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Amanwana

Moyo Island, Indonesia

Meaning 'peaceful forest', romantic Amanwana is the only resort on the just-remote-enough island of Moyo, a pristine nature and marine reserve off the east coast of Bali. Its 20 swish tents enjoy striking views of the turqouise Flores Sea, a prime spot for beach-basking, diving and snorkelling far from the madding crowd. Think soaring jungle, pure shores and endless ocean...

Need to know

• Rooms 20 tents.
• Rates Double rooms from $800.00, excluding tax at 21 per cent.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency ($800), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• More details Rates, plus extra full-board charge, include all meals, non-alcoholic drinks, laundry, short treks and non-motorised beach activities.
• Facilities Lounge, Jungle Cove Spa, Spa Tent, bamboo-roofed music pavilion, library with books, DVDs and CDs, boutique, free WiFi throughout, gardens, 11 boats. In rooms: minibar, complimentary bottled water, air-conditioning.
• Poolside Overlooking Amanwana Bay, the small, round freshwater dipping pool, nestled against a frond-fringed coral rock wall, is handy for cooling off if you're basking on the sunloungers on the adjacent Boardwalk. There's a shower set into the cliff-face too
• Check-out Totally flexible, as is check-in.
• Children Welcome: full board for children under 12 costs US$25 each a day; extra beds for older kids are US$100 a child a day. Babysitting is complimentary for up to four hours a day, given one hour's notice. More...
• Eco-friendly A low-impact island resort that harnesses local materials, Amanwana's green credentials are in keeping with its wild, pristine setting. Guests can contribute to its Moyo Conservation Fund which benefits nearby village communities and the environment.
• Also Most of the camp is open-air, so smoking is allowed. Your sneaky cigarette break might be interrupted by shy Rusa deer, though, as Amanwana has created a sanctuary and breeding programme for the indigenous creatures on this island reserve.

Food and drink at Amanwana

• Hotel restaurant

  If you don't know your urap-urap (steamed veg with roasted coconut) from your udang colo colo (grilled king prawn with tomato and lime-leaf salsa), then you soon will at Amanwana's appealingly airy main Dining Room. Chef Setia Purnama serves up an exotic mix of Asian and Western dishes in this open-sided, bamboo-roofed pavilion, open from day through to evening. Fresh herbs and vegetables hail from the organic chef's garden; fresh sea views come care of mother nature.

• Dress code Flip-flops, floppy hats and floaty little numbers for the girls; Bear Grylls-goes-beach for the boys.
• Top table Snaffle a table or banquette closest to the ocean at the main restaurant. For romance in overdrive (and US$165 a person), you can't beat a private barbecue on the beach, with lanterns to light your way, candles in the sand and petals strewn about.
• Last orders Amanwana is an 'anytime, anywhere' sort of retreat where there's no such thing as last orders.
• Room service Your wish is Amanwana's command, with round-the-clock room service taking its cue from the restaurant menu.
• Hotel bar

  You'll be compelled to order a cocktail involving mangoes or coconuts once you catch sight of the teak-top colonial-modern bar alongside the Dining Room. Segue to the comfy banquettes alongside afterwards for post-prandial lazing. The resort was designed by interiors whizz Jean-Michel Gathy, who puts the tasteful into tropical-modern.

Amanwana Moyo Island, West Sumbawa Regency, Sumbawa Besar, Moyo Island, 84310