In the spotlight: Nirjhara, Bali

Bali is a tough market for luxury and boutique hotels, with so much competition on this popular island, but the fact that 85% of Nirjhara’s 25 suites and villas – many with pools – face waterfalls, terraced rice paddies and a gently meandering river give it a foot up.

This little treasure is in Tabanan on the island’s southwest coast and as well as having that cascading waterfall – after which it is named – the hotel aims to blend into nature as seamlessly as it can.