Sunny Beaches

Pantai Induk ( Induk Beach)

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Located in Banyu Urip Village, Gerung , West Lombok Regency. To get here needs about 45-60 minutes drive from Mataram City goes to the south, road to Lembar Harbour, before we reach the harbour, we'll meet the intersection in Gerung city, take the road to the right side, passing through Banyu Urip Village and keep follow the village's main road.

The road condition to get there is quiet good, and there are many empty lands with coconut trees before we reach the beach. Condition of the beach is not bad, with the dark brown sandy beach, quiet clean and has a good enough panorama surround it. It is still an empty beach, no accomodation here, and mostly visitors are local people, especially in holiday such as New Year or any ceremonial days.

Some Of The Beautiful Beaches In Lombok Island, Indonesia.

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The Location of Lombok Island is at the eastern of Bali Island. Lombok Island is a part of West Nusa Tenggara Province, that is consist of Lombok Island and Sumbawa Island. This island width is about 80 KMs from north to south while the length is about 100 Kms from east to west.

Lombok Island owns many beautiful natures, with one of the natures is the beach. Beaches here are so beautiful and famous to the tourists, many people come here every whole years, not only from others part of Indonesia, but also come from abroad, such as Australia, USA, Nederland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and many others countries.

Here by some of the beautiful famous beaches in Lombok Island :

1. Senggigi Beach.

2. Kerandangan Beach.

3. Kuta Lombok Beach.

4. Mawun beach.

5. Tanjung A’an Beach.

6. Gerupuk Beach.

7. Sekotong Beach.

8. Bangko-bangko Beach.

9. Gili Nanggu

10. Gili Air

11. Gili Meno

12. Gili Trawangan

Kerandangan Beach

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Located about 2 Kms northern side of Senggigi, or about 5 minutes drive by car, there is also a beautiful beach that you should come to visit. The beach is similar to Senggigi Beach, facing Bali Island, with the clean brown sandy beach and clear water.

There are so many empty land with coconut trees along the beach on the left side if you drive from Senggigi, while on your right side are hilly with any sweet potatoes, bananas and others local plantations.
Along the way from Senggigi Beach to Kerandangan Beach, you can see the breathtaking view of the sea, make you want to stop in every point of view for taking picture or just enjoying the panorama.
The beach is good for swimming and snorkelling or just relaxing around as it’s not as crowded as Senggiigi Beach. There are some hotels and restaurants along the street in from senggigi to this place, also some local traders selling souvenirs, softdrinks, snacks and even young fresh coconuts. When the day goes down, you can enjoy the beautiful sunset from the silentness and emptiness of Kerandangan Beach, as you can see bali island with mountain Agung as a bacground. ..feel so close to nature.

Gerupuk Beach, South Lombok

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It's about 1,5 hours from Selaparang Airport in Mataram to the south, or about 10 KMs goest to east from Lombok Kuta Beach, after Tanjung Aan Beach, the way to get there is right, and sometimes you must take left side. Outside Gerupuk is the same but it is on the outside of the bay .
There are deep peaky wave that will have some big peaks in bigger swell and there are 5 surf points, Perigi Beach named with Tokyo Point or Bumbang Bay,the name Tokyo Point is given because there are lots of Japanese surfers come here. Batulawang ( KOdomo Point ), Giligolong ( Obay/ Rolacosta), Dondon ( Kamek Point), And Terasak ( Takar-akar ) .

These 5 points face the Indonesian Ocean, with the bautiful white sandy beach, still natural and virgin, and is not well managed yet. Surfers must take a boat from Gerupuk Beach to the surf points and it needs about 20 minutes.

Many surfers and tourist routines

come to surf here even not all of them are surfers,just visiting or taking any photograps. They are from others places around Indonesia, such Jakarta, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, and also from abroad such from USA,European, Australia and the most foreign surfers up to now is from Japan.

American, European and Australian usually come here at June, July And August when Japanese comes at October to March.

Tanjung Aan

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Tanjung Aan means Aan's Bay, it is located in the southern of Central Lombok, about 20 minutes from Kuta Lombok Beach goes to east side, there you will pass along the amazing white sandy beaches and coconuts plantations own by the local people here.

