Beautiful Gili Islands near Bali

"Gili" is the local name, actually means “Small Island”. There are lots of other gili's around Lombok Island. Gili Islands featuring three coral fringed islands, namely Gili Air, Gili Meno, & Gili Trawangan. Each island is with superb, white sandy beaches, clear water, coral reefs, brilliantly colored fish, and the best snorkeling and diving on Lombok. Fishing is one of the highlight activities on the islands. Deep fishing remains the best on northwest of Gili Trawangan. Domestic visitors and foreigners are attracted to the simple pleasures of sun, snorkeling, beautiful beaches, and socializing.

On the islands visitors can rent snorkeling equipment, join a diving course, rent a kayak, go fishing, or take a glass bottom boat to see the magnificent coral reefs and fishes. There are lots of quality scuba diving operations on all the islands. The coral around the islands is good for snorkeling, which can be reached from the shore. While divers are able to regularly swim with black tip, those who prefer to just drifts in the currents with a snorkel, fins and mask are never left disappointed by the more than 6,000 species of marine life living just off-shore. On all the islands also available Dive Schools with many dive programs to choose, from beginners to advanced technical dives.

The absence of cars, motorcycles, and hawkers adds greatly to the leasure of staying on the Gilis.

Gili Islands located in the northwest of Lombok Island, Province of West Nusa Tenggara, Republic of Indonesia. Gili Islands is one of many popular tourist destinations in Indonesia.