Nusa Lembongan is not the sleepy little island it was when we last visited 11 years ago!! However, we still managed to slip into the island lifestyle and had 4 lovely nights at Mushroom Bay lazing, reading, surfing, snorkelling and watching amazing sunsets!
The view from our room was beautiful…
As were the views from the rest of the resort – overlooking Mushroom Bay on one side and views of Mt Agung on the other
We did a boat trip to Nusa Penida one day and got to snorkel with Manta rays
And the boys got to surf a few days, at a nice little reef break in the bay next to ours.
As I hinted at earlier, Nusa Lembongan has become a lot more developed in the past decade!! First impression was arriving into the main bay (where Playgrounds and Shipwrecks surf breaks are). Once upon a time there were just a few accommodation places up in the hill to the south and the bay was full of seaweed farm. Now the bay is lined as far as you can see with restaurants and accomodation and packed with boats – no more seaweed farms. Also there are roads traversing the whole island, busy with bemos and motorbikes – and villas and resorts everywhere!! And Mushroom Beach, where we are staying is now packed during the day with boats and day trippers.
However, the busyness of the days doesn’t detract from the incredible sunsets you get here every night..
The upside of development, of course, is a greater choice of restaurants. We found cool little restaurant just behind our hotel with awesome food and live music every night.
And where there’s live music, our boys will take the stage 🙂
The musicians were happy to share their stage with the boys and played their Cajun drum along with them, while they sang and played guitar. Both the staff and clients were impressed and enjoyed their performances.
We had a really nice time on Lembongan, but not sure we’d rush back. I think that the Gili Islands offer more of the tranquil island experience that we prefer.
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