Travelling

Lombok is one of beautiful island that Indonesia have. This island have so many beaches. You should started to think Lombok as your main holiday destination ♥♥♥

1. Selong Belanak

Selong Belanak Beach should be perfect for you. This beach are quiter than Kuta Beach in Bali. At Selong Belanak Beach, you can enjoyed your time to learn how to surf. Selong Belanak is located in southern part of Lombok Island. You can stay at Mataram or Kuta.

2. Tanjung Aan Beach

It's close to Kuta, Kuta have many accomodation to stay. So you should staying if you there if you want to visit Tanjung Aan, you can visit the beach everytime. 😄😄

3. Mawun Beach

This beach is the best one for who want to chill. Mawun beach is also perfect beach for swimming because the wave is not big. Mawun beach is quite far from the main city Mataram. With personal car or motorbike it can be reached around 1,5 hours.

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About Inaq Tegining Amaq Teganang

This song tell you about a farmer and his wife. Long time ago, there lived a poor farmer with his wife in a hut old. The farmer name is Amaq Teganang, and his wife name is Inaq Tegining. Their lives very simple, but they are still grateful. It's almost forty years they settling down.

About Cilokaq Sasak

Cilokak is one type of the traditional music typical Sasak in Lombok East.

About Kadal Nongak

Kadal Nongak is a song with good advice.

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You have to do this when you visit Lombok

Snorkeling

Bring your own equipment or rent (about 30.000 rupiah)

Island Hopping

Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno, Gili Air

It's around 600.000 rupiah for a small boat

Sade Village

A donation for the village is recommended, to enter the village you'll need to be accompanied with local guide amount of the tip is usually around 50.000 rupiah or more if you come with a large group

Rinjani Trekking

If you think you can only get beaches in Lombok, no, they have Mountain Rinjani

Shopping!

Kain Sasak, pottery, traditional food, are the famous souvenir

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Les Villas Ottalia Gili Trawangan

This villa located at the fabulous Gili Islands, featured a private swimming pool and a garden. Les Villas Ottalia are unique concept hotel.

You can visit this website http://www.lesvillasottaliagili.com

Harmony Villas Lombok

Harmony Villa have a easy access to beautiful Kuta Beach, easy walking distance to fabulous restaurants, spa, coffee shops, night life and mini bars.

You can visit this page http://www.harmonyvillaslombok.com/

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There are few hotels and resorts sprinkled along the southwest coast, though the best beaches. You will eat where you sleep.

Hotels

You can find an abundance of places to stay in Lombok and the Gilis with a selection for budgets both small and large. There are 3 simple categories budget accommodation, midrange and luxury. It's important to searching on website. You can pay around 100k until 250k for budget rooms, 250k until 500k for midrange and for 500k and up for the more luxurious hotels.

Luxury Hotel (500k and up/ night)

You can visit this website http://www.thelomboklodge.com/

This hotel welcomes you to its hidden heaven of 9 exclusive Lodge Suites. You can visit Gili Islands by boat trip for 10 minutes. While you stay in Lombok Lodge, you will enjoy the luxury and service of a 5 star establishment within the dimensions of a privately hotel.

This hotel has special dining, private candle lit dinner and outdoor dinning. And also has spa, gym and private swimming pool.

Midrange

You can visit this website http://www.lomboksenggigihotel.com/

Lombok Senggigi Hotel has pool, cafe, reception area. This hotel is located at Senggigi (the main tourist destinations on Lombok). Senggigi at night comes alive with the multitude of bars and restaurants including a live music.

Budget

Room within this category almost always have at least a fan, western style bathroom (but not hot water usually), include breakfast for up to 2 people.

You can visit this website http://www.hotel-r.net/id/kuta-indah-hotel

The hotel room is so big and large, but it's to ancient and not really clean. This hotel close to the city center and have swimming pool.

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Fast Boat

Most vacationers choose this option as a quick and easy way to get from Bali to Lombok and from Bali to Gili Islands. Fast boat is as fast or faster than flying (by plane). The better companies, will include not only a safety and reliable boat ride but also a free shuttle to the harbor, free wi-fi at the harbor, coffee and tea before boarding, reading materials both at the harbor and on the boat, and drinking water at the boat.

They will also have a new boats with more powerful yet efficient engines, modern GPS and radar system. Many offer the option of relaxing on the sun deck, allowing you to feel the breeze and gaze at the beautiful ocean view, also Mountain Agung and Mountain Rinjani view.

When you choosing which fast boat company to go with, it's important to take note of a few things. Buying from vendors on the streets can be not only aggravating. The roadside tour agents can be dubious and below average.

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Lombok International Airport

Lombok International Airport is the only one airport on Lombok. The aiport is close to Praya (Central Lombok).

Bali to Lombok

In Lombok, all flights depart and arrive at Lombok International Airport. In Bali, flights arrive and depart at Ngurah Rai (Denpasar) domestic airport.

