In Reply to: Must do's on Gili T? posted by struth on Tuesday, 19. February 2008 at 16:17 Bali Time:
As I am not a party animal, my two must dos on GT are snorkelling and visiting the Japanese Cave.
Simply roll up near the jetty at 10 am and for Rp 60,000 for the trip plus Rp 10,000 to hire flippers you can go on a six hour snorkelling trip around all three islands. On my trip, I saw a large turtle swimming underwater and a Japanese wreck. Others saw a giant clam. We had lunch at a small restaurant on Gili Air which is not included in the price.
If walk to the back of the village and along a wall, you will see concrete steps going up to the Communications Tower on top of the hill. The steps stretch for about a kilometre. When you get to the top there is a great view of the islands. Walk around the tower and follow the track at the back. You will see a small sign in English and Japanese. Walk down a slippery slope for twenty metres and you will see the entrance to a L shaped Japanese Cave. The cave looks like something out of the film "Letters from Iwo Jima". It has been blasted out of the rock. It has about a one metre high entrance and is about four metres wide. I walked in about twenty metres but did not fully explore the cave as I did not have a torch.
You can return the way you came or walk down another set of concrete steps on the other side of the hill. If you do so, you will arrive at the "The Stud" - a horse riding place. Keep walking towards the beach and follow the path back to the village.
I was in GT last week.