Waka Nusa Resort

Many, many years ago, Bali was attached to Java, Sumatra and Malaysia, and LembonganIsland was attached to Lombok, Flores, Timor and Australia. During the 19th century, a British Scientist, Wallace stated discovered that the Indonesian Archipelago could be divided by an imaginary line which later became known as the Wallace Line in our encyclopedias. According to his extensive survey, all land to the West of this line belonged to the Asiatic continent : Flora, Fauna, rain forest, tigers, elephant, etc ....and all land to the East belonged to the Australian continent with its specific dryer climate, bushes big lizard and marsupials. The Wallace line was subsequently drawn between Bali and ...... Lembongan Island. In 1986, the skipper of sailing yacht was visiting the Archipelago on his way to Europe, and dropped anchor in the bay of Tanjung Sanghiang on Lembongan Island. This is where he discovered the magical location of what would later become the Waka Nusa Resort. The Skipper having helped developthe resort has since sailed on. He now lives in Australia. Nusa Lembongan is situated 12 kilometers East of Bali. The resort is facing Sanur and the well known Gunung Agung volcano (3.100 meters) and because of its isolated location and limited infrastructure, the island has been preserved from the growth and progress that has evolvedin Bali over the last ten years. The Hindu population of 3.500 is divide into 2 villages and still reliant on seaweed farming and fishing,and this is the economic resource of the island to this day. Here, time has stopped and the Balinese traditions and culture are still the same as they were many many years ago. The resort has 10 Lanais built amongst a palm tree plantation edging the whites and beach of Tanjung Sanghiang; a turqoise lagoon andcoral reef with the Segara temple and its centuries old Kapok tree as its setting. The architecture is inspired by the romantic round shaped buildings familiar to the Eastern Indonesian archipelago and a lot of the South Pacific Islands. Materials used are in harmony with the natural landscape and local tradition; hatched roofs, earth pigmented wall, rendering, fine wood joinery and traditional decoration.