Traditional jukung fishing boats on the black sand at Amed on Bali's east coast

Amed · Attractions

Top attractions in Amed

Jemeluk Bay and the USAT Liberty wreck at Tulamben, the black sand at Amed Beach, and Lahangan Sweet above.

Amed is a quiet run of fishing villages along Bali's dry north-east coast, built around black-sand bays and some of the island's best snorkelling and diving. Jemeluk Bay has coral and a shore-entry reef, while the wreck of the USAT Liberty at nearby Tulamben is a short drive up the coast. The hilltop bamboo platform at Lahangan Sweet frames Mount Agung inland. The pace is slow, and days here centre on the water and the volcano views.

4 sights

Amed at a glance

1 of the 4 is within 2 km of Jemeluk; one more is within 10 km by road; Lahangan Sweet is the farthest, 16.1 km by road. Sort the table by distance, by the time each stop takes or by the entry fee.

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Sight	By road from Jemeluk	Time needed	Entry	Getting there
Jemeluk Bay	2.4 km	Two to three hours for a snorkel	No entrance fee	A 2 to 5 minute scooter ride from central Amed; about 2.5 to 3 hours by road from Ubud; cars have almost no parking
USAT Liberty Wreck	13.3 km	Half a day: one dive is usually 60…	Single fun dive roughly Rp 350,000 to…	About 12 km north-west of Amed village by road; around 2 to 2.5 hours from Kuta, Seminyak or Sanur
Lahangan Sweet	16.1 km	One to two hours at the top	Entry reported at Rp 20,000 to Rp 100,…	About 30 minutes by road from Amed, then a steep final stretch of about 800 metres on foot or by village jeep
Amed Beach	Under 2 km	Half a day for one bay	No entrance fee	About 2.5 hours from Ubud and 3 hours from Kuta by road; there is no Grab or Gojek, so book a driver or rent a scooter

Distances by road from Jemeluk, routed with OSRM. For the time it takes, read "Getting there": Bali's traffic, and the islands' broken roads, make a routed time far too short. Time needed and entry are each sight's own figures, in full on its page.

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