It has been rumored that small populations live on the greater island of Flores as well. They reside only on the islands of Rinca, Gili-Motang, and Komodo island itself. Komodo dragons are classified as endangered, with numbers in the wild at just around 2,000. Bush as a gift in 1990 by then President of Indonesia, Suharto. Perhaps the most famous dragon to date, Naga, was given to former US President George H.W. The mammoth lizards have captivated mankind’s imagination ever since their discovery along ancient Spice Routes, but have only been scientifically documented over the past 100 years. A trip to Komodo may as well be a journey back in time. The enormous dragons, with their flat heads, scaly skin and long forked tongues, evoke images of primordial times, when fearsome and mighty creatures ruled the Earth. The only place to see them in the wild is in Komodo National Park, a small area of protected wilderness between Sumbawa and Flores islands.

If you didn’t know they still exist, a sighting in the wild would be hard to comprehend, as they look like creatures from a different era. The world’s largest lizards are living remnants of prehistoric times.

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