Gili Trawangan Island

Gili "Party Island" Trawangan

Gili Trawangan Island is the largest, busiest as well as furthest from the main island of Lombok. Trawangan is also the only Gili which has significant height above sea level. With a length of 3 km and wide of 2 km, population of Trawangan is about 800 people. Actualy, Trawangan has the various facilities for tourists. Shop "Tir Na Nog" claim that Trawangan is the smallest Island in the world that that has Irish’s bar. The most densely populated part of this Island is east of the island.

Most tourists who visit this paradise island Trawangan consist of people who are young and energetic. On holiday season, most of the night held a frenetic party with the music. Of course, if you want to get entertainment by doing night party, this place is suitable for you. You also can spend your honeymoon by enjoying the party.

If you just want to feel the atmosphere of the beach without going to get wet, you can relax on the porch of the hotel, cafes, and restaurants. They are arranged beautifully so you can fell comfort and enjoy your holiday as long as posible. In fact, if you are interested to hire a horse-drawn carriage or cidomo or you also can hire a bicycle so you can go to surround the entire island of Gili Trawangan. Here, there is no pollution so there are no motorized vehicles and it is not allowed by local rules. To travel to and from Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno, and Gili Air, people of each resident usually use motorized boats and speedboats.

Diving is a main purpose of most tourists that come to Gili Trawangan, by diving, you can seed amazing underwater experience. Do not worry if you are beginner to dive because the team will guide you. In the underwater, you can do snorkeling with turtle, see beautiful fishes and manta rays. It will be valuable experience for you, won’t you? Of course, invite your beloved someone to come this awesome phenomena.

If you want to make a holiday in Gili Trawangan Island, you can choose various hotels such as Villa Ombak Hotel, Ombak Sunset Hotel, The Trawangan Resort, Villa Almarik Resort, Villa Julius, Tir Na Nog Hotel, Villa Grasia resort and Spa, Desa Dunia Beda, and Villa Queen. Every hotel has different concept and characteristic so you will be free to determine which one the best hotel for you. Traditional until modern hotels will be found there. If you like traditional, you can choose hotel that provide traditional concept and vice versa. Some of valuable hotels have provided great facilities such as spa, water sport, swimming pool, sunset view, private beach, relaxing garden, restaurant, etc. The facilities offered also will determine the cost of certain hotel. Basically, you can make order to book certain hotel by utilizing online service. By using your internet access, you can determine which one hotel that will be booked.

Gili Meno Island

Gili Meno is a small island that a part of Lombok's Gili. It is located in the waters north of the island of Lombok. It is also flanked by two small islands renowned namely Gili Air and Gili Trawangan. The beauty of this small island of Gili Meno offers travelers a wide range of activities that can be done. It is fun to do water attractions that will make you amazed with the beauty of the sea. Of course, it is the right place for you who like to snorkel, swim, play banana boat and diving. Moreover, you also can enjoy sun bathing during the day with sand bleached along the beach. It is also interesting while in the morning because it can be a favorite place to enjoy the sunrise with a backdrop of Mount Rinjani.

Gili Meno beaches

This Island is also well known in the world as a destination for honeymooners because this place is not too crowded and it gives privacy place like Gili Trawangan. The sea turtle will be your alternative to see conservation of tortoises that result many eggs. After those eggs hatched and wait until certain eggs, then they will be release back to the sea. Besides beach, you also can visit a small lake in the middle of the island, or you can visit the bird park that contains 320 species of birds that fly freely and perch in your area without the fear, but you cannot disturb them because the birds in this place are to be preserved.

Here also offers some facilities such as hotels, restaurant, café, home stay, and bungalows. There is more transportation except you can utilize cidomo or you can rent a bike. As alternative accommodation, you can use some hotels of Gili Meno such as :

Kontiki Cottages : As one-star hotel, it provides you 40 rooms. If you rent this hotel, you will obtain private beach and water sport. You also will obtain additional facilities such as bathroom, dry cleaning, and laundry service. Those facilities are given to make you easy and comfort in to enjoy your vocation. Please book this hotel through online because it accepts guests who want to rent by using online service.

Gazebo Meno Hotel Lombok : It is an eco-friendly resort that offers existing landscape and vegetation. You also will be given a shooting ambiance to relax or take a rest. This hotel will give unique experience se you can try exotic local cuisine.

Mahamaya Boutique Resort : Mahamaya Resort is also eco-friendly resort that offers full facilities for you such as bathroom, room service, spending time at bar, restaurant. If you are smoker, you can enjoy your activity in smoking area. In addition, you also can utilize private spot, water sport, and enjoy a massage. It will give you everything so you can enjoy your vocation as long as possible. 

Gili Air Island

Gili Air Island, Favorite Tourist Spot

Gili Air Island is one of the three Gili that available in Lombok Island. Actually, there are three tourist areas in the world that have names with Gili namely Trawangan, Gili Meno and Air. In the Gili Air, there are both spot snorkeling and diving. It is will be very dear to the miss. Gili Air is an island that has population is 170 ha, and you will find a sparse population there. This island is a favorite tourist spot for you who are looking for quiet place. You also can utilize this tour place to know more and make social interaction with the island's native  population.

When you arrive on this small island, you will find an exciting atmosphere, sunshine, white sand and blue waters. All phenomena will greet you nicely. Of course, the island is a favorite tourist area for both the traveler and backpacker who want to be alone and enjoy the wonderful village atmosphere as typical of Lombok Island. When you have walked from the port of Gili Air Island, you will obtain the reception with a friendly smile from this island community, a welcome smile comes to enjoy your great vocation. Quiet and nice situation in this island will give comfort to you in order to stay there for long time.

