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Katie M
2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2020 • Couples
My husband had been wanting to visit the islands for years, we were very dismayed by the lackluster “paradise” of these islands. We visited gili T and gili air. It was very eerie, especially at night because it was a ghost town, which I’m sure had in part to do from the earthquakes a couple of years ago. The beaches are polluted and covered in coral so you will need to bring water shoes to wear at all times. We stayed at a couple of places which were supposed to be higher end, however they were worn done and out dated. Please do not take the horse cidomo carriages on any of these islands. They are actually ponies and are forced to carry a wagon filled with 4+ people and large luggage’s. I have seen first hand the abuse and neglect that these poor horses receive. My stomach would drop whenever I would hear the bells signaling that they were working, which was all day long. You couldn’t get away from seeing or hearing these poor animals wherever you were on this island. Not only did it ruin our vacation seeing that these poor animals are overworked 18+ hours a day in sweltering heat, but 8 months later I am still traumatized for them. They are malnourished, fed salt water, have open wounds from their ill fitting harnesses, forced to pull a heavy wagon down sand paths and are extremely overworked. If everyone refuses to take the horse carriages, they will be forced to use solar powered tuktuk’s.
Written 22 April 2020
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Shafi25
Bengaluru, India93 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • Friends
Was in Lombok, we took a boat from Bangsa, public boat takes 25 min to Gill islands, and its cheaper. Hotels & Home stays are affordable. Lot of water sports activities available as per our interests.
Written 17 January 2020
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Lorenzo V
4 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2024 • Couples
In a nutshell:
Breathtaking landscapes, beautiful sea, lovely place, dismayed by daily acrid smell of burnt plastic waste day and night.
In every street and sidewalk is full of garbage, and often they are accumulated and then burned, there is no separate collection and disposal service.

Everything is normal for them so upon arrival you may find yourself smelling of smoke because they are burning next to your hotel.

Every now and then you have to go back inside and turn on the air conditioning or you will struggle to breathe.

NOT RECOMMENDATION
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Written 13 August 2024
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Tulipz06
Singapore, Singapore43 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019 • Family
Great snorkeling time at Gili Air and Meno - spotted turtles , beautiful marine fishes - nemo... feeding the fishes underwater while snorkeling indeed it was a great experience! Gili Trawangan is no least beautiful shades of blue sea ... with many shops for shopping ...
Written 1 January 2020
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RodPerth35
Perth, Australia82 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
Spent a whole day snorkeling around the Gili Islands, Gili Air is the best but all worth a look. We had several turtles swim under us, one quite large with literally thousands of fish and 1 sea snake, which was more scared of us... definately worth at least one day trip.
Written 4 February 2020
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Eva
3 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
June 2024 • Solo
Avoid. Read and say thanks for this advise.

Unsafe
Dirty, smelly, every boy with cigarette all the time.
nothing as a nice island...... unexpected, after see so many islands, as this most not worth anything. And how I was lucky no to go here for years travelling.
Mosque very loud from 4:30am every hour loud half hour.
very stressed, nothing as relax. Poor quality
no fruits, scammed expensive coconuts and of course dirty and not good ones.
accommodation is poor and expensive.
I was travelled around planet at different "fair safe" places and here I really feel not Ok.
I hope I ll safely get airport and fly from here.
Written 5 June 2024
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Rene1964Hoofddorp
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands221 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2024 • Couples
Pros, the roads are very well trafficked and fairly safe. You are not insured anywhere so keep that in mind, also disappoint the cuisine, I think tourism has killed the Indonesian cuisine, only at local warungs you can still eat well. Further, plastic, plastic, plastic, please, you pay tourist tax, is there now no Indonesian who thinks we are going to clean up??? So it's one nasty gang, too bad
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Written 30 September 2024
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Mima
2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Couples
Filthy places, polution evident on the beach. You can see in the water, polution that looks like a white frothy spit, disqusting . All sort of rubbish everywhere and rather unhappy people compared to Bali. We visited all three Gilis and stayed 3-4 nights in each one of them. Will not come back.
Written 26 January 2024
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patrick f
31 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2023 • Couples
The Gili islands are beautiful. Lots of amazing things to do. But all of it gets completely ruined by the inept and remarkably stupid non existent system at both ports. I’ve been all over the world and this is by far the worst experience. All the while the ports charge fees to leave and enter. Why? None of the funds are used to improve a single thing. For years it’s remained a terrible and idiotic experience with crowds and no system whatsoever. It makes me angry that you pay taxes for nothing. An entire scam. There are no excuses for it. Just greed. Anyone who has been will know. I’m now totally turned off especially when there are more amazing places to go in SE Asia without this level of garbage to deal with. Never again
Written 11 July 2023
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priscillabc
Balneario Camboriu, SC2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2014 • Solo
I' m from Brazil and I was trevelling by myself ...just had dinner and no drinks at all at the Irish Bar ... so after I went to bed at the hotel Jacarta ....in the middle of the night (around 3 am) there was a man touching me ( he was probably there for a while ) ... I woke up and saw this man hiding by the side of the bed ...I scremed and he ran .... IT WAS A NIGHTMARE I'll EVER FORGET !!! It's a beautiful place Ibut not safe at all ... He also stole all my money !!!
Written 5 February 2015
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