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 floresiensis 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 of Reo
- Cancar, spiderweb ricefields
- Detour around the valley near Cancar with acces to the mainroad
- Todo, traditional village
- Wae Rebo, the icon of the traditional villages, partly trekking, beautiful but very touristy in high season
- Spiderweb ricefields near Ketang
- Nangalili Beach, 45 minutes off the mainroad near Lembor
- Lembor, the ricebarn of west Flores
- Toda, traditional village
- Spiderweb ricefield near Toda
- 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 pink beaches in Komodo NP)
- Diving spots
- Manta Point (Tata Makassar)
- Islands west and north of Labuan Bajo like Bidadari, Menjerite, Kelor etc.
- Batu Cermin cave, 10 minutes from Labuan Bajo
- Rangko Cave, north of Labuan Bajo (15 minutes by boat from Rangko)
- Sunset at Paradise Bar, Bukit Cinta 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)