See & do western part of Flores
- Market in Ruteng
- Cathedral in Ruteng
- Ruteng Pu'u, a traditional Manggarai village in town
- Golo Curu near Ruteng
- Liang Bua, site of homo floriensis 45 minutes drive from town
- Tangkulese waterfall
- Road Ruteng Reo vv for views
- Reo river
- Countryside east, west and south from Ruteng; just pick a road and be surprised, views, forest, ricefields, villages
- Road Ruteng-Iteng vv; take the road between the two huge mountains and continue through dense forest (national park) and ricefields all the way to Iteng (this is also an alternative road for reaching Wae Rebo)
- Beaches near Robek, pantai Ketebe, west from Reo
- Cancar, spiderweb ricefields
- Todo, traditional village
- Wae Rebo, the icon of the traditional villages/partly trekking, beautiful but very touristy in high season
- Nangalili Beach, 45 minutes off road near Lembor
- Toda, traditional village
- Cunca Rami, waterfall
- Sanggoang lake, a 500 meter deep craterlake
- Cunca Wulang, waterfall and canyon incl minitrekking
- Komodo National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991
- Pulau Rinca for komodo dragons
- Pulau Padar with the magnificent view
- Pulau Komodo for komodo dragons
- Pink Beach (there are more opink beaches in Komodo NP)
- Diving spots
- Manta Point
- The many islands west and north of Labuan Bajo
- Batu Cermin cave, 10 minutes from Labuan Bajo
- Rangko Cave, north of Labuan Bajo
- Sunset at Paradise Bar or Pede Beach
- Warloka, ancient site best reached by boat from Labuan Bajo or via a bad road with fwd only
- Tobedo and Kaca (petrified wood)
- Mount Mbeliling (trekking, bird watching)