What can you see around the Gili Islands is one of the most questions people ask. How is the marine life around the Gili islands looks like? The Gili Islands are part of the coral triangle. The coral triangle has the most diverse marine life of the world and habitat more fish than other places. But what is so special about the Gili Islands: 1) Hawksbill Turtle: The Hawksbill turtle is over the world critical endangered but here, around the Gili Islands, we are lucky to have them around. Not particularly large compared with other sea turtles, Hawksbills grow up to about 114 centimeters in shell length and 68 kilograms in weight. While young, their carapace, or upper shell, is heart-shaped, and as they mature it elongates. Their strikingly colored carapace is serrated and has overlapping scutes, or thick bony plates. Their tapered heads end in a sharp point resembling a bird’s beak, hence their name The Hawksbill Turtles eats sponses and you can find them at the divesites Sha...