GEOGRAPHY
Nusa Lembongan (Nusa = Island) is one of three neighbouring islands of Bali, approximately 12 miles from south east  Bali and 20 miles from  Lombok. The other two (2) islands are Nusa Penida being the bigger and Nusa Ceningan being the smaller.

Nusa Lembongan is a pristine tropical island, its highest point is 50 meters above sea level. Lembongan has an average rainfall of approximately 1000 mm per year. Little temperature variation from 30 degrees Celsius occurs between the only two seasons this island experiences being the wet and the dry. The wet season is from December to February and the dry is from March to November. As it has only three months of rainfall, this island is dry for the remainder of the year. Little cultivation occurs, as almost 2/3 of the island is infertile. Seeding is normally done on the wet season and only corn, cassava and peanuts are farmed. Also found on the island are cashew nuts, mangoes and coconut. Fresh water is limited and most of the supply is derived from wells up to 60 meters deep.

Nusa Lembongan is located on the Wallace line. Sir Alfred Wallace, a historic naturalist who conducted extensive studies of this area, determined the Wallace line. The Wallace line is still recognised as a biological division between Asia and Australia/Pacific. Many species of bird, animal and flora indigenous to Australia are not found West of this line, as the flora and fauna on the west ‘Asian’ side are not found to the east of this line. The ocean currents that funnel their way between these islands are rich in macrobiotic life that support abundant coral and fish life in shallow waters surrounding these islands.

LEGEND OF NUSA LEMBONGAN
In the year 1200, lived an old man called Dukuh Jumpungan, he was from mount Kila (considered to be in the Klungkung Regency). This aged man owned a boat that had a magical power.

Legend has it that whenever he sailed with his boat, everything he encountered and struck with his boat would become an ocean.

One day, Dukuh Jumpungan heard that there was a very sacred mountain called Mount Tohlangkir. Dukuh Jumpungan was challenged by himself to prove the magical power of this boat by hitting the sacred mount Tohlangkir. He wished he could make Mount Tohlangkir disappear and became an ocean.

He sailed in a southeast direction from Padang Bay, and purposely run his boat into mount Tohlangkir. A very dreadful collision occurred and unfortunately the boat rebounded shakily, and finally sank.

An island appeared in the area where the boat rebounded shakily and is now called Nusa Ceningan, the place where his boat sank became an island and is now called Nusa Lembongan.