Gili Islands are the name of coral fringed islands located off the north-west coast of Lombok island, there are three famous gilis with its name : Gili Air, Gili Meno & Gili Trawangan. Each Gili has superb white sandy beaches, clear water, hundred species of coral fish, beautiful coral reefs and one of the best snorkelling and diving sites in Lombok. Gilis are popular for a day trippers of all diving levels with varied terrain and surprising marine life where howksbill turtles, clownfish, seasonal manta rays can be seen at most diving sites around Gilis. Gili Air, Gili Meno & Gili Trawangan is located on lawland with shallow blue waters and quiet nice beaches and good place for sunbathing and relaxing. All diving spots can be snorkelled safely by staying in between your boat and the shore. How to reach Gili Islands ! From Lombok airport the visitor must take a car to Bangsal jetty around 45 minutes drive and from Bangsal you must continue the trip by local boat or speed boat (owned by Hotel Vila Ombak only). The local boat crossing the sea to Gili Air is around 30 minutes, Gili Meno is around 40 minutes and to Gili Trawangan is around 45 minutes. Currently the only Hotel Vila Ombak serving the speed boat to their own guest. Gili Air is the closest Gili to Lombok mainland and has the largest population currently compare to other gilis. Most of the Gili Air has white sandy beaches but some of part are not suitable for swimming as they are quite shallow and have a sharp bottom coral. Gili Air offers some good hotels with affordable prices from basic budget class to International Hotel standard. Snorkelling and diving around Gili Air is quite good off the east and north side of the island. Excellent diving spots are within a shore boat ride where you can find a lot of whitetip sharks and underwater canyons. For your stay in Gili Air island, we recommend to stay at Gili Air Hotel is the best one available at the area, the other are still good is Sunrise Bungalow is very basic hotel without air conditioning suitable for budget class visitor, and others hotels with basic standard such as : Lombok Indah Bungalows, Legen Pub, Coconut Cottages, Gili Air Santai, Lucky Cottages, Flying Dutchman Safari Cottages, Salabose Cottages, Matahari Bungalows, Resorta Cottages, Bupati's Cottages, Nusa Tiga Bungalows, Gili Indah Hotel. Gili Meno is located in the middle between Gili Air and Gili Trawangan with the smallest population. Gili Meno is the paradise for the visitor who want to have quiet places totally secluded and chance to wallow on a private beach, suitable for honeymoon couple. In Gili Meno you can organise daywith local people for fishing, dolphine trip or boating trip along you can share the east with other pessangers. You can find the best beaches and snorkelling site on the eastern side of the island. Recommended hotel in Gili meno such as : Bounty Beach Club the best one available, Casablanca Hotel the budget one and some of small property such as Janur Indah Bungalows, Pondok Santai, Pondok Meno, Pondok Karang Baru, Gazebo Hotel, Kontiki Meno Bungalows, Bouganvil Resort. Gili Trawangan is the largest & farest island about 2km long and 1,5km wide has the most visitors and facilities and popular as "the party island" of the group. Gili Trawangan is the best diving and snorkelling spots compare with other Gilis where you can see the coral heads, big patches of staghorn and other acropora and occasionally valleys, the home of fish schools. You can here find the cuttlefish in abundance where they can be approched quite closely. Recommended hotel in Gili Trawangan such as : Hotel Vila Ombak is good choice with wide pool and good restaurant, Villa Almarik is medium class hotel with international standard services, Desa Dunia Beda Beach Resort is the new one on the island, Dive Indonesia Hotel and Salobai Hotel is budget class but still good hotel and services. For the holiday and diving program around Gili Islands, please contact us as we are expert on the field. Please come and see our rich under water life and and beautiful beaches of Gili Islands through our agency (PT. Bali Kumala Sari, nich name "BISTUR")