Menjangan - „Deer Island“

Pulau Menjangan, a 175-hectare sanctuary island, a part of West Bali National Park, off the northwest coast at the western entrance of Teluk Terima, received its name from the wild java deer that graze on its open savannahs. This island boasts of what is believed to be Bali oldest temple, Pura Gili Kencana, which dates from the Majapahit period.

But the best attraction is deep down below. Pulau 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. The scuba diving is excellent: superb unspoiled coral; caves; many tropical fishes, a spectacular drop-off and small 200-years-old shipwreck at 40 meters with sharks around. You should aware of tiny stinging jellyfish but the painful welt of jellyfish sting will be gone within an hour. Lemon juice helps.