BALI TO LOMBOK BY AIR
It's easy to get to Lombok from Bali – flight time is only 25 minutes. Buy tickets direct from the airline counters at the domestic airports, or contact local travel agents, in both Bali and Lombok.
- Merpati Airlines flies direct between Bali and Lombok with four flights daily.
- Garuda Indonesia Airlines flies direct between Bali and Lombok with one flight everyday.
- Indonesian Air flies direct between Bali and Lombok with two flights daily, morning and afternoon.
- Trigana Air operates three flights between Bali and Lombok daily.
- Trans Nusa Air flies between Bali and Lombok every day.
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
Selaparang Airport in Lombok currently handles international arrivals and has full visa on Arrival fascilities, with efficient and fast visa processing.
- Silk Air (a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines) flies direct between Lombok and Singapore, three times per week.
- Merpati Airlines has flight every day between Lombok and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (via Surabaya).
DOMESTIC FLIGHTS
European connections are easy via Jakarta in java. Direct flights from Jakarta to Lombok are available every day and are usually timed to connect with European flights. Lombok is easily accessible from Jakarta, Bali, Jogyakarta and Surabaya and is an important connection for travel to the eastern islands, in particular Sumbawa, Komodo and Flores.
- Garuda Indonesia has direct flights between Lombok and Jakarta two times every day.
- Lion Air has flights between Lombok, Jakarta and Surabaya.
- Merpati Airlines has flights available between Lombok, Bali, Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Sumbawa, Flores, Kupang and many other Indonesian destinations.
- Trigana Air flies between Lombok and sumbawa every day.
- Trans Nusa Air flies between Lombok and Sumbawa every day.
- Batavia Air has flights between Lombok, Surabaya and Jakarta every day.
BALI TO LOMBOK BY SEA
Padang Bai Harbour provides the most efficient link between mainland Bali and Lombok. With the completion of the new Sunrise Bypass, Padang Bai can now be reached from Sanur in less than an hour. It is a similar travel time is between Ubud and Padang Bai.
Add approximately 30 minutes if traveling from Kuta or Nusa Dua. If moving between Padang Bai and North East Bali, Candidasa is minutes away, Amed approximately one hour and Tulamben ninety minutes.
Lembar Harbour (Lombok) is approx. 1 hour south of Senggigi, Lombok. Arrange your own transfers and buy tickets direct from the harbours, or use a reputable tour company to provide a through service.
Public Ferries depart every two hours for the sea voyage between Padang Bai Harbour (Bali) and Lembar Harbour (Lombok). The crossing between the island takes approx. 4 to 5 hours.
Perama Tours offer a complete transfer package, which includes pick up from destinations throughout Bali and Lombok, bus transfer to the local harbour, ferry ticket and transfer from the harbour to your destination, on either island.
FAST BOATS
Gili Cat, an Australian-built small fast ferry, departs from Padang Bai Harbour on Bali at 9.00 am every day and travels to Gili Trawangan and Lombok, before making the return to Bali, departing Gili Trawangan at 11.30 am.
Lombok mainland pick-up and departures are daily fro Teluk Kodek,(just next to Teluk Nara), arriving at Teluk Kodek at 10:30 am and leaving at 12:15 pm.
Their service also includes free transfers between Padang Bai Ubud, Kuta and Sanur on Bali.
Blue Water Express is operated by Blue Water Safaris, providing transfers between Bali and Gili Trawangan. BWS operates two boats, with 25 and 15 passenger capacities, departing from Benoa Harbour in Baliu every day at 8 am and from Gili Trawangan at 11 am.
Fares include air conditioned hotel transfers in Bali. |
