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The island of Sumba is well known of its sandlewood, horses, impressive megalithic tombs, typical hand woven textile ("ikat"), and still untouched beautiful beaches. Roads are quite good comparing to others island of NTT; most are scenic roads and the landscape are various so you are never bored travelling through them.
There are two enterance point to Sumba island: Waingapu in east Sumba ( airport & harbour ) and Tambolaka airport or Waikelo harbour in west Sumba
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