Nusa Penida, Indonesia: A couple of days in paradise
- Esther
- Oct 30, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 4, 2020
When I was imagining my trip to South East Asia back home in England, I pictured us finding loads of incredible tropical beaches where we could relax and enjoy the sunshine.
We hadn't seen that many beaches in Bali up to this point, so when Ben and I were planning where we wanted to go after Ubud, staying on one of Indonesia’s famously beautiful islands - Nusa Penida - seemed like a really good move.
The island we decided to visit was Nusa Penida, because we'd heard it was way less touristy than the others but one of the most exotic and beautiful.
We stayed near Crystal Bay beach in the Bintang Bungalows; a cheap, cute and really well-located bunch of beach huts just a few minutes walk from the beach. Ours even had a pool outside!
On our first day, we walked down to Crystal Bay and had a fun afternoon on the beach there enjoying the amazing scenery and sunshine.
Crystal Bay was beautiful, but my highlight of the whole island break was definitely our trip to Kelingking beach the next day.
I'd basically describe Kelingking as a tropical paradise. It's a quiet but beautiful white sand beach which, from the top, looks a lot like a T-rex!
Kelingking beach had a little twist to it, though, because you had to climb down a pretty treacherous rocky cliff to get there. Just like with our sunrise trek up Mount Batur, I guess sometimes you have to earn the best views and experiences!
In hindsight, a bikini and flip flops probably wasn't the best outfit choice for the hike, but we managed it down and I think the journey there and back actually added a lot to the experience!
We were glad we stocked up on bottled water, though, because they don’t sell any water down at the bottom and we definitely needed lots in the heat!
We had the best day relaxing, swimming and drinking fresh coconuts on the beach before climbing back up to the top to watch the sunset over the dinosaur-shaped bay.
It was a pretty amazing way to finish our short but sweet stay on this beautiful island.
If we hadn't already booked our transport back to Ubud for my birthday, I'd definitely have stayed here a few more days!
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