🛖 Villages · Sumba
Living traditional villages with high-roofed houses and megalithic tombs. Visit with respect: these are homes and sacred places. All year round. Go in the morning, and check local calendars: ceremonies and the Pasola (February or March) change the rhythm of the villages.
VillagesRatenggaro Village
Southwest Sumba
A traditional Kodi village of towering thatched roofs and stone megalithic tombs set right above the beach.
VillagesSecret spotWainyapu Village
Southwest Sumba
Ratenggaro's quieter neighbour, across the river mouth.
VillagesTarung Village
West Sumba
A hilltop traditional village in the middle of Waikabubak, the capital of West Sumba.
VillagesPrailiu Royal Village
East Sumba
A traditional royal village inside Waingapu, known for its hand-woven ikat.
VillagesSecret spotPraiyawang, Rende
East Sumba
The old royal village of Rende in south-east Sumba, famous for some of the largest carved stone tombs on the island and for fine ikat.
VillagesSecret spotWunga Village
East Sumba
A traditional village on the dry north coast of East Sumba.
VillagesWaigalli Village
West Sumba
A hilltop traditional village in Wanokaka, West Sumba, with high-roofed houses and stone tombs, close to the field where the Wanokaka Pasola is held..