Tulamben

Tulamben – Wreck diving paradise

Tulamben is famous for it’s Liberty Shipwreck. This is the most popular wreck in Indonesia and gets heavy dive pressure.

The ship had been grounded on the beach for many years but an earthquake caused it to slide into deeper water.

There are a few dive resorts along the beach but most of the divers come in on day trips from other locations.

Tulamben is a sleepy little place without any nightlife or anything like that but some divers like to stay here so they can get an earlier jump on the site before the day trippers arrive.

I met one guy that was there for the week on holiday and was still there 300 dives later leading other divers. This is a great place for likeminded photographers and divers to relax at night and check out their days dive pictures.

It is so dry that prickley pear cactus hedges are grown around some of the properties edges.

There is one big police checkpoint just west of town where they sometimes stop all vehicles to check paperwork. (Just past the bridge at the flashing red light.) This can be time consuming so be prepared for a long wait.

There are some roads going up into the mountains that you can follow if you have a motorbike or car.

They narrow down to about a meter so 4 wheeled vehicles can only go so far. The hot dry volcanic ash is hard to move through even on a bike because you sink in.

I prefer to stay in Lovina which is around 2 hours west along the coast and has a lot more to do at night.

Bali – Tulamben