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5-Day Timor-Leste Tour: Highlands & Balibo Heritage

Name: 5-Day Timor-Leste Tour: Highlands & Balibo Heritage
Brand: Island Explorer Holidays
Price: 988 USD
Availability: InStock

Five-day immersion: Dili, Balibo Fort, and the cool highlands of Maubisse.

Dili

4.8(12 reviews)

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From$988/person

Duration: 5 days
Route: Hotel pickup (Dili) → Hotel drop-off (Dili)
Group size: 3-10 people
Difficulty: Moderate
Itinerary: 5 days
Trip code: IEMHH1

Highlights

Half-day Dili city tour

Balibo Fort Hotel, overnight inside a historic Portuguese fort

Balibo Flag House and Resistencia Museum

Leohito waterfall

Maubisse highland village

Dili Vanilli coffee and vanilla plantation

About This Experience

Timor-Leste's Highlands are a world apart. Whilst the roads are a little rougher the temperatures are distinctly cooler, and you will get to see parts of the country not many visitors do. Bring your powerbank: you will be taking more than a few photos as you venture through the geographic heart of the nation. This five-day tour combines a Dili city tour, the historic Balibo Fort, and the stunning highland villages of Maubisse.

What's covered

Itinerary: 5 days
Meals: 4 breakfasts
Accommodation: 4 nights · Hotel in Dili, Balibo Fort Hotel
Inclusions: 5 items below

What's Included

Comfortable 4WD vehicle and English-speaking tour guide

Snack and drinks

Entrance fees

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Accommodation (2 nights Balibo, 2 nights Maubisse)

Not Included

Meals (except breakfast)

Drinks with meals

Travel insurance

Itinerary

14:00Begin hotel pickups
14:30Begin Half-day City Tour of Dili
14:45Visit St Anthony's, Motael
15:00Visit the Resistance Museum
16:00Quick shopping at Tais Market
17:00Brief visit to the Dare Memorial
18:00Cristo Rei for sunset
19:30Hotel drop-off

Stay: Hotel in Dili

Set departures

Small group, max 10 · guaranteed from 2 travellers · private dates also available on request.

7-11 Nov 2026🐋 Whale season

8-12 May 2027

5-9 Jun 2027

Enquire below to lock in your date, or ask us about a private departure.

Good to know before you book

Suitable for able-bodied people of all ages but requires a reasonable level of fitness. The walk to the waterfall is 90 minutes return and steep in places.

What to Bring

Light warm layer for highlandsComfortable walking shoesCamera5-day overnight bag

Where you'll go

Hotel pickup (Dili)

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Planning details

Meeting point

Hotel pickup (Dili)

Starts and ends

Starts in Hotel pickup (Dili)

Ends in Hotel drop-off (Dili)

Group size

3 to 10 guests per departure

Booking cutoff

Book online up to 36 hours before the start (Dili time).

How late you can book

Cancellation policy

Free cancellation up to 48 hours before the scheduled start.

Operated By

Island Explorer Holidays

Dili

4.8(12 reviews)

Organised with Island Explorer Holidays

$988/ person

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Seats to reserve

2guests

$988 × 2 guests$1,976

Total$1,976

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Booking protection

Full refund if the operator cannot confirm your booking dates.

Free cancellation

Cancel up to 48 hours before the experience for a full refund.

Secure payment

Pay by Visa or Mastercard online, or in cash or by card at the Rezerva shop in Dili. You won't be charged until the operator confirms.

Reviews

4.8

12 reviews on Google

Matias

6 months ago

I had a wonderful time in Timor Leste with this travel agency! My tour guide Roberto was 🔛🔝! He was very flexible, teached many things from his culture and country and was over all very professional and nice. He also managed to arrange me an extra tour to Balibo on a short notice 👍🏻. Totally recommend this travel agency and this tour guide! 👍🏻

Tero S.

a year ago

Our half day city tour was exellent! Roberto(guide) was amazing and let us know lot of information every site where we visited. Highly recomend this company!

Rory Spittle

a year ago

Had the pleasure of having Vilter take me on a tour to Balibo. Saw many things on the way there and when I was there. The professionalism and quality of the tour was well worth the money. Can't recommend this service enough.