Southeast Asia · Archipelago
Indonesia island by island: Ubud, East Bali and Nusa Dua, Borobudur in Central Java, Moyo Island, Amandira under sail, and Bawah Reserve in the remote Anambas Islands.
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Southeast Asia · Archipelago
Indonesia is an archipelago best read island by island. Bali keeps its terraced interior, its temple calendar and a coast that changes character from the south to the east. Central Java holds the great monument of Borobudur beneath its volcanoes. East toward Sumbawa the shores grow wilder and the reefs richer, and far to the north, in the Riau Islands, the Anambas lie scattered across the South China Sea. Ceremony is part of daily life here, from offerings set at a doorway in the morning to temple days that can reshape a road for an afternoon.
On Bali we keep four houses. Above the Ayung River gorge near Ubud, Amandari follows the scale of a village, with thatched pavilions, some with private pools, and rice-terrace light. In the Payangan highlands north of Ubud, Buahan, a Banyan Tree Escape is an adults-only retreat of sixteen open-air pool bales with no walls and no doors. In East Bali, Amankila looks across the Lombok Strait from a hillside above Manggis, with its three-tier pool and a beach club on the water. On the southern peninsula at Nusa Dua, Aman Villas at Nusa Dua is villa-only: freestanding houses with private pools, each looked after by its own team.
In Central Java, Amanjiwo is a circular stone amphitheatre of suites on the Kedu Plain, turned toward Borobudur, where temple dawns and volcanic horizons set the rhythm of the day. Off Sumbawa, on Moyo Island, Amanwana is a tented camp under jungle canopy, with marine-reserve diving at the shore. And for Indonesia by sea, Amandira, Aman’s phinisi, sails eastern Indonesia’s islands and reefs with a small number of cabins and routes that follow the wind and the season.
Far to the north, in the Anambas Islands, Bawah Reserve spans six islands, three marine reserve lagoons and a hundred hectares of primary forest around thirty-six suites and villas, reached by seaplane after a short ferry from Singapore. We hold it for travelers who want Indonesia at its quietest.
At the northern tip of Sulawesi, in the heart of the Coral Triangle, North Sulawesi is Indonesia for divers. Siladen Resort & Spa sits on a white beach inside Bunaken National Marine Park, facing the volcano of Manado Tua, and Coral Eye, founded by marine biologists, looks out to the soft coral pinnacles of Bangka Island. Our North Sulawesi dive journey joins the two by private boat.
For Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines, see our Southeast Asia guide.
Why visit
Featured properties
Seven houses across the archipelago, from Bali’s gorge and Borobudur to a tented camp, a phinisi and the Anambas. Distances here are long, so we rarely ask more than two or three places of one journey: Ubud and the east coast for culture and sea, Borobudur and Bali for stone and terraces, Moyo or a voyage on Amandira when the water should lead, or a few nights in Singapore before the seaplane to Bawah. Your advisor works directly with each house, matching the pavilion, villa, tent or cabin to the party, building rest days between flights and boats, and keeping ceremonies and festival calendars in view.
Kedewatan, Ubud · Bali, Indonesia: thirty one thatched pavilions and villas above the Ayung River Gorge
Aman's Balinese village on the lip of the Ayung River Gorge in Kedewatan, near Ubud: thirty one thatched pavilions and villas behind paras stone walls, and the first infinity pool in Bali.
Manggis, East Bali, Indonesia
Aman’s East Bali hillside house at Manggis: freestanding suites above the Lombok Strait, the landmark three-tier pool, and a beach club on the water for sand-and-cliff weeks.
Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
Aman’s freestanding villa compound at Nusa Dua: staffed private-pool houses on Bali’s southern peninsula for multi-gen and privacy-first weeks that need a true house, not a hotel corridor.
Central Java, Indonesia (near Borobudur)
Aman’s Central Java house on the Kedu Plain, a circular stone amphitheatre of suites oriented toward Borobudur for temple-dawn weeks held with Javanese landscape quiet.
Moyo Island, Indonesia
Aman’s tented camp on Moyo Island: luxury jungle-canopy tents with marine-reserve diving, island exploration, and remote pacing that is not a Seminyak transfer.
Indonesia (phinisi sailing yacht voyages)
Aman’s Indonesian phinisi: teak sailing voyages with limited cabins, dive-light days, and itineraries that trade static resorts for moving water through eastern island and reef country.
