Just a quick intro: Nikoi sland is a small island within Indonesia. It’s located 8km away from the east coast of the largest island of Pulau Bintan.
The beach houses are well ventilated by the sea breezes. Imagine listening to the sea waves whilst you enter dream land and waking up to a beautiful sky, sea, clouds right in front of your eyes.
The water over at Nikoi is filtered, UV treated. Hot water is being heated by solar panels. Some of the activities you can do are swimming, water sports like kayaking,snorkel, diving, sailing, trekking along its nature trails, massage, fishing..or just sit back, relax!
Clear Waters
We made our way to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal early morning, took a 45min ferry to Pulau Bintan, where we are greeted by representative from Nikoi Island. Then, we embarked on a 1h car ride to reach a pier. We finally took a speedboat to reach Nikoi Island.
I cannot further emphasize the hospitality of this island as you will greeted by its staff with their warmest and friendly smiles. Meals are calculated per day, in which the cost includes breakfast, lunch, dinner. They have various menus and they are flexible if you have special requests. For me, I don’t take beef and they provided me with very nice chicken/fish in replacement.
Restaurant
Our lunch was splendid and tasty. I’ll let the pics do the talking
After lunch, we checked into our beach house and were fascinated by the style that the house portrayed. Huge, beautiful, clean, airy..and facing the most beautiful sea that I have ever seen. The strong breezes from the sea made airconditioning non essential. It gets rather cold at night in fact that I feel; like in winter. Each and every feature of the house is dutifully designed to give the impression of being relaxed with nature. Same goes for the toilet and the balcony.
One thing to note, there is no key to each beachhouse. But, safety wise is still very good. You are advised to keep your valuables in the safe box present in the house.
Our 1st activity we took was kayaking. It has been near to decade ever since I last kayaked, remembered it was Sec 3 outdoor camp. This time, I got a refresher course from Dear who patiently taught ne how to kayak well..Phew, what an experience and I truly enjoyed it. I was simply too afraid to drop into the sea as the waves were rather strong and I do not know how to swim haha
The kayak
Then, we went back, rested well enough before leaving the beach house to see the sunset. It was the most spectacular sunset that I have ever seen. Previously, I saw some pics that some people took of Nikoi Island. I thought how could it be possible to see the sky changes into so many colors during sunset. It dawned on me when I saw the reality right in front of my eyes during that day’s sunset. Simply spectacular!
The one and only sunset that left a deep impact in us!
We also flew our penguin kite during sunset time. It was very windy by the sea, weather was great, sky colors were beautiful…simply breathtaking! Go to Nikoi to experience that!
Flying HIgh
Champagne
Sunset happened around 530pm to 7pm. By then, it was pitch dark and we made our way to the restaurant for our dinner. Today’s dinner was special and I loved the dessert the most, full of choco and cookies!
We went back to the beach house after dinner, taking a slow stroll..Something about Nikoi is that everywhere is filled with sand..be it the restaurant..or the footpaths..It brings you closer to nature if you walk barefooted on it..Listening to the seabreeze and not watching TV is simply a luxury you ‘ve got to experience in Nikoi.
And before this day ends, I was greeted with a pleasant surprise from Dear!
We’re looking forward to our 2nd day in Nikoi. Lights out!
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