On the western edge of the Savu Sea, a few islands east of Bali, there is a place apart where wild horses still roam on palm-fringed beaches and stretches of road see more buffaloes than cars. An island of shadow-draped natural pools and mythical surf breaks, but also dry swathes of limestone hills that feel almost like African savannah. The most defining aspect of Sumba-around twice the size of Bali, but with barely a sixth of its population is its indigenous Marapu belief system, in which locals worship the spirits of their ancestors, whom they believe live all around them, though some are buried in imposing megalithic tombs. In kampung villages of thatched, pointy roofed homes, betel-nut-chewing women spin some of Indonesia's most elaborate ikat fabrics-geometric patterns of seashells and animals-on fabric hand-dyed with indigo leaves, root bark and pounded turmeric. This is a near-pristine island of shamanic priests but no shopping malls; where children still call out "Hey, mister!"; where encounters with poverty, tribalism and sacrificial rituals can be confronting. So far, it hasn't experienced anything like the overdevelopment seen in Bali. Incoming hoteliers have tended to fuse hospitality with philanthropy-figures such as Claude Graves, who started the Sumba Foundation to support community projects at the same time as he built a resort beside the island's most famous surf break in 89. The hotel is now Nihi Sumba, and under the ownership of American financier Chris Burch and South African hotelier James McBride (ex-The Carlyle in New York). The big arrival later this year will be tropical-modern Cap Karoso on the island's wild western edge. First-time hoteliers Fabrice and Eve Ivara will put an emphasis on food from a rotating roll call of chefs, with ingredients grown on the resort's organic farm. Here, the Ivaras and others who have fallen for the island explain why this delicately poised place deserves only the gentlest, most sustainable steps.
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THE CHANGE-MAKER 
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 Dempta Bato has been working with NGOs on Sumba for two decades, especially in the fields of education and child protection. She is the manager of the Sumba Hospitality Foundation, which trains locals to work in world-leading hotels.
"I don't think I realised how special our culture was until I went away to study. In Sumba, we believe that our ancestors live in the trees, the stones and the sea, and that we need to live in harmony with them. That's why thatched bamboo houses have a third floor that's reserved only for our ancestors, which most members of the household will never visit. The roofs are so tall because we believe that creates a stronger connection with the spirits.
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"A lot of our culture is built around rituals: long weddings and funerals, shamanic blessings and festivals. The Pasola, the harvest festival, happens in February or March, when clan leaders will look at the moon and the arrival of sea worms on the beach to decide the exact time to start the celebrations. It involves members of clans fighting on horseback with sticks, and the police don't get involved if someone gets hurt. It can be hard to see, but visitors are always welcome at these rituals, and in local villages.
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"But behind it all is the island itself, which is like a beautiful god. I was lucky to get a good education elsewhere, and educating local people has become my passion, through social work and the Sumba Hospitality Foundation, where part of our mission is to encourage the kind of sustainable tourism that will protect the island. As much as I do love to travel and learn, Sumba is home; my heart is in the land, with my ancestors."&nbsp;
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THE HOTELIERS
 FABRICE AND EVE IVARA
 The French couple are behind Cap Karoso, an eco-focused resort and community which opens later this year.
"In Bali, we'd heard whispers about this place an hour's flight east. When we arrived we felt like we'd landed on a different planet. Bali was all traffic and klaxons, but there was a total serenity to Sumba, where we barely saw another car. It felt like going back in time-to when travel really felt like travel. There was this emotional connection that compelled us to do something here-and a particular magic at Karoso, a six-mile beach backed by forest, with nothing around but tombs and the roofs of traditional houses poking through the trees.
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"Immersing ourselves in the local culture was an education. As part of the process, we had to get the blessing of village elders which involved a lot of rituals and very sugary coffee. We had two blessing ceremonies on the land at Karoso, with shamans, dancers and sacrifices. There were more than 600 people at the second one in 2019, and I remember watching this 90-something shaman in a deep trance and speaking this strange dialect, feeling the tears well up in my eyes. When I read out a short speech I'd learned in the local dialect, there was a round of applause after every phrase. There was a very emotional sense of being accepted into a special place.
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"Cap Karoso will be built around sustainability and community with guest chefs using local ingredients-a big part of a living community. We don't want it to feel like you're cut off from the place, but immersed in it. Sumba is not frictionless like the Seychelles or the Maldives. It's a journey to somewhere else entirely." capkaroso.com
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THE PHILANTHROPIST
 INGE DE LATHAUWER
 Belgian-born Inge De Lathauwer, a lifelong charity worker, started the Sumba Hospitality Foundation in 2016. Her sustainability-focused hotel school for young locals has a working eco-hotel, a restaurant and an organic farm.
