Nusa Penida Residency
Hotel
Days 1–3
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Five days off Bali, with reef mantas and the Kelingking cliff. Five days with a private driver on Penida, a dive centre with a guide per four divers and cliff-side rooms.
Penida is fifteen kilometres across with roads that are still mostly bad, which is why a driver is included and scooters are not recommended.
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| Crystal Bay |
| Toyapakeh |
| Nusa Penida cliffs |
The descent to Kelingking beach is a near-vertical bamboo handrail staircase, about forty minutes down and ninety back up. Plenty of people look and do not go.
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| Kelingking Beach |
| Angel's Billabong |
| Broken Beach |
The water here is cold — sometimes 20 °C — and the currents are strong. Reef mantas are close to guaranteed at the cleaning station.
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| Manta Point |
| Crystal Bay |
| Mola mola season |
Lembongan is smaller, flatter and far more relaxed than Penida, and the swell at Devil's Tear throws spray thirty metres up.
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| Yellow Bridge |
| Nusa Ceningan |
| Devil's Tear |
| Mangrove forest |
The strait gets rough by midday. Morning boats are the reliable ones.
All accommodations are subject to change
Hotel
Days 1–3
Hotel
Day 4
4 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 1 dinner across 5 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 5.
6 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
Boat was crowded. Fine for the diving, less fine for the surface intervals. Crew were professional without being stiff about it.
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Kit was in good condition, which matters more than people realise. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Good value for what's included.
Kit was in good condition, which matters more than people realise. No hesitation recommending them.
Conditions were poor for two of the days, which nobody can control, but the schedule wasn't adjusted. Guides answered every question, including the daft ones.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
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