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Amed, Jemeluk and Congkang
The eponymous
Amed
village, the westernmost of the coastal villages in the area is just 3km
from Culik. Its traditional occupations of fishing and salt production are starting to give way
to tourist development but there's nothing of special interest there yet.
With a decent spread of accommodation, a useful supply of tourist facilities and excellent
diving and snorkelling just offshore,
Jemeluk
(6km from Culik) is much more of a tourist
centre than Amed and makes a good base. Together with the adjacent hamlet of
Congkang
it
has plenty of accommodation, restaurants and a good dive shop along the narrow, shrub-lined
road. At low tide a swathe of beach is revealed here, and though there's almost no shade
Café
Amed
rents out sunloungers. There's good snorkelling in front of many of the hotels, and es-
pecially beneath the headland by
Villa Coral Café
bungalows.
Bunutan
Continuing east over the headland from Congkang brings you first to
Bunutan
, 8km from
Culik, which has some of the nicest accommodation along the Amed coast, many of the es-
tablishment enjoying great views. Places are quite spread out though, divided by a steep head-
land, so you'll probably need transport.
Lipah to Aas
Beyond Bunutan is
Lipah
Beach, 10km from Culik, which has reasonable snorkelling. After
Lipah it's over headland after headland to the peaceful little villages and their bays at
Lean
,
(11km from Culik),
Selang
, (12km),
Banyuning
(13km) and eventually
Aas
(15km). These
eastern beaches get progressively less stony and the sand gets yellower; Banyuning has the
area's best
snorkelling
, at the Japanese Wreck just offshore. The beach at Banyuning also
has some shade, plus snorkel rental, a couple of cheap warung and accommodation with res-
taurants at the north end, though it's not great for sunbathing.
