Senggigi Beach, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

4JacintaFLim 5:00 PM Jun 29, 2015

TOUR TOUTING ALERT!
Along Senggigi, many breathtaking coves and bays overlooking beautiful ocean can be found. Stop by some viewing points/ platforms if you can. However, --> ALERT!!! Tour touting on the beach can be bad. A guide under a tour company with the name of KOTASI Tour and Travel ( as stated on receipt), associated to ASITA, approached us and charged us higher than other tour operators. The unfriendly tour guide actually said some nasty things in front of us, not knowing we understand and speak Malay. He can be seen stationed at the beach front of Living Asia Resort and Spa and nearby. ---> Reference for day tour you can get day a tour to Gili Islands, or waterfalls at the price of < Rp800k for 4 persons, they charged us Rp200-300K extra. He took us to batik 'factory' which was more like a home production place, between Mataram and the airport. Took us to another 'craft factory' mentioned it has the 'best price' despite we wanted to go to Mataram art market. The price was 10x higher than other places. We wasted few hours on the road just to travel from one factory to another. Honesty is an issue. The guide we met certainly did not represent every guide in the company but this is intolerable and please spread the words of warning to your friends who are going to stay in Senggigi. Please avoid using their service. Options and bargains are available around Plaza Senggigi. Where else, for art and craft lovers, search no more. The cheapest art and craft markets/ galleries/ and a smaller Art Market are located in Senggigi itself. Look for the biggest Bayan Lombok Gallery and the other one right opposite Square restaurant. you cant go wrong with the cheapest price there.

4FrankvanOdiel 5:00 PM Aug 14, 2019

Good for snorkeling
Go the art market, park your scooter and step to the beach. On the right hand you step to the beach of the Sheraton hotel, but before you reach this place, there is a snorkeling rental. That's where you enter the sea and will see lovely corals and a lot of different fish. Hit the button if this was useful for you. Thanks and enjoy!