Over the weekend we had a sneaky trip to the Nusa Islands. We stayed on Nusa Lembongan for 3 nights leaving Thursday morning and returning Sunday afternoon.
We left Canggu early Thursday morning and got a taxi to Sanur which took around an hour. We then got on a boat across the Indian ocean to Nusa Lembongan. It's about a 30 minute ride. We booked with Setia Fast Ferry.
The boat was fairly smooth given it's exposed ocean. I can imagine there could be some big swell and the ride not being very pleasant on certain days.
When the boat nears Lembongan you hop onto a smaller boat when takes you to the main beach. There's no pier for the boats to dock at; it's just a beach landing. You step off onto white sands and crystal clear blue water. It's a magical (and old school) experience.
We then found ourselves a taxi and checked into our accomodation. We stayed at Komodo Garden in a beautiful lumbung style room.
There's no normal cars on the island; the taxis are all converted Suzuki trucks which have open air carriages. The roads have a lot of pot holes so it's a bumpy ride when you're riding in one of these. On a scooter it's much easier to avoid the holes.
We firstly walked to Dream Beach and had a quick swim. We then hired a scooter and drove to the main town for lunch. In the afternoon we went to the Sandy Bay Beach Club, had dinner and watched the sun set. The beach club was only a 3 min walk from our accomodation which was very convenient.
On Friday morning we woke up early to go on a snorkelling tour. We booked with Captain Coconut Snorkelling.
We went to 3 different locations the first of which was at a place called Manta Bay where we saw giant Manta Rays gliding peacefully in the currents. This location was packed with people and it was very choppy waves so whilst we saw the Manta Rays it wasn't a chill experience.
We then went to a place called Crystal Bay. It was a beautiful little bay with coral, heaps of fish and also a couple of turtles. I love turtles so much so they all get the honorary name of Boots.
We finished off at Mangrove Point which was the most chill spot of the 3. There was once again coral, heaps of fish and turtles and because there was so few people you could really take your time and just float along.
We went back to the hotel and in the afternoon did some exploring of Nusa Ceningan via the scooter. There was a beautiful spot called Blue Lagoon where we got some pretty photos before having a cooling drink because it was boiling hot in the direct sun.
In the evening we had dinner at Bar Riva which had a very Amalfi Coast vibe to it. We had an amazing panoramic view of Lembongan that almost seemed fake. Like a fake little island town and a fake volcano in the background.
We woke up early again the following morning and I had a surf lesson whilst Emma got a massage. I booked with Lembongan Haleiwa Surf Lesson.
I got taken out on a boat with a guide (with 2 other beginner surfers) to a break called Razors.
It was a beautiful little reef break where there was a section you hold onto a rope (connected to a pontoon) whilst you waited for your turn with the instructor. It really is helpful to have the instructor to know where to paddle to and also to get a little push onto the waves. I got about 5 waves and one really nice one where there was a little drop off. I found I could quite easily turn on the wave as it was a left hand break.
In the afternoon we once again headed to the Sandy Bay Beach Club and had a nice dinner whilst the sun set. It was a gorgeous way to end the little trip. It was so nice having a little walk on the sand in the dark and a little romantic dance whilst someone played live acoustic guitar.
The following morning we had a brief window of time to explore where we checked out Mushroom Bay and took photos of lots of cute dogs. We then got the boat back to Bali.









