Cipto Aji Gunawan, nicknamed Cipto, is a member of Kaoem Telapak in Bali. Currently a Bali Government Expert Staff on Hospitality Division, he has been diving into the world of marine hospitality for decades.

In early 2000, Cipto developed a Diving Center in Bali. Then, together with a fellow Kaoem Telapak member, many fishers of Les Village, and DiVo (Dive Voluntourism) marine organization from Australia, he founded Sea Communities ecotourism in Tourism Village, Les, in 2012.

Cipto’s fondness of the sea inspires him to continue advocating for the marine issues, such as the practice of fishing using non-sustainable and damaging methods (destructive fishing).