Pulau Bawah, Anambas Islands · Riau Islands, Indonesia: six islands, three marine reserve lagoons
Six islands, three marine reserve lagoons, and thirty-six suites and villas in Indonesia’s remote Anambas Islands, reached by seaplane from Batam.
Siladen Island · Bunaken National Marine Park, North Sulawesi: twenty-three villas on a white beach facing the volcano of Manado Tua
A dive resort of twenty-three villas on a small coral island inside Bunaken National Marine Park, North Sulawesi, with a 600 metre white beach, a PADI dive centre and some forty dive sites on the walls of the park.
Bangka Island · North Sulawesi: a marine outpost and dive resort on a white beach between the jungle and the reef
A marine outpost turned boutique dive resort on Bangka Island, North Sulawesi, founded by marine biologists: villas and rooms on a 200 metre white beach, pinnacles of soft coral and some of the finest macro diving in the region a few minutes away.
Banjar Selat, Buahan Kaja, Payangan, Gianyar · in the rainforest north of Ubud above the Ayung River · sixteen open-air pool bales for adults
Sixteen open-air pool bales with no walls and no doors in the rainforest above the Ayung River, north of Ubud: an adults-only Banyan Tree Escape with two MICHELIN Keys, a farm-led kitchen and a private waterfall.
East Indonesia · Bali and Komodo, Raja Ampat, Ambon and the Spice Islands, Asmat and New Guinea
Aqua Expeditions' 60 metre explorer yacht, permanently based in East Indonesia: 15 cabins for 30 guests, cooking by Benjamin Cross, and voyages to Komodo, Raja Ampat, the Spice Islands and Asmat.
The house
A first reading of the stay: rooms, light, and the quiet between them. Each still is a note, not a catalogue.
Sub-destinations
Towns, islands, and smaller landscapes that sit inside this one.
Indonesia
The Anambas Islands: six islands, three marine reserve lagoons, and thirteen beaches in Indonesia’s Riau Islands, home to Bawah Reserve and curated by Exclusive Villa Collection.
Destination
Ubud’s Ayung River gorge: rice-terrace Bali when the week wants Kedewatan quiet, not Seminyak neon.
Destination
East Bali’s Manggis coast: three-tier pools above the Lombok Strait when Bali should feel like cliff shade and ancient kingdom country.
Destination
Nusa Dua’s gated southern tip: freehold villa Bali when the week needs staffed houses, ocean proximity, and resort infrastructure without a hotel corridor.
Destination
Central Java facing Borobudur: stone-circle Aman when the week is pilgrimage light, rice terraces, and temple dawns rather than beach clubs.
Destination
Moyo Island’s tented jungle camp: Komodo-adjacent Indonesia when the week wants dive light, wild coast, and canvas Aman rather than a villa compound.
Destination
Aman’s Indonesian phinisi voyages: liveaboard teak and sail when the week is Komodo or spice-route water, not a static resort key.
Indonesia
The northern tip of Sulawesi, in the heart of the Coral Triangle: the coral walls of Bunaken National Marine Park, the soft coral pinnacles and black sand of Bangka Island, and volcanic highlands and rainforest a drive away.
When and how
Each season keeps its own calendar. We plan the transfer around it.
Best time to visit
Indonesia straddles the equator, so the right month depends on the island. On Bali and Java the dry season, roughly April to October, brings clear days for temple dawns, rice terraces and the sea; the wet season brings lush ravines and afternoon rain. In the Anambas, March to November brings the calmest seas and most sunshine, with turtle nesting from July to September.
Seasonality
Christmas and the July and August holidays fill first on Bali, and Nyepi, the Balinese day of silence, closes the island for a day each spring. Bawah Reserve closes each year for maintenance, from 14 November to 18 December in 2026. Your advisor confirms dates with each house when you inquire.
Airport / logistics
Denpasar (DPS) is the airport for Bali, with private transfers to Nusa Dua, Ubud and the east coast. Amanjiwo is reached through Yogyakarta (YIA). Moyo Island and Amandira’s embarkation ports are reached by regional flights, seaplane or boat. For the Anambas, a car from Singapore to Tanah Merah, a thirty-minute ferry to Batam and an eighty-minute seaplane bring you down in Bawah’s main lagoon.
Luxury experiences
Suggested journeys
Days held in sequence, not a list of nights.
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Destination
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Destination
Vietnam’s south-central coast in two bays: Six Senses Ninh Van Bay, reached by boat across from Nha Trang, and Amanoi above Vinh Hy Bay in Ninh Thuan.
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