Every surfer deserves a luxury surf trip sometime in their life. Sure, you can carve out a spartan existence and be content with life if it all still gives you the chance to surf every day. Bonus points if you’re surfing great waves every day. But there’s no hard and fast rule that says world class waves have to exist in places that can’t also offer world class accommodations?
The list of places in the world that can offer both is growing all the time, all over the world. And since the Mentawais are absolutely on every surfer’s lifetime To Do list, at one point or another we’ve all entertained the dream of staying at the Kandui Villas. Here are five reason why they’re one of the most talked about luxury surf resorts (coincidentally, these are all solid reasons you’re going to want to stay here even more now):
1. It’s one of the nicest places you can stay in the Mentawais.
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For starters, each uma here is hand carved (an uma is a bungalow) and individually designed. This isn’t a hotel we’re talking about, where you slip the desk person a fifty and hope they give you a good room. You are actually staying in one of just a dozen private bungalows, each completely unique from the others. As far as first world luxuries go the only infinity pool in Western Sumatra is right here, which is a pretty sweet deal, along with the expected amenities of other luxury resorts like a resort bar and spa to enjoy when you’re not in the water.
But then again, we’re in the Mentawais here. How much time are you going to spend out of the water when…
2. It’s located in the Playgrounds, one of the most wave rich regions…ever
Photo: Waterways Travel/Kandui Villas
Close your eyes and flash back to being a kid again. Now think of all those times you used to wish you’d get locked in a giant Toys ‘R Us over night and have absolute free reign to wreak havoc with any and every awesome toy under the sun. That’s what the Playgrounds area is like. A buffet of waves that are world class, but honestly you already knew this. On the list of reasons you’ve been told by your friends, every surf magazine ever, and now us about why you need to go to the Mentawais, the waves are really the number one reason. You’ll score. Year round. And that’s worth its weight in gold to begin with.
3. It has an organic freaking vegetable garden
Dialing it back to #1 again, this is a full resort. Staying here means having just about everything you need on your trip is a part of the deal. The Kandui Villas were created as an eco-friendly resort where you’ll live off of what the island provides. Part of that philosophy includes something as seemingly simple as getting your food from an organic vegetable garden. Try finding an organic vegetable garden in a Vegas hotel.
4. See #2. Seriously, there are some of the best waves in the world here.
Photo: Waterways Travel/Kandui Villas
Do we need to keep drilling this one in? Look at the pictures one more time.
5. You’ll have access to a high speed luxury speedboat.
Photo: Waterways Travel/Kandui Villas
You’re going to be on an island. In fact, you’re going to be on an island lying within a chain of several wave rich islands and the built in necessity of moving between said islands from time to time. Guests here have access to their speed boat that gets you from Padang to the Kandui Villas, so you’ll get the chance to cruise through the 90-mile channel in absolute style. Remember, nobody said you have to rough it in order to score the best waves of your life.
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