Komodo tour part I

What to pack for the boat trip? Swimgear - check!! Programme for the next 3 days: Snorkeling, swimming, beaches (even a pink one!!), delicious meals, surreal sunset/sunrise colors and hopefully meeting a special lizard.

First day was just about getting into chill modus: enjoying the beautiful waters, first jumps from the boat, eating fresh fish. Unfortunately no manta rays and no flying foxes but lots of colorful fish and nice colors in the sky.

Next day, Komodo time: the almighty Varanus komodoensis, worlds biggest lizard, alfapredator, cannibal, top of the foodchain, no one is safe for these fantastic creatures. Guided and protected (only a wooden fork stick) by a ranger we did a mini hike on Komodo island and managed to spot 8, a few big ones and a few small ones up in a tree. The weird part is that komodo’s may eat their young so once born, the young hide in the trees (where the big ones can’t climb because of their size) and live from fruits, insects, smaller lizards for 2-3 years.

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