ACHTUNG: "Things about Gili Trawangan that i share here is written specially for backpackers and advanturous traveller!!"
The plan was crazy to have holiday in the time while other of my classmates are busy with final project. But after remember about Gili Trawangan island (a.k.a Gili T) hmmm i just can said "HELL YEAH LETS GO THERE!!"... Gili T is located in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara - Indonesia. I was there in August 2009 for a day, and believe me a day is never been enough for Gili T.
Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno or Gili Air??You already plan for your visit to Gili Islands, but still confused about which island to stay in? I have a trick! Simply about those islands.....,
Gili Air is the closest to the main island (Lombok Island), among three islands Gili Air has the most local people community and they come from many different tribes in Indonesia, the Giant Clam in underwater and Japanese Ship Wreck.
Gili Meno is most quite among the three Gilis and even well-known for honeymooners. You can snorkell around the island safely. There are many birds species living inside and adorable mini lake in this island. The Meno's Wall is interesting to snorkell or dive.Gili Trawangan has the most facilities and choices from hotels, restaurants, and dive shops. Also known as "Party Island" is a best choice for fun holiday with the interesting nite life atmosphere. Blue corals are the famous attraction for divers beside the Shark, Manta, and other dive spot.
AccomodationI deeply recommend you to go to Gili Islands from Bangsal Harbour, if u are a backpacker type and I did. The harbour could be annoying with the long waiting for passangers (max. 1 hour), dirty, and many local seller. But the price is another reason because you must pay for only 10,000 Rupiah for one way. But there are much choices to reach Gili Islands like by fast boat (from Bali: ±
Snorkelling
The days in Gili Trawangan I spent with a monoton activity (but i never get bored): snorkelling and diving. There are always treasures each time i snorkelled. Turtles, Butterflyfish, Triggerfish, Scorpionfish, Seastar, Batfish, and many that i dont know the name.
If you only stay for short time, some shops in Gili T will provide a Snorkelling Trip around Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno, and Gili Air with the price 75,000 Rupiah (including mask and fin). But if you stay longer time and wanna be more relax the underwater of Gili T is adorable enough.
To snorkell you'd better go to the east part of Gili T which has more coral and safe enough to swim. We was exploring almost all the east part and best place to start is in the area near The Turtle Conservation, then just go with current. We usually walked back to the start point because in afternoon the current can be strong and exhausting to swim against it.
Butterflyfishes are much to be found while snorkelling and really playful! We brought some cracker while we were snorkelling and spread it, then all the butterflyfishes and other fishes were surrounding us as we were the big attraction for them.. :D Turtles can be found at 8-12 in the morning (a bit north side from the Turtle Conservation).
There are also Picasso Triggerfish whics are really aggresive. We call it 'angry fish' because they always come to us and gave the "go-away-from-here" moves. So we bothered them many times and enjoying their anger, hahahaha! You can also find Titan Triggerfish, the biggest in size among Triggerfish, never play with them! Their teeth are big and sharp and can cause minor injury. But not venomous.. (Triggerfish's mind: "Ok you are bigger but i am crazy!) :P
In the last day of our staying in Gili T, we had a big suprise in our sunset swim, thousands of small fishes were jumping out of the water many times. First we thought that it was raining, because their jumping is quite like rain's sound... BIG SUPRISE, isnt it?? So i am waiting for your present in your snorkelling experince!
Diving
There are over 3,500 marine species living in the reefs and seas of Indonesia. In comparison to the Great Barrier Reef (1,500 species) and Red Sea (600 species), 25 % of all reefs in the world are in Indonesia. The many drop-offs, plateaus and slopes around the Gili's reflect a good cross-section of what Indonesia has to offer.
Many choices of dive shop in Gili Trawangan from Manta Dive, Blue Marlin Dive, Dream Divers, Big Buble, Budha Dive, and Trawangan Dive. They have competitive prices for diving. For fun dive it costs ±
Many different diving spots with their own speciality as Shark Point, Manta Point, Meno Wall, Trawangan Slope. Dive sites are located 5 to 25 minutes boat ride from the dive center. This means that if you want to go for a dive, you actually do spend more time in the water than on the boat.
