On our second day in Banyuwangi, we booked a boat tour to Menjangan Island. The tour was named Menjangan Island but in reality we weren't there for too long. In the morning after breakfast at the hotel we were driven to a pier and we hopped on to our boat. They provided life vests for all of us but there were only 3 children vests despite us telling them that we had 6 children with us.
Our first stop with a boat was to Menjangan Island. The island is part of Bali province and is located on the north side of Bali island, thus making it easier to access from Banyuwangi rather than flying to Denpasar and then driving all the way north. It was a hot, sunny day on Menjangan island. Our guides had to report and pay for our tickets at the office and we took the opportunity to take some pictures with the crystal blue water.
We took a little longer at Menjangan Island than expected, as they saw DH and was trying to charge us an international tourist rate for him. Fortunately we were able to show his papers to them and we were good to go. We were melting in the sun and had wanted to move on. We hopped back to the boat and it took us to our next stop to snorkel.
The snorkelling area was near a reef, and we had two guides that went in the water with us. They helped us take pictures with a Gopro. I also brought my Hero 5 with me. I learnt from my previous experience though, this time I put an underwater casing on it even though they stated that the camera itself was waterproof. I am not taking chances anymore. Not after having it leak on me once.
There were many corals and starfish at the area and the waters were shallow unless you go to the reef. Miss Kiki was happy to be able to touch a few starfish. This time she used her snorkelling mask right from the start and didn't have any problem with it. I guess her face finally grew into it. There were a lot of fish around the area but I would say not as many fish as in Karimunjawa.
Below are some underwater pictures taken with my Hero 5 by DH.
After snorkelling we were hungry and burnt, literally. We got back to our boat and had lunch on board. The tour included boxed lunch.
Even though there was supposed to be another snorkelling stop for us, it was getting late and the water was not as calm so we decided to skip the other snorkelling area and instead proceeded to Tabuan Island.
Even though the view from this island was nice, the sand was not clean. There were a bunch of garbage that seemed to have been washed ashore. It was rather sad to see... by then we wished that we had stayed longer at Menjangan island. It was much cleaner and well taken care of. We had some picture fun, the kids played in the sand, and others enjoyed coconut water in the shade.
Tabuan Island was our last stop before we went back to the pier where our car was waiting. We went back to the hotel and got cleaned up before we headed back out for dinner. That evening we went to Warung Kepiting. It was okay but I didn't think it was as good as Pesona from the day before. They served the same type of food.
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| Pooped Kiki |
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| Kiki's handy work (the braid) |
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