Six km west of Singaraja, three hours drive from Denpasar, the popular beach resort of Lovina is a long stretch of black sand with crystal-clear water. Actually, Lovina is a generic term for a whole line of six small villages and palm-fringed beaches. From east to west it includes: Pemaron, Tukadmungga, Anturan, Kalibukbuk, Kaliasem, and Temukus. The strip starts at about six km mark west of Singaraja to about five km past of Kaliasem. Kalibukbuk has the highest concentration of restaurants and accommodations while the fishing villages of Anturan and Temukus are less densely packed and thus quieter.

Lovina has a lot to offer. The beach is better than most of the beach in eastern part of Bali with a string of nine hills on the background creates a pretty view to behold. Glass-clear water of this beach and the proximity of the reef to the beach make Lovina a perfect place for snorkeling and diving and also excellence for swimming. Beautiful sunset can be enjoyed simply while walking on the beach. Visitor can also find good trekking paths, temples, and hot sulphur pools in the hills. Lovina is also a convenient base point for day trips to Tulamben, West Bali National Park, Pemuteran, and Menjangan Island. Do not miss the Lovina’s Dolphin Trip where you can breakfast with hundreds of wandering dolphins, just few hundreds meter off the beach.

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Melka Excelsior Hotel is located in Kalibukbuk - Lovina - Bali, just five minutes walking distance from the beach, 10 km west of Singaraja and about 2 hours driving from Bali International Ngurah Rai Airport.

North Bali offers you something different - partitioned by a chain of rolling hills from east to west, on the south bordered by hills and the north by the sea. As any tourism places in the north of Bali you can also find many beautiful objects to visit. Enjoy the variety of corals and tropical fish at Pulau Menjangan, which is acclaimed the best of the world, have your adventure of diving in Tulamben to see the WWII ‘USS Liberty’ ship wreck.

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Six km west of Singaraja, three hours drive from Denpasar, the popular beach resort of Lovina is a long stretch of black sand with crystal-clear water. Actually, Lovina is a generic term for a whole line of six small villages and palm-fringed beaches. From east to west it includes: Pemaron, Tukadmungga, Anturan, Kalibukbuk, Kaliasem, and Temukus. The strip starts at about six km mark west of Singaraja to about five km past of Kaliasem. Kalibukbuk has the highest concentration of restaurants and accommodations while the fishing villages of Anturan and Temukus are less densely packed and thus quieter.

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History has it, Lovina beach was the first seaside resort to appear in the mid-‘70s. The name “Lovina” was coined by the last King of Buleleng, Anak Agung Panji Tisna. He named this stretch of coast after the English word “love” in 1953. He founded the first hotel in this beach, Tasik Madu Hotel, or “sea of honey” hotel. The few simple accommodations that existed in the sleepy early 1970s were demolished in 1976 earthquake. The resort began anew and during the 1980s new accommodations and restaurants appeared. Lovina has had its ups and downs through the years, and always appears to be on the brink of a renaissance.

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After some diving on the North shore( Amed ), and the eastern shore( Candi Dasa), we settled on Pemuteran Bay as a launching point for a bunch of dive sites near the National Park. We could have stayed two weeks diving all the beautiful spots. Mejangan Island ( Deer Island ) was a knockout ! I starting diving in 1957, and was happy to see pristine coral and the fish, once again. Coral Reefs are alive and well in NW Bali !

We met a lot of people that would come to bali just to dive ! I would hype the Permuteran area. Amed was terrible, the corral has bleached out ugh one star rating ! Menjangan rates a five star rating. Candi Dasa area was OK, especially the tons of reef fish, 3 star rating.

Don Bennett
San Francisco Peninsula U.S.A