Savana Cottages

Maluku


For pure soporific serenity, few budget guesthouses in Indonesia can beat Savana Cottages. Watch the swooping curlews and the tide retreating in the moonlight, while sipping an ice-cold beer or swinging from the hammock between sighing casuarina. Four simple, compact, fan-only, bamboo-and-wood rooms share mandi (ladle bath) bathrooms. Owners Lucy and Gerson are charming and helpful. Dinner is excellent.

Snorkelling gear can be rented (50,000Rp per day) and motorbikes hired (semi-auto/auto 50,000/75,000Rp per day).