Do you need inn? Of course, when you enjoy holiday for long time, you need inn. Do not worry, you can obtain five-star inn that have a building like a bungalow. When you rent that inn, you will be provided a beautiful view because your inn is very close to the beach so you can enjoy that amazing view in your room. In addition, when you want to know more about the beach, dive operators will help you to see the awesome of underwater world. Snorkeling is great activity for you to see real underwater world.

Gili Air Accommodations :

• Gili Air Hotel : You can choose one room of 19 rooms that have been provided by Gili Air Hotel. In order to obtain satisfactory service, the provider gives you some facilities such as non smoking room, Wifi, and air conditioning. Restaurant and bar also available for you who want to eat and relax after you do many activities in the beach. To book the room, you can utilize online service, so you can determine the detail specification about your holiday when you are in your home.
• Manta Dive Gili Air
• Villa Bulan Madu
• Villa Karang Hotel Lombok

Gili Air Beach

Gili Nanggu Island

Gili Nanggu Island, Small Paradise Island

Gili Nanggu Island is a very beautiful tourist place. It is no pleonastic if this island has an epithet as “Paradise Island”. Although, it is a small island, but it is quiet full of beauty; to prove it, you can see white sand or the beauty of the underwater park. Most tourists who want a honeymoon away from the glamour and noisy take this tour place. Because of its both beauty and privacy, it is suitable for tourists to make this place becomes a favorite place.

If you come to this Island when the season of holiday is over, you will feel that you are in your own place because it offers you a privacy place. Please make a pan for your honeymoon in this place, so you can enjoy your special moment with your beloved someone. Because your moment is valuable for you, so you cannot leave your special moment with something usual, but make it becomes special moment for you.

The Journey to Gili Nanggu

If you take this tour, you will be picked up in the morning by certain team and you will go to the Port of Gili this island by using the car or leave directly from the port of Senggigi. If you go directly from the port of Senggigi, it will take about two hours. After arriving at Gili Nanggu Island, you and your team will begin adventure to trace the beaches and snorkeling. There, you will be brought to see the beauty of the island Gili. It still saves intact coral reefs and fish. Your team will allow you to play in water accompany with colorful fishes and you are permitted to feed the fish with bread. By providing both awesome scenery and phenomenon, this place will be an alternative holiday for you. 

The Facilities in Gili Nanggu

To make you enjoy a holiday in this Island, the facilitators of this Island have already provided you some cottage and boat moorage so you can take a rest there comfortably. In addition, if you want different situation, you can come to private parties in the building of bungalow resort in the middle of Island. Do you like swimming? Of course, it is available, and when you need shower, it is available for you. It will be unique because utilizing a traditional-modern design so you will like it. Furthermore, if you are hungry, you can visit hawkers and food stalls. Do not worry, you will get what you want, and they always understand what foods you want.

Of course, when you stay here for holiday, you will be free to utilize the facilities for swimming, snorkeling, diving, or sunbathing on the beach. If you want to eat in the restaurant, it is available for you, but it is only one restaurant. Then, when you want to book one room, you cannot book it by utilizing online service because it cannot do it. Alternatively, you have to go there directly. The nearest luxury accommodation is Cocotinos boutique beach resort. By utilizing speed boat, Gili Nanggu can be reached about 15 minutes from this hotel.

Gili-Nangu-Beach

Kuta Beach Lombok

Kuta Beach and South Coast of Lombok

Lombok Island was known as the beauty of the incredible coastline. For the beauty of this beach, Lombok is also not inferior to the neighbor island that more famous for many people in the world, Bali. Unequely, in Lombok also there is the beach with the same name with Bali, namely Kuta Beach. Nevertheless, Lombok Kuta Beach is still relatively quiet and virgin. It isn’t caused by its low beautiful, but it's not much exploration and promotion, so it is not too much known. Whereas, Kuta Beach and South Coast of Lombok is beauty and useful place to be visited as alternative holiday, you can invite your friend to join together with you to visit this place.

Phenomena of Kuta Beach

The most well-known place on the south coast of Lombok is Kuta Beach, an amazing stretch of white sand and blue sea with coral hills around, and you will see steep waves break. This place is considered a holy spot. This situation also occurs in several more places such as the Tanjung Aan coral. Kuta on the south coast of Central Lombok, it is also known as Princess Nyale Beach  is one of the most beautiful and unspoiled beaches.  Because of its unspoiled, this place also is known as “virgin beach”

Green color at Kuta Beach Lombok occurs because coral reefs and marine life in underwater is still very well preserved. To enjoy this underwater beauty up close, you can also do snorkeling, but keep in mind that you have to be careful. You also do not to touch much less damaging coral reefs and underwater ecosystems that exist around Kuta Beach Lombok. Do you ever find that situation before you come here? If you only enjoy this situation right now, it is great opportunity for you because you are in the sensational place that will give you awesome phenomena.

At the edge of the beach, you'll see the green hills that stretch along the coastline. The unity among green hills will meet with a wide stretch of sand underneath. Of course, it will create a stunning color harmonization. Especially if the sky is bright, the unity between the blue sky beach water shading, to the hills that surround, it will be a gift from the Creator that we should guard it well. By obtaining all its beauty, it's time for you to feel the sensation of the beauty in Kuta Beach and South Coast of Lombok.

Culture in South Coast of Lombok

South coast of lombok also offers an interesting rural tour of small village and farming communities. As a result, you will find some of fields such as tobacco, corn, and peanuts. Majority of farmer still uses traditional-farming, so it will be amazing experience for you; you also will find other awesome cultures such as traditional rice barn, Lombok’s oldest mosque, traditional sasak architecture, and communal living within the compound. Those cultures will give you a history experience that Lombok is a place that has unique cultures.

Kuta Beach Lombok