Bali Liveaboard Scuba Diving Vacation

Contrary to what many scuba divers may think, a liveaboard scuba diving in Bali may not necessarily be more expensive relative to conventional scuba diving vacations. As a matter of fact, liveaboard scuba diving, if well planned may even save you money and hassles.

Firstly, you will save a lot of transportation time and costs, such as traveling to your dive operator's boat and then after your dive, returning to your hotel or resort, lugging your cumbersome scuba diving gear to and fro, then repeating this same process for the next couple of days during your scuba diving vacation in Bali.

Next, you save money from hotel or resort accommodation because since you are living on the liveaboard dive boat, there will be no need for hotel or resort bookings. On top of that, you do not need to hunt for expensive meals in your hotel or resort since all liveaboard scuba diving packages will include meals. This will also mean that you will be probably having very fresh and succulent sea food caught by the crew while you are enjoying your scuba diving.

The highlight of your liveaboard Bali scuba diving vacation is that you can dive in many exotic dive spots instead of the ones near where you stay. This is because you need not return to your resort hotel to retire for the day, the liveaboard dive boat will cruise to far flung scuba diving locations while you are sleeping, again saving you time and best of all, you get to save more money by diving in more dive locations for the same price.

Below is a typical liveaboard Bali scuba diving package offered by quite a few Bali dive operators.

Day One-Visit one of Bali's most interesting street on the way to Pemuteran & Menjangan North West Bali which will also include a stopover in View Point Restaurant Sanda. Dive Sites: Pemuteran House Reef & Reef Project or Secret Bay in Gilimanuk

Day Two-After breakfast, you will hop onboard for a dive boat trip to Menjangan Island. Dive Sites: Menjangan - National Park, Walls, Anker Wreck, Coral Garden, lunch and surface rest on a white sandy beach.

Day Three-Dive Sites: Amed or Tulamben or Secret Spot, Drop Off, Liberty Wreck Dive and Wall Dive

Day Four-After breakfast drive to East - Bali and stop over to view Bali Islands famous terraced rice fields. Dive Sites: Blue Lagoon & White Beach including a night dive in Blue Lagoon

Day Five-Dive Sites: Gili Mimpang & Gili Tepekong or Gili Biaha

Day Six-Dive Sites: Gili Biaha or Nusa Penida or Nusa Lembongan 2 Speedboat Dives.

Day Seven-Dive Sites: Blue Lagoon - White Beach - Chanel

So if you want to save time, money and hassle during your Bali scuba diving vacation, why not try liveaboard scuba diving?

Exploring Bali Island

Bali is part of Indonesia country and is subject to Indonesian Laws. Bali is the island that located in 8 to 9 degress south of equator between Java Island in the West and Lombok Island in the East. From Java Island, Bali can be reached less than 30 minutes or only two kilometers. Flying time from Jakarta is about 1.5 hours, from Singapore is about 2.5 hours and from Australia is about 3 hours. Bali is the island that recognized as beautiful place, call with name The Gods Island. There are lush tropical forests, pristine crater lakes, fast flowing rivers and deep ravines, picturesque rice terraces, and fertile vegetable and fruit gardens. The beaches in the South consist of white sand, beaches in other parts of the island are covered with gray or black volcanic sand.

As island that located in tropical area, Bali given with many various tropical plant. You'll see huge banyan trees in villages and temple grounds, tamarind trees in the North, clove trees in the highlands, acacia trees, flame trees, and mangroves in the South. For flowers, you can find them in many location with many variety. You'll find jasmine, orchid, water lili and many frangipanies. You must knowing that frangipanies is the popular flower in Bali. They used as decoratins in temples and statues. Frangipanies are also used during prayers, for dancer crown decorations and even put in the ear. For wildlife, elephants and tigers don't exist anymore, they extincted since early this century. But there are so many activities in wildlife area. Bali have various species of monkeys, civets, deers and more than 300 species of birds.

Bali is place that combined the friendly people, uniqe culture, the natural attractions, the large variety of local lifestyle and more. Bali has a special characters of religi with mystic and magics. You can explore the cultural heritage start from the visible thing, there are over 20,000 temples and palaces with many colorful festifals and ceremonies. You can enjoyed the local drama, music and dance. You can find one of the uniqe ritual dance that call Kecak Dance. Kecak Dance is very impressive with its circular chorus of sometimes over 100 bare chested male singer. And for another attraction you will see Fire Dance, Ramayana Dance, Legong Dance and many more.

In Bali you can do more great activities. You can do the water sports like swimming, snorkeling, boat rides, water ski, surfing, and more. You can do all of that activities in Tanjung Benoa, Kuta Beach or Sanur Beach. If you bored with beach and water activities, you can change your destination tours. Now you must try the nature tour. There are Lake Batur in Kintamani village, the high location, is about 5,000 feet above the sea. Another places that you can visit is Besakih Temple that popular name is The "Mother Temple". You can visit to the Bedugul, Sangeh, Ulun Danu, Tana Lot and many more.

For handicraft you can visit the artisan villages of Batubulan for stone carving, Celuk for silver and gold jewelry, Mas with famous wood carving and Pengosekan for painting. You can also visit Art Market Sukowati and bargain for all kinds of handicraft and apparel. For the most art gallery, you can enjoyed Ubud, that growing with numerous art galleries and shop offering paintings, wood carvings, textiles and all kinds of souvenirs.

Bali - Where Do I Stay?

Your Bali Driver can show you the sights of Bali once you are here, but how do you decide where to stay. There are so many options available, and each one of them very different to the next.

Kuta is probably the best know area of Bali and is the entertainment capital of the island. Only 10 minutes from the airport you will find an abundance of restaurants, shops, bars and clubs, and hotels. Kuta is a great spot if you like to party hard at night and relax during the day by the pool or on the famous Kuta Beach.

Legian and Seminyak are really an extension of Kuta, but a little quieter. Still a vibrant place to stay, with lots hotels and restaurants, and things to do, they are a little more relaxed. It is the same stretch of beach, but there is a less chaotic feeling here.

Jimbaran is on the southern side of the airport, and very well known for its seafood restaurants on the beach. There a many accommodation choices here including some fabulous 5 star resorts.

Nusa Dua is a great choice if you are looking for a bit more seclusion on your Bali holiday. About 20 minutes from the airport you will find many of Bali's best hotels.

Sanur is also a popular area, about 20 minutes north of the airport. Much quieter than Kuta, its location is very central to many Bali sights, and has a reputation for many great restaurants, and good hotels.

Ubud is the major tourist destination of Bali that is not on the beach. It is about 90 minutes north of the airport in the hills. At 200 meters above sea level the temperature is a little cooler, and the pace much slower. If you want to get a closer look at the culture and arts of Bali, this is the best place to do it.

Lovina on the north coast and Candi Dasa on the east coast are also popular destinations if you want to experience a more natural and quieter piece of Bali.

Wherever you choose to stay, make sure you get out and discover some of the fantastic sights that Bali has to offer.