Places to Visit in Lospalos, East Timor, Asia

Places to Visit in Lospalos, East Timor, Asia

Lospalos is a capital city in Lautem District in East Timor which occupies an area of 1702 sq. km, placed about 212 away from Dili, the capital of East Timor and is located between 8°31′ south latitude and 127°00′ east longitude. Lospalos is also spelled as Los Palos and Lospala.

Lospalos is well known for its ‘A’ shaped sacred houses and ancient monuments. It is surrounded by the famous tourist destinations like Lake Iralalaro, Nino Konis Santana Marine and Terrestrial National Park. Also Lospalos is good in education and infrastructure sectors. The adjoining areas of Lospalos include Luro, Iliomar and Tutuala.

Cuisine and Shopping in Lospalos:

The major and common dish of the natives of Lospalos includes Ikan sabuko, Feijoada, Budu, Batar daan and Caril. Bibinka is very much eminent grilled coconut cake among the natives of Lospalos. Fish is one of the much loved staple foods by Lospalos locals because of the greater availability.

The ladies of Lospalos have strong hand in producing hand woven and colorful basket work. Also the Lospalos houses numerous handicraft shops all around the city. Other shops of Lospalos include cloth centres, jewelry shops, general stores and embroidery shops. Other than the local food centres, Lospalos is home to Italian, Chinese, Portugal, Indian and Indonesian food corners.

Connectivity to Lospalos:

Taxi is the best choice to travel within the city and also frequent bus services are available at Lospalos to reach Dili, Ermera, Baucau, Ermera, Lautem, Liquica, Bobonaro and Manatuto. The distance between Lospalos and the Cakung Airport, Baucau is about 95 kms. There are Taxi and bus services accessible to reach airport from and to Lospalos.

Tourist Attractions near Lospalos:

Lush river valley:

Lush river valley is a beautiful valley situated in Los Palo of Lautem District. This river valley covered by full of eye catching greenery and the Mount Paitchau is easily seen from Lush river valley.

Fataluku House II:

Fataluku House II is situated in Luarai in the vicinity of Los Palo Village. It was built with diverse types of wood. Fataluku House II looks really different and is surely impress tourists by its unique construction. Sad thing is that, these types of abodes are becoming very less in East Timor.

Ira Lalaro Lake:

Ira Lalaro Lake is the largest lake in East Timor located in Lautem situated between 8°26’56” S latitude and 127°8’18” E longitude. It is visited by most numbers of migratory birds at different seasons. Ira Lalaro Lake is placed in the vicinity of another top tourist attraction Mount Paitchau.

Other tourist attractions near Lospalos include:

Nino Konis Santana Marine
Terrestrial National Park
Laga Landscape
Conical Farm House

Best time to visit Lospalos:

From November to May is the ideal time to visit Lospalos, when Ira Lalaro Lake and Lush river valley are marvelous to watch.

Accommodation options near Lospalos:

The hotels of Lospalos are famous for their top quality hospitality services. The prominent hotels in Lospalos and other regions of Lautem District are as follows: