Anthem of the Seas - Bali & Lombok Getaway

Where this cruise calls, day by day

5 ports and 4 sea days over 8 Nights.

1. Day 1

   Singapore

   SingaporeDepart

   Singapore is the turnaround hub for most Southeast Asia itineraries, so for a lot of passengers it is embarkation day rather than a port call. Ships use either Marina Bay Cruise Centre, purpose-built for the largest hulls, or the older HarbourFront terminal next to VivoCity. What you get on arrival is an efficient, very hot city where the metro is fast and cheap and almost nothing worth seeing is more than half an hour away.

   • Gardens by the Bay - the Supertree Grove, Cloud Forest and Flower Dome
   • Hawker lunch at Maxwell Food Centre or Lau Pa Sat
   • Chinatown and the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, then the shophouses of Little India
   • Singapore Botanic Gardens and its National Orchid Garden

   Getting ashore

   Docked. Marina Bay Cruise Centre is a 10-minute walk from Marina South Pier MRT and a short taxi from downtown; HarbourFront sits directly above its own MRT station.

   Best months

   Feb-Apr (driest); hot and humid year-round

2. Day 2 · At sea

3. Day 3 · At sea

4. Day 4

   Celukan Bawang (Bali)

   IndonesiaPort

   Celukan Bawang is a deepwater berth on Bali's north coast, used when ships are too large for Benoa or when the itinerary wants the quieter half of the island. That geography is the whole story of the day: Lovina and the northern temples are close, but Ubud and the southern beaches are on the far side of a mountain range and take two and a half to three hours each way. Plan north, not south.

   • Brahmavihara-Arama, Bali's largest Buddhist monastery, about 35 minutes away
   • The Banjar hot springs, carved stone pools fed from the hillside
   • Git Git and Munduk waterfalls in the hills behind the coast, roughly an hour inland
   • Lovina's black-sand beaches and early-morning dolphin boats

   Getting ashore

   Docked at the deepwater cargo pier at Celukan Bawang; Lovina is about 30 minutes west, but Ubud and south Bali are three hours over the mountains and not realistic on a port day.

   Best months

   May-Sep (dry season)

5. Day 5

   Benoa (Bali)

   IndonesiaPort

   Benoa is Bali's cruise harbour, on a spit of reclaimed land south-east of Denpasar, and it is a port rather than a destination - the ship is your last sight of anything scenic until the bus leaves. Bali itself starts about twenty minutes away and gets better the further inland you go. The honest constraint is traffic: Ubud and the rice terraces are 90 minutes off in the best case, and considerably more in the worst.

   • Uluwatu Temple on its clifftop, ideally timed for the late-afternoon kecak dance
   • Ubud - the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary, the art markets and the Tegallalang rice terraces
   • Tanah Lot, the sea temple on its offshore rock
   • Tirta Empul, the spring-fed purification temple near Tampaksiring

   Getting ashore

   Docked at Benoa Harbour, with tendering only when the berths are full; Nusa Dua is 10-15 minutes, Kuta 25-35, and Ubud 60-90 minutes each way.

   Best months

   May-Sep (dry season)

6. Day 6

   Lombok

   IndonesiaPort

   Lombok is Bali's eastern neighbour and runs at a much slower speed - drier, more Muslim, with Mount Rinjani's volcanic cone dominating the interior. Ships use the Gili Mas terminal beside Lembar on the west coast, which is a purpose-built berth rather than a town. Most of the day goes on a drive: pottery villages, traditional Sasak settlements, or the beaches north towards Senggigi.

   • Sade, a traditional Sasak village of thatched houses and rice barns
   • Banyumulek, where the terracotta pottery is thrown and sold
   • Snorkelling off the southern Gilis - Nanggu, Sudak and Kedis, the practical Gili option from this berth
   • Senggigi's beaches, or the long haul north to Gili Trawangan

   Getting ashore

   Docked at the Gili Mas cruise terminal, a couple of miles south of the old Lembar port; the Sasak villages are 30-45 minutes away and Senggigi about an hour.

   Best months

   May-Sep (dry season)

7. Day 7 · At sea

8. Day 8 · At sea

9. Day 9

   Singapore

   SingaporeArrive

   Singapore is the turnaround hub for most Southeast Asia itineraries, so for a lot of passengers it is embarkation day rather than a port call. Ships use either Marina Bay Cruise Centre, purpose-built for the largest hulls, or the older HarbourFront terminal next to VivoCity. What you get on arrival is an efficient, very hot city where the metro is fast and cheap and almost nothing worth seeing is more than half an hour away.

   • Gardens by the Bay - the Supertree Grove, Cloud Forest and Flower Dome
   • Hawker lunch at Maxwell Food Centre or Lau Pa Sat
   • Chinatown and the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, then the shophouses of Little India
   • Singapore Botanic Gardens and its National Orchid Garden

   Getting ashore

   Docked. Marina Bay Cruise Centre is a 10-minute walk from Marina South Pier MRT and a short taxi from downtown; HarbourFront sits directly above its own MRT station.

   Best months

   Feb-Apr (driest); hot and humid year-round