Last visited May 2014.
Safe swimming expanse side past times side the Ayodya Resort far halt of Nusa Dua southward beach. This turns into Geger Beach past times the corner mid distance. The strip of sand far distance is a split beach below the really expensive Nikko Bali resort on the Bukit plateau..
Actually the Nusa Dua south-Geger expanse is pretty prophylactic swimming-wise existence protected from bigger waves past times a fringing reef you lot may improve reckon if you lot click-expand image. Nevertheless in that location was a chip of a tidal side drag out close that boat when I went for a swim, hence the hotel is maybe non wasting its coin employing this guy. Poor dude seemed pretty bored - eager for a chat. Fancy standing in that location all twenty-four hr menses amongst cipher to exercise but orbit out Russian bikini babes.
In 2013 saw a Trip Adviser article on the world's unforgettable beaches which mentioned southward Bali's Geger hence I figured I improve cash inwards one's chips banking concern check it out the following visit. When I learned Geger was genuinely an extension of Nusa Dua's southern beach I realized I could also revisit Nusa Dua for the starting fourth dimension time inwards years. Well I saw plenty of Geger Beach that trip but I can't tell I was as good conscientious roofing Nusa Dua, spending most fourth dimension in that location walking the southern beach or shopping/eating at the Bali Collection mall. So when I returned to Bali inwards May 2014 I made a point of staying at Nusa Dua's northern extension, Tanjung Benoa as well as checking both areas fairly comprehensively. However I did non acquire the peril to recheck the Geger Beach expanse hence that data is straight off a twelvemonth old.
Google world picture shows Bukit Badung which is the southern most 5% of Bali. The tilted limestone Bukit plateau covers the western 2/3 of this - Nusa Dua as well as Tanjung Benoa are the eastern seaside areas of the remaining lowland area.
The Nusa Dua strip is well-nigh 10km south-east of the airport. Traffic used to live horrendous along the means as well as it the trip took a goodness thirty minutes+ most times of the day. But banking concern annotation those mid-bay lines going thru the distance scale close the 5km grade - that's a novel Bali Mandara by-pass starting side past times side the airdrome which when opened latterly greatly eased access. Another branch goes northward to run across the master copy route north-east to Sanur as well as beyond, which cuts out a subdivision of fifty-fifty busier master copy road. This is a toll route - at 10000idr (less than a dollar) it is really goodness value. I reckon our 2014 trip from Sanur to Tanjung Benoa was cutting from an hr to well-nigh 20 minutes past times using this.
It's kinda hard denoting the edge betwixt Nusa Dua as well as the Tanjung Benoa expanse but the full general consensus it that it's around the start of the peninsula where I direct maintain drawn inwards the white line.
In 2013 stayed at the Swiss Belhotel Segara bottom left (the closest affordable-to-me articulation to Geger) which classes itself as a Nusa Dua hotel - all the same it is genuinely on the lower slopes of the eastern Bukit limestone plateau over 2km from Geger Beach but fortunately amongst a gratis hourly shuttle. There is also some other gratis hourly shuttle to the Bali Collection mall but inwards a higher house the middle of image.
In 2014 I stayed at Bali Club Mirage on the Tanjung Beno peninsula but out of picture - reckon subsequently data as well as shots.
In 2014 I stayed at Bali Club Mirage on the Tanjung Beno peninsula but out of picture - reckon subsequently data as well as shots.
THE BEACHES - FROM THE WEST
The Mulia's (lower left) beachfront wings direct maintain upwardly most of the southern one-half of Geger. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bunch of budget restaurants is located where the populace access route hits the beach but southward of my Geger Bch house marker. Immediately northward of this marking tin live seen the St Regis. That cleared zone around the distance scale business belongs to the Bali Golf as well as Country Club which extends across the route - they seem to live redeveloping the beach side subdivision although I would non live surprised to observe the purpose nearest the beach sold off to a hotel developer. The Novotel Nusa Dua is located on inland side of that structure zone but inwards a higher house the 0 of the distance scale but has a dainty picayune beach venture subdivision almost side past times side the tip of the blue "north" symbol.
North of the distance scale business the beach becomes Nusa Dua South. The starting fourth dimension hotel is the Ayodya. The cleared zone is the Anarterra under reconstruction. The star fish resort northward of this is the Grand Hyatt.
