Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan
   Gili, in Sasak means "island". These three islands are clustered together just off the northwest coast of Lombok. Coral gardens abound in clear waters around the islands. Gili Air, the nearest island, can be reached in 10 to 15 minutes by outrigger boat from Bangsal harbor, near Pamenang.

Senggigi Beach
   Senggigi, north of Bangsal, belongs to the most scenic and most popular beaches on the island of Lombok with good accommodation facilities. Coral gardens grow in the sea just off shore.

Mount Rinjani
   Mount Rinjani, a 3,726 meter high active volcano, is one of the tallest mountains of Indonesia. At the floor of the volcano's huge caldera is the sickle shaped crater lake Segara Anakan, surrounded by steep walls. The mountain is popular with hikers. Sembalun Bumbung and Sembalun Lawang are two traditional Sasak villages on the slopes of Rinjani.

Tepas, Sumbawa
   A village on the slope of the mountain Batu Lante, 60 kilometers south of Sumbawa Besar, where the houses are built in traditional architectural style.

Mount Tambora, Sumbawa
   Not active at present, the 2,820 meters tall volcano Tambora is notorious for its savage eruption on April 5 - July 15, 1815.
   Failing debris, hot gases and lava streams killed more than 12,000 people. Some 44,000 more perished of hunger in the aftermath of the explosion.
The top, now a big caldera, has two colored lakes. From the rim of the crater, the view on the rest of the island, the sea, Mt. Rinjani, and the island of Lombok is breathtaking. The mountain occupies almost the entire Sanggar peninsula.

Moyo Island
   Moyo Island, at the mouth of the Bay of Saleh, has a nature reserve with wild oxen, deer, wild boars and a great variety of bird species. Visits are best made during the dry season from June through August.

Sima, Sumbawa
  The former palace in the town of Bima is about all that is left of the Bima sultanate. The building is now being turned into a museum.
Dara, a village two kilometers from the town of Bima in eastern Sumbawa, is believed to have been the seat of the ancient Bima kingdom.

Sape, Sumbawa
   Shipwrights still make sailboats the traditional way in this port town on Sumbawa's east coast. Sape is a convenient point of departure for trips to Komodo island across the strait, home of the prehistoric Komodo dragon.

Beaches
   Other good beaches are found at Talolai and Hangawera, north of Bima, Lunyuk on the south coast of Sumbawa.

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