Coral Flora

Four bedrooms dressed in light, fresh tones, each detail chosen with the kind of quiet care that reveals itself slowly over the course of a stay. The private pool faces the beach. The bar sits alongside it. Torchlight at dusk. Sea breeze through pine trees at every hour. The beach itself, reserved exclusively for guests, is steps from the living room, and the turtles that inhabit the reef just offshore have a habit of appearing without invitation, which is the best kind. The water around Gili Trawangan is some of the clearest in all of Indonesia, snorkelling begins from the sand, scuba diving operators are minutes away by bicycle, and the coral gardens that surround the island are among the most extraordinary in Southeast Asia. The island itself is explored entirely on two wheels, no engines, no traffic, just the sound of the ocean and the occasional horse cart passing through the pine trees. Daily breakfast arrives each morning. Filtered water runs through every tap. And when the evening calls for nothing more than the sound of the waves, the hammock and the outdoor kitchen and the bar are all exactly where you left them. For those travelling as a larger group, Villa Coralita sits immediately behind, two bedrooms, its own pool, the same private beach, connectable by corridor into a six-bedroom compound that is, without question, the finest private arrangement available anywhere on Gili Trawangan.