Exploring Menjangan Island Bali

If you love fauna, you must visit Menjangan Island Bali or Deer Island. The Deer Island is a part of West Bali National Park located in the northwest of Teluk Terima. This sanctuary island occupies a 175-hectare area. The name of Menjangan Island was derived from the name of wild Javanese deer. If you want to go to Menjangan Island, you can take a boat departed from Labuhan Lalang port or from Terima Bay.



Menjangan Island Bali is known as the location for having a great scuba diving and snorkeling experience. It is where you are able to encounter a wide variety of fish in various sizes, colors and shapes. Statistics mentions that there are approximately 110 reefs species and 226 reef’s fish species. When you go diving in Menjangan Island, you will enjoy a spectacular unspoiled coral, a great variety of tropical fish, and also a view of a small shipwreck 600 m out. However, when you are diving, you must pay extra attention to the presence of stinging jellyfish. They can sting you and you will be in a pain within an hour.

In order to preserve the beauty of the reef there are some prohibition that have to be observed such as it is not allowed to fish in diving area, destructing or pilfering the reefs, feeding the fish or anchoring, etc. To ensure the observance of the prohibitions a traditional maritime security force (pecalang laut) patrols around the island.

Besides the wonderful underworld, Menjangan Island Bali is also famous for the oldest temple in Bali called as The Gili Kencana Temple. This temple was believed to be built under the Majapahit period. Besides the Gili Kencana Temple, there are also the other three temples known as Segara Giri Temple, Klenting Sari Temple and also Gajah Mada Temple. So many people come to these four temples, especially during the holiday season, because it is believed that people who give a visit and pay homage here will be rewarded with kids. That’s why, many couples who haven’t got any children are often coming to these temples, and wishing to get children.