Baruna Villas

This huge, fantastic house is an exceptional place for a family trip to the Gilis. The rooms are spacious, clean, and well appointed — fans, ac, safes and full bathrooms in each bedroom, as well as personal patios facing the pool. The main room has super high ceilings and a nice sofa and solid dining table for 6. We used the entertainment center to crank music when we were packing -- an added bonus. Beds super comfy and huge: king size for us and twins for the kids. The ac was super strong in the bedrooms but we didn't even need it in the main room with the strong fans and high ceiling. The pool is great too. A shallow pool for toddlers and a larger pool for the big kids (including me). On our first day, the water was a bit cloudy, but the staff cleaned it later that day and it was clear for the rest of our stay. The showers were good with nice hot water, but if traveling with little kids be wary that the shampoo and body soap are in glass bottles -- they're placed high enough to be out of reach, but you wouldn't want to drop one on the stone floor of the shower. We just took them out of the shower an put them in a cabinet, because our family of clutzes has a bad habit of dropping things. There was usually three local staff on the property while we were there. They cooked our breakfast and helped us find bikes for rent. Nice, helpful guys. TBH, i had my reservations about spending time on Gili Trawangan with kids, but after a few hours at Baruna Villa I changed my mind. Yes, there's a party vibe to the island, but Baruna is removed from that. But still close enough to walk to restaurants and either side (east/west) of the island: My son and I went to shoot pics of both sunrise and sunset from here.