Amanwana’s aorta, a long jetty leading out to tropically ‘blushed’ pink skies above a myriad of aquatic life, is where the adventure of this island life takes off. At the heart of the camp, twenty stylish, eastern-colonial-style tents are sheltered under forest canopy, while the calls of nature’s tropical kingdom play out their exotic rhythm.

the resort

In 1993 Amanwana based itself, stealing prime position, on the Indonesian island of Moyo, off the coast of Sumbawa to the east of Bali. The air of camp life is skilfully incorporated into luxuriant tents, designed with style and subtlety on a coral-stone deck. The tents are sided by walls of windows framed in teak with polished hardwood flooring and dreamy soft hues such as creams, beige, wheat and honey.

This is a wilderness hideaway, secluded in a cove overlooking Amanwana Bay and the Flores Sea. Diving and snorkelling, from the jetty and the camp’s vessels, is readily accessible, proffering a spectacular array of magical, iridescent and fascinating sea life: hawksbill and giant turtles, soft red coral, barrel sponges flaying green and yellow tips, enormous blue sea stars floating over the magenta tips of hard coral all surrounded by a myriad of tropical fish. The island is inhabited by a unique mix of jungle animals, from deer to wild boar to macaque monkeys, and a variety of spectacular bird life, including eagles and osprey. Walks into the wonders of Moyo’s jungle world begin at base.