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Timor-Leste

With hardly-touched 'best-in-the-world' reefs to dive, dugongs to spot, mountains to climb, and ancient traditions that have survived the ravages of war, Asia’s newest country offers some of the world’s last great off-the-beaten-track adventures.

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Must-see attractions

  • Centro Nacional Chega!

    Centro Nacional Chega!

    Dili

    Set in the buildings and cells of a Portuguese-era prison where resistance figures were interned by the Indonesian military, Chega! (chega means 'stop' or…

  • Projeto Montanha

    Projeto Montanha

    Timor-Leste

    This Brazilian-founded social enterprise is a heartwarming place to visit. Kids and young adults from the surrounding area come here to be taught…

  • Resistência Timorense Arquivo e Museu

    Resistência Timorense Arquivo e Museu

    Dili

    An excellent museum which commemorates in detail Timor-Leste's 24-year struggle against Indonesian occupation. Falintil’s resistance is brought to life…

  • Santa Cruz cemetery and chapel.

    Santa Cruz Cemetery

    Dili

    On 12 November 1991 Indonesian soldiers fired on a peaceful memorial procession for Sebastião Gomes heading from Motael Church to Santa Cruz Cemetery;…

  • Outer wall of the Museum of Australian journalists killed in Balibo, Timor Leste.

    Balibó Flag House

    Timor-Leste

    Balibó Flag House is where the five journalists reporting on Indonesian's invasion of East Timor stayed before they were killed by Indonesian Special…

  • Timor, orange vendor on a beach in Dili

    Dili Waterfront

    Dili

    Watch kids kicking soccer balls around on the patches of sandy beach and runners sweating it out while you're strolling the decent walking path that runs…

  • cristo rei landmark statue near dili east timor

    Cristo Rei

    Dili

    The hard-to-miss Cristo Rei, 7km east of town, has 570 steps leading to the statue of Jesus, a gift from the Indonesian government in 1996. It's a popular…

  • Mundo Perdido

    Mundo Perdido

    Timor-Leste

    Crashing through foliage under the squawks of bats and lorikeets as you climb Mundo Perdido (1775m) – which translates to 'Lost World' – is one of the…

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Summit of Mt Ramelou, Timor-Leste, at dawn. Image by Brian Oh

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Hiking Mt Ramelau: a guide to scaling Timor-Leste's highest peak

Jun 18, 2015 • 4 min read

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