Just under three thousand metres, a pre-dawn climb to a statue of Our Lady, and a highland world of coffee, mist and pine.
Why this channel
What you will learn here
Ramelau is the country's signature trek and the highlands hold its coffee, its coolest weather and its most dramatic driving.
Four short filmed conversations with the people who know this subject first-hand are being produced for this page by Stays of Timor. Each is two to three minutes — honest, local, and recorded in Timor-Leste.
The interviews
Four conversations, four angles
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 1Climbing Ramelau
The pre-dawn ascent, the practicalities, and the sunrise.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 2A mountain that is also a pilgrimage
Our Lady of Ramelau, the annual pilgrimage and the sacred meaning of the peak.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 3Highland life
Maubisse, Hatobuilico and Letefoho — cold nights, coffee, and getting around.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 4Forest, erosion and the future of the highlands
Deforestation, landslides, water and reforestation efforts.
In pictures
Places & Journeys
Ataúro from aboveNino Konis Santana coastHighland sunriseRidge country
Photos: Ministry of Tourism & Environment, Timor-Leste
Part of the Timor Information Channels — 28 subjects, told by the people who know them. Produced by Stays of Timor.
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