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Nusa Penida: Full Day Snorkeling & Island Tour from Bali

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Duration9h

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PickupAt your hotel

Snorkeling Three Bays in One Day: Nusa Penida from Bali

You board a fast boat at 7:30am from Sanur and arrive on Nusa Penida to snorkel Manta Bay, Gamat Bay, and Crystal Bay with equipment provided; you stop for lunch at a local restaurant (your cost), then visit Kelingking Beach and a natural cliff-side pool before returning by boat in the late afternoon. Hotel pickup in Bali is included, and the car is shared only if your hotel is in the same area.

Step-by-step itinerary

Depart Sanur port by fast boat
Arrive Banjar Nyuh port, meet driver
Snorkel at Manta Bay
Snorkel at Gamat Bay
Snorkel at Crystal Bay
Lunch break at local restaurant
Visit Kelingking Beach viewpoint
Swim in natural sea water pond
View sea water tunnel from hilltop
Return to Sanur port by fast boat

The Experience

A driver holds a paper with your name at Banjar Nyuh port—that's how the day starts, after the fast boat crosses from Sanur at 7:30am. You've just arrived on Nusa Penida, the island off Bali's southeast coast, and the snorkeling is about to begin. Manta Bay comes first, in the southwestern corner, where the water is clear enough to see the stingrays that give the spot its name—they're massive, up to seven meters, but harmless. The current here can be strong, so your guide watches the conditions and decides the entry point. You're in the water maybe forty minutes, mask on, watching the reef below.

After Manta Bay, the tour moves to Gamat Bay on the western side, where the currents run unpredictable because of the swirling water between the north and south channels. It's not a casual snorkel—your guide briefs you on how to read the pull and stay calm. Then comes Crystal Bay, the third stop, where the coral is still intact and the fish are used to visitors. By midday you're at a local restaurant for lunch (you pay separately) and a break before the afternoon part of the tour. The private car takes you to Kelingking Beach, the one with the T-Rex cliff face—you can't climb down to the sand, the track is too steep, but you stand at the top and see the shape of it, the beach tucked under the rock like a secret.

There's a natural pool between the cliffs, filled with seawater and fed by the ocean waves, and the color shifts from green to blue to yellow depending on the light and the sand below. A few people swim in it; most just photograph it. The last stop is a tunnel carved into the hillside by the force of the waves—you see it from above, a hole between the rocks where the water has worn through. The fast boat leaves Banjar Nyuh at 3:30 or 4:30pm to return to Sanur, so you're back in Bali by late afternoon. The whole day is about six to seven hours on the island itself, moving between four snorkeling and beach spots in a private air-conditioned car with a local driver who knows the roads and the currents.

What’s included

Public fast boat between Sanur and Nusa Penida.
port and retribution fees.
snorkeling equipment.
hotel transfer in Bali.
private air-conditioned car with local driver on Nusa Penida.
stops at Manta Bay, Gamat Bay, Crystal Bay, Kelingking Beach, and a natural cliff-side pool.

Good to know

Easy physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditions

Operated by Smile Nusa Penida

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to snorkel three different bays and see Nusa Penida's main beaches in one day without arranging your own boat, equipment, or transport—the fixed schedule and included car mean you move between four spots without negotiating timing or finding your way.