Kanawa

Breakfast at hotel's terrace and decide which island to move to. Also we needed to arrange a boat trip to Lombok and some diving. We managed the boat trip through Kencana Tour & Travel, just in front of Gardena Hotel and the diving with Bajo Dive. 

In front of Labuan Bajo there is Kanawa & Seraya, two beautiful tiny islands where you can spend some days isolated from the world. We decided to go for Kanawa. Their office is on the main road, not far from the hotel and they have a boat that leaves everyday at 12, so be there earlier. The island has 16 bungalows by the beach, a pier with hammocks and puffs, a restaurant and two deer.

The snorkeling is incredible with tons of fish, coral, turtles, reef shark, etc. You can climb the hill for the sunset or watch the sunrise from your bungalow terrace. Beautiful skies full of stars at night. 

We stayed here for three nights regretting a little not staying longer. It became one of our favorite places in Indonesia and with luck we'll come back to visit again someday. By the time we were there, there was an Italian fellow building bungalows in another island close by, might be worthy to check them out.

Diving was amazing and although we would have liked to be with less people, the sites were worthy. On the first dive we got huge napoleon, lots of reef sharks, turtles, etc. For the second dive we were taken to manta point were we snorkeled with them for a bit and then dive holding to the ground against a mild current. Mantas were all over sliding like in slow motion, great experience.

Price Reference:

Kanawa Bungalows: 250K IDR 

Dive: 1.75M IDR, 2 people, 2 dives each, boat pick up at Kanawa

Food: 25-50K meal