Travel designed around
how you want to feel
Slow, restorative journeys for women seeking beauty, depth, and a more meaningful way to see the world.
We curate, not catalogue — intentionally.
Our journeys allow you to travel with greater ease — with space to be alone, opportunities for connection, and thoughtful support throughout.
Rooted in ritual, hospitality, nature, and the stories carried by land and people, they return to a more grounded idea of wellness.
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This Month's Selection
A special place we’re inviting you to get to know — through its land, its people, and the story that lives behind the stay.
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NIHI Sumba
NIHI Sumba is not just a resort. It is an immersion into a world shaped by ocean, horses, ritual, craftsmanship, and stillness. On an island east of Bali, where traditional villages, ikat weaving, megalithic tombs, and animist-rooted culture still shape daily life, NIHI offers something rarer than luxury: the feeling of returning to yourself.
NIHI Sumba
Sumba is larger, quieter, and more elemental than most travelers expect. Rolling hills, empty beaches, rice fields, jungle, and the Indian Ocean create a setting that feels expansive rather than performative. NIHI’s setting on this dramatic coastline is part of what makes it different: you are not stepping into a polished fantasy, but into a real landscape with soul, scale, and silence.
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NIHI Sumba
What gives NIHI its emotional texture is not only design, but origin. The resort uses local materials including bamboo and alang-alang, supports local weaving traditions, and creates space for women from surrounding villages to sell their ikat textiles. Most of the team is from Sumba, and the experience of staying here is shaped by Sumbanese hospitality, craft, and cultural continuity. This is luxury with provenance.
NIHI Sumba
At NIHI, experiences are not add-ons. They are the reason to come. Ride and swim with Sandalwood horses. Hike through villages and rice paddies. Spend the day on Spa Safari, with treatments, ocean views, and time suspended between jungle and sea. Move, surf, paddle, breathe, rest. Everything is designed to be personal, spacious, and emotionally memorable rather than overprogrammed.
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NIHI Sumba
NIHI naturally aligns with the values many women and wellness-minded travelers are looking for now: privacy, emotional ease, meaningful movement, beauty without performance, and experiences that feel held rather than hectic. Its wellness programs focus on nervous system regulation, embodiment, mindfulness, equine connection, and deep restoration. This is slow travel at its best: fewer distractions, more presence, and the rare feeling that you are fully looked after.
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NIHI Sumba
The transformation at NIHI is subtle, but lasting. The wellness philosophy speaks directly to peace, self-connection, clarity, strength, and healing. Time with horses, treatments in nature, nutrient-dense cuisine, movement, and the pace of the island create a shift that is both physical and emotional. NIHI changes you by removing noise. What remains is energy, calm, confidence, and a deeper connection to yourself and the world around you.
“Sunday Stories offers the kind of travel that feels rare now — slow, thoughtful, and genuinely off the beaten path. Everything felt carefully curated, and I came back feeling restored, grounded, and much more connected to nature.”
“What stood out to me most was how personal and restorative it all felt. Sunday Stories creates beautiful, unique experiences that calm your nervous system rather than overwhelm it.
I felt genuinely cared for from start to finish.”
“Sunday Stories feels made for people who want more from travel than just ticking off places. The locations are special, the pace is thoughtful, and I left feeling restored, inspired, and more like myself again.”
and the journeys we return to.
How it works
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around you
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The Sunday Stories Society
For travelers who want
more than what’s public
- Access to rare stays few travelers ever see
- Invitation-only intimate member gatherings
- Signature experiences not offered publicly
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