General Travel Information (Germany)
Auswaertiges
Amt - Information
about general security, visa, and health
Indonesische
Botschaft Berlin - Details about Indonesia
Indonesisches Generalkonsulat Frankfurt -
Details about visas
Medical Information (Germany)
CRM Centrum
Fuer Reisemedizin -
General medical advice
DTG Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Tropenmedizin - Medical advice for malaria, and others
Bali Survival Guide - Medical and other
advices applies not only to Bali
Flights and Boats to Sumba
Lion Air - with its daughter
Wings Air flies daily Denpasar to Tambolaka and further to Ende, and Denpasar
to Waingapu and further to Kupang
Srivijaya Air - with its daughter
Nam Air flies 3 times a week from Denpasar to Waingapu and further to Kupang
Ticketindonesia - Here you can book
flights within Indonesia on the internet, they accept foreign credit cards
Pelni - KM Awu has
regular cruises from and to Waingapu, up to date website
ASDP - Ferry from
Sumbawa, Flores, Timor, and Savu. Website is up to date; even
online bookings may be possible
Tourist Information about Sumba
Wikipedia - General
information with many links
Sumba Adventure Tours or Sumba Island Tours - Websites
of Philipus Renggi. He and his team
drive you preferably with cars but also with motorcycles to all corners of the
island. Not cheap but competent and flexible.
Tour Sumba - Website of Hugo
Dalupe in Tambolaka. He has just published his Website (still not all in
English). It contains well-designed tour suggestions, highly recommended for
West Sumba
Soft
Adventure Tourism -
Report to destinations in East Sumba and in Wanggameti National Park
Blogspot:
South of East Sumba -
Photos and Reports particularly interesting is the description of the area
around Mahaniwa and Ramuk
Travel Guide to Salura - current and very
informative report on a visit to the island of Salura
Tarimbang - Travel agency in
Waingapu, information to Sumba and Tarimbang, unfortunately no actual
information
Blogspot:
Area around Tarimbang - A
detailed trip report
Blogspot: Wordpress - I love Sumba – Blogs, mainly
about culture, tourism and sights
Independent travel & culture guides to Indonesia - The Sumba part is something
like a short form of my website, and has many tips for travel planning.
Wisata Air
Terjun Sumba - List
and description of waterfalls in Sumba. All pictures are wrong
Cultural Information about Sumba
Rumah Budaya
Sumba = House of Culture - from the
point of view of the Catholic Church; information about Marapu religion,
rituals, festivals, and lifestyles as well as facilities of the Catholic Church
in Waitabula
Waikabubak - Detailed
information about culture and language in Waikabubak
Wanukaka - Detailed
information about culture and language of the district Wanukaka as well as
links to other sites about Sumba
Devonshaw – Website about
land rights, history, and women
Insidestory
refugee problems Sumba / Australia – Report about the
restrictive asylum policies of Australia and establishment of internment or
concentration camps
Uni Muenchen
- Elvira Rothe -
Dissertation University Munich about the Wulla Poddu, mighty and very
informative
YouTube Music in Sumba - Information and YouTube Clip with music and dancing
Ikat in Sumba - Ikat information
and samples
Festival Wai
Humba - Music, culture and
environment festival. Takes place every year in October or November in
different places in Sumba. There is currently no own website - but some links
can be found in social networks via the keyword Komunitas Waihumba.
Nature and National parks in Sumba
World
Wildlife Fund - An
inventory of forest areas and endemic bird species in Sumba
Bird Life Org - A description of
the ecological changes in Sumba and goals of the organization
Burung Org - A
description of the bird world of Sumba
Sumbamenjaga
Burung Eendemik - Blogs
and pictures about birds in Sumba
Gunung Bagging Wanggameti – Detailed
description of the experiences while trekking to the highest mountain on Sumba,
Gunung / Palindi Wanggameti
Manupeu Tanah Daru - Complete and
detailed information about the National Park
Development Projects in Sumba
Water4Sumba Video Clip – Project
documentation, drinking water supply by solar powered pumping systems
Stichting Ontluikend Sumba - Dutch foundation
for social and medical assistance. Detailed information about history and local
languages
Sumba Foundation - Report on
the work areas of the Nihiwatu near Foundation. Subjects are health, food, and
water supply
Watch
Indonesia -
association based in Berlin that cares about human rights, democracy and development in Indonesia
Project Hope
Sumba / Yayasan Haparan Sumba - Description of
the situation in Southwest Sumba. Work of the organization in the areas of
water, sanitation, education, disability, and health
Sumba Hospitality Foundation - 2016 opened college
of hotel management for young people from Sumba under international line.
