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Welcome to THE final group tour page FOR THE
LEMBATA & SUMBA TEXTILES & HANDCRAFTS TOUR
28 June – 11 July 2026
This page comprises the following documents:
- Detailed Itinerary – updated 25 May 2026
- Trip Notes – updated 24 April 2026
- Booking Conditions
- To Do List (includes instructions and bank details for payments)
- Travel Details form
- Suggested packing list
- Useful Information booklet (as at 24 April 2026)
Our list of pre-trip READING AND VIEWING SUGGESTIONS for Indonesia is HERE
THE TOUR IS CONFIRMED TO PROCEED. YOU’RE WELCOME TO GO AHEAD AND BOOK FLIGHTS to/from Bali. REFER TO THE TO DO LIST AND TRIP NOTES FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
TWO SPOTS LEFT (subject to availability of flights etc) – Please tell your friends and crafty colleagues about the trip. NEW BOOKINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION. Please only share the public link to the tour Information Pack documents, (NOT thE link to this FINAL GROUP page).
IMPORTANT DATES:
- 2 April 2026 – Complete and submit your Travel Details Form and documents
- 17 April 2026 – Pay your tour balance, ensuring it is received by 5pm AEST
- Refer also to the To Do List for other important dates and reminders
We’re very excited about this itinerary and hope you are too! We’ve tried to anticipate all questions by providing information on costs, conditions, workshops and activities etc, in the documents below but if you have any further queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us. However, please carefully read the contents of this web page and the documents first as your answer is likely to be there.
THINGS TO NOTE:
- Our program on 1 – 4 July has been re-arranged to allow us to attend the recently confirmed and very exciting ‘grand opening’ of the 1 July Lamahalot Festival – a celebration of the rich culture (including the textiles and handcrafts) of the Lamahalot indigenous communities across East Flores, Adonara, Solor, Lembata, and Alor. Refer to the Detailed Itinerary for details.
- As at 25 May, the itinerary document (below) has been updated to reflect the following changes: Due to flight availability, we will now fly from Lembata to Sumba (via Kupang) on day 10. Accordingly, activities for days 11, 12 and 13 have been moved by one day. Our visit to Ruma Budaya Museum will now be on day 14. Unfortunately, with the reschedules, there won’t be time to visit Waekuri lagoon (previously on day 13). An additional village visit has been added (on day 9) – at Lamalera, a traditional whaling village, we’ll see ikat textiles with whale, boat and manta ray motifs, boat sails woven from pandan fibre and rope made from plant fibre.
- DAY 1 / 28 June – Our meeting point is inside the domestic terminal at Denpasar Airport, near the check-in machine. Please be there by 08:00am at the latest! PLEASE DON’T check in for the flight – we will check in as a group with our local tour leader, once we’re all together. Our delightful local tour leader is Tony (Antonius) Labuan. Tony will meet us at Denpasar airport at 8am. Our flight on 28 June is scheduled to depart from Denpasar (DPS) at 10:00AM and arrive at Kupang (KOE) at 11:45AM.
- DAY 14 / 11 July – In case you wish to arrange your own transfer from Denpasar airport to your chosen accommodation, our flight from Waikabukbuk/Tambolaka Airport (TMC) is scheduled to arrive at Bali/Denpasar airport (DPS) at 16:15 on 11 July.
REMINDER: the maximum included luggage allowance on several of our internal flights is 7kg hand/cabin luggage and 10kg checked luggage. Any additional luggage fees are at each traveller’s own expense.
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