Pemuteran (Menjangan Island)
Menjangan's Reef Walls and the Biorock Coral Garden
A quiet fishing village in Bali's far north-west and the base for snorkelling and diving the reef walls of Menjangan Island in West Bali National Park, some of the clearest, calmest water round Bali. In the bay itself the Biorock coral-restoration reef can be snorkelled straight off the beach, and there is a turtle hatchery and the cliff-top Pura Pulaki with its monkeys. About four hours from the airport, and 45 minutes from Gilimanuk, where the ferry crosses to Java for Ijen.
Highlights
- Snorkel the Menjangan reef walls
- Two dives at Menjangan
- Biorock reef straight off the beach
- Turtle hatchery
- Pura Pulaki on the cliffs
- Banyuwedang hot springs
- Quiet sunsets over Java's volcanoes
Things to do
- Menjangan Island snorkel boat dayMorning · 6h
- Two dives on the Menjangan wallsMorning · 5h
- Biorock reef snorkel off the beachAfternoon · 2h
- Pura Pulaki templeAfternoon · 1h 30m
- Banyuwedang hot springsAfternoon · 2h
- Sunset on Pemuteran beachEvening · 1h 30m
Tours & tickets
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When to go
Best time: April – October
Plan around this
Nyepi: Bali Closes for 24 Hours
⚠️ On Nyepi (Monday 8 March 2027, from 06:00 to 06:00 on 9 March) all of Bali stops: Ngurah Rai airport is closed to every flight, roads, beaches and shops shut, the internet is switched off, and visitors must stay inside their hotel. Don't book a flight, boat or transfer for that day, and allow for full flights and boats on the days either side.
Heads up
Bali Wet Season
December to February are the wettest months: heavy afternoon and night downpours, humid days, and flash floods on low roads in Kuta, Legian, Seminyak and on Sunset Road to the airport. Mornings are often clear. Allow extra time for the airport, and plan beach days flexibly. Hotels are cheaper, except over Christmas and New Year.
- Nyepi (Balinese Day of Silence) and the ogoh-ogoh parades — The Balinese New Year. On the eve, villages parade huge ogoh-ogoh demon effigies through the streets and burn them, worth seeing in Ubud, Kuta and Denpasar. Then for 24 hours the whole island stops: Ngurah Rai airport closes, no traffic, no lights, beaches shut, and visitors must stay inside their hotel (hotels keep serving guests indoors). Do not plan to land, leave or travel in Bali that day.
- Galungan and Kuningan · Galungan 17 Jun, Kuningan 27 Jun — Bali's biggest Hindu festival, every 210 days: ten days when the ancestors are believed to visit. Every street is lined with tall bamboo penjor poles, families in temple dress fill the temples, and the island looks its most beautiful. Some shops and drivers take the main days off, and temples are crowded; wear a sarong and sash to visit.
- Christmas and New Year peak — Bali's dearest fortnight: villas and resorts set minimum stays and gala dinners on 24 and 31 December, and Indian, Australian and Indonesian holidays overlap. Book rooms and the Gili and Komodo boats by October, and expect rain: it is the wet season.