Be the first to know! We are pleased to share that an exhilarating voyage onboard Aqua Blu with Australian historian and author Ian Burnet to join them as expert for the first two Spice Islands departures in October 2020. Aqua…

Be the first to know! We are pleased to share that an exhilarating voyage onboard Aqua Blu with Australian historian and author Ian Burnet to join them as expert for the first two Spice Islands departures in October 2020. Aqua…
Pangkalan Bun in Central Kalimantan is a long way from anywhere, and it hosts the fascinating babukung Mask Festival every year. Bukung is someone who is wearing a mask, called luha in Dayak Tomun language, worn during Tiwah Ceremony. The…
Ikat is an enduring, enticing fabric. Ikat comes from the Indonesian word ‘mengikat’, which means “to tie or bind.” Unlike most other types of surface embellishments like block printing or tie and dye which are done after weaving, the warp…
Indonesia has plenty of wonderful places to dive, but none so exciting and unusual as Banua Wuhu, an active, undersea (submarine) volcano emitting constant sulfur filled, scalding bubbles. If you’re into scuba diving, why not bring your experience to a…
Standing majestically on the eastern seaboard of Bali is the island’s highest mountain: Gunung Agung or Mount Agung, located in the district of Karangasem. With its summit reaching a height of 3,031 meters above sea level, the stratovolcano is the…
The province of Banten which was once part of the vast West Java province, was formed in the year 2000, and is today the youngest province on the island of Java. However, its people are long known in history to have their…
An hour’s flight from Bali will deposit you 400 kilometres south-east on Sumba, an island twice its size, but with just 15 per cent of its population. As recently as the 1960s, head-hunting was practised in Sumba and today this little-visited Indonesian…
A unique and most attractive festival that promises to place the spotlight on the island of Biak, located in the northern part of Papua : the Biak Munara Wampasi (BMW) Fesival will take place from 1-4th July 2015 in the village Mnurwar, in the subdistrict of Oridek, in the District Biak Numfor. This…