Hotels Lombok

Natalie Paris sails the islands where ancient reptiles rule. Indonesia's vast archipelago has lured adventurers with tales of stormy straits, desert islands and man-eating dragons. European trading ships sailed here in the 16th century in search of treasures. These days the Spice Islands, now known as Maluku, have fallen off the charts of the average seafarer but, further south,...

He speaks fluently English and Arabic and his clear way of talking makes a difference with some other Indonesians, rather shy when they have to speak in public. Muhammad Zainul Majdi is the current Governor of West Nusa Tenggara and belongs to this new generation of Indonesian politicians who start to give a new impetus to the World's biggest archipelago. One of Majdi's objectives is to turn...

Indonesia's vast archipelago has always lured adventurers, with tales of stormy straits, desert islands and man-eating dragons. European trading ships sailed here in the 16th century in search of treasures. These days the Spice Islands, now known as Maluku, have fallen off the charts of the average seafarer, but farther south, legends of dragons live on. Here lie remote islands perfect for modern...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An active volcano on Indonesia's Lombok island has spewed lava and hot ash nearly 4,000 feet (1,200 metres) into the sky but poses no immediate threat to local villagers. Surono, director of Indonesia's Volcanology Agency, said the Tuesday eruption followed four smaller eruptions on Frid...

Lombok Barat, W Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA News) - Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad has made Sail Lombok-Sumbawa 2012 part of his program to support development of the tourism sector in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) provinc...

Shed that urban stress on Indonesia's laidback Gili Islands THE peeled-onion syndrome, whereby visitors instantly shed layers of stress along with their clothes, is a naturally occurring phenomenon on the tiny Indonesian island paradise of Gili Trawang...

Mount Rinjani or Gunung Rinjani is an active volcano in Indonesia  on the island of Lombok. It rises to 3,726 metres (12,224 ft), making it the second highest volcano in Indonesia, and similar in height to Mount Fuji in Japan. second in height among Indonesian volcanoes only to Sumatra's Kerinci volcano The first historical eruption occurred in September 1847. The most recent eruption...

West Nusa Teggara (NTB)  province has all the supporting facilities needed to host an international marine event dubbed Sail Lombok-Sumbawa 2012, a local tourism official said. "We have all supporting facilities, we have potential, and therefore we want to host an  international marine event in the province,"  NTB  Culture and Tourism Office spokesman Lalu Gita Ariadi said...

The second time my idle to Lombok, one place that always wanted me to go is to Gili Trawangan. Somehow, Gili Trawangan is always fascinating to me. Either the beach, or the atmosphere. First to Gili Trawangan at the year 2008, the first impression is the beautiful and bustling. Understandably then seasson peak, so the bule-bule much wandering along the road on Gili Trawangan. So seemed not...

West Nusa Tenggara's Lombok and Sumbawa Islands, which are renowned for their marine tourist attractions, are set to attract more visitors in the coming years as they gear up for Visit Lombok-Sumbawa 2012 campaign.Director general for marketing at the Culture and Tourism Ministry, Sapta Nirwandar, said in Jakarta Thursday that West Nusa Tenggara, a province located adjacent to Bali, would be...

Lombok and Sumbawa in West Nusa Tenggara have set a target of wooing one million tourists to visit the islands by 2012, says an official."We are confident of reaching the target," West Nusa Tenggara culture and tourism agency head Gita Ariadi said Tuesday as quoted by Antara state news agency.Gita said the agency recorded nearly 620,000 tourist arrivals in Lombok and Sumbawa in 2009, up by 13...

Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), the middle selecting investors who will soon work on integrated tourism potential in the southern island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). "Scheduled to begin next July already laying the first stone construction of an integrated tourism area," said the Governor of NTB KH M Zainul Majdi, in Mataram, Monday (12/04/2010).   According Majdi,...

Unlike the western coasts of Lombok, Selong Belanak and Lombok's other southern coasts are still unexplored. That is just one of the many reasons to go there. Kuta beach of Lombok offers white sand and fewer tourists. When my friend Anin suggested we visit our friend Ana in Selong Belanak, I did not take it seriously and responded immediately because I thought that Lombok was just Senggigi and...

Mount Baru, also known as Child of Rinjani, in West Nusa Tenggara erupted again last week, forcing authorities to continue the ban on climbing activities on the Rinjani peak and Segara Anak Lake. On Friday, the 2,376-meter-high mountain erupted four times, spewing gases up to 1,600 meters to the north. On Sunday, there was an earthquake near the mountain, kompas.com reported. Authorities are...

Mount Rinjani on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, may soon be classed as a geopark, a nationally protected area containing a number of geological heritage sites of importance, rarity or aesthetic appeal. An official at the province's Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, Heriyadi Rahmat, said UNESCO had accepted nominations to include Mount Rinjani in the global geopark network. The UN body...

AS MALAYSIA enters an era of transformation in line with the New Economic Model (NEM), the time is now ripe for some sectors like tourism to go more into niche tourism products and services. Take your report, "Love is in the air for newlyweds," (Sunday Star, April 18) as a lead, we are now beginning to go for various modes and means to fulfil the lifestyle needs of our tourists. We have heard...

Cidomo - horse drawn carriages - drivers have been urged to keep the region free from dung, or face suspension. The West Lombok regency administration has been enforcing a regulation requiring cidomo drivers to install bags to hold horse droppings. "We have started inspecting cidomo in Gerung and Kediri, two of the 10 districts in West Lombok. We are pushing for public awareness about cleanliness,...