Gili Gede, The Hidden Paradise in West Lombok

Gili Gede is a small island located 500 meters to the northwest of Lombok Island. The island has a maximum length of 4 km. This island is the biggest island in sekotong area, in juni 1994 the island was ever held a cross race Gili Gede 10 km, on the island of Gili Gede there is a primary and middle school one roof (SPDT 13 West Lombok) and there are 4 mosque, in 2012 the island was legalized to be a part of archipelago village, covering Gili Gede, Gili Layar, and Gili Rengit, with a population of 1000 people 550 heads of family, Gili Gede has divide by 5 Small Village, there are Main Village we call Gili Gede or Pengametan, Tanjungan Village, Cenik Labuan Village, and Buccal Orong Village and most of the population are fishermen.

Transport Lombok Airport to Gili Gede





By way of administration of Gili Gede island is located in Gili Gede Indah Village, Sekotong Tengah Sub district, West Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province. According to information obtained from the head of Kades ( The Leader of Village ) who served at that time, namely the father of Farhan Gili Gede native of Makassar from Wira Selayar, due to DITII rebellion.

The meaning of Gili Gede is Big Village, on December 31, 2010 the village of Gili Gede was inaugurated which previously the island is still included in the administrative area of ​​Pelangan village. On this island there are 5 ( Small Village ) namely,

· Dusun (Small Village) Gendang Siang,
· Dusun (Small Village) Labuan Cenit,
· Orong Bukang (Small Village),
· Tanjungan ( Small Village ) and
· Dusun (Small Village) Gili Gede.

Gili Gede Island is in the status of the village area of ​​the Islands, for the island ownership status is the property of ulayat or customary rights, it's just that there are about 4 point island territory owned by private parties as well as foreign resort. But this benefits the citizens because some residents who become employees of the resort.

Gili Gede Island geographic coordinate position on the wwest side of Lombok Island with 317 Ha land. Gili Gede Island is the largest island owned by West Lombok regency. The boundary of Gili Gede Island in the north is bordered by Lombok Sea in the south bordering Pelangan Village Sea, to the west by the Sea of ​​Batu Putih Village and to the east by the Village Sea of ​​West Sekotong.

How to reach Gili Gede from Lombok ?

Accessibility to Gili Gede Island can be calculated starting from the airport located in Central Lombok to Mataram City about 30 minutes distance using land transportation.

From the city of Mataram to West Lombok regency can be reached with a distance of 20 minutes. Then from West Lombok to Sekotong Tengah District about 1 hour 30 minutes by land transportation.

To reach this island Gili Gede from Lombok International Airport Lombok which located on the Central Lombok, a vehicle will drop you to the west side of Lombok island passed Mataram the Capital city of Lombok and continue follow the road to the west to Sekotong beach where the Gili Gede is.

The Tawun harbor will be a destination for take a boat to Gili Gede, a slow wooden boat will sailing through Gili Gede Island for 20 Minutes length.

The road around the trip was reconstruction due to the tourism quality, just the trek was same like a mountain road, coming up and down.

How to reach Gili Gede from Bali ?

Several time of 2017, Gili Gede Island was so fabulous island. There are many tourist come to visit and enjoy the beautiful world under water.

The better way to visit this island from Bali by take a fastboat from Padangbai harbor in Bali continue sailing to Gili Gede, it take just 30 minutes from Bali to Gili Gede. One of the fastboat company serve the sailing to Gili Gede was Gili-Gili Fastboat .

You may take this service if you stay in Bali island, the short way to take the journey over 2 islands Lombok and Bali.

Gili Gede is not part of Gili Island like Gili Meno, Gili Air or Gili Trawangan cause the location was different, the 3 popular island it located on the south of Lombok under North Lombok regency.

Gili Gede has another small island neighbor namely Gili Layar, Gili Kedis, Gili Sudak and Gili Nanggu, those are have a beautiful scenery and was managed as one of our best tour package for explore world under water.

