4 Days 3 Night at Gili Trawangan

Its almost a year since my last trip to Nusa Penida, and I start to feel that my daily schedule is boring, more and more negativity pile in my mind, it’s the time to have a trip (and of course another #freedivearoundglobe video). After discussing several option with my partner in dive (@endahkusmardian) such as Karimun Java, Derawan, Gorontalo or Gili island (all in Indonesia), we finally decide Gili island is where we go. Gili Trawangan...

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Things to do in Gili islands

Gili islands located in Lombok is known as “Party Islands” for many years, specially Gili Trawangan, but its not the only thing the island has to offer, and that is not the reason why we in Balinest love this islands. So here is things to do in Gili Islands Gili Trawangan street view #1 Diving (scuba diving or freediving) / snorkeling Gili islands has clear sea water, the visibility is around 20m and warm, most beach around Gili islands...

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Plan trip Jakarta to Gili Trawangan

Gili Trawangan is the largest island of Lombok’s Gili islands. Gili islands consist of 3 island, and Gili Trawangan is one of them, the other is Gili Air and Gili Meno. The name Trawangan originates from Indonesian word Trowongan mean tunnel, due to the presence of a cave tunnel build during Japanese occupation in world war 2, war of the Gilis. Gili Trawangan is famous among tourist who enjoy diving, snorkeling, nature and beach. For scuba diver,...

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#FREEDIVEAROUNDGLOBE : AMED

In the beginning of 2017, we had a trip to Amed and Tulamben in Bali. Located in east side of Bali, to get there will took around 3 hours from Denpasar city / around 4 hours from airport. Amed is famous as diving center of Bali, it was a small village with lot of diving center along the street, the beach around Amed is black sand with a volcanic rocks and calm water and vary depth. The most famous spot in Amed is Jemeluk Bay, its a good spot for...

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#FREEDIVEAROUNDGLOBE : NUSA PENIDA

Happy New Year 2017, Finally after having delayed, we able to publish our first #FREEDIVEAROUNDGLOBE video. On this first video, we go to Nusa Penida, islands at the south-east of Bali island. There is many dive site and snorkeling site in Nusa Penida, we choose only 3 of them its Gamat Bay, Manta Spot and Toyapakeh. To go to Nusa Penida from Bali island is easy, most boat is going from Sanur Beach and usually there is boat going to Nusa Penida...

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Fun Dive : Blue Season Bali

Diving in Bali, With Balinest and Blue Season Bali Blue Season Bali is the Bali scuba diving industry's premier dive center. Their service are structured around nine core service product ranging from Discover Scuba Diving experiences and PADI courses to scuba diving internship, technical diving instructor training programs and ECO Internship. If you want top quality scuba diving service, you have found your solution at Bali's top rated five-star...

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Thank You, Lisa and Family

The Gratitude you felt when your mom said "Air laut asin... (ocean water is salty)" after her first swimming in the sea. Its priceless. That is Lisa's caption on her Instagram photo, for her holiday in Bali. Reading that, we in Balinest feel so happy that we could help on such important moment. For her holiday, Lisa doing all the research herself, preparing itinerary for the whole holiday, we help her with hotel, tickets and car. She stays at...

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