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indonesia

Why should I plan your trip? I know when the itinerary should be one word: stay.

RECOMMENDED STAY
Ideal Duration

STARTING PRICE
Per Person Per Day

IDEAL MONTHS
Best Time to Visit

$900+

8+ days

may-oct

One Destination, Deeply Experienced

THE PACE OF THE LAND

Indonesia is 17,000 islands, and the instinct is almost always to see as many as possible. I usually talk clients out of that. Sumba, one of the country's least developed islands, holds Nihi, a resort I've watched people arrive at restless and leave from unrecognizable, quieter, slower, more themselves. Horses on an empty beach at dawn. A jungle spa built into the hillside. Seven nights and nowhere else to be. Some places don't need a route. They need time.

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indonesia

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Sumba (Nihi Sumba)

One of Indonesia's least developed islands, home to a resort I return to whenever a client needs to disappear a little, thatched-roof villas, a world-class left-hand surf break, and horses on the beach at first light.

A tranquil beach with pink sand, turquoise water, and rugged brown cliffs under a partly cloudy sky.
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Home to the Komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard, along with pink sand beaches and some of the clearest water in Southeast Asia.

Komodo National Park

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Rice terraces in Ubud, surf towns along the south coast, a temple ritual visible from the road on any given morning. Still the island most people picture first, and still worth the visit.

Bali

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Raja Ampat

For travelers willing to go further, this remote archipelago in West Papua holds some of the most biodiverse reefs on earth, genuinely untouched, genuinely far.

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