Lembongan Island
20 km south of Bali Island, Indonesia
Description:
Anyone who has ever seen an advertisement for a Bounty chocolate bar has an idea of Lembongan Island. Yes, this is a paradise place - endless beaches of white sand, azure of the sky, turquoise of water, palm trees, nega and pleasure, as if spilled in the very atmosphere reigning here.
This small tropical island of the Malay Archipelago is located 20 kilometers south of Bali. There is an ancient legend that explains the origin of the island. It happened at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries at the place where the boat of an old man sank, who thought that the power and magic of the boat he built could destroy an ancient mountain near the island of Penida. The sunken boat formed a tiny Lembongan.
Located on the border of two oceans, the island was biologically divided into two regions. It distinguishes the Oriental (Indo-Malay) and Australian faunal regions. In turn, this means that there are rare species of birds and animals on the island. Around it there are picturesque coral reefs with many different fish.
The population of the island is small, there is no industry, so not all the charms of civilization are available (for example, electricity is here only in the evenings). But having been here, you can erase the destructive touch of urban life and approach nature almost closely.