Bone Pompon

A long, well-known but remote white sand beach with turquoise water. No infrastructure, a lot of trash lying around, but can still be cropped out of pictures. Due to overfishing nothing much to see underwater according to locals.

Another well-known white sand beach with turquoise water. Sand almost as fine as flour. Some trash lying around. Nothing to see under the water, but also no jellyfish, even at times when other locations around the east side of the island have them.

White sand beach with nice snorkelling. May have seasonal jellyfish around the end of March.

Picturesque cliff with a hole created by sea waves. The floor is made of sand-colored stones. In the water in front of the place there may be seasonal jellyfish, so consider wearing long-sleeved clothes and swimming shoes to get there.

Likely the reason why you heard about Banggai in the first place. A lake famed on social media for its lush setting surrounded by palm trees and especially its extremely transparent water. Rental of gazebos (30,000 rupiah), stand-up paddles (100,000), boats (30,000), snorkelling equipment and even drones and experienced underwater photographers are available, to make sure influencers can get the best footage for their channels.

A cyan lagoon near Paisu Pok where spring water mixes with sea water. Locals like to wash their clothes and themselves there and fetch spring water.