Go Snorkeling Amed
Private snorkeling tours by traditional jukung.
Bali's quietest coast, on a real fisherman's jukung.
The part of Bali nobody's crowded yet
Amed's reef starts a few metres from shore. No long boat transfer, no fighting for space in the water — just a stretch of coast where the coral is still healthy and the fishing village is still a fishing village.
Most operators here sell seats on a shared boat. We don't. When you book with us, the jukung goes out with your group on it and nobody else — so we can wait when you want to stay longer, skip a spot if the current's not right, and go slow if it's your first time with a mask on.
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You'll go out on a jukung
Not a speedboat, not a pontoon with forty seats. A jukung is the narrow outrigger canoe Balinese fishermen have used for generations — a slim hull with two bamboo outriggers holding it steady in the swell. It's the oldest working boat design in Bali, and nothing has improved on it here.
"The boat is the whole point. It's a real fisherman's jukung, and the man steering it has been on this water since he was a kid."
Pick your trip
Snorkeling Tour
Three or four reef spots by jukung, guide in the water with you.
Fishing Trip
Go out with the fishermen — coastal barracuda or offshore big game.
Sailing Trip
Sunrise or sunset on the water, engine off, Agung behind you.
Snorkeling Tours
Pick your route. Three spots in two and a half hours, or all four in three and a half — travelling the coast by jukung, with your guide in the water beside you the whole time. Gear, life jackets, and water are included. You just bring a towel.
Coral Garden
Coral Garden
Shallow, calm, and busy with life. The reef starts in about 2–3 metres and slopes out gently, so it suits first-timers and confident swimmers alike.
Shallow · Easy
Underwater Temple
Underwater Temple, Jemeluk Bay
A submerged temple structure on the seabed, now fully taken over by coral and fish. Visible from the surface — the best photos of the trip. Turtles pass through regularly.
Shallow · Easy
Turtle Point
Turtle Point
Green sea turtles feed and rest along this stretch of reef, so sightings are common — though they're wild, so never guaranteed. Calm water, moderate depth.
Moderate depth · Easy
Shipwreck
Japanese Shipwreck
A small WWII-era Japanese patrol boat resting between roughly 6 and 12 metres, close to shore and completely reclaimed by coral.
6–12m · Easy to moderateIncluded: Jukung & captain · English-speaking guide in the water · Mask, snorkel & fins · Life jacket · Drinking water
Group sizes: Solo (1) · Couple/Duo (2) · Family (3–4) · Group (5–15) — all private
Fishing Trips
Amed is a fishing village first and a tourist town second. These trips go out with the same captains who fish this water for a living — you're not being taken on a tour, you're being taken along.
Offshore & Coastal
Offshore & Coastal — Mahi-Mahi, Big Game & Wahoo
Go short or go long. The coastal run stays close in, with Mount Agung standing over the water behind you — good for first-time anglers. The offshore trip pushes past the drop-off with an experienced English-speaking captain, for a real shot at the pelagics running through the strait.
2 hours or ~5 hoursRunning out there: Mahi-Mahi · Giant Trevally · Wahoo · Tuna · Sailfish · Barracuda
Included: Jukung · Captain/guide · Fishing gear · Drinking water
Private group sizes: 1, 2, or 3 people per boat
Catch something? The warungs on the beach will cook it for you.
Sailing Trips
Same coast, different angle. No mask, no rods — just the sail up and the engine off. From the water you get the whole of Amed at once: black sand, terraced hills, and Mount Agung rising straight out of the coastline.
Sunrise
Sunrise Sail
The calmest water of the day and the best chance of a clear Agung summit before the cloud rolls in. Fishing boats heading home, sky changing colour. The one photographers ask for.
6:00 – 8:00 AM
Sunset
Sunset Sail
Warm light on the hills, the mountain going pink behind you, the fleet heading out for the night. The couples' trip.
5:00 – 7:00 PMIncluded: Jukung · Captain · Life jacket · Drinking water
Private group sizes: 1 · 2 · 3–4 · 5–15
How it works
Message us
WhatsApp or the form. Tell us your dates, group size, and which trip.
We confirm
We'll come back with a time and the pickup details, usually within the hour.
Meet or get picked up
We'll agree a meeting point or arrange hotel pickup, whichever suits you. Bring a towel, sunscreen, and a camera.
Pay on the day
Cash to your captain. Please do show up — he's a local who's cleared his schedule just for your trip.
Every trip goes out with an Amed fisherman
Go Snorkeling Amed is run by people from this coast. The captains are local fishermen from the villages along the Amed strip — Jemeluk, Bunutan, Lipah, Banyuning — who have worked this water their whole lives. The boats belong to their families. The guides grew up swimming these reefs.