Population, Socio-Culture and Institutional

The population of Gili Gede Island is 1.380 people out of 438 heads of households with the percentage of women more. For the livelihood of the population as much as 80% fisherman and 20% cultivation fishermen. The religion of all the islanders are Moslem. The number of people who have elementary education 75%, junior high 10%, high school 10% and 5% lecture. There are 5 groups of fishermen on Gili Gede Island.

Coral Reefs in West Gili Gede

The location of West Gili Gede observation has clear waters in the water column with a distance of about 6 meters and visibility upward about 8 meters. The data is collected at a depth of 9 meters on the base water contours in the form of slope or sloping. The coral of this observation location is fringing reef, the current condition is moderate and faster at the end of the afternoon.

Substrates of water base at the observation location of West Gili Gede is dominated by Hard Coral or Coral Reef group. The condition of the coral reefs at this observation location is in the medium category because it has a percentage between 25% - 49.9%.

The second largest percentage is from the group (coral fracture) or in the form of coral fractures. While the third percentage was Soft Coral mainly from Genera. Biota (other) found mainly derived from groups of sea lilies.

Where to stay in this island ?

There are some small bungalows was established to fill the occupancy of the room during low and high season. As we know Gili Gede try to reach the high popularity as best island destination, it proven a big hospitality project was planned long time ago.

A huge hotel was established namely Kokomo Gili Gede, one of the biggest hotel to stay on, designed to accommodate for the people who respect a private property with a private villa design. This hotel good enough for honeymoon couple with lonely place to stay.

Kokomo Gili Gede

White sandy beach covered this hotel front accompany with a swimming pool with beach view right under the palm trees. It has a beautiful wooden jetty make be a classical place. The weather was different like in Lombok. The rainy season will come rarely due to small island, rain will come when the main rainy season was come down.






This hotel located in-front of the beach where you can spend long of your time to stay see the beautiful beach and let the wave embrace you. Lounge and lay down on the beach station will make every step of your holiday better, there are not much activity of the local people in this place just fishing and apply the order for snorkeling by slow wooden boat.

The most of activity in Gili Gede Island

A small island will over not much activity to do, just a little private activity then other island in mainland like Lombok or Bali. This place was missing a lot by the people who want escape from the crowded of the city and run a way from daily boring activity.

A family is the best choice for, the island present a beautiful white sandy beach to play over with a little slow wave to swim and play together.

1. Snorkeling of the island

Most of Gili Island was so famous with world under water, the coral reef and fish population will be the best view to show up. Hold the snorkeling stuff like masker, snorkel and fin and continue jump to the water cause the fish still come close to the edge beach.

Another option you can hire a boat for snorkeling to another island neighbor like Gili Nanggu or Gili Kedis with another view under water to show.

2. Visit Other Gilis ( Hoping Island )

This island mostly like another island in Lombok, they have another Gili to show and visit, to spend your time you can hire a boat to explore another island with your family especially Gili Kedis which very popular with island without man just a view white sandy beach scroll.

3. Lay down on the Beach

Stay on your hotel will make it boring, come open the door take a towel and order some glass of drink, a sunny weather will grab you to beach. Seat and a little smile to see the beach side with unforgettable view.

A little drink will accompany your beautiful day under the sun burned your back, sun light straight to the white sandy beach transformed to be a little pieces of pearl of the island,stay on your place until the sun comedown.

4. Look around the whole island

To see the island condition you should step out of your property, try to wake up after take a little coffee for your breakfast, step you foot to the beach and breath the fresh weather with clear oxygen.

The morning time where the local people starting for morning activity, you will feel very comfortable with friendly people who will say good morning to you every meet. Try for morning jogging to the whole island to get better health although the holiday with you on.

5. Catch the Sunset
Sunset moment will not exchangeable, the true moment will see under 6 PM where the all activity will close, the sun step down and hide from the beautiful paradise.

This time you can take the moment with camera under the Mount Agung Bali, you will see the sunset come down from the blue sky to the middle of Mount Agung – Bali and step by step we will lose the shadow of the sun and the night come rustly.

A little note about Gili Gede as your reference to visit the beautiful paradise island Lombok.

