Terrain
Open savanna gives long sightlines, which is why sightings feel more reliable here than in denser cover.
Plan Your Visit
The Island, in Numbers
Size, height, coordinates and population, each traced to a dated source rather than repeated from another guide.
Plan a Visit- Island area
- 198 km²
- Highest point, Doro Ora
- 667 m
- Komodo dragons, 2023 park inventory
- 1,509
- Largest island in the park, after Komodo
- 2nd
In short
Rinca sits at roughly 8°42′S, 119°41′E inside Komodo National Park, in East Nusa Tenggara. Its terrain is dry savanna hills, mangrove-fringed bays and pockets of dry forest.
- At about 198 km² it is the second-largest island in the park, after Komodo Island at roughly 390 km².
- Dragon numbers come from the park authority’s published inventory for the 2023 survey year.
- The only settlement, Kampung Rinca, sits outside the guided visitor route.
Context
What the Numbers Mean
Figures on their own explain very little. These are the ones that change how a visit feels.
Density
A large population on a compact island, concentrated near the ranger post where prey and water are.
Scale
Visitors see a small fraction of 198 km². The trails cover a few kilometres around one bay.
Formation
Volcanic in origin, like the rest of the arc, which is what produced the ridgelines you walk along.
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