Frequently Asked Questions about
Reconnect - Private Island Resort

Here is all you need to know about how to access the island. In a nutshell, the preferred itinerary is to reach Luwuk Airport by plane. From there, we will arrange a car (1,000,000 IDR - 5h) and a boat (500,000 IDR - 1h) directly to the resort. Note: we can also help arrange direct transport to/from any other island in the Togean Islands.

To book your stay, you can visit our booking page, make a reservation and pay directly online by debit or credit card. We are also available on the major booking platforms, although our rate is always lower if you make a direct reservation.

Once on the island, you can enjoy a wide range of activities such as: scuba diving, snorkeling, stand up paddle, kayaking, beach sports (volley, badminton, pingpong..), boat trips around the Togean Islands.. Life on the island is also tailored around experiences, such as Romantic Dinner, Overwater BBQ..

We recently managed to leverage solar energy to power air-conditioning in 3 of our newest beach villas. Look for AC Villa on our booking page.

Buka Buka Island enjoys a warm climate all-year-round, which allows Reconnect to be open at any time during the year. However, we do have what we call "musim barat", which translates by "west season", during which we usually have strong in-shore winds coming from the west. The west season is often between December and February, traditionally believed by local villagers to end for Chinese New Year. During west season, you can still come and visit us, but we ask you to be more flexible with your dates, because you might have to wait for the wind and waves to stop before we can bring you to the island.

Especially since the pandemic started, a significant amount of people started to ask us if they can become long term residents of Buka Buka Island. We get it, a remote island is one of the best place to be, when the rest of the world is into lockdown, or any other form of chaos. However, because of everything involved with long term residencies, we first want to get to know you over the phone, and make sure it's a great fit for you to live here. If you're interested, you can reach out to Thomas on whatsapp, and he'll get in touch as soon as possible.

After we aired on national TV in Europe and Indonesia last year, a lot of people started to reach out, and ask how they could build their own place on the island. To preserve the beauty, nature and paradisiac vibe of Buka Buka Island, we decided to keep 90%+ of all the lands available for conservation. However, we are also open for limited and exclusive development, on a case by case basis. Everything we build has to be powered by the sun, function with water desalination and use natural materials as much as possible. Feel free to reach out on whatsapp or by email (hi@reconnect.id), to share your project, or ask any questions. Other investment opportunities will be shared here on our website.

Our shuttle boat leaves on request from Tete B (Ampana) anytime during the day, and takes 1h to reach Reconnect. Please make sure to confirm your schedule with us at least 48h before your arrival date. We can arrange faster boats on request.

When we first imagined the resort, we called it an eco-resort. However, we notices that this term has a lot of different meanings, depending who pronounces it. Our vision is to develop the island in a way that is as respectful as possible, based on the different constraints we have on side. - We develop our buildings using primarily natural materials we source locally, as well as drift wood we get from the beach, and we try to reuse as much as possible. - 100% of our electricity comes from the sun, although we have a generator as a back up for safety. - The water we use is desalinated from the ocean, also using sun-farmed electricity. Does it make us qualify as an eco-resort? Eco-conscious resort? We don’t know. But we’ll always try to do our best to be as respectful as possible of our environment.

The food we serve includes a variety of local Indonesian and western meals, mainly based on freshly caught fish, seafood, chicken and locally grown fruits and vegetable. However, we always do our best to accommodate our guests' diets, so feel free to let us know if you have any preference and/or allergies.

We now offer free high-speed WiFi via Starlink throughout the resort. You can access if in the shared areas as well as in the rooms. You can also have 4G phone signal with the operator Telkomsel on the island.

Buka Buka Island is a 160ha big island, featuring beautiful white sand beach on its west coast. The longest diagonal of the island is about 2km long, while the shortest one is about 1km long. If you could compare, it’s roughly the same size as Gili Trawangan, in Lombok (close to Bali). Except that on Buka Buka Island, instead of hundreds of resorts, it’s just us, and a few villagers fishing and farming coconuts.

Short answer is no. Although we are right at the door of the Togean (or Togian) Islands National Park, we are not legally speaking part of it. However, if you want to explore some of the 50+ islands which are part of the Togean, just let us know, and we will help arrange e trip there for you. We work closely with the local government and the tourism office, which granted us the authorization to bring our guests around the Togean archipelago, directly from Reconnect Island Resort.