Gili Trawangan – Gili Meno – Gili Air

refan — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:29:07 +0000

Lombok is famous with their little islands called Gili. 3 famous Gili in Lombok is located on the west side of Lombok Beach. They are Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno, and Gili Air. Every Gili island that was mentioned is magnificent and dazzling because they have white sand, sea water is very clear, and beautiful scenery. There are no vehicles in this island to prevent the air to be polluted and noise all around the island.

Gili Air located near Lombok Island, beach with the white sand, also clean, and sea water that very clear. There is a fabulous underwater beauty accompanied by colorful fish, seahorses, and turtles. 5 famous diving locations in Gili Air are Air wall, Air Slope, Frog fish point, Segaluh, and Malang Reef.

Gili Meno surrounded by white sand beach. The difference between other gili is Gili Meno has lake with salt water on the west side of the island, and then there is a bird park so customers can see many tropical birds species. Other than that there is a breeding place for green turtles. Gili Meno Walls is one of the interesting location because customers can see fishes and sea animals in shallow waters.

The advantage of this island is customer can watch beautiful sunrise with the view of Rinjani Mountain in Lombok Island. Customers can also enjoy a great sunset with the view of Agung mountain in Bali Bali Island Gili Trawangan has a traditional martial art called Presean or Stick fighting, this show often occurred in the traditional market Gili Trawangan.

Gili Trawangan is the biggest little island between Gili meno and Gili Air. Gili Trawangan is located on the northwest side of Lombok. Gili Trawangan has a quiet and clean atmosphere, at night there are taverns and café on the beach also live music. It’s not different with Bali which are in Kuta Beach and Seminyak Beach. Transportation on this island are bicycle and cidomo (A simple horse drawn carriage). Customers at least need 2 hours to fully explore this island with bicycle.

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refan — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:39:19 +0000

Lombok is located in West Nusa Tenggara, an interesting island to visit and many other beautiful small islands or small islands in Lombok called Gili. Foreign tourists call Lombok as “the second Bali”. Other than gili, beautiful beaches, stunning waterfalls and promontory, there is another beautiful place in Lombok called Mount Rinjani which is the highest mountain number 3 in Indonesia.

Senggigi Beach still feels natural and clean with its blue sea water. This beach atmosphere is greeted by the soft breeze that is soothing. Visitors can also fish on the edge of the coral beach. And coral reefs towering causing large waves breaks in the middle.

Malimbu Hill as the canal of Senggigi Beach. From the top of a vast expanse of white sand and see the breathtaking scenery with the blue sea water. From the height of this hill is tourist can see clearly the 3 gilis. They are Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air.

In Lombok there is a small temple located still in the area of Senggigi Beach called Batu Bolong Temple. Given the name Batu Bolong Temple because this temple is located on a coral that has a hole in the middle. This temple has an impression for Hindus to worship with the sound of waves pounding around the beach.

There are 2 temples on this coral, a temple located under a tree called Ratu Gede Mas Mecaling Temple. The other temple is located on top of a stone which is the main temple and is often called Batu Bolong Temple. Similar to Temples in Bali, visiting this temple should wear yellow cloth while in the temple to honor the temple as a place of sacred worship of Hindus. Several sculptures seen around the temple include Subali Statue, Sugriwa Statue, Rama Statue, Laksmana Statue and Dragon Statue.

Kuta Beach is not only in Bali, but in Lombok there is also a beautiful Kuta Beach. This beautiful beach has a stretch of clean sand also white. The sand is smooth like pepper, so this beach is also known as the Merica Beach. The wavy coastline with corals offers romantic and stunning scenery.

Aan Cape Beach, home of the Princess Mandalika. Aan Cape or Tanjung Aan is in one coastline with Kuta Beach. This beach directly facing the Indian Ocean and has a coastline of approximately 2 Miles. Aan Cape Beach is surrounded by several hills and tourist can easily hike the surrounding hills, so it will look more exotic viewing the scenery around the Aan Cape.

Central Lombok region in the south have many beautiful beaches, clean and still natural. One of them is Selong Belanak Beach which has the form of a semi-circle beach or like a horseshoe, as part of Selong Belanak Bay, this beach has an edge with a length of about 1 Mile and facing directly to the Indian Ocean. On top of that, the white sandy beach with a width of about 10 meters, calm waves and shallow sea.

Foreign tourists call Selong Belanak Beach similar to Hawaii Beach because of its natural shape and also the stalls on the edge of the beach that is still very traditional using thatch and bamboo.

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Gili Trawangan – Gili Meno – Gili Air

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