii). Komodo memiliki ekor yang sama panjang dengan tubuhnya, dan sekitar 60 buah gigi yang bergerigi tajam sepanjang sekitar 2.5 cm, yang kerap diganti. Air liur komodo sering kali bercampur sedikit darah karena giginya hampir seluruhnya dilapisi jaringan gingiva dan jaringan ini tercabik selama makan. Kondisi ini menciptakan lingkungan pertumbuhan yang ideal untuk bakteri mematikan yang hidup di mulut mereka. Komodo memiliki lidah yang panjang, berwarna kuning dan bercabang. Komodo jantan lebih besar daripada komodo betina, dengan warna kulit dari abu-abu gelap sampai merah batu bata, sementara komodo betina lebih berwarna hijau buah zaitun, dan memiliki potongan kecil kuning pada tenggorokannya. Komodo muda lebih berwarna, dengan warna kuning, hijau dan putih pada latar belakang hitam.

Fisiologi
Komodo Dragon tak memiliki indera pendengaran, meski memiliki lubang telinga. Biawak ini mampu melihat hingga sejauh 300 m, namun karena retinanya hanya memiliki sel kerucut, hewan ini agaknya tak begitu baik melihat di kegelapan malam. Komodo mampu membedakan warna namun tidak seberapa mampu membedakan obyek yang tak bergerak. Komodo menggunakan lidahnya untuk mendeteksi rasa dan mencium stimuli, seperti reptil lainnya, dengan indera vomeronasal memanfaatkan organ Jacobson, suatu kemampuan yang dapat membantu navigasi pada saat gelap. Dengan bantuan angin dan kebiasaannya menelengkan kepalanya ke kanan dan ke kiri ketika berjalan, komodo dragon dapat mendeteksi keberadaan daging bangkai sejauh 4—9.5 kilometer. Lubang hidung komodo bukan merupakan alat penciuman yang baik karena mereka tidak memiliki sekat rongga badan. Hewan ini tidak memiliki indra perasa di lidahnya, hanya ada sedikit ujung-ujung saraf perasa di bagian belakang tenggorokan.

Sisik-sisik komodo, beberapa di antaranya diperkuat dengan tulang, memiliki sensor yang terhubung dengan saraf yang memfasilitasi rangsang sentuhan. Sisik-sisik di sekitar telinga, bibir, dagu dan tapak kaki memiliki tiga sensor rangsangan atau lebih.

Komodo dragon pernah dianggap tuli ketika penelitian mendapatkan bahwa bisikan, suara yang meningkat dan teriakan ternyata tidak mengakibatkan agitasi (gangguan) pada komodo liar. Hal ini terbantah kemudian ketika karyawan Kebun Binatang London ZSL, Joan Proctor melatih biawak untuk keluar makan dengan suaranya, bahkan juga ketika ia tidak terlihat oleh si biawak.

Ekologi, Perilaku dan Cara Hidup

Komodo secara alami hanya ditemui di Indonesia, di pulau Komodo, Flores dan Rinca dan beberapa pulau lainnya di Nusa Tenggara. Hidup di padang rumput kering terbuka, sabana dan hutan tropis pada ketinggian rendah, biawak ini menyukai tempat panas dan kering ini. Mereka aktif pada siang hari, walaupun kadang-kadang aktif juga pada malam hari. Komodo adalah binatang yang penyendiri, berkumpul bersama hanya pada saat makan dan berkembang biak. Reptil besar ini dapat berlari cepat hingga 20 kilometer per jam pada jarak yang pendek; berenang dengan sangat baik dan mampu menyelam sedalam 4.5 meter; serta pandai memanjat pohon menggunakan cakar mereka yang kuat. Untuk menangkap mangsa yang berada di luar jangkauannya, komodo dapat berdiri dengan kaki belakangnya dan menggunakan ekornya sebagai penunjang. Dengan bertambahnya umur, komodo lebih menggunakan cakarnya sebagai senjata, karena ukuran tubuhnya yang besar menyulitkannya memanjat pohon.
Untuk tempat berlindung, komodo menggali lubang selebar 1–3 meter dengan tungkai depan dan cakarnya yang kuat. Karena besar tubuhnya dan kebiasaan tidur di dalam lubang, komodo dapat menjaga panas tubuhnya selama malam hari dan mengurangi waktu berjemur pada pagi selanjutnya. Komodo dragon umumnya berburu pada siang hingga sore hari, tetapi tetap berteduh selama bagian hari yang terpanas. Tempat-tempat sembunyi komodo ini biasanya berada di daerah gumuk atau perbukitan dengan semilir angin laut, terbuka dari vegetasi, dan di sana-sini berserak kotoran hewan penghuninya. Tempat ini umumnya juga merupakan lokasi yang strategis untuk menyergap rusa.

