Seeryperfectly formed conned volcano – Gunung Inerie. This small yet incredibly bio-diverse sea, is home to spectacular marine life including; mantas and whale sharks. It was here that Cap-tain James Cook once stopped in 1770, between triumphant and terminal visits to the Sandwich Islands, simply because of the landscape, the is-landers' hospitality and the magnificence of the local palm wine, made from the Lontar palm. He noted the strictly observed kinship system of Savu and its abundance of religious leaders. "There are more rajahs on Savu than there are hous-es,’. In many ways, all these features represent a single worldview that we might call the Savu Way – of a kinship, governance, religion, lontar palms and of course Ikat.

This particular journey ends in Komodo, where we explore the dramatic lush green back-drops of UNESCO protected Rinca. Home to its most famous inhabitant the Komodo dragon, who lives side by side with wild boars, water buffaloes and scores of rare colorful and endan-gered birds, found only in this part of Indonesia. Then it’s time to say goodbye - to the ocean, to nature, to the evocative tribes and textiles that have captivated us for a short period of time.

Silolona Sojourns will be operating two special charter voyages in 2021 to this region. A special 16 night, 15 day charter and a shorter 10 night, 9 day voyage later this year. Isolated islands that have all but passed over by the changes that have swept Southeast Asia for the past thousand years, and are waiting for an in-trepid few to explore them in the upmost luxury that is the phinisi ships of Silolona Sojourns.

Silolona Sojourns can be contacted via Caroline Payen Silolona’s Yacht Charter Man-ager at; marketing@silolona.com