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Timor-Leste Travel A to Z
Everything about travelling in Timor-Leste from A to Z: visas, money, health, weather, beaches, food, transport, culture and safety, with links to full guides.
A
- Accommodation
- Hotels, guesthouses and eco-lodges, with prices
- Airport (Dili)
- Arriving at Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport
- Areia Branca
- Dili's favourite beach, east of the centre
- Atauro Island
- Reefs, eco-lodges and a ferry ride from Dili
- ATMs
- Where to get cash, and what it costs
B
- Batar da'an
- The corn, bean and pumpkin stew
- Baucau
- The second city, old town and beaches
- Beaches
- The best beaches and where it is safe to swim
- Budget travel
- How to travel on USD 45 to 70 a day
- Buses
- Long-distance buses and mikrolets
C
- Car hire
- Self-drive, 4WD with driver, prices and licences
- Coffee
- Highland Arabica, cafés and farm visits
- Com
- Beach village in the far east
- Costs
- Daily budgets and what things cost
- Cristo Rei
- The statue, the steps and the back beach
- Crocodiles
- Where they live and how to swim safely
- Culture and etiquette
- Customs, dress and visiting homes
D
- Dengue
- The most common mosquito-borne illness
- Dili
- The capital: sights, food and transport
- Dishes to try
- Timorese food from ikan saboko to tukir
- Diving and snorkelling
- Sites, operators and prices
- Driving
- Roads, licences and safety
E
- Electricity and plugs
- 220 V; plug types C, E, F and I
- Embassies
- Embassies in Dili and consular help
- Emergency numbers
- Police 112, ambulance 110, fire 115
F
- Family travel
- Timor-Leste with kids
- Ferry to Atauro
- Timetable, fares and fast boats
- Festivals
- Pilgrimages, the marathon and more
- Flights
- Flights to Dili from Darwin, Bali and Singapore
G
- Getting around
- Buses, 4WDs, ferries and flights
- Getting there
- By air, overland and by sea
H
- Health and vaccines
- Vaccines, rabies, dengue and hospitals
- History
- A short timeline, from 1515 to ASEAN
- Holidays
- All 18 public holidays
- Hotels in Dili
- Where to stay in the capital
I
- Internet and SIM cards
- Local SIMs, eSIMs and coverage
- Itineraries
- 5, 7 and 14-day routes
J
- Jaco Island
- The sacred island at the eastern tip
K
- Katupa
- Rice cooked in woven palm-leaf parcels
L
- Language
- Useful Tetum phrases
- LGBTQ+ travel
- Laws, attitudes and Dili Pride
- Long stays
- Monthly rentals in Dili
M
- Malaria
- Certified malaria-free in 2025
- Maubisse
- Highland town and coffee country
- Money
- US dollars, ATMs and cards
- Mount Ramelau
- The sunrise climb to 2,963 m
N
- Nino Konis Santana National Park
- Jaco, forests and Lake Ira Lalaro
O
- Oecusse
- The enclave in West Timor
P
- Packing
- What to bring
- Public holidays
- The 2026 official list
R
- Rabies
- The public health emergency and what to do after a bite
- Rainy season
- Weather month by month
- Restaurants
- Where to eat across the country
S
- Safety
- Crime, roads, sea and government advice
- Solo and female travel
- Harassment, nights out and getting around
T
V
- Vaccinations
- What to get before you go
- Visa
- USD 30 on arrival, and who is visa-free
W
- Water
- Do not drink the tap water
- Weather
- Temperatures and rain by month
- Whale watching
- Pygmy blue whales, October to November
- When to go
- The best months and why
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