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sehari one day
Yes: Nusa Lembongan, the small island off Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia, works as a day trip from Sanur. Listed boats leave Sanur from 7:30, the crossing takes 30 to 45 minutes, and the last listed boats back leave the island at 16:30. That leaves up to 8 hours 15 minutes on Lembongan, enough for a snorkel trip, the mangroves and the Yellow Bridge to Ceningan. Most people go on their own: book the boat, then one activity on the island.
The numbers behind that. For one foreign adult, a Scoot return and the island levy come to IDR 475,000 (about AUD 38, USD 26 or GBP 20), counting the Nusa Penida levy that Klungkung Regency's levy poster for the e-ticket start on 21 February 2026 says also covers Lembongan; then add an activity, such as the mangrove trip at from US$9.84 per person (about AUD 14). The one listing here that includes the boat from Sanur is Lembongan and Ceningan Island Tour sponsored, at from US$55.38 per person (about AUD 81) (read 13 November 2026); it states the boat ticket from Sanur, not the levy.
jam hour
The dial runs from 6:00 at the bottom, round through 12:00 at the top, to 18:00, in Bali time (WITA) as the operators list it. Pick a boat out of Sanur and a boat back: the thick arc is your time on Lembongan, counted from the end of the longest stated crossing, and the list beside it marks which activities fit by the length each operator states. The first boat out with the last boat back is the longest day the timetables allow.
8 hours 15 minutes on the island
Shown: the 7:30 boat out of Sanur and the 16:30 boat back. The crossing takes 30 to 45 minutes, as 5 operators state; the arc starts at the end of the longest. No listed boat back leaves after this boat has arrived: that day ends with a night on the island.
Every operator sails only its own times, so book both legs with one operator and check its return before you pay. Times change by season.
Lengths are the operators' own; getting from the boat to the start of an activity is not in any listing, so leave slack. Prices read 13 November 2026.
| Return boat, Scoot Fast Cruises | IDR 450,000 about AUD 36, USD 25 or GBP 19 |
|---|---|
| Island levy, Klungkung Regency, foreign adult | IDR 25,000 about AUD 2, USD 1.4 or GBP 1 |
| Boat and levy | IDR 475,000 about AUD 38, USD 26 or GBP 20 |
| On the island | walk, or a scooter or driver agreed there |
Add the activity's listed price to the boat and the levy. The one-hour mangrove trip lists from US$9.84 per person (about AUD 14); the manta snorkel trip from US$26 per person (about AUD 38). Both list a pickup on Lembongan, not in Bali, so the boat stays yours to book.
Dollars at Bank Indonesia rates of 13 November 2026. Partner prices as listed, in the listing's currency.
perahu boat
30 to 45 minutes
Sanur to Nusa Lembongan by fast boat, as the operators state
jam hour
16:30
the last listed boat back to Sanur; the first boat out leaves at 7:30
sehari one day
8 hours 15 minutes
the most time on the island between those two boats
retribusi levy
IDR 25,000
island levy per foreign adult, Klungkung Regency (about AUD 2, USD 1.4 or GBP 1)
pelabuhan harbour
A day trip needs a boat out in the morning and a boat back in the afternoon from the same operator, because each sails only its own times. 6 operators list departures from Sanur between them; the earliest is 7:30 and the latest 17:00. Where you step off matters as much as when: it decides how far you are from the activity you booked.
| Operator | Listed from Sanur | Lands at |
|---|---|---|
| The Tanis Fast Cruise | 7:30, 8:30, 9:00, 12:00, 14:00 | its own concrete jetty at Mushroom Bay, no wet landing (Mushroom Bay private jetty) |
| Wijaya Buyuk | 7:30, 8:30, 9:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00 | Mushroom Bay, as its timetable names it |
| Scoot Fast Cruises | 9:30, 11:30, 14:00 | a beach: it describes itself as a beach-to-beach carrier |
| Rocky Fast Cruise | 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 17:00 | its private harbour in Telatak village, near the Yellow Bridge |
| El Rey Fast Cruise | 9:15, 13:00 | not stated |
| Arthamas Express | 9:15, 12:30, 14:30, 17:00 | not stated |
Back to Sanur, the listed departures from Lembongan are 8:15, 9:00, 10:30, 11:00, 13:00, 16:00, 16:30; Scoot's own are 10:30, 13:00, 16:30. Eka Jaya lists two ports, Banjar Nyuh; Yellow Bridge, the second of them on Lembongan. D'Camel Fast Ferry lists Lembongan among its stops but prints no timetable outside its booking engine, and D'Stars Fast Ferry states return transfers three times a day.
