UFOrb
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Hi, its been a while since I've posted but we recently bought our flights to Bali for an August trip and would like some advice on where to stay. Apologies if this topic has been done before but I couldn't find the specific answers I wanted through the search.
We're both divers and our 2 kids (10 and 7 years) both love to snorkel (as do we). We've previously visited Gili Air / Tulamben / Candidasa and would happily go back to any of those places but want to visit others places.
We've already booked 7 nights on Lipah Beach, Amed for the snorkelling off the beach and local diving (taking turns spending time with kids & diving). My 10 year old wants to do a discover diving course after having done a couple of bubblemakers in Egypt previously - I figured Amed would be a good place for that.
I want some advice on what to do with the next 6 nights we have. Canadidasa / Padang Bai is obviously easier to get to than Nusa L, especially as you dont seem to be able to get a ferry from PB to NL, or at least I cant find any info on that. So assuming you have to get to Sanur from Amed, then a ferry from there to NL thats a long travel day! There was some nice snorkelling off the "beach" at Candidasa - a lot of juveniles and little critters to look at - and great diving at Tepekong and Mimpang.
But I like the idea of being close to all those dive sites on Lembongan / Penida so we're not away from the family too long, compared to diving those sites based from Candidasa / PB.
Would we be really missing out if we just dive the local Candidasa / PB sites and not bother with Lembongan / Penida?
Also, is there any snokelling from the beach on NL? I cant find much info on that, so I'm guessing not and would have to do boat trips to snorkel.
Whats the likelihood of seeing mantas on a snorkel trip on NL? as its high season I'm mindful that it could be a bit of a circus with dive / snorkel boats all over the place!
Any thoughts? Thank you!
We're both divers and our 2 kids (10 and 7 years) both love to snorkel (as do we). We've previously visited Gili Air / Tulamben / Candidasa and would happily go back to any of those places but want to visit others places.
We've already booked 7 nights on Lipah Beach, Amed for the snorkelling off the beach and local diving (taking turns spending time with kids & diving). My 10 year old wants to do a discover diving course after having done a couple of bubblemakers in Egypt previously - I figured Amed would be a good place for that.
I want some advice on what to do with the next 6 nights we have. Canadidasa / Padang Bai is obviously easier to get to than Nusa L, especially as you dont seem to be able to get a ferry from PB to NL, or at least I cant find any info on that. So assuming you have to get to Sanur from Amed, then a ferry from there to NL thats a long travel day! There was some nice snorkelling off the "beach" at Candidasa - a lot of juveniles and little critters to look at - and great diving at Tepekong and Mimpang.
But I like the idea of being close to all those dive sites on Lembongan / Penida so we're not away from the family too long, compared to diving those sites based from Candidasa / PB.
Would we be really missing out if we just dive the local Candidasa / PB sites and not bother with Lembongan / Penida?
Also, is there any snokelling from the beach on NL? I cant find much info on that, so I'm guessing not and would have to do boat trips to snorkel.
Whats the likelihood of seeing mantas on a snorkel trip on NL? as its high season I'm mindful that it could be a bit of a circus with dive / snorkel boats all over the place!
Any thoughts? Thank you!