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TRANSPORT FROM TELUK NARE TO GILI ISLAND

Teluk Nare is a second harbour in Lombok with not much people know about it, Teluk Nare located on the way of Senggigi Beach to Tanjung around 3 km Bangsal Harbour.

As we know Bangsal Harbour is a public harbour where you can take public boat from Lombok to Gili Island.

Starting from 2016, the local government try to push to promote Gili Island until the condition we saw now, Bangsal Harbour wan not big enough to hold the total amount of tourist every high season best solution was established to control the passenger is Teluk Nare Harbour

Why use Teluk Nare Harbour instead of Bangsal Harbour ?

•  Teluk Nare is a private place to take your boat to Gili Island  then you will not sailing together with another guest or any other stuff to bring out to Gili Island. 
•  There are no Public transportation in Teluk Nare then no body will waiting for long time and fully the space
• Teluk Nare located closer then Bangsal Sengigi beach  

Speedboat Information : 

• 10 Persons Capacity and we just sell for private only, if you are two persons then we run the boat just for you and friend or family only 
• Boat base material Fiber Glass 
• 10 Meters Lenght and 2,5 Meters wides 
• We have owned harbour then no worry about the service quality 
• Easy to find the own harbour 
• Professional Staff and Crew 
• Time reach approximately 15 Minutes From Lombok to Gili Island 
• Route ( Lombok to Trawangan, Lombok to Meno, Lombok to Gili Air, Gili Trawangan to Lombok, Gili Meno to Lombok and Gili Air to Lombok )
• Fully purnished boat 
• Fully equipment Life Jacket and Fire extingusiher 

We able to drop off infront of your hotel stay below : 

• Villa Ombak Gili Trawangan
• Scallywags Gili Trawangan 
• Pearls of Trawangan
• Beach house Trawangan
• Trawangan Dive 
• Almarik Hotel Trawangan
• Tirnanog Hotel Trawangan 
• Blue Marlin Hotel Trawangan
• Some place on Central Area of Gili Trawangan 
• Gili Meno on Central Area 100 meters from Gili Meno Harbour 
• Gili Air on Central Area 100 meters from Gili Air Harbour

How to book Speedboat to Gili Island 

• Click the booking button below with red color
• Choose the Destination ( from and to )
• Choose the person quality 
• and Book 
• payment will be settle by debit card or credit card
• Direct booking confirmation 

BOOK SPEEDBOAT FROM TELUK KODEK TO GILI ISLAND BY CLICK THIS LINK BELOW : 

What Service you can find in this harbour :

1. Speedboat Service

As we know, the speedboat service in the fastest way to reach Gili Island from Lombok, just spend 10 minutes ride from Teluk Nare Harbour to Gili Trawangan or Gili Meno or Gili Air

All facility was validation by the government  under SNI ( National Standard Indonesian ) cause all the facility completely with life jacket, fire extinguisher and professional boatman to sailing to the gili island

The price 350.000, for 2 person of you, want to book please contact us with the number or email you can do, the boat can load 10 passengers in a boat, reminder : we just accept private trip it mean you will no need to wait another persons,

2. Slow Boat to 3 Island 

This service you can take if you need to enjoy your journey by slow boat, see the best view and come close to with wave and the break of the wave out.

Some of the people use this boat to take a material from Lombok to Gili Island to build new hotel or another thing, this boat was made to manage for long time to across from Lombok to Gili Island for long time ago although now it be the classic transportation but the tourist still like it.

The slow boat well managed for fishing trip to the best spot where you can hold a big fish to grill and we provide the bait depend to the season of recently time.

FISHING BOAT

SLOW BOAT

The boat can load maximum 20 passenger one way with big space of seat and wonderfull time to spending together, the machine was create to spend a little slow time 30 minutes across the sea from Teluk Nare to Gili Island.

3. Snorkeling Trip to 3 Island

Snorkling is the best under water activity you can take, this valuable thing that can do cause no need the expert people to do it, a little skill of swim then you can jump to the water. 

The tour guide will ready to learn and show you where the best spot for snorkEling good enough to explore it. 