The road is quiet good in condition and not many people passing along this road. after about 20 minutes drive, just turn to right, and you will arrive to the clear white sandy beach, with the clear crystal water. it is such a great beach, unforgetabble place .
This bay planked by the two rocky hills, and you can get on the top of the rock to get the breathtaking view of the beaches along the south coastal. There is no accomodation here, but you can buy some drinks water, soft drink or some snacks from the local trader here.

Many activities can be done here, as if you like swimming, snorkeling, wind surfing or just sun bathing and enjoying the beautiful panorama or take a walk to the rocky hills around.

Mawun BeachThe Beautiful Hidden Beach...

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Located approximately 8-10 Km goes to the west of Kuta Beach . The road to get there is good, and somewhat winding and uphill. travel about 20 minutes by car and then turn to left about 3-5 minutes drive. There are many beautiful sightseeing along the trip.

Mawun beach is an isolated beach but it is very wonderful beach and its location is flanked by two hills, the water is clear and calm with small waves are calm and clean white sand beaches . Around the coast there are many large trees with the beautiful panorama.This beach is very good for swimming, snorkeling and sunbathing. And because the situation here is still quiet, all the visitors must take care of their belongings carefully.

Lombok Kuta Beach

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This beach location was in the middle of the southern part of Lombok, about 45 Km from Mataram.. To get Kuta beach needs about 1.5 hours by car and the road condition is very good and the scenery along the trip interesting enough.

With the white, clean sand beaches and shaped like a pepper,
also calm the waves and very clear water, Kuta beach looks very beautiful .
This beach is still pretty quiet, but the facilities are there from a five-star hotels to modest inns, and many kinds of restaurants can also be found easily.

Gili Nanggu

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This island is a small island located in the southwest Lombok. Gili in lombok language means a small island. The island is managed by the Forest or the concept of Virgin Island, which still has a beautiful nature and natural. The tranquility and beauty make Gili Nanggu a routine visiting destination for many foreign tourists. Gili Nanggu also called Paradise Island.

Gili Nanggu is still included in the tourist area of Gili Gede has a white sand beach with a length of about 1 km with an area of 17.5 hectares of land reaching. The atmosphere of beautiful landscape with beautiful sunset and sunrise able to attract tourists to come, especially tourists who had repeatedly come to Lombok.

On the white sandy beaches and calm wave, you can rest without worry disturbed by the hustle and bustle of the beach vendors, because Gili Nanggu is a private island inhabited only by managers and staff. Melodious chirping of birds, the sunrise and the silence of nature at sunset creating a truly romantic atmosphere, making Gili Nanggu a suitable place for couples who want to honeymoon.
Around this island, there are also several island such as gili gede, gili poh and many others. this are is very ideal for snorkelling and diving.

In the summer high season, the bungalows which are fully occupied here by foreign tourists. Most of them chose this island to enjoy the silence, far from the hustle and bustle of big cities.

Enchantment Tours
The enchantment of the sea has its own appeal is one of the main reasons many visitors who come every day to play on the beach. Various types of marine fish and beautiful coral reefs, colorful become one of the attractions of this island.

In addition to ornamental fish and coral reefs, the island there are also breeding turtles. Turtle eggs hatched and breeding purpose in special ponds. After the big and strong enough to survive in the wild, the turtle-turtle would be released into the sea.

When bored with water activities, you can replace with other activities like a walk along the island. In the middle of this hilly island, you will find a monastery called Vajrabhumi. Amid the silence, between trees whose leaves are falling and the sea wind sighs, the existence of this temple gives its own nuances.

Where to Stay and Eat
Approximately there are 17 cottages here, including the shape of a traditional Sasak houses. The majority of accommodations here are owned by individuals. Rent between Rp100.000-Rp150.000. To bungalows equipped with air conditioning, the rent ranges from Rp225.000-Rp275.000 per night. Resorts on the island most facing the beach and has a storied granary rural style. There are also several seafood restaurants, price range Rp15.000-Rp30.000. Also available for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

How to reach this place
Gili Nanggu tour to be pursued through the following channels are:

    -    From Airport Selaparang, Mataram. Through the port sheet 30 minutes by car, 30-45 minutes by boat. Mileage 27 km.
    -    Through Tawun, West Sekotong. 60 minutes by car to the southern of mataram, 15 minutes by boat. Mileage 47 km.

         If you want to use the aircraft, then you can start your journey from the airport Selaparang. Whereas if you want to use a ship, you can use the ferry through the port of Padang Bai Bali to Lombok harbor Sheet.

