Gili Gede
Known as one of the "Secret Gilis" – a group of small islands off the coast of south-west Lombok, Gili Gede remains mostly untouched by overwhelming tourism.
At its core
With a length of 4km x 1.6km at its widest point, the island is long and narrow. Home to five small villages of approximately 1,400 locals, the island is known for its rich fishing history.
Explore the splendour
Explore paved tracks winding across the island hugging the coastline by push bike or leisurely walks to experience the island at its best.
Sail or cruise along the clear waters and sheltered bays of Gede and nearby islands. With picturesque, long sandy beaches of pristine water and bright coral reefs, snorkelling and scuba diving is a must.
Island conservation &
environment
The villa was designed to showcase the beauty of Gili Gede whilst leaving the lightest environmental footprint on this unique and untouched part of the world.
We embrace our local community’s unique culture and traditions and give back as much as we can through employment, training and teaching new skills.
We actively raise awareness, and will continue to support and develop new initiatives to protect this delicate ecosystem.
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the heart of our decisions and actions at the villa, every day.
The island of Gili Gede is unique, with a delicately balanced ecosystem – it is primarily untouched and unspoiled.
To protect its pristine condition and natural resources, we are committed to the island community in developing conservation and preservation programs.
Our kitchen mostly uses produce from the local farming markets, and we grow many vegetables and herbs in our very own organic garden!
We do our very best to use little plastic at the villa. We do not provide plastic drinking bottles, rather, we encourage guests to purchase one of our own.
With every drink bottle sold, we donate Rp50,000 towards the purchase of equipment to assist our local communities’ “Keep Gede Beaches Clean” program, and is part of the environmental education and awareness on Gede.
Conserving our
Hawksbill Turtles
In 2018, we started a conservation program for the local Hawksbill Turtle. Female turtles lay their eggs on the same beach where they hatched. Every year about 500 baby Hawksbills hatch on our private beach.
Each nest of eggs is protected in a netted area, built and checked daily by our villa staff. After about 45 days the hatchlings are born and kept safe until they are released.
Together with our staff, villa guests and local community we release the hatchlings, safely guiding them to the ocean.
There's no handling of the hatchlings as they work their way to the surf for fear of spreading disease, plus "imprinting" the location of the beach in the turtles' memories is crucial. Any interference in their initial journey can disrupt this "imprinting" process and potentially affect their nesting habits into the future. It is only by walking across this beach that the females know where to return 10-15 years later to lay their own eggs.
At dusk some evenings, the turtles appear by the shoreline, feeding off the seaweed and coral. Guests gather on the jetty to quietly observe and wait for their heads to pop up – some are big and some are small, but its thrilling to see them nonetheless! And knowing that our program is helping to conserve this critically endangered species, prized for its shell, is very satisfying indeed.
Many of our guests have donated towards this program, for which we are truly grateful.