Location
Villa Casa Mio is located in the Gili islands of northwest Lombok, making it one of the best hotels to stay at while in Gili Air island. Although Gili Air is closest to the Lombok mainland it is the most overlooked of the three Gili islands in terms of development. However, that is all set to change as the market here is geared very much towards the budget traveller and tropical island explorer. A lot of visitors actually prefer the grass roots atmosphere of Gili Air and the feeling of really being part of a close knit local community.
Island hopper boats are the preferred mode of transport to Gili Air from Gili Trawangan, neighbouring Gili Meno and mainland Lombok. Gili Air is a thirty minute ride from Gili Trawangan with boats leaving from Trawangan harbour at 9.30am and 4.00pm and stopping at Gili Meno first before continuing onto Gili Air at approximately 9.45am and 4.15pm . Boats from the Lombok mainland leave from Bangsal at irregular intervals when the outriggers are full with a maximum carriage of twenty people. Rather than waiting for the boats to fill it’s possible to purchase the remaining tickets and effectively speed up your departure; the option for a full charter boat is fixed price. Try to avoid the Bangsal touts and head to the Koperassi Karya Bahari building on the beach to purchase tickets where prices are fixed and clearly posted on the wall.