The plan was crazy to have holiday in the time while other of my classmates are busy with final project. But after remember about Gili Trawangan island (a.k.a Gili T) hmmm i just can said "HELL YEAH LETS GO THERE!!"... Gili T is located in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara - Indonesia. I was there in August 2009 for a day, and believe me a day is never been enough for Gili T.
Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno or Gili Air??You already plan for your visit to Gili Islands, but still confused about which island to stay in? I have a trick! Simply about those islands.....,
Gili Air is the closest to the main island (Lombok Island), among three islands Gili Air has the most local people community and they come from many different tribes in Indonesia, the Giant Clam in underwater and Japanese Ship Wreck.
Gili Meno is most quite among the three Gilis and even well-known for honeymooners. You can snorkell around the island safely. There are many birds species living inside and adorable mini lake in this island. The Meno's Wall is interesting to snorkell or dive.Gili Trawangan has the most facilities and choices from hotels, restaurants, and dive shops. Also known as "Party Island" is a best choice for fun holiday with the interesting nite life atmosphere. Blue corals are the famous attraction for divers beside the Shark, Manta, and other dive spot.
AccomodationI deeply recommend you to go to Gili Islands from Bangsal Harbour, if u are a backpacker type and I did. The harbour could be annoying with the long waiting for passangers (max. 1 hour), dirty, and many local seller. But the price is another reason because you must pay for only 10,000 Rupiah for one way. But there are much choices to reach Gili Islands like by fast boat (from Bali: ±
Snorkelling
The days in Gili Trawangan I spent with a monoton activity (but i never get bored): snorkelling and diving. There are always treasures each time i snorkelled. Turtles, Butterflyfish, Triggerfish, Scorpionfish, Seastar, Batfish, and many that i dont know the name.
If you only stay for short time, some shops in Gili T will provide a Snorkelling Trip around Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno, and Gili Air with the price 75,000 Rupiah (including mask and fin). But if you stay longer time and wanna be more relax the underwater of Gili T is adorable enough.
Butterflyfishes are much to be found while snorkelling and really playful! We brought some cracker while we were snorkelling and spread it, then all the butterflyfishes and other fishes were surrounding us as we were the big attraction for them.. :D Turtles can be found at 8-12 in the morning (a bit north side from the Turtle Conservation).
There are also Picasso Triggerfish whics are really aggresive. We call it 'angry fish' because they always come to us and gave the "go-away-from-here" moves. So we bothered them many times and enjoying their anger, hahahaha! You can also find Titan Triggerfish, the biggest in size among Triggerfish, never play with them! Their teeth are big and sharp and can cause minor injury. But not venomous.. (Triggerfish's mind: "Ok you are bigger but i am crazy!) :P
In the last day of our staying in Gili T, we had a big suprise in our sunset swim, thousands of small fishes were jumping out of the water many times. First we thought that it was raining, because their jumping is quite like rain's sound... BIG SUPRISE, isnt it?? So i am waiting for your present in your snorkelling experince!
Diving
There are over 3,500 marine species living in the reefs and seas of Indonesia. In comparison to the Great Barrier Reef (1,500 species) and Red Sea (600 species), 25 % of all reefs in the world are in Indonesia. The many drop-offs, plateaus and slopes around the Gili's reflect a good cross-section of what Indonesia has to offer.
Many choices of dive shop in Gili Trawangan from Manta Dive, Blue Marlin Dive, Dream Divers, Big Buble, Budha Dive, and Trawangan Dive. They have competitive prices for diving. For fun dive it costs ±
Many different diving spots with their own speciality as Shark Point, Manta Point, Meno Wall, Trawangan Slope. Dive sites are located 5 to 25 minutes boat ride from the dive center. This means that if you want to go for a dive, you actually do spend more time in the water than on the boat.
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It's really good Island
ahh thanks!! i love giliT so much!
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