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 Lombok, Indonesia travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Lombok, Indonesia.
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| M Mallinson |
16 July 2005 |
Stayed at Qunci Villas - Lombok, Indonesia.
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Lombok looks like it has seen better days. Many buildings in the Senggigi area look vacant and are a bit run down and there seems to be a growing problem with the amount of trash scattered around. Having said that, Lombok is a big island and once you get away from the "touristy" areas, you will find beautiful beaches and lovely scenery. We stayed at a great little hotel, Qunci Villas. If you are looking for white sand and a beautiful beach, this is not the place for you as the beach is small in front of the hotel, has darker lava sand, and has been overtaken by some fairly aggressive beach hawkers. But if you enjoy sipping two-for-one priced happy hour drinks at the pool while watching the sun set behind Bali's Mount Agung, you might want to reconsider! Good trade-off would be to stay there and then take some day trips to more secluded beaches and islands. A visit to snorkel around the Gilis is a must, and we heard from other travelers that mountain biking the island's interior was a great experience.
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| F De matos |
28 March 2005 |
Stayed at Qunci Villas - Lombok, Indonesia.
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Try scuba diving at the Gilli islands for another great experience - the people at Blue Marlin diving were really good.
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| G Runham |
09 January 2005 |
Stayed at Qunci Villas - Lombok, Indonesia.
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I can recommend the island land tour for an insight into Lombok and it's culture. The Gilis islands and in particular Gili Nanggu are a tropical paradise.
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| J Leask |
01 January 2005 |
Stayed at Intan Lombok Village - Lombok, Indonesia.
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We went diving and snorkeling with Dream Divers. Very enjoyable. Good restaurants include Cafe Alberto, Asmara, Taman and Tropicana.
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| H Lim |
01 January 2005 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Resort Lombok - Lombok, Indonesia.
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Restaurants recommended outside hotel: Taman - wonderful Indian food; Asmara - international standard cuisine.
Taxis are cheap on Senggiggi so getting around is no problem.
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| T Watters |
20 October 2004 |
Stayed at Senggigi Beach Hotel - Lombok, Indonesia.
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The Basilico restaurant is very nice with a great location on the beach.
I spent 1 night on Gili Trawangen (island) and had a very nice relaxing time.
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| A Valiani |
15 July 2004 |
Stayed at Qunci Villas - Lombok, Indonesia.
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We would recommend Lombok over Bali as it is quieter and somewhat untouched. We travelled around in a rented 4X4 and motorbike; remember your helmet! The Sengiggi strip restaurants are very basic and it seems the fine dining is in the hotels.
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| P Sykes |
08 February 2004 |
Stayed at Qunci Villas - Lombok, Indonesia.
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OK, first Lombok is not the new Bali. Lombok has a charm all of it's own. Lombok is for those looking to relax and unwind and do nothing too exhausting. Don't expect streets lined with bars and night clubs or huge shopping centres. Tours are available to the watersfalls (2hr drive from Senggigi), the Monkey Forest (1hr drive from Senggigi) and other areas, but we spent most of our time at our fantastic hotel, sitting on our balcony, swimming in or lying around the pool, or lying on the balcony day bed sleeping. We also went to Mataram (the main city) using the local public transport, but unless you speak Bahasa Indonesian (we do), we recommend that you get taxis. A trip from Senggigi to Mataram costs about 25,000rp and they are clean and safe. Just make sure they use the meter. Mataram has the only Shopping Mall in Lombok and it is rather small. We will be back!
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| J Hook |
29 January 2004 |
Stayed at Qunci Villas - Lombok, Indonesia.
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There is not much to do on Lombok, hence removing the need to charged around and do anything at all! This makes the island laid back and relaxing. However check the transfers from Bali to Lombok carefully. I ended up on the night ferry (or nightmare ferry), which takes and incredible 5 hours to journey 35km! To be avoided!
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| L Nicolas |
08 May 2003 |
Stayed at Senggigi Beach Hotel - Lombok, Indonesia.
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Lombok is a peaceful island, good place to relax and to enjoy beach.
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