SENGGIGI BEACH and RESORT Lombok Indonesia

Senggigi, named after a princess in local legend, is the main tourist center in Lombok and the most developed tourist area. The resort area about 10 Kilometers north of Ampenan, and about 20 minutes drive from the Lombok international Airport. Nowhere near as large or as busy as its Bali conterparts, Senggigi is a great base for exploring the rest of the island. The pace is very laid back, with activities centered around the beaches and day trips to places of interest, which are all with in ferw hours drive from the town. At night dine in the many restaurants catering to all tastest and budgets, listen the live music at the cafes or Bars or dance the night away at the night clubs.

Senggigi is the large bay that forms the center of Senggigi, with the main road running parrarel to the beach, and large resorts occupying the space between. The beach provides picturesque views of Bali's Agung Mountain to the west and stunning sunsets with the volacano silhouetted on the horizon. Senggigi reef, off the Senggigi Beach hotel has good coral for snorkelling and in the right conditions, some decent surf breaks.

The main road in Senggigi is lined with small shops, Restaurants, Bars, Travel agencies and Night Clubs. There are couple of supermarkets, numerous ATM's and Money Changers, Post office and all as ussual tourist facilities. Senggigi is a relaxing place to stay, with a good range of luxury hotels and resorts, as well as mid range and budget accommodations.

The Art Market Senggigi, is located between the Santosa Villas & Resort and Sheraton Hotel. There are numerous small stalls selling handicrafts and souvenirs from aroun Lombok, as well as T-shirts, sarongs and clothing similar to Bali's markets. On the beach, line up restaurants and cafes are nice place to catch the ocean breezes during the day, orr to dine at night watching the lights of the fisihing boats accross the ocean.

How to Get to Senggigi

There is a few alternatives to get to Senggigi Resort

• Coming from Lembar Harbor, you can go straight to Senggigi by Shuttle Bus or Taxi available on call for 24 hours.

• If you are coming by Plane, ask for Airport Taxi services, they will drive you to the hotel as your destination.

• Public transportation or Bemos are available from 06 am to 05 pm.

Stay at Senggigi

There are various range of hotels that you can choose to stay at Senggigi, From Deluxe five star Hotel resort to simple home stays, such as Senggigi Beach Hotel, Purimas Boutique Hotel and Resort, Intan Lombok Village Hotel and Resort, Sheraton Hotel and Resort, Pool Villa, Raja’s Bungalow, Ellen Hotel, Ray Hotel, Senggigi Reef Resort, Bukit Senggigi Cottage, Holiday Resort Lombok, and many more, for details infromation about the Senggigi accommodations please click Senggigi Hotels List.

Dinning and Entertainment

There is various Restaurant and Café to choose at the town of Senggigi Such as, Happy Café with there famous Live band at night, Papaya Café with Live Music, Bumbu Café, Marina Café with Live music, Sunshine Restaurant, Naga Restaurant, Taman Restaurant, and etc. these Restaurant served a selection food from Indonesia cuisine to International cuisine.

What to Do & See

• Swimming off the beach is safe.

• Canoe hire is available on the Senggigi beach.

• Surfing

• Wind Surfing

• Snorkeling

• Take a walk to Batu Bolong Temple (Hollow Rock Temple)

• Sunset

• Water Sport ( Jet Ski, Paraglaiding/Parasailing, and Banana boat)

• Sea Kayaking

• Learn To Surf with adventure Lombok Surf School

Hotels Option In Senggigi

Hotels Option In Gili Islands

Hotels In Kuta Lombok

Novotel Hotel Lombok The Novotel Coralia Lombok is perched on the southern coasts of Lombok, with crystal lagoons and pristine sandy beaches. The pleasant rooms are decorated in Sasak style with thatched roofs and coconut wood. Facilities: Air-Conditioning, Satellite TV, Telephone, Tea & Coffee Making Facilities, Hairdryer, Room Safe, Room Service, Non-Smoking Rooms Available.

Tastura Boutique Hotel The Tastura Beach Resort Hotel, Lombok is centrally located in the central part of Kuta beach, on the southern coast of Lombok. It is only a few minutes walk from shops and restaurants. Rooms are simply designed with traditional Sasak architecture, and are only a short walk from the white sandy beach. The spacious Tastura Beach Resort Hotel is a perfect spot for rest and relaxation.

LOMBOK Diving

Lombok a World Diving Class

The underwater world around Indonesia is a diver’s paradise. Nearly a quarter of the world’s reefs are found in here and there are over 3,500 species living on them. The clarity of the water combined with the rich marine life makes this a photographer’s heaven, especially for those who enjoy taking macro shots. Common destinations to visit for diving are, amongst others, Bali, Lombok and Sulawesi.

