Lombok - Bali and Lombok - page 141

terrace - book No 1, 2 or 3 for sea views. Steps
lead up to the bedroom/dressing room and
down to the shower.
Eating & Drinking
The beachfront restaurants near the boat land-
ing all offer fine views for your meal, which is
just as well as service can be slow.
Rust Warung ( % 642324; mains 6000-28,000Rp)
Simple beruga with low tables and a menu of
Indonesian and Western favourites.
Good Heart Café (mains 7500-20,000Rp) Perfectly
primed for the sunset, Good Heart has a
relaxed atmosphere aided by bamboo wind
chimes and shells decorating the trees. There
are regular BBQs, happy hour from 6pm to
8pm, and the bar has a variety of cocktails.
Tao Kombo ( % 0812 3722 174; mains 9000-24,000Rp)
Popular bar run by French Bob with a chilled
vibe, lounge tunes, cocktails and a pool table.
Tuck into fine Italian and Indonesian cuisine
here too.
Villa Nautilus ( % 642143; mains 15,000-27,000Rp)
Come here for breakfast, a sandwich, pasta,
or a pizza from a wood-fired oven.
Malia's Child ( % 622007; dishes 15,000-28,000Rp)
You'll eat well here, with tasty Indonesian food
and pizza served either on an upper terrace with
fine views or on one of the seaside beruga .

top predators such as reef sharks frequently
spotted here. Culturally, this moratorium is
not without its difficulties however, as the
islanders are descended from Bugis fishermen
who arrived in Trawangan 55 years ago.

GILI MENO

0 500 m

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A B C D

Cabbage Coral

Patch (28m)

INFORMATION

B A L I S E A

Internet.......................................... 1 B2

Medical Clinic................................. 2 B2

1

Perama........................................(see 9)

Orientation & Information
Boats dock on the eastern side of the island,
which is also home to virtually all of Trawan-
gan's accommodation, restaurants, stores and
facilities. The best stretch of beach is just north
of the jetty. There are a few places to stay at
other points around the coast (and one inland)
but they're quiet and away from the action.
Several stores will change cash or travellers
cheques, but rates are poor. Dive shops give
cash advances on credit cards for a hefty 7%
commission.
There is no post office, but stamps and
postcards are sold in the wartel and Pasar
Seni (Art Market).

SIGHTS & ACTIVITIES

Blue Marlin Dive Centre.................. 3 B2

5

Taman Burung Resort.................... 4 B2

7

SLEEPING

13

Amber House................................. 5 B1

Gili Meno Wall

Biru Meno...................................... 6 B3

(15m)

Good Heart.................................... 7 A1

Hotel Gazebo Meno....................... 8 B3 Boat

Landing

Kontiki Meno.................................. 9 B3

Salt

Malia's Child................................ 10 B2

Lake

2

Royal Reef Resort......................... 11 B2

11

Rusty's Bungalows........................ 12 B2

4

2

Sunset Gecko............................... 13 A2 1

16

12

Taman Burung Resort..................(see 4)

3

Tao Kombo.................................. 14 B3

15

Villa Nautilus................................ 15 B2

Meno Slope

(21m)

10

EATING

14

Good Heart Café..........................(see 7)

former jetty

8

Bounty resort

Malia's Child..............................(see 10)

9

Rust Warung................................ 16 B2

To Gili Trawangan

Tao Kombo................................(see 14) (500m)

Villa Nautilus..............................(see 15)

6

EMERGENCIES
Satgas (a community organisation which controls security
on the island) Contact Satgas via your hotel or dive school.
Clinic ( h 9am-5pm) Just south of Villa Ombak Hotel.

3

Reef - Good Snorkelling

To Gili Air (1.5km)

To Senggigi (15km);

Bali (40km) To Bangsal (6km)

INTERNET ACCESS & TELEPHONE
Also offering a wartel, the owner of Lighten-
ing (internet access per min 400Rp) was installing a
satellite link for broadband when we visited.
Other places are spread along the eastern
waterfront.

lumbung -like bungalows with coconut- wood
roofs and beautiful open-air fresh-water bath-
rooms. It's opposite a slim stretch of beach that
faces Gili Trawangan and there's also a book
exchange and a good restaurant. Discounts of
around 40% are offered in low season.
Sunset Gecko (081 576 6418; [e-mail];
bungalows/house 150,000/350,000Rp) This new place,
built by a multinational team to high eco-
standards, offers gorgeous shared bathroom,
A-frame bungalows and a stunning two-bed
timber house with the best views on the is-
land from its upper deck. All accommoda-
tion has excellent ventilation and plenty of
natural light. It's in an isolated spot, but next
to a tranquil beach with some snorkelling. A
restaurant serving Japanese, Indonesian and
Western food is planned. Rates drop substan-
tially at quiet times.
Other recommendations:
Amber House ( % 643676; amber_house02@hotmail
.com; s/d from 30,000/40,000Rp) Attractive bamboo

Royal Reef Resort ( % 642340; r 150,000Rp) Large,
orderly bungalows overlooking the sea.

GILI TRAWANGAN
Trawangan has a reputation as a party island,
a Shangri La for backpackers and hedonistic
Indonesians, awash with budget-priced digs
and dive centres. Shoestring ravers do still flood
here, but the island's increasingly upmarket
facilities - a mushrooming luxe-fest of lounge
bars, sushi restaurants and boutique hotels - has
meant that Jakartan hipsters and weekending
Singaporeans are almost as common as rupiah-
light gap-year students. It's the one corner of
Lombok where tourism is really vibrant, and
while there are still plenty of tranquil corners,
the island's main strip buzzes every night until
the early hours.
Unfortunately, environmental manage-
ment has yet to catch up with the pace of
development, and discarded garbage blots
the landscape, particularly in the village just
inland from the beach.
Diving is so critical to the local economy

MIDRANGE
Taman Burung Resort (Bird Park Resort; % 642321;
www.balipvbgroup.com; dm/deluxe r 30,000/300,000Rp;
a ) Offers four comfortable air-con rooms
with TV/DVD player and basic self-catering
equipment, as well as a funky dormitory with
three bunk beds. Check out the restaurant and
Beatles-themed bar too.
Hotel Gazebo Meno ( % /fax 635795; r with fan/air
con US$30/65; as ) Classy, spacious and stylish
bungalows, those with air-con adopting a dis-
tinctly colonial feel with parquet floors, desks
and chaise lounges, set in a coconut grove
just off the beach. There's a small saltwater
swimming pool.

TRAVEL AGENCIES
Located just north of the jetty, Perama
( % 638514; www.peramatour.com) offers boat tickets
to Pandangbai in Bali and Senggigi as well as
ongoing destinations by shuttle buses. Trips
to Komodo can also be arranged here (see the
boxed text, p361).
Sights
TURTLE HATCHERY
At the southern end of the beach, there's a
glass aquarium housing the hatchery, where
green and hawksbill turtle hatchlings are
raised until they are around nine months' old
(around 25cm in length). It's a small scheme
set up by a local restaurant owner that releases
several hundred turtles into local waters each

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Villa Nautilus ( % 642143; www.villanautilus.com; r
US$75; a ) Deluxe detached villas, beautifully