Puarldo Telkom Station
At the top of the pass between Labuhanbajo and the Lembang plains, this is the site for Flores Monarch and other endemic birds of the mid-altitude forests. A 300-m road leads off the main higway to the telegraph station, which is surrounded by forest. Simply bird along the road.
Getting there
The turning for the telegraph station is between km posts 33 and 34 if you are coming from Labuhanbajo, or 96 km from the direction of Ruteng. Take any bus running the Labuanbajo-Ruteng route and get off at the turning (but expect to pay the fare to the bus’s destination).
For the return trip, all buses are likely to be packed to the gunnels, so you will probably have to hitch a lift on a passing truck. It is polite to give the driver some uang rokok (cigarette money) for the ride.