Day 1: Two Fun Dives & Beach Snorkelling
Shark Point & Turtle Heaven
Meet your dive boat at the harbour by 7:30am for the first dive at Shark Point — a sloping reef where blacktip and whitetip reef sharks patrol the sandy bottom at 18–25m. The reef is covered in hard and soft corals teeming with fusiliers, sweetlips, and giant trevally. After a surface interval on the boat with tea and fruit, descend at Turtle Heaven — a gentle slope of coral bommies where green sea turtles rest and feed. You will almost certainly see multiple turtles here. Two-dive trips cost around Rp 900,000–1,200,000.
Halik Reef & Beach Snorkelling
After returning to shore and grabbing a Nasi Goreng lunch for Rp 25,000–40,000, walk to the east coast of Gili Trawangan where turtles come right up to the shallows. The snorkelling here is free — just walk in from the beach with a mask and snorkel. The coral starts a few metres from shore and green turtles graze on seagrass in waist-deep water. Halik Reef, accessible from the northeast shore, has the densest turtle population on the island.
Sunset & Night Market
The west coast of Gili Trawangan faces directly into the sunset with Mount Agung on Bali silhouetted against the sky — one of the most photographed sunsets in Indonesia. Grab a bean bag at a beach bar, order a Bintang beer (Rp 35,000), and watch the sky turn orange. After dark, the night market near the main strip serves fresh grilled seafood — pick your fish from the ice display and they grill it for Rp 50,000–80,000 with rice and sambal.
