Paisupok Lake
One of the clearest freshwater lakes on earth — sunken logs visible ten metres down, in impossible blue.
Coming soon · Asasal Island, Central Sulawesi
Reconnect opens in Banggai
A small retreat taking shape in the remote Banggai archipelago — from the team behind Reconnect Togean.
On Asasal Island, Banggai Laut, formerly Asasal Island Resort. Opening planned late 2027.
Why a second island
Our guests kept asking where to go next. So we went further out.
Reconnect began on Buka Buka Island, at the edge of the Togean sea: solar-powered, full-board, far from crowds. Over the years one thing became clear. People didn't want a bigger resort. They wanted the same quiet, somewhere even more remote.
Asasal Island is that place. It sits in the Banggai archipelago, a scatter of islands off the eastern arm of Sulawesi that almost no traveller reaches. You may know it as Asasal Island Resort — same island, now Reconnect's second home. We own it, and we haven't broken ground yet. Everything on this page is Asasal as it stands today.
The island
Asasal Island
Empty white sandbars, water in every shade of blue, and a shoreline you can walk end to end without meeting anyone. Nothing here is a render. This is Asasal today.
What we're building
Small, solar, and built by the people who live here.
We're not building a resort. We're building the smallest thing that works: a handful of rooms, run on sunlight, staffed by Banggai families. Here's the shape of it.
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Six rooms at first
We open with six rooms and no more. Few enough that the island still feels empty — that's the point of coming this far out. If we ever grow, it will be slowly and on purpose.
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Run on the sun
The plan is solar power and battery storage, the way Reconnect Togean has run for years. We want the island to run as quietly as possible, and we will say plainly what the final setup turns out to be.
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A local team
We plan to build and run Asasal with people from the villages around us, the same way we staffed Togean. That is the main reason either island works.
Opening planned late 2027. Building on a remote island is slow and weather-dependent, so we'd rather under-promise — and we'll say plainly if that date moves.
The people
You're a guest of the Banggai, not just the sea.
The Banggai islands are home to the Bajo, Indonesia's sea nomads, and to Tumbe, a red-drenched festival found nowhere else. A stay here is woven into real village life: the fishermen, the boat builders, the markets. Like Togean, Reconnect Banggai will be built with local hands and run with local families.
Life on the water
A new horizon every morning.
Blue lakes, empty reefs, hidden sandbars — days in Banggai are spent wandering the water, one island to the next.
Beyond the island
A boat ride from Asasal
Asasal is your base — and around it lies some of Sulawesi's least-touched wild. Blue lakes, jellyfish lagoons and empty beaches, each an easy day trip by boat.
Jellyfish Lake, Mbuang-Mbuang
Snorkel through a lagoon of thousands of stingless jellyfish — one of only a handful of places on the planet you can.
Poganda Beach
Soft white sand with a living coral reef just a few fin-kicks off the shore.
Paisu Batango Lagoon
A hidden jungle spring where cool fresh water meets the sea in still, emerald pools.
Popisi Hill
A grassy 360° ridge locals call the Teletubbies hills — Raja Ampat views, without the crowds.
Pulau Dua
Hike a hilly little islet to a summit that opens onto rolling green hills and open sea.
One name, two islands
Come for one. Return for both.
Togean and Banggai are two different corners of the same wild sea. Banggai is still a building site — but Togean is open today, and you can book it now.
Open now · Togean Islands
Reconnect Togean — book a stay →
Opening planned late 2027 · Banggai Islands
Reconnect Banggai
The founding guest list
Join the founding guest list.
We're opening a guest list before we break ground. It's free, there's nothing to pay, and it's simply how we stay in touch with the people who want to be here first.
- Word from the island as it's built — delays included
- First choice of dates in our opening season
- An invitation before we announce the opening publicly
List members get the founding offer first.
Honest answers
Frequently asked
Is the resort built yet? +
No, and we won't pretend otherwise. We own Asasal Island and have spent time there filming and planning, but construction hasn't started. Every photo and frame on this page is the real island and the real Banggai community, today.
When will it open? +
Opening is planned for late 2027. Building on a remote island is slow and weather-dependent, so we'd rather under-promise. Guest list members get honest progress updates the whole way, delays included.
How big will it be? +
Six rooms at first. We plan to run it on solar power and to build and staff it locally. If we ever add rooms it will be slowly, and because it makes the place better rather than bigger.
Is this the same place as Asasal Island Resort? +
Yes. The island is Asasal Island, and the project was known as Asasal Island Resort. It is now Reconnect Banggai — the second island from the team behind Reconnect Togean. Same island, same owners, new name.
Does joining the guest list cost anything? +
No. The founding guest list is free and involves no payment or commitment. List members get the founding offer first, and you can leave the list anytime.
Where exactly is Asasal Island? +
In Banggai Laut, the island regency in the Banggai archipelago off the eastern arm of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It's roughly a day's travel from the Togean Islands, where our first retreat, Reconnect Togean, already operates.
Can I stay with Reconnect now? +
Yes — at Reconnect Togean, on Buka Buka Island, which is open and taking bookings today. Asasal is not ready for guests, so the guest list is the only thing to do here for now.