May 26, 2025
Amazing Snorkeling, Nice Guides, Fun Local Boat....and Unplanned 2H Add-On - Wonderful amazing experience with one small warning. We booked in advance and did this day trip as an excursion from our cruise ship. The company communicated well through WhatsApp and was there right on time to meet us, holding a sign with our name on it. Surprisingly, we were told this trip included a visit to a local village to see weaving demonstrations - which was about 45 minutes in the OPPOSITE direction of our boat launch, so it meant we spent about 2 hours that we hadn't planned and were not on the itinerary for what was basically a sales call. The village visit was mildly interesting and the sales visit to their store was very laid back, but the bottom line is it wasn't on the itinerary and wasn't how we had paid to spend our time. OTHER THAN THAT, this was a great and amazing trip. Our guide stayed with us all day and joined us as we got a captain/ first mate (both very young and friendly) and left on our boat to visit a bunch of very cool snorkeling spots and islands. Food was very local (ex. whole cooked fish, plantains) and delicious. Snorkeling was some of the best we had ever seen, the islands were beautiful, and the boat was a lot of fun. The waters in some of the areas are polluted and trashy, which is unfortunate but not the fault of the tour operator. One person got pink eye the next day after swimming (and ship doctor said it happens often in this area) so maybe consider goggles when in the water. Would we do this again? Heck yes, it was a great bargain of a price for the full day of fun we had, and we would recommend it to our friends, with the same caveats I covered above.
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May 25, 2025
An unforgettable day!! - It was an amazing experience! On our car ride the guides engaged conversation with us, explaining the history and culture of Lombok and Indonesia in general, were super nice and made us feel welcomed. The boat tour was a joy! We’ve seen a lot of species: fish and corals. The day started a bit grey and rainy so they asked us if we could change one of the islands for another one and they were right! It was the most amazing day! Lots of snorkeling, fish, turtles, incredible lunch cooked by the locals, and nice company.
Overall a very good day which I recommend 100% to families, couples, friends or solo travellers.
Thank you so much to Nova, om Hardi, om Jaya, Yogi, Yudi for this unforgettable day.
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May 19, 2025
10/10 trip! - Fantastic trip to the secret Gilis! Our guide Mawa and the rest of the team were so friendly and knowledgeable about the island, and they were absolutely brilliant when out on the water, helping us in and out of the boat and ensuring that we were safe and happy.
Our favourite experience was feeding the fish, and the snorkel guide filmed us using our GoPro, so we could enjoy the snorkelling and also come away with some amazing footage!
The lunch provided on one of the islands was so delicious, and such an amazing experience to eat a meal on a tiny island! Bear in mind lunch isn’t until around 2pm, so make sure you eat beforehand as we didn’t and were very hungry!
I cannot recommend this trip enough, it was such an amazing day out, beautiful scenery and wonderful tour guides, thank you to the team for our experience!
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May 19, 2025
Great snorkeling tour to the secret gilis. - Good communication in advance to book the tour. Both guide and driver neatly on time. The snorkeling was fantastic. The snorkel guide who was there had a gopro with him. He has made beautiful film and pictures of the snorkel tour. We snorkeled with a sea turtle because a beautiful experience was. The lunch was delicious and we were the only tourist on the island. It was a very nice day that is well organized! Thanks guide Mawa and driver and Balle Laut!
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Apr 30, 2025
Just like being on the amazing race! - This day trip was low key and a real pleasure. We were greeted at the port as promised and immediately offered an option to visit a village where the women weave beautiful cloth. We accepted, at no extra charge, and saw more of Lombok and how people live. We had the opportunity to purchase this amazing product after watching the women make it. Low key selling.
Then we proceeded to the boat which was just as pictured. The water was a little more "trashy " than expected, as were a few of the beaches. We were told the heavy rains literally washed trash from the mountains.
