In Reply to: Organising Gili Island trip posted by Bronwen on Wednesday, 11. September 2013 at 11:57 Bali Time:
As others have said you really need more than one night
As travel time to the gilis will take an hour just to get to the harbour if the traffic is good and the boat trip takes around an hour and a half
The return boat back to bali leaves at around 11am so it really doesn't give you much time to enjoy the gilli's
We have flown and stayed on lombok before heading to the gillis as well using the fast boat
The best way is the fast boat and there is many to choose from
We have used many over the years and found ocean star to be one of the better ones
You can book a few days in advance while in bali at one of those tourist booths
We normally pay from $45-$60 each depends on the time of year and remember
You can barter the price with them