Moyo Island Mata Jitu Waterfall

Moyo island is an island in Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province. It is off the north coast of Sumbawa Island and has an area of 349 km². Moyo Island is located in Sumbawa Regency within the Nusa Tenggara province, just north of Sumbawa. The island has an area of 32,044 hectares, about 8° south of the equator. The island is proposed as part of Moyo Satonda National Park along with Satonda Island.

The island is mostly uninhabited and unknown to the majority of tourists; the population is about 4,200 inhabitants in 2022, distributed in 6 villages and almost all of them living on fishing and farming, and administered as the 2 desa of Labuhan Aji and Sebotok within Labuhan Badas District. In 1986 a National park was established to conserve and protect the extraordinary vegetation, its uniqueness, and the many animal species (birds, bats, monkeys, wild pigs, deer), and a Marine Reserve to preserve the unspoiled reefs surrounding the island.