Waka Nusa Resort

MANY,MANY YEARS AGO, BALI WAS ATTACHED TO JAVA, SUMATRA AND MALAYSIA AND LEMBONGAN ISLAND WAS ATTACHED TO LOMBOK, FLORES, TIMOR AND AUSTRALIA. DURING THE 19TH CENTURY, A BRITISH SCIENTIST, WALLACE STATED / DISCOVERED THAT THE INDONESIA ARCHIPELAGO COULD BE DIVIDED BY AN IMAGINARY LINE WHICH LATER BECAME KNOWN AS THE WALLACE LINE IN OUR ENCYCLOPEDIAS. ACCORDING TO TO HIS EXTENSIVE SURVEY, ALL LAND TO THE WEST OF THIS LINE BELONGED TO THE ASIATIC CONTINENT FLORA, FAUNA, RAIN FOREST, TIGERS, ELEPHANTS, ETC... AND ALL LAND TO THE EAST BELONGED TO THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT WITH ITS SPECIFIC DRYER CLIMATE, BUSHES BIG, LIZARD AND MASUPIALS. THE WALLACE LINE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DRAWN BETWEEN BALI AND ... LEMBONGAN ISLAND. IN 1986, THE SKIPPERS OF SAILING YACHT WAS VISITING THE ARCHIPELAGO ON HIS WAY TO EUROPE, AND DROPPED ANCHOR IN THE BAY OF TAJUNG SANGHIANG ON LEMBONGAN ISLAND. THIS IS WHERE HE DISCOVERED THE MAGICAL LOCATION OF WHAT LATER BECOME THE WAKA NUSA RESORT. THE SKIPPER HAVING HELPED DEVELOPE THE 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 INSFRASTRUCTURE, THE ISLAND HAS BEEN PRESERVED FROM THE GROWTH AND PROGRESS THAT HAS EVOLVED IN 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, TIMES HAS STOPPED AND THE BALINESE TRADITIONS AND CILTURE ARE STILL THE SAME AS THEY WERE MANY MANY YEARS AGO. THE RESORT HAS 10 BUNGALOWS BUILT AMONGS A PALM TREE PLANTATION EDGING THE WHITES AND BEACH OF TANJUNG SANGHIANG. A TURQOISE LAGOON AND CORAL 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 AN Rates are based on double occupancy. Charges for extra adults may apply and will be due directly to the hotel.

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