GEGER
The resort subdivision of the Mulia dominates the southern one-half of Geger but the St Regis starts non far past times halfway as well as is pretty unobtrusive from the beachfront (if you lot click-expand you lot may but live able to reckon the rooftops farther from the beach). St Regis' novel structure is closer the far corner of the beach as well as could live to a greater extent than visually intrusive on completion. This is the peril for you lot subsequent trip reporters to cash inwards one's chips stars.
Near Geger's halfway request a populace access lane arrives from the master copy road, This is where Swiss-Belhotel Segara's gratis hourly shuttle drops people. The expanse has a one-half adozen inexpensive restaurants, many of which rent these sunlbounges as well as H2O sports equipment, although I got the impression that the lounges were gratis for eating theatre users. Area quite popular.
About 200m northward of the budget restaurants is the extensive St Regis Sun lounge area. The edifice behind the palms at left is well-nigh as intrusive as the house shortly gets along the beachfront - I wasn't aware of the resort as I passed by. At the far halt of these sunlounges......
....is a little expanse where the Novotel Nusa Dua has its beach venture area. I'm non certain how users access from the resort which is inland on the other side of the route from the St Regis, but the people on the lounges (mainly non-English speaking Russians when I wanted some information - but i cutie inwards the typical minimalist bikini had no problems. Bless her.) looked a pretty contented lot. Nice area. I notice Novotel's website claims this expanse their "Private Beach". No dubiousness the Sun lounges are non for outsiders but the greater beach expanse is opened upwardly to all.
Geger's fringing reef well-nigh 600m offshore protects the beach from tricky waves as well as also provides a few goodness surfing breaks (as does side past times side Nusa Dua South - although whatever surfer worth his/her chops should live ripping [or getting destroyed] at non as good distant Uluwatu/Padang-Padang/Bingin/Balangan. Plus this expanse is improve inwards the moisture flavour when winds are off-shore as well as hence stand upwardly the waves upwardly as well as smoothen the moving ridge faces). The distant moving ridge inwards shot was in all probability 2m addition as well as seemed fast plenty to live entertaining.
The protected lagoon gets a fair tidal make - maybe 3m - this shot taken solely an hr curt of lowest tide showed plenty of H2O - those fishermen are maybe 200m offshore as well as are waist deep.
I took the human face upwardly mask out into this zone - bounding main grass as well as broken coral from the reef addition patches of sandy bottom would live interesting plenty for novice snorkellers. No dubiousness in that location is okay alive coral out close the reef but I was as good lazy to swim out there.
I shot this from the headland at the southern halt of Geger which has a rather dainty temple. Nikko's buildings are upwardly top as well as you lot tin reckon purpose of the beach below. This is well-nigh as closed as I got - the safety guys on the gate at Nikko whre non as good encouraging to outsiders (well non to fossil oil looking bums similar me) as well as you lot tin reckon that walking the shoreline inwards non an option, so.........
........I pinched this peachy shot past times Parapeter (Panoramio)
This is no little piece of sand at almost 2km long - as well as others are moving in. In typical Bali fashion at to the lowest degree three other resorts seem to live nether structure inwards this Google world picture dated 0?/2013. If you lot click-expand the 06/2013 motion painting 2 inwards a higher house this you lot tin reckon some of the structure cranes.
I'm annoyed amongst myself for non exploring the expanse to a greater extent than thoroughly- my Swiss Belhotel Segara is non as good far out of shot as well as a slightly bigger expanse on Google world seems to present alternative beach access. But I had solely 2 days hither at the halt of a multi-stop Bali trip as well as what I generally wanted to exercise was laze past times my hotel's huge pools as well as brand occupation of other facilities means inwards a higher house my commons accommodation standard.
THE SWISS BELHOTEL SEGARA
This articulation may non live as flash as a lot of the resorts inwards the part but it is soundless a pretty dainty place. Note I direct maintain added SEGARA each advert - in that location are a release of Swiss Belhotels inwards Bali including the nearby BAYVIEW who's seat beachwise is non especially good. Closer to the airdrome though although SEGARA is non as good bad inwards this honour (about 12km - 80k rp 06/13).
Our room overlooked this puddle (first shot is from our balcony) - in that location is some other of equal size on the other side of the hotel amongst a large shallow subdivision for kids. Hotel pretty busy but in that location was never a shortage of Sun lounges.
Nyet Nikita! "Don't pinch the food" sign on leave of absence from the splendid breakfast buffet. Guests seemed to live over 50% Indonesian, followed past times Chinese, as well as hence Russians/other westerners well-nigh equal at maybe 10% each. Bit perplexing why nearly all of the text is monolingual.
NUSA DUA SOUTH aka Mengiat Bch. 
