Official Name: | Senggigi |
Settlement Type: | Place |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Lombok#Indonesia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Indonesia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Sunda Islands |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | West Nusa Tenggara |
Subdivision Type3: | Regency |
Subdivision Name3: | West Lombok |
Subdivision Type4: | Kecamatan |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | UTC+08 |
Coordinates: | -8.4997°N 116.0475°W |
Senggigi used to be the main tourist strip of the Indonesian island of Lombok, stretched out along several kilometers of the beachfront just to the north of the capital, Mataram. The site of a building frenzy in the late 1990s when Lombok was hyped to be the next Bali, the communal violence of 2000 and the 2002 Bali bombing dealt Senggigi a severe blow, with tourist numbers declining precipitously and many construction projects halted. Senggigi has now fallen behind Kuta Lombok in the south of the island and the North Western Gili islands in terms of popularity and development.
Pura Batu Bolong is a Hindu temple with 14 altars on a rock on the beach which is visited by many worshippers.[1] The name means "Rock with a hole". In the south of Senggigi is the grave of Batu Layar (Makam Batu Layar), a Muslim saint. The salty waterfall at the end of Nambung Beach can be reached on foot or by boat.[2]