Sustainability

As we are located on a remote island in a developing country, we kindly ask guests to be understanding of certain limitations that we have on the island. As you can imagine, a place like Alor does not have any kind of recycling facility or waste management system, therefore we try our best to not create additional non-biodegradable waste unless we struggle to find an alternative. As much as possible, we source the food served both to the guests and staff from local, organic farmers in order to reduce our non-organic waste to a minimum. We have started working more closely with the farmers in Alor in order to be able to trace our food and share our knowledge with them to further develop their garden and in turn be able to offer a wider range of fruits and vegetables in our daily meals. 

In order to minimize our non-organic waste, we offer homemade drinks such as lemon tea, ginger iced tea, coconut water, fresh juices, smoothies (plant-based milk available made from local kenari nut milk or coconut milk), iced coffee or iced chocolate.

It is an unfortunate reality that much of Indonesia’s waste ends up in a landfill, or is burned in the open air. Therefore we ask our guests to please be mindful of where the rubbish is going and to kindly avoid bringing things that are not biodegradable if they are not necessary, or if possible, to bring back batteries and empty toiletry bottles to their home country for proper disposal. Reef-safe sunscreen, biodegradable soaps, bamboo cotton buds and other eco-friendly toiletries are more than welcome.

We are not claiming that we are doing everything perfectly, but we do strive to do better day by day, and this is the message we hope we are able to convey.