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Official Tourism Website of Timor-Leste
Aileu Municipality, Timor-Leste
Destinations
Highland landscapes and coffee country

Aileu

Highland gateway above the clouds

A mountainous municipality in the central highlands, 47 km southwest of Dili, where steep forested ridges meet ribbons of rice paddy. The winding mountain road opens onto views of rivers and the north coast as it passes remote traditional villages and coffee plantations.

Things to See & Do

Coffee plantation drives

Scenic routes through the highland coffee forest

Japanese war memorial

Nicolau Lobato monument

In Aissirimou

Statue of St Peter & St Paul

Aileu Traditional Market

Wednesdays and Saturdays

Seloi Kraik lagoon