Lombok Travel Guide

Banyumulek
Banyumulek is the famous sasak pottery village near Mataram.

Sukarare
weavingThis is a village of weavers south of Cakranegara. Lombok is known for its brightly Patterned songket cloth. People have been making it on their handlooms for many generations.

Sengkol, Pujut and Rambitan
Time seems to have frozen in these three villages in southern Lombok on the road from the capital to Kuta Beach. All the houses and barns are built in the age- old traditional style where life itself appears to be as it always has been. The arid savanna-like landscape of this area is impressive even in its starkness.

Kuta Beach
No, its not Kuta beach in Bali, its a white sand beach in south Lombok. A steady 1 hour 45 minutes drive from Mataram will take you to the south coast of Lombok where the village and resort area of Kuta is situated. One of Indonesia's most stunning beaches with wide stretches of deserted sand beach, crystal-clear waters and picturesque out crops of rock. And with its superb surf breaks, Kuta is one of the most popular surf areas of Lombok.

Passing through several small Sasak villages on the way to Kuta, one gets the chance to see how traditional hand made Sasak pottery and handicraft is made and the opportunity to shop for a bargain or two.