Koppesda - Indonesian
project that is active in the areas of conservation of natural resources,
regional development and sustainability. Site in Indonesian language. The name is an
acronym that means roughly: coordination, evaluation and management of natural
resources.
Yasuka Sumba - Warning! Behind
this site are persons, who might receive money for personal or commercial purposes.
At least there is no project documentation
Commercial Information about Sumba
Jarak Pagar Biodiesel – Information on bio
diesel project in West Sumba
Hillgrove
Resource – Self
description of the mining project
Suarapembaruan – Report: gold mining
project in the National Park
Down to
Earth –
Report: gold mining project in the National Park
Official Homepages
Wisata NTT - Tourism in NTT
Nusa Tenggara Timur, brief descriptions about sights.
(website often does not work)
Pengembangan
Ekowisata Berbasis - Detailed article about tourist
highlights and ecotourism in East Sumba
Sumba Timur - Website of the
administration of East Sumba. Has detailed descriptions of tourist sights in
East Sumba
Waingapu.com - Blogs and news,
particular about East Sumba and Waingapu. Many articles on society,
culture, and politics
Sumba Barat Daya - Website for
tourism development in Southwest Sumba. (website often does not work)
Sumba Community - This website
is a forum for information, and opinions about Sumba – interesting not only for
Indonesian people
Hotels and Accommodations in Sumba
Pesona Sumba / Pantai Cemara – at Pantai Kambera
in northeast Sumba, small, quiet, stylish but priced very high
Hotel Padadita – Has just been
opened. Located directly on the mangrove coast. Is the most expensive and
classy in town. Surroundings are desolate. Town center is 2 km away
Wisma
Eldorado – Site
only on Facebook, nice little place to live 5 km from Waingapu towards the new
ports. Information about Sumba
Ecoresort Sumbadream - Eco-oasis for relaxing and fishing, far away from
the road
Kalala - Beach (Mr. David’s Surf Resort) –
old archaic resort now with not
up-to-date website. There would have to be a lot of updating
Sumba Adventure Resort – small resort nearby the lighthouse of Kalala
Tarimbang-Beach
Marthen Homestay - Marthen has now a website with lots of pictures and current information
Nihiwatu - Huge fenced area,
pretentious, somehow impressive, and expensive
Sumba Nautil
Resort - Is
not quite so exclusive, in the country, near Marosi beach
Sumba Sunset
Kerewe – Small
homestay with a fantastic view on Kerewe Beach
Watukaka
Resort - is a
tiny, individual, stylish, remote, and extremely and high-priced resort ...
decide yourself, whether that is good for you and your wallet
Newa Sumba
Resort – Quiet
but somehow orphaned, near airport Tambolaka.
Oro Beach Houses and Restaurant - close to the airport Tambolaka,
individual resort, to relax, swim and snorkel. It is an excellent place to
start to explore the island, good advices
Maringi Eco Resort / Sumba Hospitality Foundation - college
of hotel management with attached hotel business. You live in stylish round
houses and can be pampered by the hotel school students. 3 km from the beach
Airbnb – Is now also
available in Sumba
Holiday
Check – some
more information about accommodation
Tripadvisor – some more
information about accommodation
Pictures and Videos
hpgrumpe.de/reisebilder - Pictures from the
years 1998/1999
commons.wikimedia - Current and
unique historical pictures
Sumba Adventure Club - Blogspot with
pictures of the Sumba Adventure Club
DuniArt Photo Blog Sumba - Pictures and blogs to traditional Sumba.
Kaburbentar Blog - Pictures and
description of a journey
Google Maps / Google Earth - Here I have put as "Local Guide" many pictures
YouTube
Sumba Festivals - At this
address or by the keywords Sumba + Festival + Festival-name + Place I put in some
of my small video clips.
YouTube
Sumba Information
- At this address I collected some other informative
video clips about Sumba.
Maps
Mapcarta - Sumba -
Similar Google Earth but with
only a few place names
Wikimapia - Sumba -
Similar Google Earth but with
only a few place names but
many local entries and notes
Map Pulau
Sumba -
Topographic overview map of Sumba 1:250000, the descriptions are partly trash
OpenStreetMap -
Streets and places in Sumba, especially in East Sumba very detailed and correct. App version is
the best that can be used offline
