The Gili Islands are located a little south of the equator. They depend on the island of Lombok next to Bali. These 3 islands, Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan (or Gili T) are known for the richness of their sealife. Thus, they are famous for being very interesting […]
Sealife around the Gili islands
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There are many sea turtles around the Gilis and Lombok. They are so abundance that it is rare to do a dive without meeting one. Often, it is possible to dive with ten turtles. There are two turtle species living in north-west of Lombok – Gili islands: The 2 species […]
The Ghost pipefish or Solenostomidae is a family of small fish (less than 15 cm) with a very good camouflage. It spends long part of its adult life the head down.Its camouflage and small size meaning it is very difficult to see it. The dive site – snorkeling in Pantai […]
The Gili Islands of northern Lombok (Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air) are famous for their many turtles. It is normal to come across up to 10-20 per dive or snorkeling tours. Some turtles could be huge. Two species of turtles frequent our waters all year round: green turtles […]
Diving around the 3 Gili Islands, it is common to see sharks. Two species are usual: The white tip reef sharks are the most easier shark to spot. Some particular dive sites offer higher chance to meet them White tip and Black tip reef sharks are easier to come across […]
Recently (in 2019), at the end of a dive at the Air Wall diving site (west of Gili Air Island, at 15 minutes from the dive center by boat), the group of 3 divers had a rare encounter with a beautiful blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena). We were ascended slowly from our […]