Birie is a small, uninhabited island in Raja Ampat, just behind the larger island of Batanta, and the resort occupies a peninsula on its north-eastern side. Its 26 bungalows stand on stilts over the house reef, built of local wood under thatch, each with a two-tier veranda facing the sunset; the diving writer John Liddiard … Read more
Max Ammer, a Dutchman, came to Indonesia in 1989, at 28, to salvage Second World War jeeps on Morotai, and moved on to Raja Ampat to look for American aircraft lost in the war, diving the wrecks alone with Papuan guides. He told the photographer Don Silcock that he stayed because he wanted a business … Read more
When Andrew and Marit Miners first dived off Batbitim, a small island in the far south of Raja Ampat, they found a shark-finning camp on its beach. Andrew asked the clans who held the area for permission to build a conservation centre there, and the elders gave it. Building began in 2005 and took about … Read more
A Bill Bensley design: a cliff-top resort at Seogwipo, on the quiet south coast of Jeju, connected to Route 7 of the Olle trail.
A wellness sanctuary opened in 2005 on a forested hillside on the south coast of Koh Samui, built around a cave long used by Buddhist monks for meditation.
A resort of 71 pool pavilions and villas on Emerald Bay, a cove on the south-west coast of Phuket, where Rosewood’s Asaya wellness concept began.
The first Aman, opened in 1988 on a private headland above Pansea Beach on the west coast of Phuket, with pavilions and multi-bedroom villas.
An all-villa resort of around 120 villas on three linked islands in South Malé Atoll, a short yacht transfer from Malé airport, with 11 places to eat and drink.
A resort of 14 villas in Haa Dhaalu Atoll, in the far north of the Maldives, each with its own chef and butler.
A 110-key resort in North Malé Atoll designed by Marcio Kogan of Studio MK27, with a James Turrell Skyspace, 45 minutes by boat from Malé airport.