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Nusa Laut

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Nusa Laut is the smallest inhabited island in the Lease Islands group east of Ambon, in Indonesia's Maluku province. It lies just off the south-western corner of Saparua island, the major gateway here. Nusa Laut has an all-Christian population and has escaped the troubles plaguing the rest of the region unscratched. Its villages retain lots of colonial style houses and churches, two of which compete for the title of being the oldest church in Maluku. There is also an old fort - the Dutch East India Company's Fort Beverwijk. The island' s 14,000 inhabitants live in seven villages - Tenitu, Sita, Nalahia and Amet in the north of the island, and Titiwai, Abubu and Akon in the south of the island.

The island is great for coastal walks or lazing on its beaches, though most visitors have so far come here to dive off the reefs of Ameth - reputedly one of the best dive spots in the Lease Islands!

Source

Muller, Dr. Kal (1990). Spice Islands: The Moluccas. Periplus Editions. ISBN 0-945971-07-9.

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