Gili Air - The charm of amazing Lombok Island Tourism

July 11, 2012

Gili Islands Became One of the main of Lombok island Tourism besides Senggigi Beach and National Park of Mount Rinjani, Gili trawangan is one of the biggest and the famous, Gili Meno is Smallest and Gili Air is the coolest and the nearest Island from The main Lombok

Gili Air is very suitable for you who want a quiet moment a little family or for those are just merried, more and more backpackers seem to be chosing Gili Air as their primary option. This island has more of a rural, established feeling than the other two, and it is no surprise that many of the local Gili Islanders seem to prefer living on Gili Air, and that it has the highest permanent population of about 1,800.

Most of the accommodation and alternative tourism facilities are on the south and east coasts, facing Lombok. The boat landing is within the center of the south coast. A coastal path leads you round the perimeter of the island, and a leisurely stroll all the means around can take concerning ninety min. For such a tiny low island, the maze of ways that criss-cross the island will get surprisingly confusing, however these continually lead back to the coast path eventually.

Gili air can be reached from Bangsal port Lombok, by Boats, there are three boat Services

Charter Boat from Bangsal

1. Public Boat ( Ferry),
service start at 6 PM to 11 PM, the maximum of passengers is fixed 20 person, but it's mostly overloaded baggage and or passengers. If it seems clearly unsafe due to either overloading or prevailing weather conditions then it is most likely best not to board it. The ticket is very cheap, that you can pay for only 8000 IDR per person

2. Shuttle Boat,
This Boat service is adder of Public Boat, but the price is slightly expensive it is 26.000 IDR, and only once depart from bangsal at 5 PM,

3. Charter Boat  
 The official charter boat service provided by Koperasi Angkutan laut Karya Bahari is permitted to carry a maximum of 12 persons.Bangsal To Gili Air is 155.000 IDR

What To do In Gili Air

 

Snokling and Diving

One of the dive shops will also be able to arrange for your diving trip, including equipment rental. Moreover, there are some good places where you can snorkel from the beach. Try almost anywhere along the east coast, where fringing reefs are healthy enough and the sea nearby. Be careful when walking in shallow water, because although there are a lot of very prickly sea urchins among the algae. The equipment can be rented at almost any coffee shop in a cottage near the beach for around 30,000 IDR, or you will be happy to help.  

Surfing

Gili Air hardly registers a blip on the worldwide surf scene, that is somewhat shocking. there's a poorly known, barreling right hander off the south coast known as Playgili. this can be by no suggests that an easy wave, breaks over some terribly sharp coral and is best left to experienced, skilled surfers. It doesn't forever roll, however when it will this can be a decent wave. Best 1st stop for any surfer is Ozzy's Surf Shop, where the native crew are keen to rent you a board and chat concerning the conditions.

Getting around the Island
You can just take awalk around the island or rent cidomo (Horse Chart ) or bicycle to take a look the island or the indigenous residential, There are available bicycle rent for 30.000 - 50.000 IDR a day, . Some hotels might give you one as part of your accommodation package.

Cidomo On Gili Air

source : wikitravel.org
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