Lombok offer scuba diving at all levels of diver are catered for, from the absolute beginner to the most adventurous. The main diving area arround the Gili island lie in the north west coast of Lombok.

There are more than 15 dive sites around the islands and more reefs are being explored all of the time. Most sites are suitable for beginners, but there are some that are more challenging for advanced divers. Some of the dive sites are shore dives, others have to be reached by boat. Snorkelling is also good around the three islands.

Lombok and Gili Island Diving Features:

Water temperature: This depends on your dive location because there are many cold currents and up wellings. However, expect a temperature range of about 23°C (73°F) to 29°C (84°F)

Suit: 3mm shortie to 5mm wetsuit, dependent on the region you dive

Visibility: 10 - 40 meters (30 - 120 feet)

Type of diving: Reef slopes, drop offs, plateaus, caves and wrecks

Marine life: Sharks, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, morays, cuttlefish, octopus, scorpion fish, pipefish, leaf fish, angelfish etc. Over 3,500 species live in Indonesian waters, compared with 1,500 on the Great Barrier Reef and 600 in the Red Sea

When to go: Avoid December and January because the heavy rainfall during these months will reduce visibility

Gili ilsand Dive Sites

Shark Point & Volker’s Golf course

Shark Point east of Gili Trawangan is a popular dive spot in the mornings. This dive site consists of different levels (24m, 20m, 18m); it starts with a slope out of hard and soft corals, the "native country" of green and hawksbill turtles. The different levels are sandy areas with small coral blocks – a wide variety of marine life starting with schools of trivially, napoleon fish over white tip reef sharks and rays in the sandy areas….

ending up with ribbon eels, leaf fishes and even mantas. “Volker’s' Golf course” is about 500m east of Shark point and starts at a depth of about 30m. It looks like the greens of a golf course and is the best site to see sharks, schools of mackerels and doctor fishes. Because of its depth and the sometimes very strong currents, it is a dive for advanced divers.

Meno Wall

Meno Wall in the West of Gili Meno goes down to 18m. You can see a lot of small coral fish like lionfish, soldier fish, gobies, crabs and a lot of wart slugs and nudi branches coming out of hiding. It is also called “Turtle Heaven” because of the many resident hawksbill and green turtles.

Air Wall

Air Wall in the West of Gili Air is a very beautiful wall that, due to the soft coral cover, shines yellow-orange depending on the position of the sun. The highlight of this wall is a coral block at 22m in which leaf fishes (scorpion fish) found their "home", surrounded by shrimps, pipefish, white-banded cleaner shrimps and thousands of glass fishes... Look out into the deeper parts for white tip reef sharks.

Coral Fan Garden & Basket Coral Garden

Also popular for morning dives are the two dive spots in the North of Gili Trawangan, Coral Fan Garden and Basket Coral Garden. The first few meters you will have the feeling of being in an aquarium - schools of colored fairy bass lets, fusiliers, banner fishes… and deeper, around the big coral and stone blocks, groupers, batfish, trumpet fish, hiding octopus and bearded scorpion fish. Look out to the blue: sometimes eagle rays, mantas or reef sharks can be seen.

Frog Fish Point

One of our favorite dive spots is Frog Fish Point in the East of Gili Air, famous for small things and rarities. A huge coral block from 5m-18m welcomes you. There are a lot of sandy areas, where the garden eels let off steam and coral is overgrown with anemones and their clownfish. You can find ghost pipefish, frogfish and a lot of scorpion fish. Have a manicure there by one of the many cleaner shrimps.

Manta Point in the rainy season, when the water is rich with plankton, this dive site in the South of Gili Trawangan gives you the best chance to see Manta rays. But even without mantas, you still have a good chance to see reef sharks and turtles. Malang Reef Underwater canyons create the landscape here with a plateau starting at 10m and dropping down to 40m. Here you can see “everything”. Mantas, blue spotted stingrays, scorpion fish, lionfish, and white tips have been encountered here as well as spiny lobsters.

South Lombok Dive Sites

Hammerhead sharks

Dive with us at our recently discovered dive sites in the South. Schools of barracudas, tunas, mackerels and different kind of sharks (also hammerheads!), manta rays, eagle rays…. And all the coral is in 100% pristine condition. Real world-class diving!

