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Nihi Sumba Trip
A rider on a Sumba horse in the Wairinding hills at dusk

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NIHI Sumba with an East Sumba tour

The East is the other half of the island, not a day trip from the West. Reaching it properly means an open-jaw ticket and at least seven days.

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In short

It works from seven days up, flying into Tambolaka and out of Waingapu. Under seven days you spend a whole day driving back to where you started, and see nothing new doing it.

  • Open jaw: TMC in, WGP out
  • Seven days minimum
  • No day lost to backtracking
Realistic minimum
7days
Bases, West and East
2
Flight routing
TMC→WGP
Cross-island transfer
1

The shape

How the island divides

Four nights west, two or three east. The crossing happens once, in the middle, and it is a day with stops rather than a dash.

  1. The peaked roofs of Prai Ijing village, West Sumba 01

    West Sumba first

    Wanokaka and the villages inland, based wherever your resort nights fall.

    Prai Ijing, West Sumba

  2. The road winding through the Tanarara hills, East Sumba 02

    Cross the island

    A full day east, broken through the highlands. It replaces two days of driving back and forth.

    The cross-island road

  3. A rider on a Sumba horse in the Wairinding hills, East Sumba 03

    The Wairinding hills

    First light on the ridges inland of Waingapu. This is the picture people come east for.

    Wairinding, East Sumba

  4. The terraced falls at Tanggedu, East Sumba 04

    Waterfalls and the coast

    Tanggedu or Waimarang, then Walakiri for the mangroves at sunset.

    Tanggedu, East Sumba

  5. Sunset behind the mangrove trees at Walakiri beach, East Sumba 05

    Depart Waingapu

    Out of WGP, not back west. That single decision is what buys you the extra day.

    Walakiri, East Sumba

The waterfall day depends on the road. In the wet stretch, December to March, we flag that before you book.

Open jaw against there-and-back

Days on the road

Open jaw · TMC in, WGP out
One crossing
Return to Tambolaka
Two, one of them repeated

New ground

Open jaw · TMC in, WGP out
Every day
Return to Tambolaka
A full day of scenery you have already seen

Ticket price

Open jaw · TMC in, WGP out
Usually the same or less
Return to Tambolaka
No saving to show for the extra day

Minimum length

Open jaw · TMC in, WGP out
7 days
Return to Tambolaka
8 days for the same East time

We flag the open-jaw routing before you book flights, not after.

How this one is priced

Two bases and open-jaw routing move the cost too much for a published band to be honest.

  • Group size

    The biggest lever by far. Per-person cost falls steadily to eight travellers, then rises again when a second car is needed.

  • Where you sleep

    Standard hotels sit inside the land rate. Resort nights are quoted by the hotel and added on top, on confirmation.

  • How far the route reaches

    Staying in the West is one base. Adding the East means an open-jaw ticket and a second base, and both carry cost.

The published land rate card covers the single-base lengths, with every figure dated: /nihi-sumba-trip-cost/

Questions

Ask the desk directly

Tell us your dates, how many are travelling and where you want to sleep. We come back with the nights, the route and a written quote.

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