Visiting Tibumana Waterfall: A Quick & Practical Guide

Visiting Tibumana Waterfall: A Quick & Practical Guide

A curtain-type waterfall that falls elegantly into a small pool below, Tibumana Waterfall has the classic Bali waterfall look that makes people pin it to their Pinterest boards and dream up a trip around. But Tibumana has also been victim to the color-grading mania that has taken over the brains of many an Instagrammer, so…

Campuhan Antapan Waterfall, Bali: Leke Leke’s Quieter Neighbor

Campuhan Antapan Waterfall, Bali: Leke Leke’s Quieter Neighbor

Campuhan Antapan is located right down the road from Leke Leke Waterfall, an Insta-famous waterfall to which many influencers flock. Leke Leke is definitely a lovely waterfall, but honestly, I preferred Campuhan Waterfall by far. Campuhan Antapan is a lot more laid-back and less-visited — it was only us and a group of two local…

Yeh Mampeh: A Beautiful & Uncrowded Bali Waterfall

Yeh Mampeh: A Beautiful & Uncrowded Bali Waterfall

Tucked away in the small village of Les — one of many little-visited villages along Bali’s wild and less-traveled North Coast — you can find the beautiful waterfall of Yeh Mampeh… if you know to look for it.  While it’s certainly not hard to find, with plenty of signage on the roads directing you to the waterfall…

Rote Island, Indonesia: Best Things to Do + Travel Guide

Rote Island, Indonesia: Best Things to Do + Travel Guide

Surrounded by the shockingly-blue waters of the remote Savu Sea, Rote Island is a mostly-untouched paradise in West Timor, Indonesia. Known locally as Pulau Rote, Rote Island is Indonesia’s southernmost inhabited island — a fun fact to be able to throw out, considering Indonesia has some 18,000+ islands, about 8,000 of which are inhabited.  But…

5 Best Things to Do in Kupang, Indonesia [West Timor Travel Guide]

5 Best Things to Do in Kupang, Indonesia [West Timor Travel Guide]

The capital of East Nusa Tenggara, Kupang is a frequent stopover for people traveling onwards to Rote Island and an interesting city to visit in its own right. Due to the incompatibility of the flights coming in from Bali with the timing of the ferries onward to Rote, we ended up having to spend two…

How to Get to Rote Island, Indonesia (2024 Guide)

How to Get to Rote Island, Indonesia (2024 Guide)

Rote Island in West Timor is a true hidden gem when it comes to travel in Indonesia! As the southernmost island in the entire Indonesian archipelago, Rote is actually just 500 kilometers (~300 miles) from the Australian mainland. That puts it in closer striking distance to Australia than to other Indonesian islands, like Bali and…

Bali Nudibranch Guide: My 11 Favorite Sea Slugs in Bali

Bali Nudibranch Guide: My 11 Favorite Sea Slugs in Bali

If you’re a fan of underwater photography, I don’t need to explain nudibranchs to you. You probably already know the origins of their name — the Latin root of ‘nudi’ for naked and ‘branch’ for lungs, named for their exposed gills that flutter elegantly in the water. You probably already know that there are over…