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bedrock of Clastic limestone (Maubisse Formation)
that falls downward without making contact with the
underlying rock in to pool below with depth of 2
meters. The waterfall has enough space between the
water and the rock that you can walk behind it. This
type of waterfall is known as plunge waterfall. The
Ermanfoli has a cave behind the waterfall that makes
it unique in and has historical story in it, where in the
conflicts times the Portuguese colonization and of the
Indonesian occupation the local people escape and
evacuate into the cave. The average geosite potential
is 59% for Geotourism. It is located Edi Village (1197
m, 08°51'42"2 S ‑ 125°37'44"0"S).
4.5 Ersulihatmau Waterfall
It’s water steeps fall from 1-meter height over of
massive boulders of limestone that descending in to
pool below where the water is very clean, clear and
fresh with depth about 0.73 meter as the body of Edi
Erus river. It’s type of fan waterfall that is a steep
angle cascaded that fans out from a narrow width at
the top to a larger base at the bottom Most fans are
also horsetails in that they maintain contact with
underlying rock during their descent. It is located in
Edi Village (1175m, 08°51'42"5 S‑ 125°37'40"8"S).
The average geosite potential is 64% for Geotourism.
4.6 Ermihis Waterfall
Its water steeps fall from 25 meters height over of
limestone (Maubisse Formation) that descending in to
pool below where the water is very clean, clear and
fresh with depth about 0.1 meter. It is type of FAN
waterfall that is a steepagled cascade that fans out
from a narrow width at the top to a larger base at the
bottom maintain contact with bedrock during their
fall downward. It’s located in Edi village (1165m, 08
51’ 45,9”125 37’ 57,4”). The average geosite
potential is 64% for Geotourism.
4.7 Erkuira Waterfall
Erkuira block waterfall is a type of "ledge" waterfall.
In a block waterfall, water falls from a wide river or
stream, and the fall is typically wider than it is tall.
The water drops over the vertical cliff with 5 meters
height over a rocky ledge of clastic limestone that fall
downward into the pool bellow with depth of 2
meters. It is located in Edi Village (1160 m,
08’’51’51,2”- 125’’38’03,7”). The average geosite
potential is 59%.
4.8 Debu Waterfall
Debu waterfall It is located in Edi Village (1160m,
08’51’58,5”-125 38’ 08,4”). The average geosite
potential is 59% for Geotourism. It is Slide waterfalls
can be considered a sub-type of horsetail. The water
glides down a relatively low angle slope, maintaining
continuous contact with bedrock of layered clastic
limestone. However, is that contact is constant
because of the shallow slope of the rock in slide
waterfalls (Height 11m, depth 2m).
4.9 Edi Simerah Waterfall
This geomorphosite is located in Edi Simerah Village
(2002m 08 51’ 31,3”-125 37’ 43,5”). The
geomorphosite of Edi Simerah shows landforms that
have acquired a scientific, cultural or historical,
aesthetic and/or social/economic. In the hill of Edi
Simerah there are complete component for a
geomorphosite. Raimerah Waterfall (Fan waterfall),
Traditional house of Edi Raimerah, small chapel
made of woods and Hill top location offers expansive
views of structural mountain landscape with average
potential to be develop for geotouristic destination
makes up to 69%.
A geotouristic tracking route map has been
designed. It is start from Pousada to Edi Village. It
normally takes about 1 hour by motorbike and car.
The road to Edi village is adventurous and the
surrounding view is amazing and in the middle of the
trip it’s better to take a stop in Ule Lefa strawberry
garden. Ule Lefa is well known as a ecotourism site
for strawberry farming (1411m, 08 50’30,3’ S -
125’37’ 14,5’’).
5 CONCLUSIONS
Edi Village has significant potential to be developed
as one of the geotourism destination in Maubisse,
Ainaro, Timor-Leste. The geotourism potential of
Suco Edi, we have discovered three types of tourism
resources: geological tourism, geomorphological
tourism and river tourism all located in nine sites (two
geomorphosites and seven geosites). The average
results of the feasibility study of the geotourism
potential in each of these sites are: Pousada
Geomorphosite 89%; Erus Manu Waterfall 64%;
Haut Doner Waterfall 64%; Ermanfoli Waterfall
59%; Er Sulihat Mau waterfall 64%; Er Mihis
Waterfall 64%; Er Kuira Waterfall 59%; Debu
Waterfall 59%; and Edi Simerah Geomorphosite
69%. Considering all the aspects above, which were
based on the quantification and comparison of the
various wonders between nature and geological
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