Booking Tours and Courses on Lembongan

Organised outings around Nusa Lembongan come in four kinds: snorkel boats, dive trips and courses, a private loop of the island by pickup truck or buggy, and short stops at the mangroves and seaweed farms. The island has no buses and no bus tours, so everything runs by boat, light vehicle or on foot. This page lists what each kind includes and what to ask before paying. Prices are rupiah (IDR) or US dollar figures from listings and move with the season.

Snorkel boat trips

A standard trip makes three or four stops, typically Manta Bay, Crystal Bay, Gamat Bay and a mangrove stop. Manta Bay and Crystal Bay are off Nusa Penida, so the boat crosses open water. Shared places are listed from about IDR 200,000 to 600,000, depending on the stops and the gear. A private boat runs about IDR 1,200,000 to 3,000,000.

Questions worth asking before you pay:

  • Is the marine protected area fee (about IDR 100,000 per foreign visitor) included?
  • Are lifejackets supplied, and in what sizes?
  • Does a guide get in the water with the group?
  • Which stops are planned if the swell is up?

At the manta stop, snorkel only with a guide, wear the lifejacket and stay about 5 m from every ray. Do not touch or chase them. Rays are seen all year but never promised. The site has current, surge and heavy boat traffic, and a snorkeller died there in February 2026, so weak swimmers should wait on the boat.

Dive courses and trips

Discover Scuba is listed at about US$60 and the PADI Open Water course at about US$395. Lembongan Dive Center teaches in Lembongan Bay with no more than four students per instructor. Blue Corner Dive, Legend Diving Lembongan, World Diving Lembongan and Two Fish Divers all sell courses and fun dives. From July to October the same shops run trips to look for mola mola, which stay deep, between 25 and 40 m. Nobody can guarantee a sighting.

A private loop of the island

Because there are no buses, a loop tour means a pickup truck or an open-sided buggy for up to five people. Trucks have a minimum charge of about IDR 100,000 to 150,000 per hop. Buggies cost about IDR 800,000 for five hours up to IDR 1,500,000 for 24 hours. Common stops are Panorama Point, the Gala-Gala Underground House, the Yellow Bridge, Devil’s Tear, Dream Beach and the mangroves. Ask the driver to wait at the barriers at Devil’s Tear and to keep you out of the water at Dream Beach.

Mangrove and seaweed stops

Boat trips through the mangroves in the north-east run at mid to high tide. Seaweed farming began in the mid-1980s and is still visible south of Lembongan Village and in the channel toward Ceningan. A farm stop on a tour is a look at a working industry, not a hands-on workshop.

Talks on marine life

The Marine Megafauna Foundation is listed as giving lectures on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 18:30 at the Yoga Dunia venue. Ask at the door before planning an evening around them.

Read more: day trips from Lembongan for the Ceningan and Penida outings, and the Bali 5 day itinerary for how a boat day fits into a longer trip.

For the voluntary distance rules around marine animals, see the Coral Triangle Center , and for course details see Blue Corner Dive . Boat tours can be compared on GetYourGuide .