On our way to Kodi from Weetabula [Sumba – Indonesia]
The Kodi trip is only a day trip, so we decided to rent a car. We also have listed 5 places that we should visit in Kodi, and mostly were beaches. Hooray!
We started in the morning from Weetabula, which was my home base while I was in Sumba. I took about 2 hours to reach Kodi. The driver told us that there was no eating places, let alone restaurant in Kodi; that was why we stopped at a warong on our way to Kodi to buy enough snacks and mineral water for our trip.
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– Ratenggaro –
Ratenggaro was our first destination in Kodi. It was famous with its traditional village, where the location just near the beach. But before we entered the village, we went to the area near the beach – not far from the village, which turned out to be the tomb of the king and his descendants. Previously, the village was actually located in the same area with the tomb, but as the waves were strong and started to erode the beach area, then they moved to the current location, which was at the safe distance with the waves 🙂
The tomb of the King and the descendant at Ratenggaro, Kodi [Sumba – Indonesia]
The traditional village of Ratenggaro (Kodi) from the beach. And look at that beautiful lagoon!! [Sumba – Indonesia]
Inside the traditional village of Ratenggaro in Kodi [Sumba – Indonesia]
– Pero –
Pero was the next spot that we visited after Ratenggaro. There are actually two sides of the beach, the left side which is more like a ‘rock side’ – and it was a very sharp rock / reef, while the right side is more like the ‘beach side’. In between, the sea water once again passed the beach area and formed a small river before it formed a lagoon not too far from the beach side.
I am standing on the ‘left-side’ of Pero (Kodi) beach – which is mostly reef … Sharp reef I must say! [Sumba – Indonesia]
15-minutes detour from the left to the right side of Pero beach (Kodi) [Sumba – Indonesia]
The view of Pero beach (Kodi) and the surrounding from above [Sumba – Indonesia]
The ‘water blow’ at Pero beach (Kodi) [Sumba – Indonesia]
– Karo –
Karo is one of my favourite beaches in Kodi. It was a very quiet beach, and when we went there, it seemed that there was an autumn season on Karo as there were many leaves on the beach.
Why I said that this is my favourite beach?
It was because the tide was on the ebb, and the waves already break when hit a reef not far from the beach, … so no big waves lah! 🙂
Is it autumn here at Karo beach (Kodi)? 🙂 [Sumba – Indonesia]
The fishermen boat at Karo beach (Kodi) [Sumba – Indonesia]
We really enjoyed our time here. We just sit there and relax, and sometimes I pretend to be taken by the current and rolled to the right side … Lol!
The shy kid that we met on Karo Beach (Kodi) [Sumba – Indonesia]
– Mandorak –
Mandorak has the smallest beach compared to other beach that we visited on that day in Kodi, but … I think it has the strongest waves!
The location of the beach itself is very unique as it hidden behind big two wall of reef. No wonder when the waves flow to the beach, it has to ‘squeeze’ itself, so it can go in between the two reef walls.
The two big wall reefs became the entrance for the waves to Mandorak beach (Kodi) [Sumba – Indonesia]
A closer look of the ‘entrance’ at Mandorak beach [Sumba – Indonesia]
Look at that strong waves! – at Mandorak Beach (Kodi) [Sumba – Indonesia]
The reef wall to the left of Mandorak Beach (Kodi) … and it has another beach there!! [Sumba – Indonesia]
Another look of how strong the waves are! – at Mandorak Beach (Kodi) [Sumba – Indonesia]
A little hut on the cliff – at Mandorak Beach [Sumba – Indonesia]
I must say that you should not skip this beach as it was very beautiful and the view from above the reef was stunning!
– Waikuri –
Have you ever heard a lake with salt water?
Well, Waikuri is one of them.
How come it has a salt water? It is a lake, right?
Yes, it is a lake, and yes it has salt water. The salt water came from the sea.
Halim is sad as the lake water was on the ebb – at Waikuri Lake (Kodi) [Sumba – Indonesia]
Too bad we can not swim! – at Waikuri Lake [Sumba – Indonesa]
Too bad, when we visited the area, the water level was very low, so we could not swim at this lake, but at least we could walked down to the bottom of the lake. I could see that over time, the lake area could have a similar situation just like the sea.
The Waikuri Lake! (Kodi) [Sumba – Indonesia]
Looks like the one on the seabed, right? – at Waikuri Lake (Kodi) [Sumba – Indonesia]
A simple ‘changing room’ at Waikuri Lake (Kodi) [Sumba – Indonesia]
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It was only a day trip to Kodi, but it was memorable … You already know my favourite, which are the Karo and the Mandorak beach, so please do not skip those two beaches when you visit Kodi 😀
P.S.: It took me quite a long time to pick the photos from this Kodi trip. You know how many photos that I have, just from this Kodi trip? The total is 122 photos taken from my camera and iPhone. I needed to bring it down to 30 photos!! Gheezz …
Haha!
Great travel experience Thimoty. Thanks. We spend a lot of time in Sumba for work (real estate) and we have a blog too about the Sumba people, traditions and culture: http://www.01islands.com/blog
Thanks Omri!
I am hoping that I could visit Sumba again next time, and go to other area in Sumba 🙂
As a matter of fact I am going to Sumba tomorrow for a few days 🙂
What?!?! Reallyyyy?? *so envy* lolll … 😀
Where you going?
yes for 3-4 days only. There is a few lands we just bought in north-west Sumba and south west Sumba. I must take videos with my drone.
We own a land in Mandorak too, you can see it on one of your pictures, just south of the large beach close to the one you were at.
The house in Mandorak belongs to a friend of mine by the way who has a foundation to help local people. A french guy.
Mandorak is a good choice! Love the beach and the place! I don’t think I’ve been to South west of Sumba yet :-/
Yes, I read the board name that it is a foundation too, and it has a good view of the surrounding! 🙂
Wah, yg Mandorak fotonya keren banget!
Thanks Kakkk … Mesti ke sana kaaakkkk :3