Bali's Neighbouring Islands | May - June 2024

There are those who yearn for adventure, to explore regions that provide a great sense of ‘disconnect’ and escape, more raw, rural and rugged. This can be found east of Bali, where the string of islands that stretch towards the rising sun each offer a distinct experience and atmosphere, getting increasingly exotic the further you go.

This edition of NOW! Bali offers an introduction to the treasures that lie just beyond, where a quick flight (or even boat trip) will take you across the Wallace Line into an Indonesia that is vastly different, not just in flora and fauna, but feeling too. Whether it’s exploring the Sasak villages under the shadow of Mt.Rinjani, Lombok; cruising the seas surrounding the scattered isles around Labuan Bajo, hunting for Komodo dragons; or witnessing horsemen gallop across the Sumba hillsides. For an island experience a little closer to home, we also take you to the neighbouring ‘Nusas’ of Lembongan, Ceningan and Penida, which are treasured island escapes just off the coast of mainland Bali.