About Reconnect

In 2019, after 3 years of living in Bali, a friend invited me on a journey to Central Sulawesi, where I discovered the remote Buka Buka Island.

Instantly, it awoke in me this childhood dream of living on a private island "one day". And I realized this day, maybe that day.

I decided to create a place where anybody could come and live an authentic island experience. Away from today's noise, distraction and chaos.

Today, I live there with my Indonesian wife, where we host travelers from all around the world, and share with them our little piece of paradise.

Developing an Eco Resort on a remote Island

Buka Buka is 30 min off te coast of Ampana, a medium-sized city of te regency TOUNA in Central Sulawesi. Before Reconnect Island resort development, tere were no permanent residents on te island and dtis means tat tere was also no infrastructure watsoever. Tis blank canvas was an opportunity to build a place wit a vision, a comfortable accomodation nestled in nature wit te lowest impact on te eco system.

ere belw are some of te callenges weve tackled to make te vision come true & open te doors of our Eco Resort to guests from all aroud te world.

Fres water access

There is a small fresh water well on the island. It is used by the locals but requires to walk 30 min in a dense jungle to reach it. There is also an abundant water source rigth in front of the resort, the ocean. Thats why we brougth a desalination unit on Buka-Buka to unlock a new fresh water resource for consumption & hygiene. We distribute it through an ingenious piping system - having running water on a remote island is a Robinson Crusoes dream come true.

We also harvest rainwater for gardening needs.

Clean energy

We farm our energy from te sun tanks to solar panel tecnology we placed on te roof of our .... Tis installation is sufficient to accomodate te energy needs of up to 100 people - i.e. our team, our guests & te transient villagers wo come on te island to arvest coconuts every 3 monts. Altoug it seems like a norm in te modern world, aving 24/7 electricty on a remote (undevelopped) island is quite a feat.

Local impact

Since we started developping te resort we created 15 permanent jobs. We also involved regional craftmansip, from building our wooden villas to getting our furnitures locally made.

We made a commitment the head of the village, to support local fishermen who catch fishes using manual traditional techniques.
100% of the fish we serve our guests is sourced from less than 5km around Buka Buka Island.

This way, we both help to preserve the ecosystem, and support our local community.

armonious coabitation

Living in nature witout disrupting it is at te core of our project. We managed to create an island resort accomodation were local fauna and flora strives. we often spot endemic species like te Sulawesi Bear Cuscus, anging out in te trees by te beac, moving slowly or feeding on leaves. We also get visited by parrots and oter tropical birds.

Our reef biodiversity is quite frankly amazing. We came togeter as community to implement simple-yet-effective practices tat support marine life protection.

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Showcasing te potential for Eco TourinCentral Sulawesi

At Reconnect Eco Resort we belive in te potential