Baliku Dive Resort

Before we write this glowing review, two things you need to realise: 1) Baliku is 2hrs 30mins from the airport. 2) Banyunin, the village that Baliku is in, has a pebble beach i.e. the beach just outside Baliku's door is pebble. However, if you walk just 5-10mins around the corner northwards, you can have a lovely small sand beach to yourselves. You just have to scale down a makeshift, overgrown path and scramble back up it when you're done. So... The Hotel is amazing: Room beautiful - plenty of room for 2 adults and 3 kids; breakfast superb - especially the black rice pudding; food generally excellent; the swimming pool is so lovely; but it's the staff that really make it. They were just so very kind and helpful. You really get to know them and learn about their village and culture. The village is just next door too. The pebble beach has the sunken Japanese shipwreck just off the coast which is spectacular. The snorkelling is generally amazing. The sea is clean, coral is huge, fish are plentiful. There are good restaurants at both the Kawi Karma bungalow place on the beach and Eka Purnama next door to Baliku. Made on the beach will do you a good deal on snorkel rental. He's a lovely guy. You have to go 2 1/2 hours but it's so worth it because what you experience is much richer.