Activities
For those interested in maritime recreation, diving, sunbathing on the beach, or relax in a place of natural beauty, the Gili Nanggu is the right place. Tourism activities are being developed are agricultural activities in the form of dry land agriculture commodities such as corn with cassava den. Soil conditions in this area also provides opportunities to develop through plantation activities, such as coconut plantations, farm activities, namely cattle and goats.

For those who want to temporarily retreat from the hustle and bustle of big cities, Gili Nanggu is also the most perfect place to reflect and enjoy the silence. Relaxed atmosphere and enjoy the sun the beach all the tiredness will ease your mind.

Because of relatively still not too crowded, you should be more careful of your belongings.

Senggigi Beach

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Senggigi Beach is a famous tourist places in Lombok. It is located about 12 KM from Mataram on the west coast of Lombok island. Facing towards the Lombok Strait is bordered by the island of Bali Beach. Senggigi Beach is not as big as Kuta in Bali, but the coastal beaches are still beautiful, although there was trash scattered leaves that are rarely cleaned, but quite clean and comfortable for a place to play and enjoy the beautiful beach.
Underwater scenery was very beautiful, and tourists can do as much snorkeling as the waves are not too big. towering coral reefs causing large waves breaking in the middle. Beauty is often referred to exceed the beauty of Kuta Beach or Sanur Beach on the island .Here we will be able to see the Sun set by the background of the island of Bali with the Mount Agung silhouette.

There are also hotels with prices that vary, from expensive to economically valuable hotel, restaurants with a variety of cuisines, café-café, and so forth. So many choices for those of you who want to find a travel agent to conduct a sightseeing tour Lombok, art shop that sells a variety of unique handicrafts Lombok, including of the most famous pearls. To go to Senggigi is easy, because so many means of transportation to get there, whether it be a taxi or Bemo (Public Transport) from the direction of Mataram.

Bangko-bangko The Surfer Coast Point

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The journey to Bangko-BANGKO is a joyful trip, especially for those who love adventuring and touring. The journey starts from mataram headed southwards, ie towards the Port of Sheet, which connects the island of Lombok with Bali island by sea. Just before she reached the harbor, we'll see the T-junction, turn left and continue to follow the main road. About 20 minutes later we will see the fork to the left and right. If you want along the coast, should follow the path to the right. for those who want to feel the hill surrounded by trees, there remains a good straight left follow the path.

On arriving at the junction Sekotong, take the right path along the beach and you will see the very beautiful and natural scenes. There will be seen a row of small islands some of which are already used as tourist attraction, one of them is Gili Nanggu. We can find several hotels both large and small along the coast. After passing Pelangan Beach, we will see a slightly damaged roads, follow on the road .. until finding on how beautiful of Bangko-BANGKO beach located at the southwestern tip of southern Lombok Island, with beaches and a yellowish grains such as soybeans. And it is more beautiful by nature when we enjoy sunset from here.

Sekotong Beach

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Sekotong is a coastal tourist area which is still very natural
and quite rarely visited by tourists than Senggigi beach Tourism Area.
The beauty of this beach lies on the naturalness of the coastal location surrounded by several small islands and sandy white beaches and yellowish and sea water are also very clear and on the other side surrounded by rocky hills and the road to get there is winding along the coast.
SEKOTONG Coast Tourism Region is located about 1 hour before Bangko Bangko the Surfer coast point, so every tourist who will go to Bangko Bangko usually passing through this area , even many of them are staying in several hotels and inns here, given the availability of facilities that is not available at Bangko-BANGKO. In this area we can find places of accommodation ranging from star hotels to simple inns. There are also some foreigners who have a private villa and several places along the coast. In this coastal area, in Tawun area, there is also boats port for tourists who want to travel to the Gili Nanggu, one of the tourist islands in this region, which also has beautiful beaches and underwater scenery. Travel from Tawun to Gili Nanggu using boat can be completed in about 30 minutes. There was an inn in the form of bungalows are rented out for the tourists.