"When I first came to Sumba in 2013, people weren't used to seeing tourists. They'd be intrigued, and sometimes look a bit angry-but when I smiled, I'd get a huge smile back. No one was coming, which is partly why it was so pristine and had managed to hold on to its animist culture. People were poor and uneducated, and it seemed inevitable that this gorgeous place would get developed. I wanted to empower people, and worried about what development could look like-especially having seen what has happened to parts of Bali.
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"I'd originally come with the idea of building an ecoresort, but after spending more time here, I decided to start a hotel school, which would also showcase how sustainable development should look, from recycled water and solar panels to building with bamboo. It was hard, because people thought I had a hidden agenda, so it was really important when Dempta Bato joined me: as a local, she knew how to get the tribe leaders, Marapu priests and prospective students on-board. More than 800 17- to 23-year-olds from underprivileged backgrounds now apply for 60 spaces. Most arrive speaking no English, and we have to teach them not just a language but a whole new way of thinking about themselves. Many have gone on to work at some of the world's best hotel brands: not just Nihi on Sumba, but Belmond, The Ritz-Carlton and Aman. We also train them to be good guides. Going away to Bali or the Maldives helps them to connect with their own culture, and I like to think we've helped teach them to dream." sumbahospitalityfoundation.org&nbsp;
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THE WATERMAN 
ASTIKA OYE
 Bali-born Astika Oye is a former national-level windsurfer and kitesurfer, who heads up the watersports department at Nihi Sumba, which was the island's first luxury resort when it opened in 2012.
"I grew up in Sanur, and I always say that Sumba reminds me of the Bali I knew when I was at elementary school: before the traffic and the plastic bottles. My first love was the sea, having learned spearfishing with my father when I was six, to sell our catch in the local markets. When I originally came to Sumba in 2017, it was the water I fell in love with first: so clear, with lots of fish and the kind of empty surf breaks s you don't get in Bali these days.
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"I'd first been invited by the sons of [Nihi Sumba coowner] Chris Burch. I just remember surfing, spearfishing and kitesurfing all day. Chris ended up inviting me to dinner, where he offered me a job as a waterman at the resort. Nihi is right in front of Occy's Left [named after the Australian surfer Mark Occhilupo], one of the best barrelling left-hand breaks on the island, and I'll take guests out on the jet ski so they don't even need to paddle out. We'll go spearfishing on beautiful Konda Maloba beach, where we'll slice sashimi from wahoo or Spanish mackerel, or grill dorado right on the white sand. We'll kitesurf at Marosi, where the waves break a long way offshore, leaving this beautiful flat water around a little rocky island, surrounded by nothing but palm trees and sand. So many locals work at Nihi, and it's a happy place to be. For me, it's a job, but I've never felt closer to my passions. It's like I'm a child again." nihi.com
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THE DETAILS
Most visitors stay in the west of the island, where it's a 90-minute drive along quiet, dusty roads from little Tambolaka Airport to resorts such as Nihi Sumba to the south and Cap Karoso to the west. There are magical beaches around here, from the limestone stacks of Bwanna in the southwest to the semi-lagoon of Mandorak in the far west and the Pero estuary, where the fishermen's wooden outrigger canoes congregate in limpid waters. At the Weekuri Lagoon near Mandorak, locals rent rubber rings and float serenely as the Indian Ocean bursts through blowholes at one end. It's worth exploring the drier east of the island, too, with its sandalwood trees and cashew plantations. Natural highlights on the way include the tiered Lapopu waterfall, the Waikelo Sawah falls and caves, and the Waimarang swimming hole, which recalls Mexican cenotes. Traditional kampung villages are dotted across the island, such as Ratenggaro in the west, where the thatched houses and megalithic tombs look over a beautiful estuary of white sand and calm turquoise water.
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WHERE TO STAY 
Nihi Sumba (nihi.com; doubles from ₹1,18,150) is still the island&rsquo;s most famous stay&mdash;28 thatched villas among the frangipani trees, with infinity plunge pools and private butlers to organise sunset horse rides on the beach. Also on the southwest coast, Alamayah (alamayah.com; doubles from ₹15,070) is a surf-facing boutique hotel with six suites, rooftop yoga and a plant-based restaurant. Later in the year, Cap Karoso (capkaroso.com; doubles from about ₹17,990) launches with 47 clean-lined bedrooms and 20 villas, including beachfront homes with lagoon pools. Closer to the airport and gorgeous Mananga Aba beach in the north, Maringi Sumba (maringi-sumba.com; doubles from ₹10,205) is the lush bamboo ecoresort of the Sumba Hospitality Foundation, with newly trained local staff, nine bedrooms and villas, and excellent Sumbanese food from the foundation&rsquo;s permaculture farm.
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