How to Help
Short Stay
Make Your Stay Matter
Discover Gili Trawangan beyond the beach — and leave a positive footprint. 🌊🌱
Gili Trawangan has something for everyone, both above and below the water. But while you’re enjoying the island, you can also help protect the place that brought you here.
Whether you have one hour, one day or several weeks, Gili Eco Trust has ways for you to get involved.
🌿 Explore & Learn
Beach clean up every Friday at 5pm
Join one of our Eco Tours and discover the hidden side of island life:
🗑️ RE-Cycle Tour — discover the reality of waste management on a small island and what you can do to help.
🪸 Biorock Eco Snorkel Tour — swim through our coral restoration sites and discover how we are rebuilding damaged reefs.
🏄 Eco-Paddle Safari — grab a paddleboard and help us collect and monitor floating marine debris before it reaches the open ocean.
🐴 Stud Rescue Eco Visit — meet rescued and retired horses and discover their individual stories and the importance of responsible animal welfare.
🛍️ Visit Our Eco Shop
Find sustainable alternatives for your holiday, from refillable bottles and reusable travel essentials to locally made products and upcycled glassware.
Your purchases directly help support our conservation work.
🤿 Dive Into Conservation
Already a certified diver?
Join one of our Introduction to Coral Conservation Dives and spend a dive learning how we restore coral reefs through Biorock technology and coral gardening.
Long Stay
Stay Longer. Become an Eco Warrior. 🌿
Want to experience Gili Trawangan beyond the holiday?
Whether you have a few days, two weeks, one month or several months, there are different ways to get involved.
🤿 A few days – 2 weeks: Join an Introduction to Coral Conservation or one of our Coral Conservation courses and learn about Biorock and coral gardening.
🌊 1-month training: Take part in our Eco Warrior Training, combining diving, marine ecology, reef monitoring and hands-on conservation.
🌱 Stay longer: After your training, stay for several weeks or months and put your new skills into practice across our coral, marine, turtle, waste and environmental education projects.
Think you could be an Eco Warrior? Contact us or complete our online application form.
Learn. Dive. Get involved. Make a difference. 🪸🌊