Pick by the landing as much as by the hour. Mushroom Bay sits in the south-west, close to Devil's Tear and Dream Beach; Rocky's harbour near the Yellow Bridge puts you a short ride from Ceningan; a beach landing means wading with your shoes in your hand. Every operator, its fares and its terms are compared on Sanur to Nusa Lembongan.
pelabuhan harbour
Boats to Lembongan leave from Sanur on Bali's south-east coast.
wisata touring
The activities below are sold from Lembongan, with a pickup on the island, so on a day trip you pair one or two of them with your own return boat. The lengths are each operator's, and none of them includes getting from your boat to the start. With the first boat out and the last boat back, a three-hour snorkel trip and the one-hour mangrove trip both fit with room to spare; the Klook full-day tour of both islands, at 10 hours as listed, does not, and belongs to a stay of a night or more.
Manta snorkel trip on Viator
Snorkel trip, kayak or massage by option on GetYourGuide
Mangrove trip on Viator
Snorkel trip with the mangroves on Viator
Island tour by safari truck on Viator
Snorkel and island day, join-in on Klook
Both islands, full day, join-in on Klook
The snorkel trips go to the manta bays and reef stops off Nusa Penida and back in a morning. A manta sighting is a likelihood on the day, never a promise; the Nusa Penida snorkelling page compares every trip, including the ones from Bali that skip Lembongan altogether. If you only want to snorkel, a Bali-based trip may be the simpler day; if you want the island as well, book the boat yourself and a Lembongan trip for the morning.
The mangrove trip lists 1 hour by kayak, paddleboard or boat, which makes it the activity that fits around any boat pair. Put it after a morning snorkel or before the boat back. The things to do on Nusa Lembongan page lays out every activity on a planner of mornings and afternoons, for a stay of one to three days.
jalan road
After a morning on the water, the free half of the day is on land. On Nusa Ceningan, the Blue Lagoon is 2.1 km in a straight line from the Yellow Bridge. On Lembongan's south-west coast, Dream Beach is 0.5 km in a straight line from Devil's Tear, and Mushroom Bay, where the Tanis and Wijaya Buyuk boats land, is 1.0 km in a straight line from Dream Beach. These are lines between the points, not routes, and no source gives a time by road; ask a driver at the landing.
Klungkung Regency stated in 2020 that a car bridge would be built beside the Yellow Bridge, so for now Ceningan is a scooter, a truck tour or your feet. The Nusa Ceningan page has the island's loop, and the Nusa Lembongan guide sets out how the island compares with Nusa Penida.
A Lembongan day is the shorter, smaller alternative to a Nusa Penida day trip, which spends more of its hours on the road between the big island's cliffs.
biaya cost
A day trip from Bali has three parts you pay for: the boat, the island levy and what you do on the island. Fares are the operators' listed adult prices in rupiah, with dollars beside them.
Scoot lists children at a lower fare, and Rocky's return costs less than two of its one-way fares. Three boat tickets are bookable through partners, each at its listed price on the day it was read:
Fast boat ticket, one way on Viator
Fast boat, Rocky Fast Cruise on 12Go
Fast boat, D'Camel Fast Ferry on 12Go
The Klungkung Regency tourism office calls it the Nusa Penida Tourism Levy. It states that from 21 February 2026 every visitor to Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan buys the ticket online at easybook.com. The levy poster the regency published with Easybook for that start, under its Regulation No. 8 of 2023, states one ticket covers Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Ceningan; the regency's Regulation No. 4 of 2026 lists Nusa Lembongan-Ceningan as a levy area of its own, separate from Nusa Penida, and the published text gives no amount for it. The costs on this page follow the poster: one Nusa Penida levy ticket. Maruti Express states the levy is not included in its boat fares, so budget it on top of the ticket. The Bali tourist levy is a separate provincial charge; the Bali tourist tax page adds every levy up for a group.
