GILI MENO INFORMATION
Gili Meno: Blue Coral
Gili Meno, the central island, is home to only a few hundred
residents. The most quiet and least exploited island of the three,
makes Gili Meno also the most attractive. Drinking water is brought
in from Lombok. The sources of the island only bring in salt water
which is hardly good enough to bath in. Just inland is a big salt
lake, which is separated by small dykes for salt mining, which takes
place in the dry season (May until October). The dry times are
sometimes marked by cholera on the island. The rest of the year
there are malaria musquitos; don't forget tablets and a musquito
net.
The hotels and bungalows are located along the southeastern coast.
They offer a nice view over Gili Air and Gunung Rinjani in the east.
The best place for snorkling is the northeastern coast, near the
Blue Coral Bungalow, which has it's name from the blue-colored
corals just offshore. The reef offers a big variety of coral
spiecies and small, colorfull fish.
Points of
interest:
•Boat landing
located on the SE coast.
Located in the middle of the 3 Gili Islands, Gili Meno is the
quietest island with the least infrastructure.
•Bounty catamarna jetty, located on the west coast.
•Taman Burung (Gili Meno Bird Park) located inland
from the center of the east coast. Open 9am-5pm. Good collection of
birds and a kangaroo.
•Masjid (mosque) located in the center of the
island.
Money changer:
•Moneychanging available at Gazebo, Bounty Beach Bungalows,
Kontiki Meno Bungalows and Casablanca.
Telephone:
•Wartel located
close to the boat landing on the east coast.
Perama office:
•Perama office
located south of the boat landing on the east
coast.
Dive sites:
•Gili Meno Wall
off the NW of the island
•Meno Slope off of the SW
•Cabbage Coral Patch of of the NE coast.
•Turtle Heaven off of the north coast
•Simon Reef off of the NE coast.
•Bongkas Reef off of the south coast.
•Meno Sea Fan Garden off of the SW coast.
Dive operators:
•Blue
Marlin Dive Center
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