https://gili.com/ The Gili Islands travel portal — full guides to Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air, plus Lombok, the Secret Gilis and the fast boats from Bali, with tours, hotels, seasons and practical advice. en https://gili.com/which-gili-island/ https://gili.com/which-gili-island/ Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno or Gili Air? An honest side-by-side comparison of the three Gili Islands — beaches, snorkelling, nightlife, food, prices and practicalities — with a clear verdict for every type of traveller. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/itineraries/ https://gili.com/itineraries/ Realistic Gili Islands itineraries for 4, 7, 10 and 14 days: one island or all three, with Lombok’s waterfalls, Mount Rinjani, Kuta Lombok, the Secret Gilis and Nusa Penida — planned around boat timetables and sea conditions. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/getting-there/ https://gili.com/getting-there/ How to get to the Gili Islands from Bali and Lombok: fast boats from Padang Bai, Serangan, Sanur and Amed, flights to Lombok, Bangsal harbour and the public boats, with times, typical costs, sea conditions, fees and how to avoid touts. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/travel-guide/ https://gili.com/travel-guide/ Practical Gili Islands travel guide: Indonesian visas and Bali’s levy, cash and ATMs, costs, safety, alcohol and drug warnings, health and insurance, connectivity, water and plastic, packing, accessibility and local etiquette. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/when-to-go/ https://gili.com/when-to-go/ When to go to the Gili Islands: dry and wet seasons, a month-by-month table of weather, sea conditions and crowds, the best months for diving and Rinjani, and how Ramadan, Eid and Bali’s Nyepi affect a trip. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/diving-snorkelling/ https://gili.com/diving-snorkelling/ A complete guide to diving and snorkelling in the Gili Islands: where to see turtles from shore, the Gili Meno Nest statues, the best dive sites, learning to dive, freediving, conditions by season, costs and responsible reef etiquette. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/island-hopping/ https://gili.com/island-hopping/ How to travel between the three Gili Islands: the public island-hopping boat, private charters and snorkelling trips, with typical times and costs, where to buy tickets, day-trip ideas and what to do with luggage. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/getting-around/ https://gili.com/getting-around/ How to get around Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air, where motor vehicles are banned: walking, bicycles, electric scooters and the cidomo horse carts — with an honest look at horse welfare and what visitors can do. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/history-culture/ https://gili.com/history-culture/ A short history of the Gili Islands and their Sasak and Bugis communities, from coconut plantations to backpacker haven, plus a plain-language account of the 2018 Lombok earthquakes: what happened, how the islands recovered and what visitors should know. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/tours/ https://gili.com/tours/ The best tours, boat tickets and activities in the Gili Islands and Lombok, ranked and grouped by island: turtle snorkelling, sunset boats, try-dives, cooking classes, fast boats from Bali and Mount Rinjani treks. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/where-to-stay/ https://gili.com/where-to-stay/ Where to stay on Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air and on Lombok: which island and which coast suits you, plus 33 well-reviewed hotels and resorts with Trip.com guest scores. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/destinations/gili-trawangan/ https://gili.com/destinations/gili-trawangan/ Gili Trawangan — “Gili T” to almost everyone — is the largest of the three islands and the one with the most of everything: dive centres, restaurants, beach clubs, boats and people. It is also big enough to escape all of that in twenty minutes on a bicycle. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/destinations/gili-meno/ https://gili.com/destinations/gili-meno/ Gili Meno sits between its two livelier neighbours and has stayed stubbornly quiet. It has the best beaches of the three islands, the famous Nest sculptures just offshore, and evenings so still that you hear the waves from your bed. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/destinations/gili-air/ https://gili.com/destinations/gili-air/ Gili Air is the island closest to Lombok and the one most people describe as “just right”: livelier than Gili Meno, calmer than Gili Trawangan, with a working village at its heart and turtles off its east coast. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/destinations/senggigi-bangsal/ https://gili.com/destinations/senggigi-bangsal/ Every route to the Gilis from Lombok passes through this strip of coast. Bangsal and Teluk Nara are where the boats leave; Senggigi, half an hour south, is the mainland’s original beach resort and still the most comfortable place to break the journey. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/destinations/mount-rinjani/ https://gili.com/destinations/mount-rinjani/ Mount Rinjani fills the eastern horizon from all three Gili Islands. Climbing it — to the crater rim or the summit — is the hardest and most memorable thing you can add to a Gili holiday, and the villages at its foot offer waterfalls and cool air for those who would rather look up than go up. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/destinations/kuta-lombok/ https://gili.com/destinations/kuta-lombok/ Lombok’s south coast is the natural counterpart to the Gilis: where the islands are flat, calm and car-free, the south is all green headlands, big bays and scooter roads. Many travellers pair a few days in each. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/destinations/secret-gilis/ https://gili.com/destinations/secret-gilis/ “Gili” simply means “small island” in Sasak, and Lombok has dozens of them. Off the Sekotong peninsula in the south-west lies a scatter of islets that see a tiny fraction of the visitors of Trawangan, Meno and Air — the so-called Secret Gilis. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://gili.com/destinations/from-bali/ https://gili.com/destinations/from-bali/ Most visitors reach the Gili Islands from Bali, by fast boat across the Lombok Strait. Which Bali harbour you leave from decides how long you spend on the road, how long on the water and how rough it is likely to be. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT