A Tour Region of Nusa Penida Island

Nusa Penida is an island southeast of Bali Island, Indonesia. Administratively, the island is subdistrict of Klungkung Regency, Bali Province. There are two small islands nearby: Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan. The Badung Strait separates the island and Bali.

In this Nusa Penida region is found several object and recreation place a water tour which it’s very interesting to be enjoyed by tourists i.e. charming area with beautiful coral plant and all kind of colors fishes. Nusa Penida Island has white sand beach and beautiful hill country. So be gotten a cave that be named Goa Giri Putri at Suana village. Enter door of this cave very narrow, then we must go into one by one by crawl on hands and knees for about five meters long until we arrive in very wide of cave room. In the cave be gotten many stalagnites and stalactites, so be gotten a water source which is sacred. This cave penetrated until west end and here we can find cave mouth which wider enough to look beautiful hills view. Beside that at Sakti village we can view and enjoy a beautiful Karang Bolong view, enjoy Penida beach with white sand and natural view at it’s around. So we can find water source at near beach.

At west part of Nusa Penida Island is found two villages which are very famous i.e.: Lembongan and Jungutbatu villages. Lembongan and Jungutbatu villages are an island those are separated from Nusa Penida Island with name Lembongan Island. The beach of Lembongan and Jungutbatu villages so with white sand, sea at their around clear with all kind of colors fishes, and all kind of colors of sea coral which are beautiful, until look clear like in sea garden which are very beautiful. At Lembongan village be found Ceningan island a small island at south part of Lembongan Island with many tour objects which are very interesting that be visited by many peoples from all world.

Nusa Penida so covers a wide area of diving locations. They are Penida Bay, Manta Point, Batu Meling, Batu Lumbung, Batu Abah, Toyapakeh and Malibu Point. The flow through the Lombok Strait is, overall, south-tending, although the strength and direction of the tidal streams are influenced by the monsoon seasons.

During the southeast monsoons, the tidal flow tends south; during the northeast monsoons, the tidal flow tends north. In the area of the strait north of Nusa Penida, the pattern is relatively simple, with a flow, at peak tide, of about three-and-one-half knots. Tidal streams in Badung Strait are semi-diurnal, but the character of the stream is very complicated because its direction runs obliquely to the general south to north direction of Lombok Strait, and the channel has a curved shape.

Toyapakeh has a stretch of reefs, and in the southern part of the bay there is a similar area of rugged bommies, rich with color and fish. Big schools of fish, sea turtles, and occasionally molas are highlight of Toyapakeh diving. Toyapakeh is special for its pillars of coral.

Malibu Point is a diving site with gray reefs, reef white tips, silver-tips and numerous sharks. While Penida Bay is another anchorage, and the rocky islands have an interesting forms; something like an old resting elephant. The bay is vulnerable to swell, creating-up-and-down-currents. Then, Manta Point is a limestone rock off Pandan cafe. The swell is relatively strong.

Lembongan is a diving site with vast spread of coral reefs and good visibility. Big fishes are frequently observed at the area. Manta rays or sunfishes appear in the certain season.
The site is also known of the very strong currents requiring divers some skills.