Awera Resort Mentawai

Awera Resort is a small resort of private pool villas on Awera Island, in the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra. Most guests come for the surf, with three breaks in the resort’s own bay. Since 2026 they can also dive: Awera added SSI courses and guided dives on reefs that see very few divers.

Rates are per person per night. They include three à la carte meals a day, coffee, tea and water, and two yoga classes a day. Snorkelling gear and paddleboards are free to use in front of the resort, and each villa has its own infinity pool.

Diving

The resort’s dive team has mapped 32 sites around four islands: Awera, Silabok, Siburu and Sipora. Level 1 sites are sheltered and shallow, with little or no current, which suits beginners. Level 2 sites face the open ocean, with deeper profiles and strong currents, for experienced divers. Awera lists manta rays, turtles, Napoleon wrasse and barracuda among the sightings so far, along with macro life. The team chooses the sites each day by weather, tide and swell.

Awera says it is the first resort in the Mentawai Islands to offer scuba diving. Courses follow SSI. The prices below include equipment, tax and service:

• Fun dives for certified divers, with equipment: IDR 1,750,000 per person per dive (about USD 95, EUR 85)
• Try Scuba, pool only, half a day: IDR 1,750,000 (about USD 95, EUR 85)
• SSI Open Water Diver, 4 days: IDR 8,830,000 (about USD 490, EUR 435)
• SSI Advanced Adventurer, 5 dives: IDR 8,080,000 (about USD 450, EUR 400)

Surfing

There are three breaks in the bay in front of the resort. The resort boats also run surfers to more than ten others nearby, chosen each day by wind, tide and swell. The beginner wave is a few metres from the restaurant.

• Surf guide package, 2 to 3 boat sessions a day, booked ahead: USD 90 (about EUR 80, IDR 1.6 million) per person per day
• Group surf lesson, about 2 hours, 2 to 4 people: USD 95 per person (about EUR 85, IDR 1.7 million)
• Private surf coaching: USD 120 per person (about EUR 105, IDR 2.2 million)
• Board rental, from a quiver of more than 30: USD 35 a day (about EUR 30, IDR 630,000)
• Mentawai surf tax, paid locally by every surfer: IDR 2,000,000 (about USD 110, EUR 100)

Wellness

Two yoga classes a day are included, one in the morning and one in the evening, open to all levels. The spa offers massages and treatments, and there is a thermal pool.

Around the island

Out of the water, Awera runs guided paddleboard tours through the mangroves and clear kayak trips. There is also a guided walk to a waterfall, half-day private beach picnics and snorkelling trips by boat.

The villas

Awera has 11 villa properties, from one to three bedrooms. Every villa has air conditioning, a private bathroom, a terrace, Wi-Fi, a safe and a private infinity pool. Prices are per person per night, with a minimum number of guests per villa.

One-bedroom villas

• Villa Semuc: a 55 m² bedroom on a 300 m² plot, 15 m² pool, sleeps up to 3
• Villa Tegal: a 35 m² bedroom and 25 m² terrace on a 400 m² plot, 20 m² pool, sleeps 2
• Villa Ik-Kil: the same layout as Tegal, sleeps 2
• USD 199 per person per night, minimum 2 guests

Two-bedroom villas and the beachfront villas

• Villa Giola: two 35 m² bedrooms with their own bathrooms, 15 m² pool, sleeps 4, minimum 3 guests, USD 199 per person
• Villa Gaia: two bedrooms, a 25 m² terrace and a 15 m² pool, sleeps 4, minimum 3 guests, USD 199 per person
• Villa Pearl and Villa Ikal, on the beach: a 50 m² main bedroom, a 25 m² rooftop room, a 40 m² terrace and a 20 m² pool, sleep 5, minimum 3 guests, USD 224 per person

Three-bedroom villas

• Villa Talara and Villa Kia-Ora: a 50 m² main bedroom, a 25 m² double and a 25 m² rooftop room, with a 35 m² pool and a side sea view. They sleep 7, minimum 4 guests, USD 199 per person
• Villa Lencois: three small villas around a shared 35 m² pool, each with a 40 m² bedroom and its own bathroom. Book all three for 5 or 6 guests (minimum 5), or one villa for 2. USD 199 per person
• Villa Akoa, on the beach: a 60 m² main bedroom, a full kitchen, a living room, three bathrooms and a 60 m² pool, sleeps 6, minimum 3 guests, USD 280 per person

Rates and getting there

• Most villas: USD 199 per person per night (about EUR 175, IDR 3.6 million)
• Villa Pearl and Villa Ikal: USD 224 (about EUR 200, IDR 4 million)
• Villa Akoa: USD 280 (about EUR 250, IDR 5 million)
• Return transfer from Padang airport: USD 325 per person (about EUR 290, IDR 5.8 million), plus USD 60 per surfboard bag

The transfer includes a hotel night in Padang each way. You fly into Padang and stay the night, then take the ferry to Tua Pejat on Sipora, and the resort speedboat brings you to Awera. Ferries and flights can be delayed, so keep a spare day before your flight home.