Road to Bali sans Bob Hope

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Day 2 aboard ship

Official itinerary: (07.00) Arrive in Satonda island - a beautiful small island with a salt water lake inside. Go ashore, then led by the guide do a morning exercise.

Afterwards, go sightseeing around the island, hiking, bird watching and swimming on the lake. Back to the boat, then have breakfast while sailing to Tanjung Batu Besar for snorkeling and other activities.

(17.30) Leave Donggo on night sailing to Komodo Island. Dinner on board.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Day 1 aboard ship

Official itinerary: Depart from SENGGIGI (09.00), from MATARAM (10.00) by PERAMA bus to Labuhan Lombok.

On the way make some stops to visit traditional villages to see people’s daily life and traditional markets. MAS BAGIK is one of Lombok’s main pottery – producing village with old traditional Lombok design, PERAMA DOCKING - see how people build a traditional phinisi boat and enjoy banana fritter served by Haji Materu.

On the way to Kayangan Harbor we pass KAMPUNG PADAK, a fisherman village which is developed to become a tourist object by Perama Center.

Take a walk along a short trail to see the panorama of fisherman village with their daily life, outrigger boats, traditional docking, old harbor, and view of the top of Mt.Rinjani.

Get on board, have lunch, then sail to Perama Resort – a small island with white sandy beach, turquoise water with coral reefs & colorful fishes completed with a spectacular view of Mt. Rinjani. On the way see traditional fishing boats along Lab. Lombok harbor .

(15.00) Arrive at Perama Resort for such activities as swimming, snorkeling, playing volley ball, seeing sunset. Perama invites you all to be involved in the coral replantation activity. Enjoy fish barbeque dinner and dancing/ singing together around bonfire.

(21.00) Leave PERAMA Resort with nice memories on night sailing to Satonda Island.