The Magnet

A pinnacle in the open sea, rising up to the surface from a depth of around 80m. Big, big fish action. Everywhere schools of mackerel, rainbow runner, tuna and barracuda. Here you can see white tips, black tips, grey reef sharks and with a little luck schooling hammerhead sharks. For advanced divers only.

The Skull

This pinnacle rises up from a depth of around 40m and is completely covered with soft corals. Here too, big fish action. White tips, black tips, and mackerels, grey reef sharks, many stingrays and schooling tunas.

The Cathedral

Another pinnacle going down to around 50m. Here many sharks, tunas, mackerels and barracudas can be found. We have seen a school of eagle rays here. At around 40m there is a big cave. For advanced divers only.

Soft Coral Garden

A chain of small pinnacles beginning in a depth of around 25m. All pinnacles are covered completely with soft coral. It is normally more a spot for small fishes and coral, but even here we have encountered manta rays.

Boulder City Starting

At a vertical wall you descend to about 30 meters. There are a lot of big rocks forming hundreds of swim-troughs. Sharks, napoleons and many, many sweet lips and angelfishes have been seen here.

Dive Sites Around Senggigi

Senggigi Dive is a spectacular slope reaching down to 60m. Between 10m and 25m, there is an array of wonderful coral. A lot of different reef fishes and with a bit of luck you can see turtles and white tip reef sharks. Hidden between the coral many different kinds of shrimp and crab can be found.

Nipah Slope

A spectacular slope reaching down to 60m. Between 10m and 25m, there is an array of wonderful corals. A lot of different reef fishes and with a bit of luck you can see turtles and white tip reef sharks. Hidden between the corals many different kinds of shrimp and crab can be found.

Malimbu Cave

A slope going down from 10m to 15m with big sandy patches and rocks covered in corals. Here you can find a lot of sting rays, a big amount of reef fishes and often turtles. In the shallower part are caves that can only be dived when conditions are calm. But be careful, we’ve heard a dragon lives there…

Malimbu Slope

A long, stretched slope that goes down to 30m. The bottom is sandy with a lot of little coral reefs. Sharks, blue spotted rays, eagle rays, barracudas, leaf fish – there’s just so much to see.

Shark Point

A big plateau that starts at 10m and goes down to 30m or 40m. Most of the time, you can see sharks, turtles and a big variety of reef fish. On the north side, big gorgonians and sponges can be found.

Alang-Alang Wall

A wall that begins at 16m and reaches down to 35m. Down there, after a small plateau begins another wall that goes down to 60m. Both of them are over grown with wonderful corals. You have sharks, turtles and a huge variety of reef fish. It’s a perfect spot for night dives.

LOMBOK Surfing

Lombok Uncrowded Surf

Lombok has been an ideal surfing destination for years. surfing enthusiasts, especially those that come to Indonesia for the prime purpose to surf and are prepared to venture further than Bali, will discover Lombok and Sumbawa rewarding beyond all expectations, particullarly when its comes to serene and exclusive locations.

Lombok and Sumbawa is a new unexplored surfing frontier, hosting some of the most impressive surfing spots in the south pacific! There are many greats surf breaks here on Lombok island. Lombok has arguably the best left hand wave in the world at Desert point at Bangko-Bangko, located on the south west coasst with barrels [hollow breaking waves], that run forever like there're made by some wave machine.

Lombok Surfing a new tourism industry emerging!

The people, the culture, religion, way of life and most especially the scenery of both of these island (Lombok and Sumbawa) ensure they are uniquely different than other Indonesian islands and are bith extraordinary idylic destinations. Experience some of the most exciting, spectacular and thrilling surfing in magnificient but yet unspoilt waters throughtout the length and breadth of Lombok and Sumbawa! Remember if you enjoy surfing pristine waves in beautiful settings, leave them as you find them - Don't leave any rubbish behind or demage the vegetation, so it remains pristine always for future generations to enjoy..

Lombok surf Spots

Senggigi Area

Senggigi Reef - Sengiggi Beach

Situated in the west coast of Lombok, 20 minnutes drive from Lombok international ariport, this region is the main resort area on the island of Lombok. It's has quite unique and famous for its right and left break. Senggigi is more fickle than the south coast, having to draw the swell from Lombok straight, but when it's on, it's on and has deep tube rights, and a fast moving left with a fast bowl section

Alang Alang Point

Heading north from Senggigi beach, there are Alang Alang Point and some other interesting breaks in larger swell along the north Western coast. Completing the surfing sojourn, is the GIli islands, Trawangan, Meno , Air, offering some excelent waves at times.

