Where to stay in Nusa Penida
A rugged island off the southeast coast — jaw-dropping cliffs like Kelingking Beach, snorkelling with manta rays, and a wilder, less-developed feel. A classic day trip.
Nusa Penida is bigger, drier and far wilder than Lembongan, and the distances are what people get wrong. The west coast holds Kelingking, Angel's Billabong and Broken Beach; Atuh and Diamond Beach are on the opposite side, and crossing between them is a slow hour on roads that have improved but are still steep and rough in stretches. Most of the accommodation sits in the north around Toyapakeh and Ped, near the harbours.
It suits strong swimmers, photographers, and anyone happy to spend a day in a car or on a scooter to reach a viewpoint. It suits nervous drivers and anyone with mobility limits badly: the famous beaches are reached by long, steep stairways cut into the cliffs, and several have no safe exit from the water.
Two nights beats a day trip. The day trips run the whole island in one exhausting loop, and the island is at its best early and late, when they are not there.
Nusa Penida at a glance
- Best for
- Day-trip · cliffs
- Typical nightly rate
- US$13 – US$91
- Places to stay
- 251
- Things worth seeing
- 209
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