Gili Air

Gili Island is one of the most beautiful island that lies off the northwestern part of Lombok island, where the island was very popular with the charm of the three dykes include Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan. Three Gili has a beautiful landscape with a mix of white sandy beaches and clear sea water like a crystal, make it one of the famous tourist destinations in Lombok island, one of it is Gili Air.

Gili Air is a dyke located in Gili Indah Village, District Tanjung, West Lombok, NTB, Indonesia. Gili Air is the second smallest dyke of the three Gili mentioned above, which is located at the eastern part of Lombok island, so Gili Air is perfect for you, especially for couples who want to do honeymoon. The island was very interesting and offers a beautiful view, other than that you can do various water sports such as snorkeling and Scuba Diving off the east coast, we can also see turtles along the coral reefs.

So the island is very popular and very suitable with the honeymoon couples looking for tranquility. The island is very attractive and offers beautiful views, besides that you can perform a wide variety of watersports such as snorkeling and Scuba Diving off its east coast, we can also see turtles along the coral reefs.

Most of the accommodation and other tourism facilities are on the south and east coasts, facing Lombok. The boat landing is in the centre of the south coast. A coastal path leads you around the perimeter of the island, and a leisurely stroll all the way around will take about 90 min. For such a small island, the maze of paths that criss-cross the island can get surprisingly confusing, but eventually these always lead back to the coast path.

Things to do

There are many several things that you can do in this island such as follows:

• Visiting dive shops, because all the dive shops offer a full menu of PADI or SSI. If you want to learn to dive or improve your skills, then Gili Air is the ideal place for your destination.

• Here you can also do snorkeling along the east coast where coral reefs are healthy enough and close offshore, you can visit the nearby shops to rent equipment. To be aware of if you are walking in shallow water because there are a lot of very prickly sea urchins among the seaweed.

• Surfing, Gili Air barely registers a blip on the global surf scene, which is somewhat surprising. There is less known, slid right off the south coast hander called Playgili. you can also do kite surfing.

• here you can go for a walk, the circular road around Gili Air is very pleasant. You can enjoy the view from the top of the summit Mount Rinjani on Lombok island.

How to get there

If you want to visit the island, the alternative routes that you can use is the path that Sea by boat, which usually operates in the morning and all transport stops running in the afternoon. The island can be accessed from several places such as Bali and Lombok.

From Bali, you can use a fast boat service which is the fastest way and can go directly to Gili. Established daily services depart from Benoa and Serangan Island in South Bali and Padangbai and Amed of East Bali.

From Lombok, you can use a common ship departing from Ward between 8:00 to 5:00, the trip will take about 30 minutes and costs around Rp. 8000. Sometimes these services only go when there are enough people, usually a minimum of 15 is sufficient. You can also use the Boat shuttle service is typically more expensive than public boat (ferry) with the official price of Rp. 26.000. In addition you can also use Charter boat with official services provided by the Cooperative Marine Transport Bahari work is allowed to carry a maximum of 12 people, the official price of Rp. 155,000 from wards to Gili Air or Rp. 290,000 round trip.