The coastline changes direction at this little bay from heading nne to nnw.
My elcheapo Olympus had difficulty stitching this panorama shot together (nothing to exercise amongst the incompetence of the operator). Nevertheless it gives a goodness thought of its scale - the beach is solely 500m long. Not especially attractive inwards this depression tide shot but in all probability quite dainty at higher levels. Anyway attractive Nusa Dua South as well as North beaches are each side. The Bali Collection shopping/restaurant mall is behind this bay. These panorama shots click-expand nicely.
There are some cool bars as well as eats joints behind the cardinal bay including Pirates' Bay Cafe as well as Restaurant.
NUSA DUA NORTH
This 850m stetch of sand is equal imho to Nusa Dua southward as well as Geger. Still protected from the reef which runs most of the means to the northern tip of Tanjung Beno. Some fine hotels behind this beach including the Melia, Laguna, Westin, Nusa Dua Beach Hotel, Nusa Indah, Sheraton Lagoon.
The beach-side coastal path starts dorsum at the Central Bay as well as runs nearly 5km to 800m curt of the northern most purpose of the Tanjung Benoa peninsula. In a few places non backed past times resorts drifting sand or expanding vegetation has obscured the path. And high halt resort The Conrad has allowed the same, no dubiousness to dissuade plebs similar me from passing past times their resort. Take a bow for civic inclusiveness, The Conrad.
Many of the resorts behind the path direct maintain really attractive beachside bar/cafes.
Nusa Dua nth from the other (north) end. Sweet.
Much of the Nusa Dua resort strip is inwards a split chemical compound amongst safety checks on the entrance roads. It's a unlike world inwards in that location - Bali's narrow, hectic, crowded streets are replaced past times broad boulevards as well as pristine landscaping. Many tell this is non the existent Bali, but for those wanting goodness international cast accommodation, eating as well as shopping at venues which frequently present the Balinese touch, but few of the normal hassles, this tin live an agreeable location. The diverse attractions of exterior Bali are a taxi or jitney trip away, after which they tin escape dorsum to their haven of peace as well as quiet.
I shot this from the free Bali Collection shuttle.
THE GROYNE BEACHES - MOSTLY TANJUNG BENOA
Heading northward i time again nosotros direct maintain a serial of smaller beaches, separated past times groynes, little breakwaters aimed at trapping laterally-drifting sand to tedious erosion/build beaches.
Count 'em - 17 inwards all over some 3km. Generally the beaches are wider as well as the resorts flasher inwards the south, but in that location is cipher incorrect amongst the northern-most beach as well as its resort, the Grand Mirage-Thalasso - very nice. Note that some resorts percentage beaches - others direct maintain their ain exclusive patches of sand. Once i time again some fine resorts along this strip including Sofitel, Bali Tropic Palace, Conrad (hiss!), Royal Santrian, Oasis, Aston, Peninzula, Villa Bintang.
The southern most purpose of this expanse is definitely soundless Nusa Dua - the northern safety gate is past times the entrance route to Club Med which is behind the s to fifth breakwaters. However plenty of resorts farther northward claim to live Nusa Dua Resorts. Club Med has the biggest grounds inwards the whole Nusa Dua/Benoa strip.
Local dudes relaxing on groyne bale close total tide. Low tide would reckon sand exposed out to halt of groyne.
Local dudes angling the channel off groyne bale.
A few of the groyne beaches direct maintain no resorts yet - amongst less incentive for a daily beach clean-up, the sand tin acquire messy.
At lowest tide things acquire existent shallow towards the northern halt of the groyne beaches. This subdivision off the twelfth to 14th groynes saw people walking out to the reef to exercise some fossiking. Area is covered past times 3m of H2O at total tide.
NORTH BENOA BEACH
The lastly strip of sand on the peninsula runs 1200m to inside a curt distance of the top of the peninsula. The southern most 200m is a chip skinny - hard to walk as well as cash inwards one's chips along dry out close total tide. Most of the residual of the beach has plenty of sand but is non as attractive imho as those farther south.
There are relatively few beach-side resorts along this long strip of sand - mainly because the master copy route is as good closed to the beach to allow large developments. Look for Bali Khama, Bali Reef, Chedi, Segara Condotel. Nevertheless the shore is crowded amongst H2O sports centers, restaurants, bars as well as beach clubs, quite a few of which are attached to large flash resorts similar Ramada and Novotel across the master copy route from the beach.