Another Land transportation you can book by contact us, then payment will be collect by our driver after arrived in a destination you ask for. 

4. Transport  to Lombok International Airport 

5. Transport to  Sengigi Beach Hotel 

6. Transport to Kuta Beach 

7. Transport to Mataram 

From airport to ..........

No	Destination	2 px	4 px	6 px
1	Bangsal Harbor	350.000	400.000	450.000
2	Mataram	250.000	300.000	350.000
3	Senggigi	250.000	275.000	300.000
4	Kuta Area	150.000	175.000	200.000
5	Senaru	450.000	475.000	500.000

teluk nare to  …………………………. 

No	Destination	2 px	4 px	6 px
1	Airport	350.000	400.000	450.000
2	Mataram	300.000	350.000	400.000
3	Senggigi	200.000	225.000	250.000
4	Kuta Area	350.000	375.000	400.000
5	Lembar Harbour	275.000	300.000	350.000

   
PRICE LIST FOR SPEEDBOAT TO GILI ISLAND

tELUK NARE TO

No	Keterangan	2 px	4 px	6 px
1	Gili Trawangan	350.000	375.000	400.000
2	Gili Air	350.000	375.000	400.000
3	Gili Meno	350.000	375.000	400.000
4	Tour 3 Gili	1.200.000	1.300.000	1.400.000
	Return	2x	2x	2x

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TANJUNG BLOAM BEACH - EAST LOMBOK

The hidden paradise well set in the east of Lombok where the population extremely decrease due to quality of the land fertile, All the people in Lombok will choose the land as home depend to the quality of the land side, the are able to improve live quality or not.

East Lombok esspecially in Jerowaru where the Tanjung Bloang is, there are much people hold the life production under the fishing activity, the fish and other potential pruduct of the sea is the main thing to continue the life, it is for consumption or sell for rice. 

Transport from Lombok Airport to Gili Trawangan, This service you can choose to reach that place, you may use just land transport from Lombok International Airport wit h land transfer around 2 Hours to the east. A little pieces of the land of Lombok You can see on the way to.

Another Potential product that people do not really care about it, a tourism object, you can see the beach of Tanjung Bloam was so Popular cause of that one hotel have established, Hotel Jeeva Bloam, just the only one. 

You may check the picture below 

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GERUPUK BEACH NEXT PROJECT

Gerupuk Beach is one of tourism object were popular with beach for surfer, it located stright on Kuta Beach around 45 minutes from Lombok International Airport to the east.

Gerupuk Beach likely the beach with white sandy beach around and most of loval people has fishing as income. However this is next project of Gerupuk Beach

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PUBLIC HARBOUR GILI TRAWANGAN SERVICE

Gili Trawangan has born many job opportunity for local people, it has 1.700.000,- a regional monthly salary to improve income for a family life.

A Regional Standard Salary have to set by the business owner as a standard salary for the staff, the UMR will change every year and the owner hotel should follow the regional regulation to avoid the business block out.

Finally we talk about public, what the service they offer to us as a company which hold an economic service for the guest and local

1. Public Boat

Public boat is a majority of the service running everyday, the price 15.000,- rupiahs one way from Gili Trawangan to Bangsal lombok, they take 20 minutes ride under 40 till 100 HP machine to cover the sailing.

Buy the ticket on the office with quote 40 passenger on the boat, buy, wait and run those are the step we can do coz the ticket do not sell by booking in advance and not sell by online.

The ticket office open from 7 AM to 4 PM, to remind that you will share with other person on the boat, Material, guest Stuff and other else, a backpacker were love so much this transport due to they run slowly enough to catch the moment and step running on the seaside.

2. Hopping Boat

Hopping boat is the public boat design ecspecially for transport to Gili Air or Gili Meno, they running 2 times in a day

- 09 AM

- 03 PM

The hopping boat will load 40 - 60 passenger with biger boat then public one and drop the guest to Gili Meno then Gili Air, much people really do not understand the rute, the thing can visit the both island ( Meno and Gili Air but not, they visit Gili Meno drop the guest the go Gili Air for drop the guest too.

