Nusa Dua

Nusa Dua was planned on the south-east of the Bukit peninsula in the 1970s. Development began in 1974 as the World Bank’s first tourism project in Indonesia, and the development company, then named BTDC, had been set up in 1973. The first hotel opened in 1983, and the enclave has since grown into one of the island’s principal resort areas, with more than twenty resorts.

At its core Nusa Dua is a gated community, with security checkpoints at the entrances, so life inside has a calm, almost private rhythm. Mornings begin with a walk along the shore or a swim in the calm water, afternoons go to the pool or the sand, and evenings to dinner by the sea. The Mulia, The Laguna, Grand Hyatt Bali, which opened in 1991, and The Westin Resort Nusa Dua are among the large hotels of the enclave.

Newer addresses have joined them. Paradisus by Meliá Bali, the first Paradisus resort in Asia, opened on the Nusa Dua coast in 2026. The Apurva Kempinski Bali stands on the cliffs of Sawangan, in the south of Nusa Dua, and Aman Villas at Nusa Dua is in the same area.

Dining has its own following. Soleil at The Mulia, Kulkul Beach House at The Laguna, Kayuputi at The St. Regis Bali Resort, which looks over Nusa Dua Beach, and Manarai Beach House in the ITDC complex are among the places to eat and drink in the enclave. Bali Collection, a shopping and dining complex in Nusa Dua, keeps the afternoons busy, and the evenings can be spent on the sand as the light goes.

Beyond the resorts lie the open coast and its cliffs. Pandawa Beach, reached by a scenic cliff road, is hidden behind high cliffs, and five statues of the Pandawa brothers are carved into the rock. Geger is a small bay of calm sea, about three kilometres from the southern part of the resort, and a good place for a slow swim before lunch. Water Blow is a rock where the sea bursts through only at high tide, so the timing of a visit matters.

Golf is part of life on the Bukit too. The Links Golf Villa is being developed in Pecatu by PT Intra Golflink Resort, a project that pairs homes with golf, and New Kuta Golf, an eighteen-hole course inside the Pecatu Indah Resort, is also in Pecatu. Bukit Pandawa Golf, an eighteen-hole par-three course in Kutuh, lies close to Pandawa Beach. Between these courses, the Bukit offers a day of golf followed by sunset above the cliffs.

Ngurah Rai International Airport lies about 11 to 15 km away, and from mid-afternoon until the early evening the roads around the airport roundabout and the toll gates grow slow, so it is wise to leave early for a flight. Plan the transfer around it, and the afternoon stays free for the beach. By helicopter, the flight from Nusa Dua to Ubud takes about twenty minutes.

Our residences in Nusa Dua are Sunset Villa, with the sea and the sunset in view, and O1 Villa, on the coast of the southern Bukit. Both look out to the water and give the evening its colour. Among the villas in Nusa Dua, these two are the houses to see first.

Each residence offered here is handled personally by your advisor, with private viewings by appointment.