Gili Air Island is located approximately 8 degrees south of the equator, just off the northwest coast of Lombok in the West Nusa Tenggara regency of Indonesia. Gili Air is located an easy 2-hour boat ride from Bali and is part of a cluster of islands called the “Gili’s.”

Island Stats

• 5km in circumference; 2.5 hours to walk around
• 27-35° C year round tropical climate; 28° C consistent year round water temperature
• 2 distinct season: wet season from December to March and dry season from April to November
• There is 1 village that occupies Gili Air with 1 village chief and a population of 2,000 people
• Fishing and trading is the subsistence of the villagers on this island
• What to do: diving, snorkeling, bike riding, sunbathing and relaxing
• Marine life include varieties of coral (stag horn, Gregorian fans, sponges and plate coral), hawksbill and green turtles, moray eels, lobsters, parrot fish, lion fish, clown fish and angel fish
• Known for it’s relaxed atmosphere and close knit community feel

By Sea

Fastboat from Bali

To take the hassle out of arranging transport to and from the island, Hotel Ombak paradise can arrange it all for you.

Our Ombak Transport services includes a shuttle pick up /drop off in Bali and takes you directly to Padang Bai or Serangan harbor before taking a boat transfer to the island. Free shuttle services operate to Kuta, Seminyak, Kerobokan and Sanur.

Serangan harbor, located 30 minutes from Kuta/Legian. From this harbor it is an easy a 2 hour boat ride to the Island. Padang Bai Harbour is 1 hour from Kuta/Legia. From this harbour it is a 1.3 hour boat ride.

Speedboat from Lombok

Hotel Ombak Paradise offers the Ombak Sonic Fleet, our yellow Speedboats that do an hourly transfer to and from Lombok to Gili Air and the neighbouring, Gili Trawangan. For your convenience, transfers from both locations every hour on the hour, starting at 8:00am to 7:00pm. We also offer chartered transfers outside of these times.

By Sky

Flights

Domestic and International flights are available to Lombok mainland. From Lombok International Airport, we can arrange an airport transfer that includes a private air-conditioned car ride to Teluk Kombal Wharf (North Lombok) then a 10-15 minute speedboat ride to Gili Air Island.

The drive from the airport to Teluk Kombal Wharf is a scenic 1.5 hour drive through Lombok’s cities, villages and beautiful scenic coastline (Senggigi) or if you would prefer to take the trip inland you can request a trip through the tropical Pusuk Monkey Forest and rice-fields.

Flight are available to Lombok from:

• Singapore
• Kuala Lumpur
• Bali
• Jakarta
• Surabaya

To book an airport transfer please contact the hotel directly or email reservation@ombakparadise.com

Horse Cart

Boats from Bali or Lombok will dock at the Gili Air Public Harbour which is approximately 300m from Hotel Ombak Paradise. From here you can either take an easy 10 minute walk or catch a cidomo (horse-cart) which will cost about Rp.100,000 (approx. US$10).

Although walking to the hotel is easy, we suggest taking a cidomo horse cart as the walk to our hotel may be a little challenging with luggage.

Kindness to Horses

Each cidomo (horse cart & its horse) is owned by its driver, and therefore as a Hotel we are unable to regulate this service.

What we can do, however, is be responsible when taking a cidomo ride. We ask guests to be mindful of not overloading the cidomo – we would suggest getting two if traveling in a family or group or with lots of luggage.

At Hotel Ombak Paradise we are concerned for the welfare of the horses on the island: we do suggest to do a brief check of the horse to make sure it is healthy and happy before embarking on your journey. A good sign is no ribs showing, no head to the ground (indicating tiredness) and no open wounds or sores. The horse should look alert (head up) and lean but muscular.

We hope that each driver will be inspired to take better care of their horses, if they notice that guests are choosing the happier, healthier looking horses.