Menjangan Island is Coral Island, located in the northwest end of Bali. Menjangan island is one dive spot best in the World. Here the beauty and mystery of the bottom sea can be finding. The beauty marine park has been able to attract the plunger world level. This island is part of TNBB (West Bali National Park) and all wild life on the island is protected. Fishing, explore coral reefs and hunting of animals here is forbidden.
The Journey takes about 3.5 hours driving to Menjangan Island from Kuta or Sanur area. It will be paid out when you enjoy all the natural beauty of marine bottom. Scene under the sea in this place will astonish your eyes and mind.
However, ,it’s good for you to stay around the Menjangan Island for physical condition reason to enjoy the optimum dive.
To dive, you have two option; by your self or along with dive operator. The diving section includes lunch, rent a boat, diving equipment, and transportation. However, if want to own can also dive. In this place there is also a small pier where we will cross over to Menjangan Island that looks so close.
Do not forget, bring your camera and take picture during the exploration around Menjangan Island.
Half-hour trip, we will be in the first post. Almost all boat parks in a small dock that is located in the southern island of Menjangan. This post is relatively safe for the beginner diver or simply Snorkeling. In addition, the landscape spelled out by coral reef. Only three meters from the beach to the sea, we can see under the sea scene with a beautiful coral reef. The water surface is clear with temperatures around 25 degrees centigrade. This place is incredible because the basic contours marine initially shallow horizontally. On the wall steep that there are many coral reefs. Among the thousands of coral reef fish swim close to us as lionfish, stonefish, zebra fish, and other types. According to at least note of TNBB, there are 45 types of coral reef, 32 reef fish species, and nine sea moluska, found in the waters of Menjangan Island. Sight distance in this place is very clear about 20 meters so that allows us to see the variety of coral reefs with clear. With a background seabed turn, coral reef red, yellow, or colors of light other it is very clear. In some parts also have bushy sea wiggle when exposed to flow. Flow in this place is not too big so that we can control the balance of the body when diving. Some divers usually do not see enough coral reefs that only once. We can see many times those coral reefs, to move elsewhere, then go back and find a different scene with coral.
Satisfied to enjoy the diversity of coral reefs in the first post, we can take a rest for a while in the land. There is a place to change clothes at once and clean the body near this post. Or if would like sunbathing, you can crash your body on the white sand beach and feel the sun.
The island is called Menjangan Island because the island is a habitat for menjangan (Cervus timorensis; like deer). They are life in the forests. If you go down and walk on the islands, sometimes you can find animals. They usually hide in the underbrush when hot sting. However, there is also on the middle of eating grass. When the summer, the number of animals may be increased or decreased as they swim to the mainland Bali. Well, if you are lucky you can find the animal’s back or being sod.
Menjangan Island has at least eight points, among others, the first post we have visit, Cave Point, Post 2, Bat Caves, Temple Slopes, Coral Garden, Anker wreck, and Eel Garden is a sequence of these southwestern islands encircle the island.
Posts that usually visit by diver have greater wave and coral reefs in this. Visitors on the Menjangan Island usually have a tie up boats in this place, which is for the worship. This is because on the island of Menjangan also has a temple of Pura Kencana and Gili Pura Gajah Mada. Gili Pura Kencana is one of the oldest temples built in Bali.
Back to the dive location, the place is often visited by tourists Point wreck where the dead used ship at the Second World War in this location. Vessels located on the north side of the island so that more, about 40 meters, and bigger flow. Divers with high diving skill usually enjoy this post.
Trip Cost:
Around US$ 100 until US$ 200 per night depend on your request.
