The T-Rex beach, located at the southern tip of Nusa Penida Island, Bali, Indonesia, never fails to captivate visitors. And in this post I will tell you about my journey to visit Nusa Penida Island.
To reach the island, I have to take a fast boat ride from a harbor in Bali where I live. When I got into Sanur Harbor that morning, I was a bit worried. Crossing the sea on a fast boat to the island is the least enjoyable part of the trip, but I have taken some medicine to avoid seasickness. Well, to my surprise, the voyage was smooth because the sea was so calm at the time.
Forty-five minutes later, I arrived at the harbor of Nusa Penida and met the driver who will take us around into the island. We (me and three other tourists) went into Kadek's car. Then, Kadek started driving us through villages, farms, and forests on the western coast of Nusa Penida.
An hour later, we arrived at the first stop. It's a place called Broken Beach and Angel Bilabong. (These places were close to each other.) If you think about the names, you will think about sand on the beach. But, sorry to tell you, there are only volcanic rocks by the beach. What makes it special is that the view is really stunning.
Next, we drove to a shortcut road, a dirt road, into the T-Rex beach. It only takes us 25 minutes drive from this place.
T-Rex beach was the name given to this beach because of the cliff located there resembled that a t-rex. The local name is Kelingking beach.
Despite the heat, there were many visitors in this place. They took photos with the "T-rex" as the background.
As the day progressed, the sun became so hot. It's about 35 degrees Celsius or more. Some of the tourists who were not get accustomed to the heat and humidity tried to find shades or cafes to avoid the sun.
We were actually on the top of a cliff as we look at the "T-rex". It is possible to get down to the cliff bottom through stairs. But that will take a lot of time, as we had some other places to visit, we continued our journey skipping the beach at the bottom of the cliff.
After we got some lunch at the local restaurant, we had another stop where some of us went snorkeling. After that final stop, we hopped on the fast boat again to go back to Bali.