Lovina is belong to Kabupaten Buleleng administrative area, and is today known with various Lovina hotels and restaurants. Further west to Lovina Beach is Pemuteran area has also developed as tourist resort. with a number of known as Pemuteran hotels or higher grade Lovina hotels. It is not clear what is the origin of the name Lovina, as the name Lovina is used to refer an area along the beach which is consist of traditional villages of Tukad Mungga, the eastern most of Lovina, Anturan and Kalibukbuk, now central Lovina, and Temukus the western most Lovina. Today Lovina hotels are available from simple Lovina hotels, medium category Lovina hotels, and deluxe Lovina hotels. It is probably 2 things that attracted people to built hotels or resorts at Lovina. First the need of hotels for the base of diving in Menjangan island as well as hotels for overnight for Bali round trip tour. For Bali round trip tour, Lovina is good timing of itinerary for overnight. Secondly was the need of more quiet places to stay for the really need a total relax and retreat. Lovina beach does not have white sand beach, and the beach is narrow black sand. What is now known as Lovina hotels area between the highland stretches from west Bali to the east has been famous for it's agricultural product of grapes, besides also produces rice. While Pemuteran hotels area is not previously as fertile as Lovina hotels area. At Pemuteran area the beach is the same and plain land, narrow backed by mountainous area which are barren. From Lovina to Pemuteran takes 25 minutes drive passing famous temple of Grokgak. What was the main interest in Pemuteran, it was more or less the same as Lovina, while Pemuteran area is more closer to Menjangan island. The development of diving activity put Menjangan island even as popular as Tulamben.
Additional advantage to Pemuteran hotels compared to Lovina hotels is that Pemuteran is a perfect base for exploring Bali Barat National Park, famous with it's endemic white starling birds or " Jalak Bali" Today both Lovina and Pemuteran developed various hotels, from very simple Pemuteran hotels, medium Pemuteran hotels up to deluxe Pemuteran hotels. Some medium Pemuteran hotels and deluxe Pemuteran hotels are listed and on-line above. While small Pemuteran hotels or simple Pemuteran hotels and Lovina hotels do not specifically offered to traveler, unless we got a real guarantee that traveler can accept the physical and facility conditions. Central Lovina has the most various and big number of simple hotels. Important note is that both Lovina and Pemuteran have higher temperature and higher moisture level. Pemuteran area has more luxurious hotels such as Matahari Beach, Mimpi Resort, and Aneka Bagus Hotel, while Lovina has only Puri Bagus Hotel. In Pemuteran there is no shop or restaurant nearby the hotels unlike along the area of Lovina where shops, restaurants and some night life are available just meters from hotels.

BALI BARAT NATIONAL PARK
Covers around 19,000 hectares of West Bali, home to endemic Bali white starling birds. From Lovina takes 1 hour drive to the office of park head quarter at the road junction at Cekik village. Everyone who want to enter the park must get a permit from the office, and a special guide will be provided. The entrance to the park is at Labuhan Lalang. If only visiting Menjangan island there is no need to get permit at Cekik unless trekking to the forest or the breeding site of white birds. If it is only visiting the Menjangan or diving around Menjangan island it is enough to buy ticket at Labuhan Lalang before embarking the motorized. wooden boat. West Bali Barat National park is believed by the people living near the border of west and Central Bali forest as a lost city, and during the rainy seasons their people will appear to be a beggar in the form of tigers.

MENJANGAN ISLAND
Menjangan island popular diving site in Bali due to it's fine and preserved corals and rich equatic animal, turquoise clear water, and very calm sea. Every divers coming to Bali with the emphasize on diving program in Bali will put Menjangan and Tulamben sites as the priority sites. Menjangan island is unpopulated, but there is an old temple, supposed to originated from 14th century named " Pura Giri Kencana." During the expedition of Majapahit kingdom of Java in 1343 AD, it is believed that a boat was wrecked with their relics are still on sea bed. It is believed to have the magic influence. From Labuhan Lalang to Menjangan island it takes around 45 minutes on the calm sea. Diving gear shops for rent are plenty at Labuhan Lalang, as well as local restaurants and souvenir shops