Beach from northern end. Hundreds of boats hither - many of them amongst glass-bottoms for lagoon/inner reef cruising. It seems this subdivision of Tanjung Benoa is the H2O sports upper-case missive of the alphabet of southward Bali amongst tourists coming from all over to cruise, jet ski, H2O ski, ride a banana boat or similar the dude below, exercise a Jet Jackson....
This western guy was doing an aquatic JJ routine off breakwater at northern halt of beach - could exercise back-flips, somersaults, undulations similar a swimming dolphin - much to the appreciation of a large band of local watchers who cheered as well as applauded. Note Mount Agung peeking inwards a higher house clouds inwards background.
I walked a few blocks to the northern tip of the peninsula where the channel goes thru to Benoa harbour. That is southward Sanur across the other side. There are some okay seafood restaurants lining the shore here.
THE CLUB BALI MIRAGE - OUR 2014 ACCOMMODATION
I was pretty keen on staying inwards i of the seaside resorts but most of these are means beyond my pocket-size budget. The best manage I could observe at fourth dimension of booking was this Tanjung Benoa joint, betwixt the 15th as well as 16th groynes. Okay, it is non as large as well as flash as most others as well as some user reviews complained that it was showing a chip of article of apparel as well as tear. But despite needing a lick of pigment hither as well as there, everything was inwards goodness working order, it was clean, our large comfy room was fully equipped, populace spaces were spacious as well as attractive, the beach-side puddle was sweet, the house was tranquillity at night, the inclusive buffet breakfast a goodness one. Other nutrient was pretty dainty at prices above budget levels but non unreasonable past times Bali standards as well as a manage past times western standards. Budget diners could observe inexpensive meals inwards the H2O sports complex following door to the southward - unfortunately this closed at 1600. There was a bunch of tourist restaurants across the route a curt distance northward but these seemed no less expensive, frequently dearer than Club Mirage's. And noisier. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 goodness sized supermarket was straight across the route from the hotel.
Club Bali Mirage's staff was fine. Free access to the much swisher sis resort's gym (the Grand Mirage-Thalassso straight to the north) as well as a gratis shuttle jitney to the Bali Collection shopping mall were bonuses.
Pool dainty house to pass time, as was....
....the beach. Doesn't expression hence hot hither at dead depression tide but attractive plenty most other times despite existence the shortest as well as narrowest of the groyne hotels' beaches. And if you lot desire something bigger hike northward to the side past times side sis resort Grand Bali - Thalasso's bigger beach. Their pool/beach towels are the same (Club Mirage's expression hand-me-downs) as well as nobody hassled several of our guests who used both the beach lounges as well as impressive pool.
Note that at total tide the H2O goes correct upwardly to the sunlounges.
My favourite beach fourth dimension was around sunset amongst a bottle of duty gratis rum. No grand sunsets on this east-facing coast but to the northward Mt Agung commonly trying to clear its cloud encompass was a dainty backdrop.
Sumber http://tezza-thailandbeachesandislands.blogspot.com/GEGER
The protected lagoon gets a fair tidal make - maybe 3m - this shot taken solely an hr curt of lowest tide showed plenty of H2O - those fishermen are maybe 200m offshore as well as are waist deep.
I took the human face upwardly mask out into this zone - bounding main grass as well as broken coral from the reef addition patches of sandy bottom would live interesting plenty for novice snorkellers. No dubiousness in that location is okay alive coral out close the reef but I was as good lazy to swim out there.
So is Geger Beach mainland Bali”s best as the Trip Advisor article infers? It is a fine stretch of sand protected past times that offshore reef as well as amongst clear H2O which appears non to acquire as good shallow at depression tide. It doesn't acquire the hawkers which tin brand other Bali beaches a chip tiresome for some people. But nearly one-half is straight off dominated past times the huge Mulia Resort as well as Spa which peradventure has taken some of its quondam quaintness away. I don't intend it is whatever improve than side past times side Nusa Dua south. I prefer the Bukit's non as good distant Balangan (although that house gets the depression tide blues) as well as Dreamland aka New Kuta Beach - although the surf makes them non as tike friendly.
The Mulia is huge - it took me over 10 minutes to walk past times route from the budget restaurants to the top entrance gate (the resort is built on a gentle gradient away from the beach) to the left of my "Mulia villas" placemark, but I bet villa owners/renters direct maintain electrical golf game buggy thingies or similar to zip to the beach as well as elsewhere. I thought the beachfront puddle was pretty large (I but mensurate it at 80m long on Google Earth) but that cardinal puddle is appreciably larger (approx 110x60) as well as a close-up shows at to the lowest degree 8 other smaller "public" pools addition most villas seem to direct maintain a little private pool. Wow.
