ARRIVAL
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GETTING TO LAGO, NUSA LEMBONGAN
Nusa Lembongan is a small coral island thirty minutes east of Bali by fast boat. About 4,000 people live here year-round. There are no traffic lights.Nusa Lembongan sits a short crossing east of Bali, across the Bali/Lombok Strait. Most guests come by fast boat. Some come by helicopter. A few come by private charter and skip the harbour entirely.
The Bali Sanur Port (Pelabuhan Sanur) opened in late 2022 and replaced the old beach-launch system that the island was known for. The terminal is air-conditioned, with proper indoor check-in counters, organised waiting areas, and floating docks where the boats moor directly. The days of wading through surf with your luggage held overhead are gone. The drive from Ngurah Rai International Airport is thirty to forty minutes depending on traffic.
We recommend the follwoing options to arrive at Lago, Nusa Lebongan.
Setia Fast Ferry – The Public Option
Setia is the most-used scheduled service from Sanur to Lembongan and the boat we recommend if you want a comfortable, reliable, public-ferry crossing. It launched in late 2024 with a brand-new vessel and has quickly become the default choice on this route.
The crossing takes thirty minutes. The boat is fully air-conditioned, has on-board Wi-Fi, plush seating with extra legroom, and a clean western-style toilet. Capacity is seventy-five passengers. Three departures daily from Sanur – at 09:30, 13:30, and 17:00 – and three returns from Lembongan. Arrival is at Jungutbatu beach.
Kai Koa – The Small Premium Boat
Kai Koa is the fastest passenger crossing on the route – sixteen to twenty minutes from Sanur to Lembongan, with a maximum of eight passengers per trip. It’s a step up from the public ferry without being a full private charter. Auto-inflating life jackets, shock-mitigating seats, two certified captains on every crossing, two 300-horsepower engines.
Check-in is at Asian Pantry on Matahari Terbit beach, Sanur – air-conditioned, with Wi-Fi, food and drink while you wait. Three departures daily from Sanur (09:00, 12:30, 15:30) and three from Lembongan (07:00, 11:30, 14:30). Late-run charters available for guests arriving on later flights.
By Air – Fly Bali Helicopter
Fly Bali runs scheduled and chartered helicopter transfers from Bali to Nusa Lembongan, on Robinson R66 and Bell 505 aircraft. Flight time is approximately fifteen minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport to Lembongan – the shortest possible route, weather permitting.
Most guests who fly do so for one of three reasons: a tight onward schedule that doesn’t accommodate a fast boat, a family with young children for whom the boat crossing isn’t ideal, or a preference for the aerial route – the flight tracks the channel and Mt. Agung is in the line of sight for most of it. Lago coordinates booking, departure timing, and the Lembongan landing-to-villa transfer.
For groups, helicopter transfer becomes more economical per head – worth pricing if you’re four or more.
Helicopter transfers are arranged through Fly Bali.
Concierge services coming soon.
