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Features
- Hiking available
- Remote/isolated
Details
Warikaf Homestay is situated in a unique and isolated location in a hidden bay amid the conical karst islands of northern Kabui Bay.
Named for the fresh spring water that emerges from a nearby cave, Warikaf was originally built as a stopover for sea kayakers exploring Kabui Bay and is splendidly remote. It’s also very simple: The experience here is the environment, not the facilities!
Three over-water private bungalows are offered.
The bungalows sleep two on mattresses on the floor. Mattress covers, pillows, bolsters and mosquito nets are provided. The rooms have a power outlet for charging devices. The bungalow verandahs have a table and chair.
Electricity is provided by generator, and is available from sunset to around midnight.
There is usually very little phone signal available, so expect to be offline while at the homestay.
Meals are served in Warikaf Homestay’s over water dining room. Drinking water, and tea and coffee making supplies are always freely available to guests there.
Guests share a bathroom building that is located on land. The bathroom is accessed by a boardwalk, and provides dip mandi (tank and ladle) bathing and a squat toilet.
It’s a 20 minute trip by boat to the nearest village where only basic supplies can be purchased, so it’s best to bring all essential supplies with you.
Warikaf Homestay owners live on site while guests are staying, but have very little English: If you don’t speak Indonesian, then bringing an offline translation app or phrasebook is essential to get the most out of your stay.
Please do take all your inorganic trash away with you when you leave. Plastics, batteries and the like that are left behind will only contribute to the trashing of paradise.
Transport / Getting there
Activities
Warikaf Homestay’s bay provides good snorkeling. Backed by a thin fringe of mangroves, the bay is patrolled by black tipped sharks and visited by schools of juvenile fish and occasionally by hunting dolphins.
The entrance to the famed dive and snorkel site of the Kabui Passage is close by, and the village of Kabui can be reached in 20 minutes by boat, or via a 3 to 4 hour hike through the jungle of the island’s north shore.
Local sightseeing trips and village visits can be arranged.
Birds of Paradise can be seen at Kabui village, and for the intrepid, it’s possible to arrange a trek from there over into Gam Bay. Another possible trek is from Kabui across the hills into Yenwaupnor village. The trek affords panoramic views of Kabui and Gam Bays and can be accomplished in a few hours. (You’ll need to be fit, have plenty of water and sun protection, and go with a guide.)
The Gam jungle itself is home to mound building wild bush fowl, cuscus, bandicoots and hosts of birds. Warikaf can provide any tour or transfer you might want.
Pulau Gam
See our Gam Island page for an overview of Gam and its attractions.