FLIGHT

Flights from Bali take approximately 25 minutes to Lombok. You can visit www.garuda-indonesia.com

Jakarta to Lombok

Flights from Jakarta take about 2 hours to Lombok. You also can visit. www.garuda-indonesia.com

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Sasak Songket

At Sade Village

These songket fabric can be used as a skirt, tablecloth, wall ornament and other types of clothes. Songket is derived from the world sungkit meaning hooking or gouging. The process of making a songket includes a hooking technique where the weaver takes a bunch of tenun fabric and slips a golden thread between them. Songket is one of the most complicated hand weaving that usually done by women from generation to generation. To make one songket can take over a month.

Lombok Pottery

In Penujak Village, women makes the shape of the shape of the pots and men decorate them when they half dry.

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5 Traditional Food

Plecing Kangkung

Very popular on Lombok as a daily dishes to eat together with plain rice. Plecing kangkung consists of a boiled kangkung (water spinach) seasoning with sambal terasi (special Lombok chili sauce) made from grounded fresh red chili, tomato, sprouts, salt, grilled coconut, roasted shrimp paste, and lime. Its's taste spicy and hot.

Chicken Taliwang

West Nusa Tenggara will not be complete without tasting the local food (Chicken Taliwang). The uniqueness of chicken taliwang comes from the chicken, the chicken still fresh and young. Chicken taliwang always serve together with plecing kangkung, spicy chili sauce and rice.

Bebalung

Bebalung in sasak languages mean ribs. Called bebalung because made from goats or cows ribs. This menu always available in every celebration of local residents. Served with plain rice, slice of lemon and chili make it tasty and fresh.

Satay Tanjung (fish)

Originally from Tanjung. Made from tuna mixed with coconut milk, lemongrass, garlic, chili pepper, spices, wrapped onto satay stick and grilled.

Satay Bulayak

Cuts of beef or chicken that punctured using a small bamboo and grilled over the coals. In Lombok, bulayak mean lontong.

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Gili Meno

Gili Trawangan

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History of Lombok

Why Lombok is less popular in terms of shopping, cuisine, and nightlife than Bali?

Because Sasak culture in Lombok are the dominant culture, the people are very restrained and they are love quiet of nature.

However, Lombok is becoming popular with tourists and honeymooners who want to relax in an inexpensive, tropical, un-crowded atmosphere, with many natural treasures. Lombok is a relaxing place, the warm tropical sun can normally slowly melt a sense of urgency and a hurried pace off most visitors. Nothing happens quickly in Lombok and visitors who are stressed from their daily lives find Lombok a delightful place to unwind.

There is little known about life on Lombok in the prehistory. As well as most other languages that are spoken in the archipelago, the Sasak language belongs to the Austronesian language family. The Austronesians, which originated from mainland Asia, started to move toward the Philippines, Indonesia and the islands in the Pacific around 5,000 BC.

A chronicle from the 14th century from the big East Javanese principality Majapahit names Lombok as a part of it. The only copy of the chronicle, the Negarakertagama, was found in the village Pagutan, just outside Mataram at the end of the 19th century. In that time there were a lot of local rulers, which each ruled over an area the size of several villages. Every once in a while one of them, which often called themselves Raja.

Islam was introduced from Java in the first part of the 16th century by Sunan Giri or Sangopati Prince. Sangopari Prince was known as Pedanda Bau Rau on Bali, and as Tuan Haji Semeru on Sumbawa. These first Moeslims preached a synthetic versian of Islam, colored by local ancestral believes and Hinduism. Early messages tell us that the mosque which can still be seen in Bayan, is the oldest an most important of Lombok.

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About Lombok

Lombok is an island in the West Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. It is the part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east.

I will tell you about Map of Lombok

⤇West Lombok
The administrative centre, well known beaches and the vast majority of the developed tourism infrastructure on the island and gateway to the famous Gili islands.

⤇North Lombok
Mighty Mount Rinjani, waterfalls, glorious scenery and home to the Waktu Telu traditions.

⤇Central and East Lombok
Quiet rural villages and beaches and ferry departures eastward to Sumbawa and onward to Flores.

⤇South Lombok
Beaches and surfing heaven.

⤇Gili Islands
Tiny islands of the west coast, popular with divers and a vital cog in the Asian backpacker circuit.

About Lombok's Cities

Mataram

The capital city of West Nusa Tenggara province and the island's largest city.

Kuta

A surfing mecca like its Bali namesake.

Praya Lombok

Lombok's second city and nearby to the site of the islands international airport, Bandara Internasional Lombok.

Selong Belanak

The capital city of the East Lombok Regency.

Senggigi

The islands principal tourist strip with a wide range of hotel, resort and villa destinations.

Tanjung Aan

A beautiful area near Kuta Beach.