That's not a marketing line, it's just how the business is built. There's no office in Denpasar taking a cut and no agency in between. When you book a trip, the money goes to the captain, the guide, and the family that maintains the boat.
Fishing in Amed has got harder over the years, and taking guests out is what lets a lot of these families keep the jukung in the water and the kids in school. A morning on the reef with us is a normal, fair exchange — you get the best guide on the coast, and the work stays in the village it came from.
If you'd like to go further: eat at the warungs on the beach, buy salt from the farms up the road, and book your driver locally. It all lands in the same place.
Make a day of it
A morning on the water leaves the rest of the day open. These three are the ones we send people to most — all close, all worth the drive, all arranged with a local driver when you book your trip.
Lahangan Sweet
30–40 minutes from AmedA ridge viewpoint high above the coast, and the best place in East Bali to stand face to face with Mount Agung. The volcano doesn't sit politely in the distance here — it fills the view, close enough to pick out the villages on its lower slopes. Turn around and you're looking back down at the Amed coastline and the sea you snorkelled that morning. On a clear day you can see Mount Batur and Abang inland, and sometimes Rinjani across the water on Lombok.
There are several viewing platforms along the ridge, including the well-known one built around a tree that you climb a ladder to reach. Most people spend an hour or two up there.
Best time to go: Sunrise. The mountain is clearest before cloud builds over the summit, the light on Agung is at its best, and you'll have the platforms to yourself. Sunset is the second-best option if an early start isn't happening.
Worth knowing: the last stretch of road is rough, unsealed, and slow. Go by car with a driver who knows it, not by scooter.
Luwak Coffee Tour & Tasting
About 30 minutes from AmedA working coffee plantation in the hills, where you walk the grounds and see how Balinese coffee is grown and processed — including luwak coffee, the famously expensive one produced from beans that have passed through a civet. Whatever you make of that, the walk-through is genuinely interesting and the setting is beautiful.
The tasting is the real draw. You sit with a flight of small cups and work through the range: Balinese arabica, luwak coffee, plus the local teas and infusions — ginger, lemongrass, cacao, mangosteen, and coconut. Most of the tasting is included, with the luwak cup usually charged separately.
Easy, shaded, and about an hour. Pairs well with a morning boat trip when you want the afternoon to be gentle.
Tirta Gangga Water Palace
30–40 minutes from AmedA royal water garden built in 1946 by the last king of Karangasem, on a spring the local community still considers holy — the name means "water of the Ganges." Sandstone fountains, tiered pools, carved figures from Balinese Hindu mythology, and ponds of enormous koi you can feed from the path.
The famous part is the stepping-stone pool: flat stones set just above the water, running across the pond in a curve. Beyond it the gardens climb the hillside into quieter terraces most visitors skip, with the surrounding valley and Agung behind.
The 1963 eruption damaged it badly. What stands today was rebuilt afterwards.
Best time to go: Early. Aim to be there by 8 AM when it opens — after 10 it fills up, and the stepping stones become a queue rather than a photo.
We can combine any of these into your trip — one day or spread over two, whatever fits your schedule. Just tell us when you book.
Add a land tour to your bookingWhat guests say
"The reef was better than anywhere else we snorkelled in Bali, and having the boat to ourselves made it feel unhurried. Wayan was brilliant with our kids."
"Sunrise sail was the highlight of our honeymoon. Engine off, totally quiet, Agung turning pink. Worth the early wake-up."
"Went out for the offshore trip and landed two mahi-mahi. The captain knew exactly where to go. Warung down the beach grilled them for dinner."
Questions people ask before booking
No. Life jackets are included and your guide is in the water with you the whole time. Most of our spots are shallow and calm. If you've never snorkelled before, tell us when you book and we'll start you somewhere easy.
A jukung is the outrigger canoe Amed's fishermen have used for generations — it's stable, and it's what the locals trust their own lives to daily. Our captains have decades on this water. If conditions aren't safe, we don't go out.
No. Every trip is private. Whether you're one person or fifteen, the boat is yours. But of course, you'll be with a local tour guide and boat captain.
Yes. Every trip includes an English-speaking guide or captain.
It depends where you're staying. Tell us your hotel or accommodation when you message us and we'll quote the pickup rate for that location — or agree a meeting point nearby if you'd rather skip it.
A towel, reef-safe sunscreen, a change of clothes, and cash for the trip. We provide gear, life jackets, and drinking water.
We'll message you the night before or early that morning. If the sea isn't safe, we reschedule — no argument.
The reef's waiting for you. Go Snorkeling Amed.
Tell us your dates and we'll get you on the water.