UPDATE - I notice some other hotel, the Mantra Nusa Dua, takes upwardly purpose of the top subdivision of the expanse shown. It runs a gratis shuttle downward to Geger beach.
UPDATE - I notice some other hotel, the Mantra Nusa Dua, takes upwardly purpose of the top subdivision of the expanse shown. It runs a gratis shuttle downward to Geger beach.
NIKKO'S BEACH
This is westward of Geger beach as well as is technically non a Nusa Dua beach but i of the Bukit Plateau's many strips of sand. So as good arguably is Geger.
I'm annoyed amongst myself for non exploring the expanse to a greater extent than thoroughly- my Swiss Belhotel Segara is non as good far out of shot as well as a slightly bigger expanse on Google world seems to present alternative beach access. But I had solely 2 days hither at the halt of a multi-stop Bali trip as well as what I generally wanted to exercise was laze past times my hotel's huge pools as well as brand occupation of other facilities means inwards a higher house my commons accommodation standard.
THE SWISS BELHOTEL SEGARA
This articulation may non live as flash as a lot of the resorts inwards the part but it is soundless a pretty dainty place. Note I direct maintain added SEGARA each advert - in that location are a release of Swiss Belhotels inwards Bali including the nearby BAYVIEW who's seat beachwise is non especially good. Closer to the airdrome though although SEGARA is non as good bad inwards this honour (about 12km - 80k rp 06/13).
We were upgraded to a Premier Pool View room which had all you lot would expression of a goodness three to 4 star hotel. The bed was sinfully comfortable, the large terrace overlooked i of the pools as well as the expanse quiet. Only electrical load was tedious drainage from the sink as well as bath. Free wifi reception was good.
The eating theatre served dainty nutrient at prices maybe 70% higher than budget restaurants downward at Geger Beach, but soundless a manage past times western standards. The hotel’s inclusive buffet breakfast was fine amongst a goodness selection. Cheaper non-budget dining was available past times taking the gratis hourly shuttle 10 minutes into Nusa Dua to the Bali Collection shopping mall which is a goodness expanse for browsing amongst a span of large subdivision stores, many specialty shops as well as a few minimarts.
Staff surgical operation inwards all areas was outstanding. Reception seemed keen to supply belatedly checkout if vacancies allow. The gratis fifteen infinitesimal massage at the spa which was pretty nice. That expanse also has a basic gym amongst treadmills, a stationary cycle as well as a treadmill.
NUSA DUA SOUTH aka Mengiat Bch.
Geger becomes Nusa Dua South beach past times this point. I thought this long (1200m) beach was as attractive - maybe to a greater extent than hence because the resorts tended to live hiding behind beachfront palms. Maybe the Mulia hasn't got around to this yet - they were soundless working on beachfront ceramic landscaping inwards early on June 2013. Updates welcomed.
From the other (northen) end.
This is shot close lowest tide but in that location is soundless plenty of H2O for swimming. Some fine hotels behind this beach including the Grand Hyatt, Amanterra as well as Ayodya. Note that a top inwards the reef allows access to goodness surfing on the exterior break. My sense of this type of moving ridge suggests solely experts should apply.
No demand for surfer dudes to convey their ain boards, plenty on hire - but I saw i 40s-something western hooligan departing the beach on a skateboard amongst his surfboard nether his arm as well as a bikini clad 18yo local cutie inwards tow. I gotta acquire dorsum to surfing.
NUSA DUA CENTRALFrom the other (northen) end.
The coastline changes direction at this little bay from heading nne to nnw.
NUSA DUA NORTH
I shot this from the free Bali Collection shuttle.
THE GROYNE BEACHES - MOSTLY TANJUNG BENOA
The southern most purpose of this expanse is definitely soundless Nusa Dua - the northern safety gate is past times the entrance route to Club Med which is behind the s to fifth breakwaters. However plenty of resorts farther northward claim to live Nusa Dua Resorts. Club Med has the biggest grounds inwards the whole Nusa Dua/Benoa strip.
NORTH BENOA BEACH
THE CLUB BALI MIRAGE - OUR 2014 ACCOMMODATION
Club Bali Mirage's staff was fine. Free access to the much swisher sis resort's gym (the Grand Mirage-Thalassso straight to the north) as well as a gratis shuttle jitney to the Bali Collection shopping mall were bonuses.
Note that at total tide the H2O goes correct upwardly to the sunlounges.
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