Sea, Sand and Sun exploration journey to The 3 Gilis (means small island)

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Gili in "Sasak" language means island. Sasak is the local ethnic of Lombok island, Indonesia. The 3 beautiful islands is often called the Gili Indah, They are Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan, is a group of 3 islands located approximately 30 KM to the northwest from Mataram, the capital city of West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia which located in Lombok Island. It has a diversity of habitats such as coral reefs, ornamental fish, seagrass and many others.
3 Gili is in the district of Pemenang, North Lombok Regency. To go to this location from Mataram direction, we can passing through by 3 points, namely:

Coastal Line .
From Mataram, we passed the town and headed towards Ampenan , Senggigi Beach and continue along the West Coast of the island of Lombok to the north. Along the road we'll see a lot of vacant land planted with coconut trees, and many hotels, inns and restaurant. The road will go through it, winding along the cliffs, with views on the left is very exciting that the Lombok Strait to the island of Bali background, rows of beautiful beaches and crashing waves and the cliffs of rocks that show the beauty of the west coast of Lombok island. While the view on the right is the cluster of green hills in the rainy season, and will look quite dry during the dry season. Along this road there are a lot of sight-stop, where we can pause to enjoy the natural sights around. Once past the steep cliffs with a charming landscape, we will reach the intersection of Pemenang area, there we take the road on the left toward Port ward, where the ferry to this 3 Gili.it needs about 1-1.5 hours time-consuming, depending how long and how often you are taking the time to stop at every stop sight.

Pusuk Line. ( The Monkey Forest )
This is a middle path that passes through the middle hills to the north of Mataram. This path can we take from Mataram to the circumstances and continue to the north through Gunungsari district. In this way we meet a lot of green hills, rice paddies, lush rice fields and up to the hills side, the road condition is very good. Along the way, we should pause to let go of tired in Pusuk area (which means top, or peak). This is a natural attractions, the border between the West Lombok regency and North Lombok Regency. Here are some restaurants, with the background scenery of the valley and its forests and the monkeys roam freely along this road that seems quite familiar with the arrival of the visitors. They seem not afraid
approached the visitors to ask for food, so we should bring nuts or a banana if you want to pass this place. From the Pusuk Pass, the journey can be continued again along the descending road and winding road towards the district winners to come to the crossroads to the Port ward.

Sea lines.

For tourists who love the adventure of the sea, can be chartered boat service to commute a fairly stout available in senggigi Coast, from there travel directly towards Gili 3. This trip is relatively safe, because the waves here are not too big and is a common path to follow. The view is along the crossing along the coast is also quite good.

1. GILI AIR

Is one of the 3 Gili (small islands) is located about 30 KM west Lombok Sea island with an area of about 180 ha, and around the island about 6 km. This island is the closest island to the mainland Lombok, from our ward crossed by using a boat and took about 20 minutes away, with waves of relative calm in the morning until the afternoon.
Facilities are available on this island and complete enough and you cab stay at the expensive hotels to inexpensive inns. There are also many restaurant with a variety of cuisines. Visitors who want to see the underwater landscape with a dive, here there are several diving clubs are ready to deliver. For those who do not want to dive, but just to swim and see the sights under the water, can rent snorkeling equipment is easy to find along the beach. Could also simply Sunbathing on the beach or perform activities other beach games.

2. Gili Meno

A small island located in the middle between Gili Air to Gili Trawangan. The island is slightly larger than the Gili Air is the surrounding area of about 7.3 Km. The island has sandy white beaches very clean and very clear water. The atmosphere is not too crowded, with facilities more or less the same as that found in Gili Air. The waves were pretty quiet here, very nice for tourists who want to exercise air.Untuk diving sports fans, here is the wall that does not help too steep, and the coral reefs .Dan enough restaurant and bungalows along the beach for tourists who want to stay or to enjoy food and beverages.
To go to this island from Port Ward takes approximately 35 minutes. While from Gili Air to Gili Meno approximately 15-20 minutes.

3. GILI TRAWANGAN

Is the outer islands and the largest among the 3 dyke, and most often visited by tourists with the facilities more widely complete.It's approximately 360 ha square island, approximately 3 km lenghth and width of about 2 Km. Here there is more good-star hotel accommodation and simple lodging, various restaurants, café-café, diving clubs, art market and others .To the divers, they can dive to the shark point in the north of Gili Trawangan, here is where the unmalignant shark community , and can we see a house with a few sharks were sleeping at a depth of about 80 feet.
At night, the tourists who like music or nightlife, you can visit Café which provides such facilities. It takes about 45 minutes lo reach the island from Port Ward.