Perilaku Makan

Komodo dragon adalah hewan karnivora. Walaupun mereka kebanyakan makan daging bangkai, penelitian menunjukkan bahwa mereka juga berburu mangsa hidup dengan cara mengendap-endap diikuti dengan serangan tiba-tiba terhadap korbannya. Ketika mangsa itu tiba di dekat tempat sembunyi komodo, hewan ini segera menyerangnya pada sisi bawah tubuh atau tenggorokan. Komodo dapat menemukan mangsanya dengan menggunakan penciumannya yang tajam, yang dapat menemukan binatang mati atau sekarat pada jarak hingga 9,5 kilometer.

Komodo Package Tour

The Komodo Package Tours usually begin in Bali with air conditioned transport from your hotel to the airport and then a flight to Labuhan Bajo in the west of Flores. From here you then take a boat out to the Komodo Island and the Rinca Island where the adventure begins.

This Komodo tours usually only takes a morning and then you will be witnessing the beauty and wildlife of these areas before you take your first nights accommodation in this strange and magical land. It has never been easier to make these kind of Komodo Tours with more frequent flights and tour operators who specialize in linking and transferring tourists quickly across to other areas in Indonesia and combined this service with deals on over night stays and meals at recommended hotels and restaurants. This means that not only is it faster and stress less to use these services, it is also invariably cheaper and a more effective use of your time in the area.

You will be accompanied by a guide who is a local and has a keen knowledge and interest in the area and about the safety precautions when trekking through on the Komodo Adventure Tours, he will be able to fill you in on the historical facts and the facts about the animals of Komodo. You are guaranteed to see the magnificent and terrifying Komodo dragons as it walks in its natural landscape. This is one of the only areas in the world where these beasts can be spotted in the wild. There have been new safety measures that mean that the local people and the Komodo dragons can live side by side although it is not allowed to feed the dragons now. You will also see some of the other strange indigenous animals such as the flying foxes of the mangroves and the giant rats. There are also other large lizards to see in this beautiful land ad as if all of this was not enough you will get chance to snorkel around the bays and lagoons and see the thriving marine life of the area.

Komodo National Park Tour

The Komodo National Park or KNP is located with the archipelago of Indonesia between the beautiful islands of Sumbawa and Flores. The park is a huge expanding project that is currently 1817km and with the current expansion plans this will soon be extending to 2,321km2 including marine and land reserves. The current threats and issues that the Komodo National Park deal with differ between species and the states of the ecosystems from with they are from.The Komodo National Park is the leading contributor to the maintaining and reintroduction plans for many endangered species such as the orange-footed fowl, the Timor deer and a number of endemic rodents. Underwater the situation is different, the main focuses on marine life are combating the over fishing of commercial species and the protection of the damage in which these dramatic declines in biomass inflict upon these unstable ecosystems and protection of coral and all marine life from the destructive and indiscriminative techniques that are often employed in Indonesia such as dynamite, cyanide and indiscriminative netting methods that collect far more unwanted fish then the target fish. Coral environments have evolved to respond only to very slow changes in their environment and this kind of destructive practice has to be combated.The Komodo National Park's focus underwater is concentrated the coral reefs themselves, the mangroves, seabed grasses, semi enclosed bays and seamounts, all of which are represented from with the respective areas of the park.

Reaching the national park is not difficult despite its secluded tropical location, most guests visit as part of a trip based in either Sumbawa or Flores and reach the Komodo National Park via Labuan Bajo in the west Flores area or from Bima, the gateway city in eastern Sumbawa. It is also possible to fly directly into Labuan Bajo from Bali Denpasar everyday on airlines such as Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) and Trans Nusa airlines that also offer flights from Java. These are always cheap and short flights making a short trip to the Komodo National Park an easy day out from many of the Indonesian Islands.

The Komodo National Park has over 1000 species of rare fish, 260 species of progressive base line coral that actually create the reefs themselves and 7 species of sponges that are essential to the surface of the reef. Large species are also present including sharks, Dugong, manta rays, over 14 species of endangered whales, dolphins and the now recovering giant turtles. Awareness of these programs is essential to the improvements of these situations which are of huge importance in the future of the world's biosphere. Come and marvel at the wonders and hope instilled in the National Park and contribute to the progress.The Komodo National Park is an excellent day out for all the family where some of the rarest and most wonderful creatures are viewable in their natural surrounding, protected from the dangers that the modern world has inflicted upon them.

Joining of our our Komodo Adventure Tours will complete your travel experience in the tropical island of Flores in West Manggarai. This Komodo Tours can be started from Bali by flying into Labuan Bajo on the western part of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara. The tours to visit the Komodo Dragon range from 2 days to 4 days tours depending on the days of your travel plan. Nothing is really hard to go on an adventure tours like we do for Komodo. The travel preparation is simple from booking the airline ticket from Bali to Labuan Bajo and return, accommodation, boat and card transfers.