Melo Village

You feel cheated

Appearences are deceptive Indonesian culture and traditions are really interesting and unique. I read books by Clifford Geertz on Indonesia when I was a student at SOAS. Much later, I reads books by ...

Go somewhere else. Nothing is worth the time.

Beware this is a major scam. Village consist of a newly built wooden hut, where you are invited to sit with the village head who put a scarf around you which you can keep for some money. Afterwards yo...

Felt staged and not very interesting

Reading everyone’s reviews I am wondering if we were in the right place. We stopped at melo village on the way to Ruteng. The view was outstanding however after that we couldn’t really understand the ...

Nice view at sunset, 1 huts to take a Look but you meet a King :)

What I like was nice greeting by the King of the Village. You make donation (up to you how much) and thats it. 2 huts to See, like in Todo Village (So if you are in Melo, skip Todo Village). Although ...

A must do cultural experience

I was so grateful to experience the mesmerising Tetek Alu and Caci dance with the local tribe in Melo Village. These dances are an important part of their cultural identity and ceremonial life. The oc...