Then add the activity. The mangrove trip lists from US$9.84 per person (about AUD 14), the Viator snorkel trip to Manta Bay, Crystal Bay and the mangroves from US$21.09 per person (about AUD 31), and the Viator island tour from US$55.38 per person (about AUD 81), all read 13 November 2026. Ask whether a listing includes the levy before you pay it twice.
Dollar figures at Bank Indonesia rates: AUD of 13 November 2026, USD of 12 November 2026. Fares are the operators' listed prices of November 2026.
perahu boat
On a day trip the boat back is the one booking you cannot miss, so read the refund and cancellation terms before you choose an operator. Each one sets its own:
Several Sanur operators, among them Arjuna, El Rey, Wijaya Buyuk, Semaya One, Golden Queen and D'Stars, reserve the right to cancel without liability on the direction of the Indonesian Government or the Harbour Master direction. If the boat back is cancelled, a day trip becomes a night on the island, so keep a buffer before a flight home.
Scoot states its passenger insurance covers ages 4 to 70 years, and it recommends against travel for pregnant women in the first trimester, infants under three months and passengers over 80. Luggage is rarely a question on a day trip; Scoot allows two pieces up to 40 kg together.
ombak waves
The boats from Sanur cross the Badung Strait, and its swell changes with the season. Over 4 years of wave model data, the share of days with waves above the lower edge of the band the Indonesian weather agency BMKG calls moderate runs from 42% of days in November to 94% of days in July. The median daily highest wave is 1.2 m in November and 1.7 m in July.
These are shares of days over several years, not a forecast, and no figure here says whether a boat sails: that is for the operator and the harbour master on the day. On a higher-wave day the crossing can run to the long end of the stated range, which is why the clock above counts from the end of the longest crossing. The weather page has every month with rain and heat.
Wave data: Meteo-France MFWAM wave model, 2022 to 2025.
menginap staying the night
A day trip gives you the hours between the boats and no more. A night on the island turns it into two days with one night, which buys the parts a day trip leaves out: a sunset at Devil's Tear, the full-day tour of both islands, or a morning boat across to Nusa Penida. On the levy, Klungkung Regency's poster for the e-ticket start on 21 February 2026 says one ticket covers Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Ceningan, while its 2026 regulation lists Lembongan-Ceningan as a levy area of its own; ask at the Easybook check which applies to your stay.
The where to stay on Nusa Lembongan page sorts the island by stretch of coast and by which boat lands nearest your bed, and the things to do on Nusa Lembongan page plans the extra days.
pertanyaan questions
Yes, if you keep the day to the island's short distances. Between the first listed boat out and the last listed boat back you have up to 8 hours 15 minutes on Lembongan. A morning snorkel trip, an hour in the mangroves and an afternoon at the Yellow Bridge or Devil's Tear fit; a full-day tour of both islands does not.
The 5 operators that state a crossing time give 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the boat and the sea. Timetables list departures from Sanur from 7:30 to 17:00. Each operator lands at its own point: a jetty at Mushroom Bay, a beach, or a harbour near the Yellow Bridge.
The last listed departures from Nusa Lembongan to Sanur leave at 16:30; the earliest leave at 8:15. Each operator sails only its own times, so check the return of the operator you book. Operators and the Harbour Master may cancel a sailing in bad weather.
On your own, a Scoot Fast Cruises return and the adult island levy come to IDR 475,000 (about AUD 38, USD 26 or GBP 20). Add your activity: the mangrove trip lists from US$9.84 per person (about AUD 14) and the manta snorkel trip from US$26 per person (about AUD 38), read 13 November 2026.
Yes. Nusa Ceningan is joined to Lembongan by the Yellow Bridge, and the Blue Lagoon on its west coast is 2.1 km in a straight line from the bridge. Rocky Fast Cruise lands near the bridge, and the Viator island tour lists both islands in 3 to 4 hours.
The pages that settle the next question after the day trip:
Sanur to Lembongan, operator by operator Things to do Stay a night instead Nusa Ceningan Snorkelling Tourist tax Nusa Penida day trip The Lembongan guide
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