{"id":353,"date":"2025-09-12T08:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T08:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/?post_type=experience&#038;p=353"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T06:07:24","slug":"rice-island-trekking","status":"publish","type":"experience","link":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice Island Trekking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>An Immersive Walk<br \/>\ninto Rural Sumba.<\/h2>\n<p>Discover the rhythm of rural Sumba on this immersive two-hour journey to NIHI\u2019s own \u201cRice Island,\u201d a secluded rise set in the heart of emerald paddies.<\/p>\n<p>Your trek begins at NIHI Sumba along the sandy shoreline of Nihiwatu Beach before leading inland across gentle streams, through vibrant green rice fields, and along the edges of traditional villages. As you move deeper into the agricultural heart of the valley, you\u2019ll encounter daily life as farmers tend to their crops, water buffalo graze and schoolchildren offer cheerful waves.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the hike is Rice Island. A private hillrise verdant hideaway where you\u2019ll be greeted with refreshments. A small pool, a massage and a well-earned picnic all await, which you can enjoy while overlooking sweeping rice paddies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":354,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","experiences":[8,7],"class_list":["post-353","experience","type-experience","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","experiences-land","experiences-cultural"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rice Island Trekking - NIHI Sumba<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This 2-hour trek to NIHI Sumba\u2019s own \u201cRice Island\u201d is a symphony of rousing sights and sounds.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rice Island Trekking - NIHI Sumba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This 2-hour trek to NIHI Sumba\u2019s own \u201cRice Island\u201d is a symphony of rousing sights and sounds.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NIHI Sumba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-05T06:07:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/rice-island-trekking-hero.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/experience\\\/rice-island-trekking\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/experience\\\/rice-island-trekking\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rice Island Trekking - NIHI Sumba\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/experience\\\/rice-island-trekking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/experience\\\/rice-island-trekking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/rice-island-trekking-hero.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-12T08:41:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-05T06:07:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"This 2-hour trek to NIHI Sumba\u2019s own \u201cRice Island\u201d is a symphony of rousing sights and sounds.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/experience\\\/rice-island-trekking\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/experience\\\/rice-island-trekking\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/experience\\\/rice-island-trekking\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/rice-island-trekking-hero.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/rice-island-trekking-hero.jpg\",\"width\":1800,\"height\":1100},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/experience\\\/rice-island-trekking\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rice Island Trekking\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/\",\"name\":\"NIHI Sumba\",\"description\":\"Luxury Hotel with Horses in Indonesia\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nihi.com\\\/sumba\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rice Island Trekking - NIHI Sumba","description":"This 2-hour trek to NIHI Sumba\u2019s own \u201cRice Island\u201d is a symphony of rousing sights and sounds.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rice Island Trekking - NIHI Sumba","og_description":"This 2-hour trek to NIHI Sumba\u2019s own \u201cRice Island\u201d is a symphony of rousing sights and sounds.","og_url":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/","og_site_name":"NIHI Sumba","article_modified_time":"2026-03-05T06:07:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1800,"height":1100,"url":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/rice-island-trekking-hero.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/","url":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/","name":"Rice Island Trekking - NIHI Sumba","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/rice-island-trekking-hero.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-12T08:41:45+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-05T06:07:24+00:00","description":"This 2-hour trek to NIHI Sumba\u2019s own \u201cRice Island\u201d is a symphony of rousing sights and sounds.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/rice-island-trekking-hero.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/rice-island-trekking-hero.jpg","width":1800,"height":1100},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/experience\/rice-island-trekking\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rice Island Trekking"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/","name":"NIHI Sumba","description":"Luxury Hotel with Horses in Indonesia","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experience\/353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experience"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/experience"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"experiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experiences?post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}