Edge Of Wildness™ Made in Indonesia
This is not an escape from everyday life. It is the return to a life well lived. Where rugged luxury meets unregulated freedom. A place to connect with something larger than oneself. A haven for the adventurer, for the wanderer. The endlessly passionate and curious. Arrive with an open heart and leave changed forever. This is a vacation with a purpose. A destination with meaning. This is NIHI Sumba.
NIHI® takes you back to the Edge of Wildness™. It's the serenity, culture, and undeveloped landscape that most people envisioned Bali to be. NIHI® Sumba is a 27-villa-only property on Sumba Island in East Indonesia and was awarded the best hotel in the world for two consecutive years.
Private Villas and Estates
27 Uniquely Designed Villas With Private Pool
NIHI Sumba is more than 27 uniquely designed villas. Each villa offers breathtaking views of the Indian Ocean and Nihiwatu Beach combined with the signature sumbanese smiles of our team to feel both at home and completely transported. Indulge in the thrill of swimming with the Sumba Sea horses, bask each of your senses at the Spa Safari™ Nihioka, a one-of-a-kind Spa experience that is not to be missed or explore uncharted waterfalls, and stand-up paddling on rivers that wind through picturesque Sumbanese villages.
- One Bedroom
- Two Bedroom
- Three Bedroom
- Four Bedroom
- Owner’s Estate
- Secret Villa
Dining
Dining punctuates the day. It brings on the morning and closes out the night. It gives meaning to each hour. As such we’ve taken great care designing the dining experience for our guests. Our menus are crafted to recall local flavors and far-flung tastes, using fresh produce from our on-site organic garden. Local fish is caught and brought up daily from our shores to be prepared in a new way every night. Toast is always cooked over an open fire, never in a toaster. We invite you to experience the details that make NIHI Sumba Island a singular culinary experience.
Ombak Restaurant: The hub of dining activity is the main, sandy-floored Ombak (meaning wave front) restaurant and bar lounge. Ombak, an exquisitely crafted open-air restaurant, serves a la carte breakfast and dinner daily in a relaxed convivial atmosphere. During the week we create special dining experiences including spectacular BBQs.
The large outside deck, cantilevered over the ocean, offers relaxed lounge seating and a spectacular private dining experience, The Nest, perched on the crest of the ocean, is perfect for a romantic dinner or an intimate group meal.
Nio Beach Club & Pool: Just bare footsteps from the sea, the Nio Beach Club offers open-aired pavilions serving the highest quality of fresh ingredients for lunch: whether it is a fish just caught from sea, delicious vegetables and legumes from our three abundant organic gardens, items from the grill, daily rotisserie, or freshly made pizzas from our wood fired clay oven, the Chef and his team will satiate your appetite with delicious, healthy dishes.
Kaboku: Kaboku is NIHI's unique refined Japanese restaurant offering a truly special omakase seven-course experience with the freshest ingredients prepared by our experienced Japanese chefs. Guests will be indulged by the freshest fish and carefully selected premium ingredients, masterfully crafted and presented in the traditional omakase style in a perfectly balanced experience, with a full array of flavors and textures that tantalize the senses. Kaboku's oceanfront privet location heightens the experience to one that is second to none with an elegant selection of Japanese saki and whisky to complete the experience.
Enjoy Kaboku's unforgettable dining experience and savor the unparalleled flavors of a truly special omakase experience.
*Kaboku is not inclusive in the daily accommodation price. Please ask your Guest Kapten for price and availability. There's a 50% cancelation fee.
Wellness
Perched above the crashing waves of the Indian Ocean, our award-winning Spa NIHI Spa Safari™ is an experience not to be missed. We offer a range of endless treatments from sea salt scrubs and mud wraps to coconut water hair washes and signature NIHI massages, from sun-up to sundown.
Our Yoga Pavilion offers breathtaking 360-degree views atop the ridge of the resort, with an open-air platform for private or group lessons. Throughout the resort, you will find many places that support meditation and a connection to oneself.
NIHI Spa Safari™: Have you ever felt as if you have been let in on a treasured secret? That is what it feels like to discover NIHI Spa Safari™ for the first time. Plunged into a bewitching world where the frontier of reality quickly surrenders to unregulated freedom, where fantasy and frolic form the perfect emulsion.
This is a place that transcends spa, a safari of the soul, so to speak; a place to breathe, share, be wild, and melt into raw emotion.
You arrive to the Spa Safari™, a short distance from the resort, in adventurous style; by horseback, safari jeep or spirited sunrise trek through rolling hills and expansive rice fields. Warm Sumba smiles and heart welcome you to this mythical setting which draws upon an energy of otherworldly nature that could only be imagined by the divine. Intimate treatment Bales dramatically perch on emerald green cliffs confronted by sweeping views of sapphire sea - the rhythm of waves and swaying of palm trees your meditation.
Free of rules and conventions, NIHI Spa Safari™ is a universe of desires where time feels suspended in song. Today you are invited to compose your own wellness concerto for the full or half day. Begin with a refreshing swim in the sea followed by breakfast cooked on an open fire or simply dive into your selection of bottomless treatments, an unexpected collection of wellness experiences inspired by the rousing tales of Indonesia’s rich healing history all firmly rooted in the comforts of classic methodologies.
Whatever your desires, this undeniably alluring wellness Spa Safari™ adventure evokes a playful and pure spirit, a living temple where body and soul become lyrical and an undefinable perfume of joy floats in the tropical breeze.
Yoga: Yoga and wellness is an integral part of the NIHI Sumba experience. The design of our yoga pavilion reflects just that: a breathtaking platform set atop a cliff side ridge offers sweeping views of Nihiwatu Beach on the Indian Ocean. The schedule created by NIHI’s Resident Yoga Teacher caters to all levels, honouring limitations while also elevating each student their highest potential through an integrated journey of body, mind, and spirit.
Complimentary group classes are offered daily on the hilltop pavilion including Hatha, Vinyasa Flow, Restorative, Yin Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Breathwork, and Meditation. Private bookings are also available in the privacy of guests’ villas or one of the awe-inspiring locations around the island.
Check our retreats regularly for our guest guru-led programs throughout the year.
Spa: Allow yourself to let go as the healing hands of our Sumbanese Spa team take you on a therapeutic journey where your mind and body transcend, assisted by the healing blends of pure essential oils in combination with gentle nurturing and energy work.
Perched above the crashing waves of the Indian ocean, our Boathouse Spa is an experience not to be missed. We offer a range of treatments from manicures and pedicures to our signature NIHI massage that can be enjoyed on site as well as in the privacy of your own room or any one of our picturesque spa bales that punctuate the property.
