Hotels, Activities and Things To Do in Gili Meno lombok

gili meno island

blue meno

The next gili is gili meno. This island is little bit deferent with the other two gili, because this gili have a bird park, so you can do something else other than swimming or snorkeling. This is a brief review that I can explain about this gili. Gili Meno is the quietest of the three islands, and has the best beaches. With a permanent population of just 300, it’s not hard to play Robinson Crusoe along Meno’s isolated shores should you so desire. Most of the accommodation is strung out along the eastern coast, near the widest and most picturesque beach. Inland you’ll find scattered homesteads, coconut plantations and a shallow lake that produces salt in the dry season. Information There is a couple of minimarkets by the boat landing, so you will be able to locate most basic supplies. Internet access and calling center are available near the boat landing. If you need some cash, you can exchange the money at the Gazebo Meno and Kontiki Meno hotels, as well as at others, even I don’t recommend it because they have very poor rates. For tours and boat tickets, we can find it on the travel agent like Perama travel is based at Kontiki Meno bungalows. If medical needed we can find it in the medical center near the bird park is attended by a resident nurse. Doctors are also on call in Mataram.

Activities, Sites and Things To Do in Gili Meno:

gili meno bird park

1.      Bird Park. Is located Around 300 m inland from the boat landing, this bird park open at 9 am until 5 pm, With entering fee around Rp 50.000. Bird Park has an impressive and well-cared-for collection of 300 or so exotic species from Asia and Australasia, as well as three kangaroos and a baby Komodo dragon. The birds are let out of their cages for three hours a day, when they fly around a large expanse covered by a net. Interactive feeding times are also held. There’s also a bar and accommodation in bird park location.

2.      Snorkeling and diving. Snorkeling trips in gili meno will charge you around Rp 80.000 per person with minimum 4 people in one trip, sometimes using glass bottomed boats, leave from the jetty. There’s good snorkeling off the northeast coast near Amber House huts, on the west coast near Good Heart and also around the former jetty of the abandoned Bounty resort – gear is available for Rp 50.000 per day from several places on the eastern strip. Always ask about the state of the currents in diving center or you can come to Blue Marlin Dive Center to get the offers fun dives and courses from Discover Scuba to Dive master.

Hotels and Cottage

The basic places are generally more expensive than equivalent lodgings on the other Gilis, and don’t usually include breakfast. Prices quoted are high-season rates – reductions of up to 10% to 20% are possible the rest of the year.

Budget hotels 

some restaurant in gili meno

1.      Biru Meno. Room price of this hotel is around Rp 160.000 to Rp 220.000. A very welcoming place, located in a tranquil spot south of the main strip with a selection of spacious sea-facing bungalows – the most expensive have big windows and coral walls. There’s also a simple restaurant.

2.      Tao Kombo Cottage. Room price of this cottage may be the cheapest then the other. Price of room start from Rp 80.000 to Rp 180.000. About 200mm inland, this mellow place has attractive, individually decorated bungalows scattered around a large garden, and some bamboo sleeping platforms (with mattresses, mosquito nets and safety boxes). There’s 24-hour power, a chill out lounge and a bar-restaurant.

3.      Kontiki Meno hotel. Room price of this hotel is around Rp 200.000 to Rp 300.000. this hotel is Clean, breeze-block bungalows, some with elaborately carved doorways. If you decide to chose this hotel I sugest to chose room number 1 or 2, because it has a direct sea view.

4.      Malia’s Child hotel. Price of room on this hotel is about Rp 300.000.most of the room is Facing the sea, these attractive, orderly bamboo-and thatch bungalows with fans, nets and Western toilets sit pretty on a well-raked stretch of sandy beach.

5.      Good Heart hotel. Price of this hotel is almost the same with malia’s child hotel, is around Rp 300.000. With Excellent view, friendly Balinese owned place with a row of superb, newly constructed twin-deck lumbung-like bungalows with coconut- wood roofs and beautiful open-air fresh-water bathrooms. It’s opposite a slim stretch of beach that faces Gili Trawangan and there’s also a book exchange and a good restaurant. Some time they have Discounts of around 40% are offered in low season.

6.      Sunset Gecko cottage. Price of room on this hotel is around RP 300.000 to Rp 700.000. This new place, built by a multinational team to high eco standards, offers gorgeous shared bathroom, A-frame bungalows and a stunning two-bed timber house with the best views on the island from its upper deck. All accommodation has excellent ventilation and plenty of natural light. It’s in an isolated spot, but next to a tranquil beach with some snorkelling. A restaurant serving Japanese, Indonesian and Western food is planned. Rates drop substantially at quiet times.

7.      Other recommendations are Amber House, Rusty’s Bungalows and Royal Reef Resort. Mostly the price of this cottage is around Rp 100.000 to Rp 250.000.

Midrange hotels

1.      Taman Burung Resort. This resort offer the price of room with very wide range it’s start from Rp 100.000 to Rp 600.000. Offers four comfortable air-con rooms with TV/DVD player and basic self-catering equipment, as well as a funky dormitory with three bunk beds. Check out the restaurant and Beatles-themed bar too.

2.      Hotel Gazebo Meno. This hotel is also offering price of room in dollar which is around US $ 40 to $ 65. This hotel is Classy, spacious and stylish bungalows, those with air-con adopting a distinctly colonial feel with parquet floors, desks and chaise lounges, set in a coconut grove just off the beach. There’s a small saltwater swimming pool.

High-end Hotel

1.      Villa Nautilus. The price of room in this hotel is quite expensive; it’s about US $ 90. With Deluxe detached villas, beautifully finished in contemporary style with natural wood, marble and limestone. The design allows plenty of natural light to flood the lounge level, which has doors opening to a decked terrace – book No 1, 2 or 3 for sea views. Steps lead up to the bedroom/dressing room and down to the shower.

Eating and Drinking

beruga

1.      The beachfront restaurants near the boat landing all offer fine views for your meal, which is just as well as service can be slow.

2.      Rust Warung. Simple beruga with low tables and a menu of Indonesian and Western favourites.

3.      Good Heart Café. Perfectly primed for the sunset, Good Heart has a relaxed atmosphere aided by bamboo wind chimes and shells decorating the trees. There are regular BBQs, happy hour from 6 pm to 8 pm, and the bar has a variety of cocktails.

4.      Tao Kombo. Popular bar run by French Bob with a chilled vibe, lounge tunes, cocktails and a pool table. Tuck into fine Italian and Indonesian cuisine here too.

5.      Villa Nautilus. Come here for breakfast, a sandwich, pasta, or a pizza from a wood-fired oven.

6.      Malia’s Child. You’ll eat well here, with tasty Indonesian food and pizza served either on an upper terrace with fine views or on one of the seaside beruga.