Explore Gili Air
Of the Gili Islands, Gili Air is the
closest to Lombok and has a completely different atmosphere to its sister
island Gili Trawangan. As soon as you step onto Gili Air, you feel as if you
have entered a close knit local community who are happy to share their tropical
island paradise with you. Walk among sandy streets and enjoy the slow-paced
lifestyle or immerse yourself in the crystal clear water to discover a whole
host of incredible dive sites.
With a
few dive sites located directly from Gili Air’s coastline, in a matter of
minutes you can find yourself in swift drift dives or finning slowly along
thriving coral reefs with sea turtles. With Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan only a
stone's throw away, scuba diving in Gili Air enables you to visit the diverse
waters surrounding all of the Gili Islands. Macro photographers will delight in
sandy sea-beds covered with an array of tiny critters while there’s also the
chance to dive alongside graceful manta rays. There are sites where reef sharks
are present in large frenzies and even the chance to see a majestic whale shark
gliding effortlessly through the waves.
On Gili Air there are a number of dive centres that will assist you with your
underwater adventures. Some of these dive centres have dive resorts where it’s
possible to enjoy luxury accomodation and superb diving. Gili Air diving is
great for completing dive courses as there are calm dive sites as well as deep
dives and drift dives for speciality courses. Being only a short ferry ride
away, you have easy access to the stunning dive locations of Lombok and Bali.
If arranging all of the travel to hop from island to island seems too intense,
plenty of liveaboards are available in the West Nusa Tenggara region. You can
even find yourself waking up to a brand new dive location every day!
