The Beauty of Gili Meno Lombok

Gili Meno West Coast (Image by Google)

Gili Meno is the smallest island of the three famous Gili islands in Lombok. It is in the middle between Gili Trawangan and Gili Air. The situation is more quiet than on Gili Trawangan or Gili Air. Maybe Gili Meno is a great base for your honeymoon or you want away from the crowd.

A special place of Gili Meno is the Salt Lake and spectacular dive sites that Meno Wall, Sea Turtle Point and Blue Coral Point. Gili Meno coast in the east of the island is very beautiful scenery. Also there is a place to snorkel off the coast to the north.

Local residents Gili Meno only about 300 people. The island is mostly covered with palm trees surrounded by green grass where the cows ruminate food. On the island of Gili Meno no motorized vehicles such as motorcycles or cars. There simply is no traditional transportation known as cidomo. Cidomo is a kind of wagon pulled by a horse. If in Yogyakarta name Andong or Delman when in Bandung name. Or you can walk down the island's Gili Meno.

On the island of Gili Meno there are new attractions are breeding birds with hundreds of species of birds of tropical forests in Indonesia. There are birds macaws, flamingos, pelicans, hawks, parrots and others.

Bangsal Port - Lombok - Indonesia (Image by Google)

Access to Gili Meno form of public boat from the port Bangsal. But the public boat ride is a bit difficult, because you have to wait a list of passengers on the counter should reach 20, if it does not reach 20, so we are forced to be willing to choose a boat chartered by the rate of course more expensive. But if by chance there are other tourists, you can venture to pay the rent boat charter. It seems more likely that the public boat leaving for Gili Air or Gili Trawangan. Than you hire your own boat, you better transit in Gili Air or Gili Trawangan, the next morning you can ride Island Hopping Boat who regularly went to Gili Meno each day around 09.00 AM - 10:00 AM and 02.00 PM - 03:00 PM.

 

Existing facilities on the island of Gili Meno

Now the power supply in Gili Meno already there, but if you carry the equipment with voltage of 110 volts, and requires re-charging your device, you must have an electrical voltage converter, because in Indonesia the mains voltage is 220 volts.

Money changers are already available in most of the Tourist Information in places, but the tariff is lower than if you trade it in Lombok. You have to bring much money, because in Gili Meno there is no bank. But if forced, at the Hotel Villa Ombak there is an ATM that you can use to take cash.

You should bring essential drugs, because in Gili Meno there are no doctors. It is a community health center is being built with funds from contributions of local businesses.

Then, for security, you should leave valuables at the receptions. Bring cash and goods as needed.

There are many options to enjoy this holiday in Gili Meno. You can dive, snorkel play or look around the beautiful coral reefs and the fish. There are some places qualified scuba diving. In the northeast of Gili Meno there are Blue Coral Point which can be reached by snorkeling. In the northwestern part of Gili Meno there are Sea Turtle Point and Meno Wall which can be reached by boat.

Gili Meno crowded at all from May to August. To give you more free to enjoy the beauty of the whole island, you should vacation in Gili Meno in the quiet period, which is between January and April. To get around the island, Gili Meno only cidomo and bicycle rental. You can walk around the island with cidomo or bicycle. If you want to save, you should bring food, beverages and other goods from the mainland Lombok.

Map of Gili Meno Lombok Indonesia