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Gili Air, Gili Meno & Gili Trawangan
Lombok Indonesia








Gili Islands that is the name given to the small islands off the coast of Lombok. There are many small islands around Lombok such as Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno, Gili Air, Gili Gede, Gili Panjang, and others. The name Gili has the meaning island as Nusa in Balinese language. The most important Gilis in our discussion here are 3 small islands on the west coast of Lombok those are Gili Air, Gili Meno, and Gili Trawangan. Since the beginning that it is known by the travelers these islands have been recorded as the beautiful island with fine white sand beaches with crystal clear water and blue turquoise color. These islands then become a popular place to relax, snorkeling, diving and swimming, staying in simple bungalows built on the island with minimum facilities. During the course of time then Gili Air, the closest island to the mainland of Lombok developed into more standard holiday resort with accommodations, transport, and some restaurants. At the same time professional divers also come to the island to research the underwater around the 3 Gilis. It was found that the water around the Gilis has a great attraction such as fair to good variety and numbers of fish with highlight of Reef white tip sharks and giant trevally, and visibility of water around 15 meters. Soon both Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan become islands that were changed into new resort for divers. Gili Trawangan is the furthest west and the largest of the tree Gilis. with the size around 3.5 square kilometers. Gili Trawangan is already inhabited by local people with the number of population around 700 persons living her for dozens of years. They are most probably the people of South Sulawesi mixed with Balinese and the Sasak of Lombok mainland. Today on the island of Gili Trawangan there are many good hotel such as Vila Ombak Hotel, one of the best accommodation on the island, Dive Indonesia Hotel is popular for divers with lower budget plan, Salobai Hotel is also one choice for holiday with standard facilities.

Many small bungalows with minimum facilities are available on Gili Trawangan, yet due to the heat of tropical countries with low location the moisture level are high, so it is actually hard to live without air conditioner in the room, so many guest tried to stay at a Bungalow without air conditioner moved to room with this facilities. In the type of underwater attraction it is said the Gili Trawangan has the best with soft coral garden and Trawangan wall. Gili Meno is the island in the middle and has the population around 350 person who already living on Gili Meno at the same time as people in Gili Trawangan. This island is also said to have good underwater attraction, especially the west coast where one can find from shallow spread of staghorn Acropora hard and soft coral, sponges and gorgonians, a concentration of dozen harlequin sweetlips, good sized yellow margined moray, and a cute little blue sported stingray. While Gili Air is the most crowded island with population around 1.000 persons and as the closed island to Lombok mainland, it must have been inhabited from the beginning as old as west Lombok entering the civilization. The same as Gili Trawangan and Gili Meno, Gili Air also offers great place for divers with many hotels and accommodation such as Gili Air Hotel, the one most popular accommodation in the island. Dive operators : Albatross Dive Center on Gili Trawangan is the best outfit for dives off that island and nearby Gili Meno. Regulator and BC sets are available for rent along with the basic sets of snorkeling equipment. Baronang Dive Center on Gili Air offers diving program around the island. Diving is year round off Gili Air with visibility dropping only temporarily after a heavy rain.

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