About Padangbai, Indonesia

A cute little village with a small white sand beach and a collection of guesthouses and restaurants. Its main claim to fame is as the ferry port to Lombok but it’s also a nice place to chill out for a couple of days and there’s a good array of very cheap places to stay.

The ferries to Lombok are every two hours or so and it’s worth getting the through trip to Sengiggi or the Gili islands. Some travellers have experienced some dodgy happenings in relation to locals trying to carry their bags or giving them incorrect information so just be careful out there ...