Our guide was informative, funny, and accompanied by a driver. The two worked well together. Everything was as promised. The 3 snorkeling sites, each different, were pretty good. We saw sea turtles and blue starfish, multiple corals and a sea snake. The lunch was authentic! Whole grilled fish of different kinds, rice, watermelon slices, coconut water and tofu type bread were served sitting under palm trees on a picturesque beach. Most of our group did not even try the food, but i liked most of it.
It was a great day with a super guide.
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Apr 27, 2025
Beautiful islands and snorkelling - Had a wonderful day, our guide Junaidi really looked after us, he was very informative and told us about Lombok life and history on to of the actual tour. The little islands we visited were beautiful and we enjoyed the snorkelling and lucky enough to see turtles and many colourful fish.
We enjoyed a lovely lunch too. Would definitely recommend this trip!
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Apr 25, 2025
Fantastic day - We had a fantastic experience on this trip with all the wonderful people we encountered. Junaidi was such great company through the day and was so funny. He made the trip so much more memorable. All four of us would do the trip again because of him!
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Apr 21, 2025
Awesome Snorkeling in Indonesia at Affordable Price! Perfect tour! - Excellence tour and would highly recommend it if you like to snorkel. Excellent price! When I booked the tour as an excursion from the cruise ship, I didn't realize it was a totally private tour. Our guide meet us at the port terminal and we drove about an hour to the wooden traditional boat with a captain and a guide to swim with us in the water. It was supposed to last 8 hours and include lunch on a nice beach. For perspective, we were on a 45 day cruise around Asia and this was the best snorkeling, better than Great Barrier Reef. We rode the boat out to the first Gili and the water was perfectly clear and warm. The reef and coral were beautiful, color and healthy. We saw lots of fish and huge turtles. My wife was happy to have an expert guide with her in the water the whole time. The current was strong, so just drifted and the boat followed us until it was time to move to the next snorkel spot. We had 3 snorkel spots and then when to a beach park for grilled fresh fish. We were the only people at the park due to the low season. The lunch was great and had a fresh coconut drink. The tour was to last a few more hours on the beach, but we were ready to go back to the ship. We aren't beach people so it was great we were the only people on the tour so we returned to the ship after the snorkeling. Amazing price for private driver, boat, snorkel guide, boat captain, lunch all for $175 USD for both of us.
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Apr 19, 2025
Relaxing day out - shore excursion friendly - Great snorkeling/chill day in Lombok. This tour offers an ideal way to visit the Gili’s, where you get a balance of great snorkeling, relaxing swims where it’s not crowded and baby turtles. We chose to only visit 3 of the islands to get more till to just enjoy the islands. Communication was excellent throughout and they crew led by Mustafa go out of their way to accommodate you, particularly as we had a 3 year old. Tour suitable for most agee.
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Apr 27, 2025
A nice day exploring 3 smaller quieter South Gili islands - Prompt collection and clean air conditioned vehicle. We were the only group (6 adults and 1 child). Our resort was in senniggi and it was 1 hour 40 mins to the south harbour. We were taken via Sukrara traditional village co - operative, be aware as it's not listed in the trip. However it was very interesting, traditional Sadak weaving and very professional items for sale which were beautiful. We didn't mind supporting local industry and tourism. The snorkels, life jackets and flippers were fitted. There is a chance to visit the toilet, bring own toilet paper, and wipes always a good idea, plenty of water and soap. The islands are beautiful, it's a challenge to visit all 5 and we visited 3. The furthest is around 50 minutes away. Mr Udi who drove the small boat was excellent, he took GoPro underwater photography and videos (to be paid for) but he supported the child and was always on hand to find fish, turtles and safest waters. On the second island we had lunch- simple, fresh and very delicious (fish, rice, watermelon, tea, coconut water, fried corn fritters). We saw a small turtle farm here towards which some donation is expected but the animals did look healthy. We returned to the harbour after the 3rd island snorkeling, the shore is shallow enough for thos who want to swim rather than go a bit further away for the snorkeling. We reached the harbour again around 4pm and then after changing and freshening up, returned back to our resort. I would recommend the trip as a way of seeing some smaller southern Gili's and our hosts Mr Wun and Mr Jay were informative polite and helpful.
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