Bangsal Harbour

Lombok Island is one of the tourist destinations in Indonesia that is quite reckoned with, one of the tourism centers and vacation spots which is quite popular in this area is Gili Trawangan, access to the island can only be by land or by sea. If you want to visit the island, you can from Bangsal harbor, this place is a pier on the island of Lombok which is one of the entrances to Gili Trawangan. The Bangsal Harbor in Lombok is indeed located closer to the Gili islands including Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan, compared to the port of Sheet or Senggigi. So that the activity at the Bangsal wharf was quite busy. The location of Bangsal Harbor is located in a bay in North Lombok district, the sea water is quite calm so it is suitable for docks and anchoring of small boats or large ships such as fast boats with large capacities. At this pier it is possible for ships or boats to anchor directly on the shoreline directly, without worrying about ebb or tide. You can check the address and location of the Bangsal port in Lombok on Google Maps. The distance from Bangsal to Lombok International Airport is about 61 km or about 1.5 hours drive, while to downtown Mataram is about 26 km. If you want to have a vacation and enjoy tourism on Gili Trawangan from Lombok island, then you can cross by motor boat, by fast boat or speed boat from Bangsal. So if you need a public boat to Gili Trawangan, Meno or Gili Air, you can come from the Bangsal pier at any time, the distance from Bangsal to the three islands is quite close. It takes about 10 minutes to get to Gili Air, 15 minutes to Meno and 20 minutes to Trawangan. The public boat from Bangsal can carry 40 passengers in one go. Ordering public boat tickets, must be made directly at the ticket counter in person, tickets are not accepted earlier, for this reason you have to come directly to the location, don't worry about tickets running out, because the boat ticket service counter is open from 7 am to 5 pm. Meanwhile, the schedule for crossing with a wooden boat from the Bangsal pier is from 8 am to 4 pm. But if you need crossing services outside the schedule, then you can rent a private boat with a higher rental price. It should be noted that there is a public boat, so you have to wait for the passengers to be full (40 people) on board, when it is full then the boat departs and so on until 4 pm. If during the low season (not holiday time), you sometimes have to wait up to 2 hours waiting for full passengers. The wooden boat that carries the passengers is equipped with safety standards such as life jackets and has royal service insurance. #Guidebook #pindleguidebook #lombok #gilindah #giliair #gilitrawangan #gilimeno #visitlomboksumbawa #travell #tourism