Manta Dive Gili Air Resort

Great staff and clean, spacious room with outdoor bathroom. Highly recommend if you’re staying in Gili Air, especially if you’re planning to go scuba diving as well. We will be back for our next Gili Air trip

Это был шикарный отель ,с просторными номерами ,балкон с удобными лежаками .Ела очень вкусная ,бар на бассейне с улыбчивым персоналом .Обязательно вернусь снова

小園子房間不錯，都隱藏在葱鬱的植物裏。出酒店就可以浮潛看珊瑚，但是酒店居然一共衹有兩個吹風機。人家借了不還你就沒辦法吹頭髮。

화장실이 룸안에 있냐는 말이 예스라고 답을 들었습니다 과연 룸안에 화장실이 있었지만 실외에 위치한 공개된 화장실이었습니다 이색적이고 좋았습니다 위치도 항구랑 가까워서 좋았습니다 다만 동쪽이라 일출은 보기 줗지만 일몰 보기에는 좀 많이 걸어야합니다 화장실이 야외인만큼 개미나 곤충이 많이 있고 룸안으로 들어옵니다

This was our second visit to Manta Dive at Gili Air, and we are already booked to go again in six months' time. We stayed at their garden bungalow accommodation and dived every day with them. We're both dive instructors with a lot of diving experience, but are also both past retirement age and appreciated the extra care the boat staff and our dive guide Mul took with us. The air-conditioned accommodation is excellent, with bottles of drinking water in the room, to supplement the drinking water that is freely available in the outdoor reception area. The bed is comfortable, though for our liking the pillows are a little too thick and huge. There is a fridge and a safe and a semi-outdoors bathroom, with plentiful hot water and a laundry service is available. Each bungalow has a private outdoor verandah with a drying rack and seating. Bring mosquito spray for the evenings, as there is a plug-in insect repellant, but they are persistent! For early risers, the 6.30am sunrises over Lombok island are spectacular. We observed many try dives and Open Water and Advanced dive courses being taught by the patient, knowledgeable and relaxed but safety-conscious Manta Dive instructors. Rafi, Ayu and Mariana are only mentioned by name because we did not get the names of a couple of others, who were also exhibiting excellent practice. We don't think we have ever seen such careful attention paid to beginner divers in our 25 years+ diving. Nothing was too much trouble, and we are sure this is why divers of all experience come back time and again to Manta Dive. Last time we visited, we dived with an excellent guide named Opik. Unfortunately he was off sick this time, but our young guide Mul was an equally perceptive, attentive and welcome replacement. He worked for two weeks to ensure that every dive was an unforgettable experience. We saw white-tip sharks, turtles, blubberlip snappers, but even more amazing, considering one of us has fairly poor eyesight, were the seahorses, ****y scorpion fish, leaf fish and nudibranchs that he took infinite care and time to show us. Divers are placed in an experience-appropriate small group with a guide/instructor. Breakfast is included in the accommodation price, with muesli, fruit, yogurt, juice and coffee, or cooked alternatives. A simple but varied lunch is also available after the two dives in the morning. We are pushed to think of any negatives, except maybe, as everywhere on Gili Air, you could find a lot of smokers in the outdoor areas of the dive centre - you might want to position yourselves upwind!

Manta dive was a good resort to stay at for diving - the staff were friendly and obviously passionate about their work and the area they work in. They knew their dive sites well and the guided dives were well-organized, friendly, and safe. The rooms were a little dated, and the bed linens could be renewed -rips and such made them feel a little old. The resort is 3-star, but I was surprised that there weren't bedside tables, the mini fridge was empty and the rooms were basic and bare. Likewise the pool was pretty but missing tiles and not very clean most of our stay. The food was very tasty in the restaurant, (although please provide earlier times for coffee in the morning if possible for us early risers) Again though, if you are there to dive, all of these things were irrelevant to a great diving holiday.

Everyone is super friendly, the rooms are basic, but very clean and tidy, however your not going to spend too much time in the room anyway. The diving is excellent. My partner and i took the beginners dive. Our instructor was Zac, he's a top bloke and helped my pattern immensely as she was really struggling at first. She is now completely hooked on diving and we are already looking at our next trip and will be back to dive with the excellent team at Gili Air Manta dive. Thank you all so much!

We stayed for 10 nights and went diving with them for 3 weeks. Chose before we arrived to try a second accomodation with a private pool but could have happily stayed here for the full 3 weeks. We stayed in a deluxe bungalow, room is a nice size, bed is comfy pillows are great. Aircon works well, bathroom is beautiful with roof over most but shower area open. There are 2 small dipping pools with 10 loungers between them, which never seemed to be crowded. Good location for the main street from the port which has great restaurants and a bit of shopping on offer. Far enough away from the Mosque for the morning prayers not to be intrusive. Rob and the crew at the dive centre are amazing. Took the time to make sure we had everything we needed, made sure we got to go to all the dive sights over the course of our stay. Had advice for places to eat etc. Manta Dive offer a 2 tank boat in the morning and a single dive boat in the afternoon. On the boat they have pure oxygen, first aid, water, spare equipment and snacks, tea coffee for between dives. Our guide, Opik was so experienced he knew all the dive sights really well and would always make sure we went in away from other groups so we didn’t need to worry about being surrounded by other divers. They also do dive courses here and there is a third pool at the back of the complex especially for the courses. Recommend for both accommodation and diving.

It’s no good exaggeration to say this is one of the best places we’ve ever stayed anywhere in the world, especially at this price point. The huts are so comfortable and clean, outdoor bathrooms likewise. Mini-fridge, good air con, huge bed. The pool area is small but lovely. The Dive Centre here is the heart of everything so there are always people around to give you advice etc. The staff are wonderful. Breakfasts gorgeous and fresh. The snorkelling area outside hotel is abundant; you’ll almost definitely be able to swim with turtles 💜 We so desperately don’t want to leave…