Stay on the Flores Island
Stay on the Flores Island
Live a Manggaraian way of life and witness spider web fields in Tado Village
The Tado community (Masyarakat Tado) are 15th generation descendants of immigrant Sulawesi ancestry who fled Islamic persecution sometime in the 16th or 17th century and settled on Flores island, intermarrying with resident natives and slaves imported from the Bima sultanate. The local people closely guard their culture and traditions. Experience the tribal traditions and cultures of the Tado village in a community-run homestay with your Jeremy
Guests like to eat our Ladakhi food. They say it is delicious, even when it is prepared by an elderly ama (mother) like me. I always make sure I serve them the cleanest and healthiest food. My husband is a copper artist. When guests leave us, they say ‘Julley’, and hug us. It makes us feel happy.
I became a Mountain Homestay Host in 2018, and I have hosted many travellers since then. Running a homestay has helped me and my family a lot. Not only is the solar set up in our house useful for us, but even travellers prefer to stay in our homestay because of it.
The training we got in astronomy turned out to be a life-changing experience for our village. I felt happy and proud while mapping the position of the planets and sharing the secrets of the universe with the tourists. Tourists told me that even they didn’t know so much about the dark skies!
