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OFF THE BEATEN PATH
IN THE TROPICS

Indonesian tribal and marine life at its most remotely beautiful.
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ESCAPE TO EASTERN LESSER SUNDA

EASTERN LESSER SUNDA,
RASCAL-STYLE

Meet local women using backstrap looms to weave traditional textiles known as ikat, and shop for an exquisite handmade sarong; join the reef fishermen as they set their bamboo traps or free-dive with local children as they fish for the daily catch; enjoy breakfast with a spectacular view of Kawula Island's smoking volcano; take part in an upcoming conservation project to protect the thresher shark—on one of the fastest predators in the ocean, which can reach speeds over 20mph, and use their immense tails to create undersea shock waves to stun schools of fish during hunting.

WILDLIFE HIGHLIGHT:
THE ACROBATS OF THE OCEAN

On this voyage, we are almost guaranteed sightings of spinner dolphins who live in these waters in large pods numbering dozens, even hundreds and sometimes thousands. They are best-known for their extraordinary acrobatic skills—including jumping, flipping, and spinning multiple times in a single leap (as many as seven spins per jump). Marine biologists believe they do this for a number of reasons: including courtship, communicating location and direction, showing dominance, shaking off sucker fish, and possibly just for the sheer fun of it.


 

SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE:
DANCE THE LEGO-LEGO

The Lego-Lego is the ceremonial dance of the Abui people. Performed to greet guests (including Rascal passengers who are welcome to join in), participants move in a circle holding each other's shoulders—a symbol of unity. Both Abui men and women wear straw purses that contain betel nuts; chewed with lime powder to release arecoline (which gives a nicotine-like buzz), betel nuts are believed to be a conduit for communicating with ancestors (the Abui speak mantras to the dead as they chew). When mixed with saliva and expelled, they are thought to scare away evil spirits.

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WAKATOBI

A national marine park, and home to Indonesia's largest reef, Wakatobi is a portmanteau of the four main Tukangbesi Islands of Southeast Sulawesi: Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko. Famously described by the French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau as an "underwater nirvana", Wakatobi comprises 1.4 million hectares, 900,000 of which are covered with multi-coloured coral reefs abundant in fish, sharks, turtles, dolphins and whales—making this one of the world's best sites for snorkelling and diving.

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