Traced, or flagged
Fees, areas and distances point at a named agency, a dated official page, or academic literature. Anything else is marked as reported.
Photo: Miranda Rachellina / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The desk
A desk, not a byline.
Who compiles these guides, how the figures are checked, and why this page does not name an individual.
In short
Riung Flores is written and fact-checked by the Riung Flores Editorial Desk — the site's editorial team, responsible for research, sourcing and updates.
- Multiple sources before anything is published.
- No single source relied on for any figure.
- Corrections dated and published, not quietly edited.
How it works
Three rules the desk operates under
The same three that appear on the homepage, stated at length here.
Consistent site-wide
A number that changes between two pages is a bug. We hold one canonical value and correct every page that carries it.
Representative. Photo: Stepgun / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Independent of operators
No payment for listings or recommendations. One commercial relationship exists and it is named wherever it is relevant.
Bena, near Bajawa. Photo: Serenade / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Why no name
The work is collective, so the attribution is too
Research, checking and updates are shared. Attributing a page to one person would misstate who did the work and would go stale the moment someone else revised it.
Accountability sits with the desk, and the corrections record is public.
Frequently asked questions
Ready to put dates on it?
Riung boats are arranged locally, at the pier. For the Komodo leg or a full Flores itinerary, the reservations desk answers on WhatsApp.