Ascend into the cool mist-shrouded highlands of Maubisse for a private guided trek through coffee estates and traditional Timorese villages — a dramatic and rarely seen interior landscape of extraordinary beauty.
What to expect
A private vehicle climbs through tiered rice paddies and eucalypt forests to Maubisse at 1,400 metres, where the air is startlingly cool and the views across layered mountain ridges are simply staggering. Your expert guide walks you through a working coffee estate, explaining the crop's Portuguese colonial origins and its current role in the national economy. You share lunch with a local family in a traditional uma lulik (sacred house), tasting slow-cooked mountain cuisine you will find nowhere else in the world.
Good to know
Full-day excursion — an early 6:30am departure from the port is essential. Bring a light layer; temperatures at altitude can be 15°C cooler than Dili. Pre-book with Crooked Compass well in advance as this is a bespoke private experience.