Walakiri Beach
A beach scattered with dwarf mangroves shaped like dancing figures, and the best place in East Sumba to watch the sun go down.
The dancing mangroves
Walakiri is known for the dwarf mangroves scattered across its sand flats. Their bent, irregularly branching trunks read as human figures mid-movement — especially when the setting sun turns them to silhouettes.
The tide decides everything
The photograph people come for needs low tide, when wet sand mirrors the sky and the mangroves stand on a thin sheet of water. At high tide they are partly submerged and the effect disappears. We time the visit to the tide rather than to the clock.
How the day ends
Walakiri is always the last stop before returning to the hotel, on both our 3D2N Package 2 and 4D3N Package 1.
Other places in East Sumba
Hills
Tanarara Hills
Rolling savannah hills with a winding road cutting through the valley below, turning from green to gold with the seasons.
Waterfall
Tanggedu Waterfall
A waterfall inside a stepped rock canyon with blue pools, reached well beyond where the car can go.
Waterfall
Waimarang Waterfall
A clear turquoise pool ringed by limestone walls, reached by descending a natural staircase of rock and roots.