South Lombok Surf breaks [ Kuta Lombok Area ]

Are Guling

2 breaks - a hollow shifty left, best at mid to High tide A nice right with a fast inside section, best at low to Mid tide Has reasonable protection from the wind. Transport: 20 minutes drive and a 20-minute walk or just 20 minutes by boat from Kuta Beach.

Belongas

This is a fairly typical Indo reef break. Nice and consistent with powerful long rides when the swell picks up. Sensitive to winds. It's better during the raining season with NE winds.

Two main peaks:

The right: good peaky right on the west side. Can be powerful.

The left: at the east side of the bay. Rarely works.

Selong Belanak

West of Mawub Beach, Selong Belanak is situated in a bay between two rugged mounts. Its offer great views and opportunities for surfing, swimming and fishing.

Mawun Beach

To the west of Kuta, this sheltered beach is located between two hils offering spectacular views and pristine white sand.

Grupuk Beach the Desert point

The protected cove of grupuk beach provides the perfect place for relaxation, swimming in its calm blue water. Especially for the surfer who want to enjoy the dessert point have to take a outrigger boat (traditional boat) to the breaks of the desset point.

Seger Beach

Located is not far from Kuta beach, its the impressive of Seger beach. its ruggedly beautiful surroundings make this an enchanting place, while the large waves provides a challange to surfers.

Lombok Indonesia handicrafts

Lombok main handy crafts is practically for daily use, but showing great skills and finish, traditional way to design and traditional technique to made it and natural materials. certain villages has specialize in crafts, its interested to visit one of them, take start from hand weaving village, and the second basket weaving village and ending up at pottery village.

Lombok Pottery

Lombok pottery is be coming well know in the world. three major villages that are famous with their pottery production are: Banyu Mulek, Penujak, and Masbagik. these villages has their own style and technique to design the pot and its was improved under aid of New Zealand government on 1991.

Lombok Hand weaving

There are two main villages hand weaving production in Lombok island is Sukarare in central Lombok and Pringga sela in east Lombok.Typical sarong and Tenun Ikat is the main product of these village. The sarong is not only comfortable to wearing but also serve as sheet, bed cover and other multitude of uses. Songket is the most complicated hand weaving usually done by women.

Lombok Mask

The main producer of Lombok mask are Labu Api, Lombok mask is easy to found in Bali art galleries and art shop, Bali is Lombok handy crafts biggest market and it's often claim as the original Bali's craft.

The mask made from local mahogany wood and other woods which are found on the island.
This village has their own style and technique to design and curving as they want to give their own identity of arts on the object. The village of Labu Api are not only known for it's mask curving only, they are produce boxes, statue painting, pottery painting, and handy crafts decoration with sea shell.

Lombok island is located east of Bali. Lombok geographically is almost the same size as Bali and, just as there are popular tourist areas on Bali, so Lombok offers a variety of destinations to suit different holidaymakers' tastes.

Tropical climate with warm and humid weather all year round. Temperature range from 21 Celsius to 32 Celsius. Wet season starts from November to May and dry season start from May-October.

The best time to come is in the month of May when the weather is just perfect with bright daylight and green scenery.

People & Religion
Population is about 2,5 million. The local inhabitants of Lombok are called Sasaks who make up 70% of the population are the predominant group with Balinese, Chinese, Arabian, and Javanese and other ethnics groups making up the rest. Bahasa Indonesia is the National Language, but English is widely spoken.

Lombok has three main districts with three capital cities: Mataram in the west, Praya in central and Selong in east Lombok. The majority of commerce is in the capital city of Mataram in west Lombok.

Islam is the majority religion, but all other religions are practiced freely. Every Friday around 12.30 noon, Muslims go to the mosques just like Christians go to church on Sunday.

If you are planning on traveling around the island and visiting small villages it is more respectable to wear slacks or knee length shorts, a shirt with sleeves or a sarong. If you happened to be here during Ramadan, which is the Muslim month of fasting from sunrise to sunset, please do not to eat, drink or smoke out in the open public during this month long fast. Even though the people don’t seem bothered in the common tourist areas like, Senggigi and the Gili islands, it is better to respect the people and not eat or smoke openly.

Wetu Telu
Wetu telu is an unique religion that that blends Islam - Animism and is only found in north Lombok.
It roots stem from the village of Bayan in the north. The people who practice this still consider themselves Muslims but they have their own rituals in addition to the normal Muslim ones. One such ceremony is Nyiu, that takes place 1000 days after someone dies. The relatives of the deceased offer material things like clothing, toothbrushes, food, dishes, mattresses, etc. so the deceased will be pleased in heaven.