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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Pulau Menjangan or Deer Island is a 175-hectare sanctuary island, a part of West Bali National Park, off the northwest coast at the western entrance of Teluk Terima. It is received its name from the wild java deer that graze on its open savannahs. The Menjangan Island can be reached by boat from Labuhan Lalang port or from Terima Bay.

Menjangan is one of Bali’s premier scuba diving and snorkeling locales, these reefs are frequented by species of fish of every size, shape and color. Menjangan Island boast of 110 species of reefs and 226 species of reef’s fish and other kind of fish. The scuba diving is excellent: superb unspoiled coral; caves; many tropical fishes, a spectacular drop-off and small shipwreck 600m out. Divers should aware of tiny stinging jellyfish but the painful welt of jellyfish sting will be gone within an hour.

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The beauty of Bali is not only limited to the land, but also extends to the underwater world that surrounds the island. Visiting diving enthusiasts have the opportunity to experience some impressive sites that promise a rich diversity of marine life and widespread coral reef in conditions that are enhanced by temperate waters and clear visibility.

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