Very nice courteous staff who accommodated my snorkeling trip request and even provided a great guide for me. They went out of their way to ensure I had a great trip and had a very nice and dependable boat.

Very nice courteous staff who accommodated my snorkeling trip request and even provided a great guide for me. They went out of their way to ensure I had a great trip and had a very nice and dependable boat.
Would highly recommend it. Jono was my instructor and he was the best. Very experienced and highly professional. I am looking forward toy return visit.
My family and I just spent a week in Gili Trawangan. We choose to stay at Vila Ombak just because of the Diving Academy and we were not desappointed. All of us dove with Awie 5 times and more for my husband and we felt very safe with him. We saw a lot of fishes, turtlesss, lobsters, clown fish, etc......
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My family and I just spent our 2nd holiday on Gili and decided we would do a dive course. I did it with my two teenage sons over about 4 days which gave us our open water dive tickets with Padi. We chose Vila OMbak Dive Academy because they have great staff and good equipment,they are very safe and reliable...
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My friend and I did our PADI with Jono in March, it was great fun, we learnt a lot, saw many different things and always felt safe. The rest of team is also very professional and fun. We'll defo be back! :)
Hi Olivia,
Thanks for the comment!
Yes the team is very good and Jono is a great instructor!
Looking forward to dive with you again not only at the Gilis but also in Bali!
Happy Bubbles
Vila Ombak Diving Academy Team
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To ensure my review is as informative as possible (and doesn't get deleted) I will make this incredibly informative!!!
Having travelled to Bali and on to the beautiful Gili Islands with a very loose plan we had not planned to do any diving, especially complete the Padi Open water Course.
After being introduced to Jono @ Vila Ombak Diving Academy...
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Hello Dan,
It's great to read such an enthusiastic comment, we are happy to read you had a special time with us and we are looking forward to see you again!
Keep diving!
Vila Ombak Diving Academy Team
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My friend and I went to Gili Trawangen without the thought of diving but met Jono the manager and he told us about diving and how special it is on Gili. We decided to go check out Vila Ombak a couple days later and ended up doing out open water Padi. What an unexpected highlight of the trip. Jono was...
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Hi LewisKT,
Thank you very much for the inquiry, great to hear you had a good time, hope to see you soon again!
Best Fishes
Vila Ombak Diving Academy Team
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Me and My girlfriend did open water course on vila ombak academy. We stay at vila ombak. I am so happy i did it. Have great instructor his name is jono we can stongly rekomend the academy i have so mutch fun. And jono is a fantastic instructor you can see that he Loves his job. I did like 10...
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Hi Jesper and Susanna,
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic comment! Gili Trawangan is an amazing place for learning how to dive, and Vila Ombak Diving Academy/ Bali Diving Academy are a very good choice as well :-) :-)
Jono is a very good instructor which definitely loves diving, very happy to hear you enjoyed your time with him....
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Didn't stay at Vila Ombak, but heard that it was the place to go if you wanted to hire out a glass-bottom boat and do some snorkeling. So that's exactly what we did.
It only cost us about $80 for a couple of hours for the boat and our very own guide. He took us out to Gili Meno to...
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Thank you so much for the comment Jessica, very happy to hear you have a nice time and yes you are correct, turtles are definitely the highlight at the Gili islands!!
Next time you might see them while diving, who knows? :-)
All the best and thanks again!
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Friendly staff but equipment quite old. 2/3 divers tanks slipped out of the BCD on entry (they either slipped or weren't secured properly). I felt a bit rushed as the dive site was really close & we should have been better prepared for it. (Our responsibility too!)
The set up is professional and at about £26 a dive it is...
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Hello Hope 1964,
Thank you very much for your time to write a comment about our operation.
About the price, we do follow the GIDA rates, which means that all diving centers member of GIDA in Gili Trawangan offer the same rates.
About the equipment, we have no recollection of tanks slipping out (!), plus our equipment is brand new...
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