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A small boat lies in turquoise water in front of a light sandy beach with trees

Bukit Merese and a Nasi Goreng cooking class

By scooter to Bukit Merese near Kuta Lombok: monkeys, empty beaches, bruschetta at the villa and a private cooking class for Nasi Goreng.

In short

We ride our scooter to Bukit Merese, a viewpoint near Kuta Lombok where monkeys roam the slope and empty beaches lie below. Later we visit Kuta Lombok and have lunch at the villa. After a massage comes a private cooking class in which we cook Nasi Goreng.

Country:
Indonesia
Date:
26 September 2025
Photos:
5

Today we ride our scooter to Bukit Merese, a grassy hill on the coast near Kuta Lombok. It is a viewpoint with amazing views of empty beaches, and a few monkeys are enjoying the place too. The sky is clear and it is 27 degrees.

Several long-tailed macaques are out on the slope. One walks along the edge, others sit and lie together, and below them the sea shimmers turquoise. From above we also look into a bay with a light sandy beach, a small boat lies in the turquoise water, and green hills rise behind it. Further down, between dark rocks, lies a small bay with a narrow light strip of sand.

The viewpoint Bukit Merese with monkeys and a view of the coast · 3 photos

Later we visit Kuta Lombok, a seaside resort on the south coast, before heading to our villa for lunch. Five bruschetta lie in a star shape on a light plate, topped with chopped tomatoes, a basil leaf in the middle. The round woven placemat is trimmed with shells along the edge.

Afterwards we have a massage before our private cooking class begins. We cook Nasi Goreng, fried rice, which is one of the five national dishes of Indonesia. We already had it on our plate two days earlier, back then with the fried egg that looked like Rösti. We quite enjoy the class, especially eating the Nasi Goreng afterwards.

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