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Cap Karoso
Ate Dalo, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia · Independent · High Luxury
French couple Fabrice and Evguenia Ivara fell for Sumba on a 2017 holiday, bought nine hectares on Karoso beach, and held a ceremony for six hundred locals before a single villa went up. Gary Fell of GFAB Architects shaped 47 rooms and 20 villas around a three-hectare organic farm; the resort opened 20 March 2023. Evguenia had developed products at Louis Vuitton and Dom Pérignon. Design Hotels member, MICHELIN One Key, AHEAD Asia Resort 2023.
- 40 rooms
- Opened 2023
- Neighborhood: Kmp. Lengga Luri
- Architect: GFAB Architects
About Cap Karoso
- Founders Fabrice and Evguenia Ivara, a French couple who fell for Sumba on a 2017 holiday, held a traditional ceremony for six hundred locals seeking ancestral approval before building.
- Evguenia previously worked as a luxury-brand product developer at Louis Vuitton and champagne house Dom Pérignon before turning to hospitality.
- The resort opened officially on 20 March 2023 with 47 rooms and suites and 20 villas around a three-hectare organic farm.
History
Cap Karoso sits on Karoso beach in the remote southwest of Sumba, Indonesia, the creation of French couple Fabrice and Evguenia Ivara – she a former luxury-brand product developer at Louis Vuitton and Dom Pérignon, he a finance and digital entrepreneur and food blogger. Having fallen for Sumba on a 2017 holiday, they bought a nine-hectare plot around 2018, holding a traditional ceremony for six hundred locals and seeking ancestral approval before building; the first villa was finished in 2021.
The resort officially opened on 20 March 2023 with 47 rooms and suites and 20 villas, designed by British architect Gary Fell of GFAB Architects around a three-hectare organic farm. It is a member of Design Hotels.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Kids' club
- Beach
- Water sports
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
- Travel + Leisure World's Best Hotels (2026)
- Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Choice Awards (2025)
- AHEAD Asia Resort (2023)
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