Heat
Saunas
Barrel, cabin, infrared or custom — sized against your actual supply.
from IDR 52,000,000
Area · Islands · no cars
Saunas & ice baths on the Gili Islands
No cars, no lorries, no forklifts. Everything arrives by boat and moves by cart, and that constraint shapes the entire design.
On the ground
Building in
Gili Islands
The Gilis are the most constrained sites we build on, and the constraint is not the weather. It is that there are no motor vehicles. Everything lands on a beach from a boat, then moves by cidomo cart or by hand. If a panel does not fit on a cart, it does not exist.
Freight is the design
So on a Gili project the crate list comes before the drawing, effectively. Panel sizes, section weights and how many people it takes to carry the heaviest single item are all decided at the start, and the design is built around them rather than the other way round. This is one of the specific reasons we build on the island instead of importing flat-packs — an imported kit arrives in the size it arrives in, and if that size will not cross a beach, that is your problem.
A barrel is often the easy answer here: it breaks down into staves that two people can carry, and it assembles on site. A cabin is entirely possible, it just has to be drawn as carryable modules from day one.
Field note
The heaviest single item on a Gili sauna job is almost always the heater or the chiller, not the timber. That one item usually sets the whole logistics plan, so we pick it early.
Power and water
Island supply is the second constraint and it is a real one. Power on the Gilis is less forgiving than on the mainland, and a large stone heater is a serious ask. An infrared cabin at under 3 kW is frequently the realistic answer, and a cedar ice bath that needs no power at all pairs with it to give a complete hot-and-cold setup with almost no load. Where a chilled plunge is wanted, the chiller's draw has to be part of the property's supply conversation from the beginning, not discovered afterwards.
Water quality also differs from the mainland and it matters for a plunge. We test before specifying filtration rather than assuming — see water treatment.
Salt, everywhere
There is no inland on a Gili. Every square metre is a coastal site, so the A4/316 specification is not a recommendation here, it is the only thing that survives. So is the maintenance schedule, and we would rather set up a service visit at handover than get a call in year two about a seized hinge and a rusted band.
What we build here
The range
Everything we make is available across the island. What changes is how we detail it for your specific site.
Both
Wellness zones
The whole sequence designed as one thing — hot, cold, rest.
from IDR 240,000,000
Questions
Gili Islands
answers.
Can you install a sauna on Gili Trawangan?
Yes, on Trawangan, Air and Meno. The constraint is that there are no motor vehicles — everything arrives by boat and moves by cidomo cart or by hand. That means panel sizes and section weights are decided before the drawing. A barrel sauna breaks down into carryable staves; a cabin has to be drawn as carryable modules from the start.
Is there enough power for a sauna on the Gilis?
Often not for a large stone heater. Island supply is less forgiving than the mainland, so an infrared cabin at under 3 kW is frequently the realistic answer, paired with a cedar ice bath that needs no power at all. Where a chilled plunge is wanted, the chiller's draw must be part of the property's supply planning from the start.
How bad is the salt exposure on the Gili Islands?
There is no inland on a Gili — every site is a coastal site. A4/316 stainless throughout is the only specification that survives, and the maintenance schedule is not optional. We would rather arrange a service visit at handover than take a call in year two about a seized hinge and a rusted band.
Next step
Tell us where it goes.
Send a photo of the spot and rough dimensions. You get a layout, a heat-load calculation and a fixed price — usually within two working days.