Sekaroh peninsula, southeast Lombok
★ 4.7(198 reviews)
Coconut Garden Beach Resort Sekaroh is a fully off-grid solar-powered eco resort on the wild Sekaroh peninsula on Lombok's southeast coast. Twelve bungalows and two larger family cabins run 950,000–2,400,000 IDR per night, including all meals. It delivers genuine remoteness — empty beaches, no neighbours, dark skies — but the 2-hour 4WD-only access road and complete lack of mobile signal mean it suits only travellers who actively want to disconnect.
# Coconut Garden Beach Resort Sekaroh: The Off-Grid Edge of Lombok
Coconut Garden sits on the Sekaroh peninsula — the wild, dry, almost uninhabited finger of land that pokes south-east from Lombok toward Sumbawa. There are no villages within 8km, no power lines, no piped water, and no mobile signal. The owner, a former Jakarta architect named Pak Daniel, bought the 4-hectare beachfront plot in 2017 and spent four years building the property to be entirely self-sufficient.
Twelve thatched bungalows and two larger family cabins, plus a beachfront dining pavilion, a small spa hut, and a kitchen garden. The compound is powered by a 28kW solar array with battery storage; water is rainwater-harvested and gravity-fed; sewage is composted on site. Staff are mostly from Jerowaru village 23km away; the resort runs a daily staff shuttle along the access road.
The aesthetic is "tropical-modernist meets bamboo vernacular" — clean lines, natural materials, and almost no plastic. There is no air conditioning anywhere on the property; cross-ventilation and ceiling fans handle the heat, which works because the peninsula catches reliable sea breezes.
Two categories across 14 units. Beach Bungalows (950,000 IDR per night per couple, all meals included) are 35m² thatched bungalows raised on platforms, 30–60m back from the high-tide line, with king bed, en-suite cold-water-only bathroom, and a private veranda with hammock. Family Cabins (2,400,000 IDR for up to 4) are larger two-bedroom units closer to the dining pavilion with a small outdoor sitting area.
For couples, the Beach Bungalow is the right choice — and specifically request units 7, 8, or 9 which are the closest to the water and have the best afternoon shade. Cold water only is genuine here; hot water would require additional solar capacity the property hasn't installed yet. The shower water is comfortably warm by mid-morning from sun heating the storage tank.
The Sekaroh peninsula is 90 minutes from Kuta Lombok by car, plus another 60 minutes on the access road. Total travel time from Lombok International Airport is around 3 hours. The final 23km from Jerowaru village to the resort is partly broken pavement transitioning to compacted dirt with several deep ruts and one river crossing — 4WD vehicles only, and sedan cars genuinely cannot make it.
The resort runs a 4WD pickup service from Jerowaru village (where Grab and standard taxis can drop you) at 350,000 IDR per vehicle one-way. Most guests use this service and leave their hire car in Jerowaru. Direct airport pickup in a 4WD costs 1,200,000 IDR one-way.
The nearest other accommodation is Pink Beach 18km away. The nearest restaurant outside the resort is in Jerowaru.
The beach is the point. Coconut Garden's frontage is 1.4km of fine white sand with a reef break 200m offshore that protects a snorkel-friendly inner lagoon. Coral cover is genuinely healthy — turtles are seen daily, reef sharks are occasional. You will share the beach with the resort's other guests and almost no one else.
The all-inclusive food works well in this setting because off-property dining is impossible. The kitchen runs a 5-day rotating menu with one daily catch-of-the-day option. After 4 nights you will have seen most of the rotation; after 7 you will be tired of it. Most guests stay 3–5 nights, which is the right length.
The infrastructure is the real story. Solar power runs everything including the kitchen, lighting, fans, water pumps, and the pavilion Wi-Fi (Starlink, available 5–8pm only to manage power load). Rainwater storage is sized for a 6-month dry season. Composting toilets are properly designed and odour-free. None of this requires guest attention to work — it just works, which is rare in off-grid hospitality.
The trade-offs are the access and the connectivity. The 4WD road is genuinely demanding — guests prone to motion sickness suffer. Once at the resort, the lack of mobile signal is total. The Starlink Wi-Fi window is short and slow when many guests use it. If you need to be reachable for work, this is the wrong stay.
Service is small, personal, and competent rather than polished. Pak Daniel or his Indonesian co-manager Bu Lia are on site daily and handle escalations directly.
Book it for honeymoons, decompression weeks, or as the deep-disconnect leg of a longer Lombok trip. It works best as a 3–5 night stay. It is one of the few places in Indonesia where you can have a genuinely empty white-sand beach to yourself for hours, and the snorkelling is a real bonus.
Skip it if you need connectivity, if you have mobility limitations that make the access road unmanageable, if you have unmedicated motion sickness, or if you want variety in dining and activities. This is a single-place, single-experience stay and self-selecting it correctly matters.