We are a PADI 5 Star Dive Center on Nusa Penida and can help you arrange transfers to and from the island.
Bali Ngurah Rai, otherwise known as Denpasar (DPS) is a large international airport with daily flights from over 30 international destinations, including Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, Dubai, Amsterdam, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and many cities in Australia. You can also take a flight from Bali to connect with international flights through Jakarta Soekarno-Hatto airport (CGK) which is the 8th busiest airport in the world and has international departures to even more cities including London, Paris, Doha and Tokyo.
Denpasar also services domestic flights from all over Indonesia, including direct flights from Manado, Lombok and Jakarta. You can also fly to or from almost anywhere in Indonesia using connecting flights. The main internal carriers are Lion Air and Garuda, the national airline of Indonesia.
There are daily direct Lion Air flights between Manado and Bali, allowing you to easily have a dive-combo between the locations:
Flight time is approximately three hours and a one way ticket should cost approximately IDR1,500,000.
Nusa Penida is a 45-60 minute ride by fast boat from the harbour in Sanur.
If you are arriving into the airport, there are many options for taxi’s and online drivers, and we can also arrange an airport pickup/ transfer from your flight if you wish.
If you are coming from the East of Bali (Amed area) then we use Gangga Express, a fast boat company in Kusamba. This is easier than travelling all the way to Sanur and the crossing to the island is a little shorter also.
There are many regular scheduled boats that make the 45-60 minute journey between Bali and Nusa Penida using fast-boats. We recommend Idola Express to/from the village of Sampalan on Nusa Penida, it is a 60min boat ride and a 5-min car-ride to our dive center.
Idola Express (60min boat ride/5min to & from dive center)
There are also options to transfer to/from other villages, these are longer transfer times to/form our dive center but allow additional flexibity with departure times. We recommend Semabu Hills to/from the village of Toya Pakeh on Nusa Penida, it is a 45-min boat ride and a 25-min car-ride to our dive center.
Semabu Hills (45min boat ride/25min to & from dive center)
Arranged by Two Fish
we can arrange all the boat transfers for you.
For all these services, pick up from any hotel in Sanur, Kuta, Legian, Seminyak, Jimbaran or Nusa Dua is sometimes included in the cost of the transport, with additional charge for pick up from other area (eg Ubud, Canggu, etc). Please check with the relevant operator.
The first boat from Penida is 7am. If you need to be at the airport before 9-10am you may need to leave Nusa Penida the day before and stay 1 night in hotel in Bali.
The last boat to Penida is 5pm, this means that your latest flight arrival time is approx 1-2pm. If you arrive after this time you may need to stay 1 night in hotel in Bali, and transfer on the first boat the next day. Note that this depends on whether you are on an international flight as the immigration checks can be 1hour or more.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ARRIVING IN Nusa Penida, Bali?
For more information about arriving in Bali & Nusa Penida, please download the arrival document for Nusa Penida, Bali (pdf, 300kb)
