⛔️⛔️Avoid visiting this place when you go to Ruteng. It's not worth your time—a real tourist trap.⛔️⛔️ I was angry with our guide who told us we couldn't visit Wae rebo Village due to the difficult trek. Instead, he suggested this village. Once we arrived, I asked him, "What are we doing here? This village has no charm and is full of trash." We essentially paid just to wear their traditional sarong. So please, don't listen to your guide or driver if they suggest visiting this village. It's not worth it at all. To enter this replica of Waerebo traditional village, you need to pay 45.000IDR if you're a local and 65.000IDR if you're a foreigner. Additionally, there's a Rp 50.000IDR fee to enter the traditional house to see the ceremony (They didn't inform us about this in advance, so it felt like a real bad trap) We didn't want to pay to see the ceremony, so we left the village quickly. No one gave us any explanation; the teenager who handed us the sarong was busy playing with her phone and didn't even look at us. Shame on you! An old man and a young teenager were really insistent that we enter the traditional house, saying, "It's the tradition; you need to see the ceremony if you visit this village!" I responded, "No way! We've already paid enough." Our whole visit lasted just 5 minutes. We left as quickly as possible, feeling totally ripped off. The village lacks charm, with plastic waste scattered everywhere. I didn't even take a picture of it. It's best to avoid this place.

Our guide explained many relationships about living in a traditional village. How the village was an autonomous entity and the rice field production and village life connections. We were shown inside the ‘chief’s’ house and told of the way the system is patriarchal. The ancestors burial ground in the centre and the special tree linking their spirits to those living in the village. Also the significance of the stone wall with the steps and hitching posts. If you visit you must get the cultural background or you may think this visit a waste of time. My grandson liked the traditional musical instruments and the house structure, especially the roof layer structure.