Get involved
Ways to be involved beyond a stay
Ways to be involved
Beyond staying with us, you can live here for a few months, open a shop, or lend a hand with farming and craft work. Conversations about land and buildings come after you have visited at least once.
Whichever it is, please stay with us first and then think it over. We don’t recommend deciding without seeing the village.
Where to start
We are looking for owners for some of the thirteen villas.
Tap a number to see what happens at that spot.
This map is a schematic. We will replace it once the actual villa site plan is ready.
Long stays and return visits
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All the ways to be involved
Eight options (overview)
Keep a base
A room in the villa that stays yours. In the months you are away it is used as guest accommodation; in the months you come, you come home to it. Just being able to leave your things here changes the way you travel. This is for people who come back two or three times a year.
How costs work, choosing a room, and what happens in the months you don’t come will be decided in line with the villa opening.
Own a home
Building a house in the village and living next to village life, with village carpenters and village materials. Land rules are not simple for foreigners, and we explain that reality honestly at the first conversation.
Land
In Indonesia, foreigners cannot own land. What is possible is a long-term right of use, or an arrangement through a local company. We write down what is possible and what is risky before recommending anything.
Open a shop
Opening a small shop on the beach together with people from the village. It could sell coffee, or pearl craft. We start from what the village needs. A shop the villagers use lasts longer than one aimed at tourists.
Live here
Trying out life here, from a few months. Visas, living costs, healthcare and internet are all part of the reality. Starting with one month is the realistic way in.
Space
A few people, a few weeks, focused time in front of the sea: making things, research, retreats. We talk it through together, including the limits as a workplace (internet and power).
Take on a role
Joining in with village work: showing guests around, the pearl rafts, the fields, the boats. The longer people stay, the more naturally a role takes shape. Whether it is paid, and how it relates to your visa, is discussed case by case.
Villa owner
Owning one of the thirteen villas and taking part in running it. As this sits close to investment, details are on the project’s official site.
How it goes
Four steps
- 1
Stay
Start with a week. See the village.
- 2
Come back
On your second visit, people in the village remember your name.
- 3
A role appears
Guiding, the fields, the boats. Your hands start to find things to do.
- 4
Take a seat
A base, a shop, living here. This is when we first talk about rules and costs.
Rules and risks
Rules and risks (honestly)
- Foreigners cannot own land. Rights of use and company structures come with time limits and conditions.
- Your visa depends on how you stay. You cannot work on a tourist visa.
- The rupiah moves. Long-term costs cannot be fixed in your home currency.
- The village’s agreement comes first. There is little we can decide on our own.
- Plans made before opening will change. When they do, we will update this page.