After 2.30 PM they pick the guest up then drop back to Gili Trawangan, this hooping boat good for :

- If you have hotel booked in other island you can use hopping to reduce the cost without return

- If you want to see or explore a gili island ( Meno or Air ) then you can back by afternoon

Use this service by visit ticketing office Gili Trawangan on central area with price of : 

- Gili Meno 35.000/pax

- Gili Air 40.000/pax

3. Speedboat 

The fastest service to other island and lombok you may choose as the people who care with speed.

The speedboat di not running from bangsal harbor due to a public and material spot where the gilis building stock stop before across Gili Islands. 

The service running 2 times a day

- 09 AM

- 03 PM

They spend 10 minutes sailing from Trawangan to Bangsal with the rute for 3 spot first 1 ( Gili Meno ) continue to ( Gili Air ) and finally to Bangsal

Majority the passenger are hotel owner and the guest who has hurry flight in the rust time.

Follow this information to guide you to explore Gili Trawangan Lombok, share this information if you thing this usefull for the people

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GILI TRAWANGAN HOME WORK

Gili Trawangan is the biggest island Gili with the highest income then other land in Lombok as a tourism object. They grow hard and fluently every years by the new hospitallity product has been built every moment year through indeed of the island.

Sometime in your mind the idea across direct to your idea, how can i reach Gili Trawangan Island from Lombok International Airport as we know which the island is a tiny land with classical life culture, here the tips Transportation From Lombok International Airport to Gili Trawangan

There are a million guest visited the island with high daily consumption, they rest the rubbish and need a team to care about it, here some Gilis Home Work which need to solve immediatelly to stick the totally visitor grow up every years.

1. Rubbish 

Why we should put the rubbish as the first manner, the only thing that the guests rest after they leaves are rubbish especially unorganic rubbish ( plastic, bottle & glass ).

The region government need to find the solution as soon to avoid the quantity of rubbish under control and affected to sanitation and disease.

There are 250 hotels operated in gili island with 50kg rubbish everyday then you can calculate 250 x 50 kg woowww after one year you can imagine how it all.

2. Birocration

Birocration in a central problem for a businessman or hotel owner, how can the government easier the hotel lisense and permit then easy for the investor to grow the company up.

Other else of Visitor Visa or Working Permit, there are many tourist try to transform the lisense each other, the tourist work in Gili Trawangan with tourist permit and they do not use working permit to avoid tax and regulation.

Many of them know about it but betray it, the cooperation need to connect between business owner and regional government to clear this manner ever.

As we see, when the immigration come through Gili Island every tourist hiden under the table, back to room, transform theirself as a tourist. How can this can be  continue of the regulation set hardly and discipline.

This problem was happen from the first Trawangan Tourism has been opened until know but the business owner still hide this problem to reduce their income.

One thing that we can say that please follow the indonesian regulation as you follow the rule in your home.

3. Security

Save and secure is the both things that the people need and wait for. Trawangan island island famous as non motorized island which need something more then it.

Additionally save and secure to complete this island will be a perfect island destination, for the traveller this island is a save island from human activity but do not secure doe the thief, some of the guest are stolen their bag in some place by the beach. 

The prison penalthy was not established in this island, the rule under awik-awik ( unwritten rule which stick by local people in trawangan ) this rule valid until 2016.

Every people which catch stealing a something, the leader of the island punish them to walk around the island by writing " i am a thief " on their neck, the security island hold the statement of the island

Starting 2017 after the police over-handle the regulation with legal punishment under indonesian regulation, as we see now, it affect to reduce stealing activity with prison punishment under the jail.

Hope this regulation will continue stick by the local people and regional government to make it island save and secure.

4. Facility

The island of Gili Trawangan is far from the mainland, all the material add extra cost to sailing from lombok, facility of Gili Island need to upgrade with gili eco system by always hold the nonmotorized island.

Transportation for horse cart need to add more to fully the order from the clients with a million order every years.

Any more problew that you found in trawangan share with us then we will add to next our content to share 

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