Hotels Near Rumah Pengasingan Bung Karno in Ende

Stayed here for one night to catch our early morning flight after a visit to Kelimutu. Staffs were friendly, had dinner there - food was good, made to order, except the tiny pieces of chicken in my veggie stir fry tastes old - I skipped those, but ate the veggies. Corn fritters are to die for - fresh and delicious. We didn’t check out the terrace. Room is clean, everything worked altho I think the thermostat for the a/c doesn’t really show the actual temp - it shows 18 but I thi nk it’s more of like 22, tbh. Free airport transfer - which is great! About 5-10 mins from the airport. The cons for us were the weak and slow wifi in the room (1st floor) and the hard mattress (if 10/10 wasa hard floor, this would be an easy 9/10 hardness for us) and the sad pillowa - only got 1 each person. The lighr switches are on the headboard at the level of your pilloes, so you can accidentally turn them on/off while moving uour pillow - go lower on the bed! The. 1 bed unit is not a king size bed, fyi. It’s definitely smaller than that. Hotel is located in the alley in a quiet neighborhood. We didn’t venture out, so we don’t know what’s available. Wish this hotel had a bit softer mattress and nice pillows - so I can sleep, that’d be 5* rating from me.

Basic room, cleanish. Comunication in English is difficult wenn one of the ladies running the place is absent. If she's there, very helpfull service, arranged Landry, flight to Sumba and transport to airport early in the morning. Breakfeast ok for the price, free water/tea/coffee nice. Located out of the way in a residential area, so if they run out of scooters to rent, you face long walks to anything, even dinner. ”Taxi” from the bus stop didn't know the way (but didn't tell), running in circles until I showed him location on the phone. Good value for money, would return (but try to secure a scooter beforhand).

Guest house on 4 rooms in the center of the village of Moni. The room has a two-bedroom bed and a fan. Very small sign and taxi drivers often do not find at once. The room is ordinary, bed linen clean. The wholesale market is a little noisy at night along the road. Toilet and shower. Hotels in Moni are usually booked for a month ahead so you can accommodate here. They were in the beginning of the hot season sleeping with an open window. The room was not hot. Not expensive.

Our very positive experience with Ecolodge Kelimutu started at Ende airport. We had asked for an airport pickup. Mr. Pang was waiting for us with his spotless and immaculately maintained car. He drove so well! The 1.5 to 2 hour journey from the airport to the lodge was thoroughly enjoyable as Pang stopped periodically at picturesque spots and titbits of information about the place. On arrival, Mr. Patris was at hand to help with everything from check-in, to guiding us on the paths to take around the cottages. A family of 5, we had 2 adjoining rooms at a villa at the top of the hill. Lovely garden paths bring you to the cottage, and the views from there are superb. Rooms are spacious, with many lounge chairs outside. Comfortable beds, hot water, mosquito nets - all in place. At the restaurant, Ms. Margarita and the rest of the kitchen team made us good meals - we ate lunch and dinner there. Lovely paths to explore around the villas, leading down to the river, with many photo ops. We had also booked our tour of the crater lakes through Ecolodges. We had a wake up call early in the morning (3:45 am), were driven to the national park (got there by 4:30), and had a wonderful experience of sunrise over the lakes, with Patris accompanying us for the walk in the dark to the mountain top. Though we spent only 1 night, the experience was memorable and highly recommended.