There are some neighboring
islands near to Bali. There are 3 most famous ones located around 20 km away
from Bali to the south-east known as Nusa Penida Island, Nusa Ceningan Island
and Nusa Lembongan Island. Among these three islands, Nusa Penida Island is the
largest one, and also well known as the best destination for scuba diving.
To many people, these three
Islands might not be recognized as parts of Bali’s district. Somehow, they give
a great contribution to the tourism development. As we have known, Nusa Penida
Island is the biggest one among the three. While Nusa Lembongan Island is the
second larger island and Nusa Ceningan Island is the smallest one. Each of
these Islands shares their own unique tourism destination and arts. In Nusa
Penida Island, you will find beautiful pure beaches and some conservation
places protecting plants, birds, and also turtle. Besides that the local people
have a very special dance known as the Golden Egg.
When you are diving in Nusa
Penida Island, you will likely to see the large pelagic, such as Manta Ray’s
(Manta Birostris) at some locations, such as Mola Mola (Oceanic Sunfish) and
Manta Point Dive Site. If you get lucky, you will sometimes see the whale-shark
too.
As part of Bali’s district, Nusa
Penida Island is under the Klungkung regency. If you want to go to Nusa Penida
Island from Bali, you need to go to Padang bay to take a ferryboat crossing
from Bali to Nusa Penida Island. The only ferryboat available is called as
Roro-Nusa Jaya Abadi. This boat will take you crossing the Badung Strait
(located between Bali Island and Nusa Penida Island), and the trip will take
around one hour to get to the Toya Pakeh Harbor in Nusa Penida Island. After
you have reached the island, you can continue the trip by having a modified
pick-up car or known as “omprengan”.
The northern dive sites of Nusa
Penida like Crystal Bay, Pura Ped and Toyapakeh are good destinations for Drift
Diving. A boat ride with BIDP's speed boat of 45 minutes brings you to the best
underwater adventures here in Bali Indonesia.
The divesites around Penida can
be challenging. Upwellings from the deep can cause thermoclines and let the
temperature drop to 20 degrees celsius. Currents running between the Nusa
Islands and Lombok Strait are most of the time southward, but can be influenced
in direction and strength by the monsoon seasons.
The three islands, Nusa Penida
Island, Lembongan Island and Ceningan Island are situated at the Wallace Line
which lies at the middle of Bali Island and Lombok Island. This Wallace Line is
a separation line between the eco-zones of Asia and Australasia. To the west of
the Wallace Line, Asiatic species and organism live, while to the east of the
Wallace Line, Australian species and organism exist for living. According to
the scientist, these boundaries have been existing for 50 million years. They
are predicted to be the south-western edge of Sunda Earth Crust Shelf which are
believed to link some main islands in Indonesia, such as Java, Sumatera,
Borneo, Bali to the Southeast Asia’s mainland.
Nusa Penida Backgrounds
Nusa Penida Island as the part of
Bali district under the Klungkung Regency has its own history. The Nusa Penida
Island was a place where the Gelgel dynasty from Bali was held in prison at
early 18th century under the Majapahit ruler. The Gelgel Dynasty was one of the
Balinese Kingdoms which conquered the Lombok Island once.
Badung Strait, during WWII the
Badung Strait was the location of "The Of Badung Strait". This event
took place on 19 and 20 februar 1942. Allied forces had a confrontation here
with the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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