NIHI Sumba is a place to inspire and be inspired. We invite world class talent from around the world to share their passion with our staff and guests including culinary arts, outdoor adventure, entertainment, spa therapies & healing modalities, photography and much more!
View our upcoming lineup below. Activities offered by Visiting Gurus may be pre-booked with your hotel reservation in order to guarantee a spot.
Do you have a special gift you’d like to bring to the Edge Of Wildness? To apply to be Nihi’s next visiting Visiting Guru send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]
Augusto Vegas
Survival Apnea
Waterman (Surfer & Freediver) Augusto spends his year sharing knowledge in the practises of breathing, breath holding, and healthy living. Augusto is the co-founder of Survival Apnea, an education system that shares Surfer´s and Freediver´s insights with the aim to help individuals increase performance in all types of stressful and challenging situations through the development of self awareness & self control. Parallel to the above, he is a Head Coach at Wildfitness. which allows him to share knowledge & skills on how to live a healthy and balanced life, based on the observation of nature and human evolution.
Jason Wolcott
Photographer
Freelance photographer Jason ‘woolly’ Wolcott has been behind the camera for the better part of two and a half decades. With more than 60 magazine covers and 10,000+ images published in the water sports and travel genres, he is one of most accomplished photographers in the action sports world. From surfing to kitesurfing he is known as one of the best in water photographers there is. Jason has now added publisher to his credits becoming an ownership partner, international editor, and chief photographer of Freedom Kitesurfing Magazine.
With Jason’s keen eye for visual perfection and innate ability to write a story just as well as he can photograph it, he is a true creative Swiss Army knife. He is also an acclaimed landscape, travel, and fine art photographer as well as cinematographer. Let Jason create your memories at Nihi Sumba from land, sea, or air.
Jason Childs
Photographer
World renowned photographer Jason Childs has a long association and history with Nihi, both professionally and personally. He was one of the first to document the lives of the Sumbanese people and created nostalgic and definitive images of Nihi and Sumba. His imagery is featured throughout the resort and he was the chief photographer for the book “Sumba” for the Sumba Foundation.
Jason has been working as a professional Photo Journalist for over 30 years, he is considered to be one of the most respected and prolific photographers in surfing, his work featured in every major surf magazine including The Surfers Journal and Surfer Magazine.
Jason offers a unique tailor made photographic experience- Water, Drone and Land images of surfing, water sports, family portraits, adventure travel and lifestyle.
His work is celebrated by Nihi’s longtime guests, who have become his friends.
Alex Scrimgeour
Acupressurist
Alex specializes in stress and trauma resolution using acupuncture, acupressure, and Diet Chan Facial Reflexology.
Trained at the Institiute of Traditional Vietnamese Medicine, Alex is passionate about helping people towards optimum health and happiness. So are we!
Start your journey with his foot, hand & facial reflexology session.