Lovina Beach: Playground of Bottle-Nosed Dolphins along North Bali's Coast

By Charista Elliani Sosrodjojo

If you are looking for a completely different holiday, different from South Bali’s Kuta-Seminyak vibrant atmosphere, then you should head north to Bali’s Lovina Beach. Situated some 9 Km from Singaraja, capital city of the Buleleng Regency, Lovina Beach facing the Bali Sea is the perfect definition of tranquility, where one can enjoy the true meaning of a laid back and relaxed life.




Lovina stretches across a swathe of over 8 kms coastline comprising a string of coastal villages, which are: Kaliasem, Kalibukbuk, Anturan, and Tukad Mungga – collectively known as Lovina. The heart of Lovina is the village of Kalibukbuk situated in the Buleleng District, Buleleng Regency.

Nowadays, Lovina area is becoming the center of tourism activities in north part of Bali and offer many kind of accommodations, restaurants, bars, beach activities, art shops, bank, transportations etc. The accommodations in this area are a available from the star hotel class until small hotel even the home stay for the low budget travelers. As a tourist area and center of tourism in Singaraja, Lovina get the biggest visit from tourist who visiting north part of Bali. It is estimated by 90% from tourist who pay a visit to north part of Bali will in Lovina.




The beach area is tranquil and doesn’t crowded with visitors, as in the Kuta beach area or Petitenget Beach Seminyak. For the convenience of beach visitors, a reasonably large vehicle parking area is nearby. Several locations near the beach have rows of stalls, cafes, and restaurants.

If you want to see souvenir shops and food stalls at local prices, you walk to the east from the parking area. Then you will find a pathway that leads to food stalls and souvenir shops. Also, in the shoreline area, many traditional fishing boats lined up





Most of the time, a traveler who came for the Lovina Dolphin tour is on the Bali tour package. Therefore, the boat for the dolphin tour is reserved for travelers, and all they need to do is to follow their guide’s instructions. However, if you want to arrange the Lovina Dolphin tour, you can do it.

The chance you will see a dolphin in the wild is in the morning, around 06:00 am. Therefore you need to book a hotel nearby Lovina beach to make you able to wake up early.


To see the wild dolphins in nature, you need to ride a boat into the middle of the ocean before sunrise, around 05:30 am. Wild dolphins will appear in the middle of the sea near the coastline between 6 am till 8 am. Furthermore, traditional boats will track the dolphin’s location that has jumped up in the middle of the sea. So when you tour to see dolphins, you will notice many other boats also chasing dolphins in the middle of the ocean.


Because the Lovina sea waters are relatively calm, they can be passed comfortably using a fishing boat.

You can discover dozens of wild dolphins about 2 km from the beach. Some dolphins are leaping to the water’s surface, and some are just gliding. It’s fascinating the activity notice the dolphins in the middle of the sea.


Visitors can rent a traditional fishing boat specially provided for dolphin watching in the middle of the sea. While heading to the middle of the ocean to watch the wild dolphin, you can also see the beautiful scenery of Lovina sea waters.


If you are good at swimming, you can ask the boat driver to bring the boat closer to the dolphin. You can swim and dive while holding the rope tied to the traditional ship to keep up with the swimming speed of the dolphins.


The activity to see wild dolphins in Lovina beach is approximately 2 hours. Fishermen will escort you into the middle of the sea, where wild dolphins usually emerge in a traditional fishing boat.

Besides being able to watch dolphins, there are also diving activities at Lovina Beach. The marine life in Lovina has various types and is equal to other dive sites in Bali.









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