Sumba, ten days in October.Once across the whole island.
Tuesday 6 to Thursday 15 October 2026, two people: four nights in the west, three in the east and a five-hour drive across the island in between. Flights and all eight nights were queried on 10 August 2026; the 12:10 domestic flight carries a dated rough price.
The backbone
Day by day
Departure and a night over Asia
Qatar Airways QR 70 at 09:35, QR 964 out of Doha at 17:35, landing in Denpasar Wed 08:25. 16 hours 50 in total.
Arrival, then West Sumba
International arrival 08:25, domestic departure 12:10. Separate terminals, separate bookings.
Sriwijaya Air SJ 742, Denpasar 12:10 → Tambolaka 13:10. Transfer to the coast around 45 minutes.
Saltwater lagoon behind the dune ridge, fed by the sea.
A Marapu village and a rock cove
Traditional village on the coast, high peaked roofs over stone graves.
A small bay between two rock stacks, a few minutes from the Weekuri lagoon.
Two villages above Waikabubak
Hilltop village near Waikabubak, houses around a stone plaza.
Two Marapu villages directly above the centre of Waikabubak, a few minutes apart on foot.
Waterfall, stone graves, surf
Cascade in the national park, around two hours across the plateau.
Stone graves on a hill above the south coast.
A long sand beach on the south coast of Wanokaka, open surf.
Right across the island
From Tambolaka to Waingapu, right across the island.
Savannah ridges in the east, best light late in the afternoon.
A king’s village and a mangrove beach
The king’s village on the edge of Waingapu, stone graves and ikat weaving.
Shallow beach east of Waingapu with the well-known mangroves standing in the water.
Gorge and savannah
Terraced pools in a gorge, the last stretch on foot.
Savannah with wild horses down to the beach, a good 30 minutes from Waingapu.
Back to Bali
Wings Air IW 1885 at 12:20, IW 1857 out of Lombok at 16:55, landing in Denpasar 17:40. A good five hours with the change.
Flight home
Back to Frankfurt via Doha.
Questions about this trip
Yes — checked on 10 August 2026 via Google Flights and Google Hotels: the long haul, the Waingapu–Denpasar return leg and all eight hotel nights. Only the 12:10 domestic flight sits in the plan as a guide price from the trip.com route overview, from around €77 per person.
As of 10 August 2026, per person: approx. €1,216 lean, €1,284 balanced and €1,522 open — each the three flights (approx. €1,146) plus eight hotel nights. Room rates are for two people, on Sumba before taxes.
16 hours 50 from Frankfurt via Doha to Denpasar, landing on the second day at 08:25, then the 12:10 domestic flight to Tambolaka (one hour). The buffer is deliberate: two separate tickets with no connection protection.
Because it only happens in February and March, and this plan’s window is October. The Wula Podhu festival is missing too: its start is set by the moon, and the sources disagree between October and November.
The drive from west to east Sumba takes a good five hours, so it sits once as a block on day six: four nights in Tambolaka, three in Waingapu. The flight out leaves from Waingapu, and the final stops sit on the same road east.
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Not brochure shots but four trips lying completely open: a weekend in Lisbon, Friday 4 to Monday 7 September 2026, ten days on Sumba from 6 to 15 October, four days on the Amalfi Coast from 28 to 31 August, and four days in Barcelona built around La Mercè on 24 September. Flight, hotel, day plan, prices and the rule behind every stop — the flight and hotel prices queried on 10 August 2026 via Google Flights and Google Hotels, and where a query returned nothing, it says so.
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