Indonesia! A new country on our World tour journey. The biggest archipelago country in the world, the 4th most populated ...

Sumba, one of Indonesia’s easternmost islands, is just an hour’s flight from Bali. But Sumba is as quiet as Bali is thumping. There are no digital nomads, DJ parties or drones at sunset.

Luckily, I had planned to wrap up my time in Indonesia with a weeklong side trip to the nearby island of Sumba with a friend.. Overpopulation was no longer a problem. Sumba is a 90-minute direct ...

Global guest chefs, an acclaimed French mixology consultant, and subtle nods to island and French cultures are among the elevated touches at Indonesia's new, off-the-grid Cap Karoso.

The Indonesian island of Sumba offers the kind of sanctuary that travelers yearn for. A Sumba sojourn is a “change your life” kind of trip, offering a lost island forgotten in time with ...

F I G U R E 1 : Topographic map of the Indonesian island of Sumba. Created with GMT from SRTM data. ...More (Credit: Sadalmelik / CC BY-SA 3.0). Sadalmelik via a creative commons license ...

Minister Nusron Wahid said Sunday that no private ownership or sale of entire islands is permitted under Indonesian law.

The nature immersion. Leaning into the island’s wild environment, longstanding luxury resort Nihi Sumba offers a wellness programme that seeks to showcase the rugged and remote environment.

Two Australians, Jess and Daniel Baldock, bought a plot on the Indonesian island of Sumba. At first, they were going to start a surf camp, but they built a six-room hotel and a farm.

One of those places is Sumba Island in Indonesia, which receives about 25,000 tourists annually. Meanwhile, the popular island of Bali saw 5.27 million international tourists during 2023.