Independent planning
We read your dates, group and interests, then build a night plan — no payment taken at this stage.
Sheet 01 · Sumba · 2026
Nihi Sumba trip planning: 3 to 8 days across Sumba, arranged independently
Every Sumba trip comes down to two questions: where you sleep each night, and how far that bed is from what you came to see. We plan the nights, the routes, the transfers and the guides. NIHI Sumba is one accommodation option among several, quoted on request.
Rings show broad drive bands measured from the Wanokaka coast, as of 2026. Actual road times are confirmed at itinerary stage. This desk works independently of every lodge shown on the sheet.
— IJT desk
Plan your nights
The Night Planner
Pick a trip length, a lodge base and the regions you want to see — the panel works out night allocation, drive time and price.
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Night allocation
- N1 NIHI Sumba option
- N2 NIHI Sumba option
- N3 NIHI Sumba option
- N4 NIHI Sumba option
Drive-radius verdict
Comfortable
All selected regions sit within a short drive of the base. Indicative road time as of 2026, confirmed at itinerary stage.
Gateway airport
TMC
Flight schedules are confirmed when the plan is quoted.
Package rate, per person
US$540 pp
Rate source: indonesiajuara.asia, private trip rate card as of 2025. Covers hotel on a twin-share basis, meals, entrance fees, guide and private transfers; flights are not included. That card prices the operator's own Southwest-to-East route, which changes hotel and flies out of Waingapu, so treat it as the published benchmark rather than the price of the one-base plan above. A stay at NIHI Sumba, Lelewatu, Cap Karoso or a boutique villa is quoted separately, on request. This desk is independent of NIHI Sumba.
- From, 4D3N at 8 travellers
- US$390pp
- Trip length range
- 3–8days
- Not NIHI-operated
- Independent
- Rate card published
- 2025–26
An Independent Trip Desk
Nihi Sumba Trip is an independent travel desk run by Indonesia Juara Trip.
We are not owned or operated by NIHI Sumba, and we are not sponsored by or affiliated with it.
What the Desk Does
Four things the desk handles for every trip, from first message to the ground.
Night plan & routing
Nights are assigned to lodges, drive bands checked, and the right gateway airport chosen.
Availability requests
We ask each lodge for rooms directly. We do not control hotel inventory.
On the ground
Private transfers, drivers and guides run to plan. Resort in-house services stay with the resort.
Published rates, per person
The Rate Card
Three trip lengths across nine group sizes, as published by Indonesia Juara Trip. Every figure carries the year it was published — if it isn't dated, it isn't here.
- 2 pax
- US$700
- 3 pax
- US$550
- 4 pax
- US$440
- 5 pax
- US$530
- 6 pax
- US$470
- 7 pax
- US$440
- 8 pax
- US$390
- 9 pax
- US$440
- 10 pax
- US$410
- 2 pax
- US$850
- 3 pax
- US$670
- 4 pax
- US$540
- 5 pax
- US$650
- 6 pax
- US$570
- 7 pax
- US$530
- 8 pax
- US$490
- 9 pax
- US$550
- 10 pax
- US$500
- 2 pax
- US$1,020
- 3 pax
- US$800
- 4 pax
- US$640
- 5 pax
- US$780
- 6 pax
- US$670
- 7 pax
- US$630
- 8 pax
- US$570
- 9 pax
- US$640
- 10 pax
- US$590
Private trip, per person, twin share · as of 2025
Scheduled open trip
4D3N · US$459 pp
minimum 4 travellers · as of 2026
3D2N , 7D6N , 8D7N are quoted on enquiry — no published rate, so the desk prices those by hand.
Rates cover hotel on a twin-share basis (Sinar Tambolaka night 1, Padadita nights 2–3 or equivalent), meals, entrance and donation fees, a tour leader, photo documentation and private transfers. Flights are not included. A stay at NIHI Sumba, Lelewatu, Cap Karoso or a boutique villa is a separate quote, on request.
From brief to on the ground
How the Desk Confirms a Trip
Five steps, and what the desk does — and doesn't do — at each one.
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01
Brief
We do: Read your dates, group, interests and your plan from the planner.
We don't: Take a payment.
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02
Night plan & route
We do: Assign nights to bases, check drive bands, choose the gateway.
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03
Availability request
We do: Ask the lodge for rooms.
We don't: Control hotel inventory.
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04
Written confirmation
We do: Send the hotel's terms with a land-only quote.
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05
On the ground
We do: Run private transfers, drivers and guides.
We don't: Run the resort's in-house services.
The Lodge Register
Five lodge bases the planner above can route a trip through.
NIHI Sumba
- Zone
- Wanokaka coast, West
- Gateway
- TMC
- Rate
- On request
Lelewatu
- Zone
- Wanokaka coast, West
- Gateway
- TMC
- Rate
- On request
Cap Karoso
- Zone
- Kodi area, far West
- Gateway
- TMC
- Rate
- On request
Maringi Eco Resort
- Zone
- East Sumba
- Gateway
- WGP
- Rate
- On request
Boutique villa
- Zone
- West or East
- Gateway
- TMC/WGP
- Rate
- On request
Regions of Sumba
Four regions the planner above draws from, each with its own drive-radius verdict.
Comfortable
West Sumba
The Wanokaka coast — home base for most trips.
Long day
Southwest / Kodi
Far West, reached as a long day from a West base.
Long day
Central Sumba
Traditional villages and highland views inland.
Not advised as day trip
East Sumba
A cross-island transfer — best paired with a second base.
Trust & Transparency
The reference site publishes no testimonials, so this section states its transparency policy instead of inventing quotes.
Every figure is dated
A price or fact with no date and no source is not published on this site.
One editor per page
No guest writers, no syndicated content — one editor is accountable for each page.
No unverified awards
We don't publish star-ratings or certifications we haven't independently verified.
Independent trip desk
Not the official NIHI Sumba booking office — an independent desk run by Indonesia Juara Trip.
Gallery
A look at the coast, the lodges and the regions the planner covers.
Questions in the margin
Frequently Asked Questions
Coverage & Access
The desk plans across four regions of Sumba, gatewayed by Tambolaka (TMC) in the West and Waingapu (WGP) in the East. The desk works Monday–Saturday, WITA (UTC+8).
Read the Sumba travel guide- West Sumba
- Comfortable
- Southwest / Kodi
- Long day
- Central Sumba
- Long day
- East Sumba
- Not advised as day trip
Send Your Night Plan to the Desk
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