If you ever imagine your body lying on the beach Indonesia, on the beautiful white sand, sprinkled with exotic all-natural landscape, and bombarded the sunlight that warms the body, it would not be wrong if you are taking the recreational and air travel to the Senggigi Beach Island Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. The beach is located 12 kilometers to the northwest city of Mataram is indeed a tourist attraction known for its beautiful beaches and naturalness. Communities often align beauty of Senggigi beach with famous beaches on the island of Bali, like Kuta, Legian and Sanur. In fact, the beauty of Senggigi Beach is often portrayed exceed these beaches, because the condition is much more comfortable and quiet. Perhaps this is related to the arrival of foreign tourists has not been rampant in this beach.
As a mainstay of coastal resorts of West Nusa Tenggara, are still relatively natural Senggigi and kept clean. The beach is still beautiful, lapping waves are not too big, and beautiful underwater scenery, the more confirmed that the beach that stretches about 10 kilometers is an ideal place for domestic and foreign tourists for a moment forget the daily routine and atmosphere of the hustle and bustle of the city.
Senggigi Beach is now beginning ogled by tourists, especially foreign tourists, because the area is relatively virgin and also has extensive information about his whereabouts. With the increased interest and enthusiasm of tourists to Senggigi Beach, the local government and companies sewasta increasingly keen to build and fix all the infrastructure, so that the tourists more interested to visit this beach.
Privileged Senggigi Beach
Visiting Senggigi in Lombok Island may need to be a travel agenda for tourists who love the beauty and freshness of nature. Just imagine, when entering the beach area, travelers will soon swept away by the soft breeze that blows along the coast cluster in West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province. Fresh atmosphere, comfortable, and beautiful as if greeting tourists in the beginning of his visit. Today has been at the beach, the eyes of the tourists are offered by the exotic charm of the beach set in waves chasing each other, white sand, and thousands of small animals that spread across the expanse of sand, as well as the landscape of Mount Agung in the opposite island (Island of Bali).
Senggigi beach does offer a unique charm. Natural setting that has not been consumed by foreign tourists, as a marker of difference this beach with the beaches in Bali. It certainly gives the feel for visitors. Not surprisingly, the beach is now used as a new alternative destination of the tourists who miss the reassuring atmosphere of natural silence. For those of you newlyweds, traveling to Senggigi Beach is fun. This beach has clean white sand. The waves were calm, plus a sloping beach will pamper you as a couple. Playing on the beach like a child, will add to the atmosphere jovial both of you.
Wait until dusk, golden yellow light will add a romantic atmosphere. Dusk in Senggigi Beach is famous for its beauty. Do not forget, to immortalize the moment in the camera. There are many tourist activities to do at this beach visitors, such as swimming, water play, diving, snorkeling, sunbathing, and playing around making sandcastles. If the afternoon sun had begun to fade, tourists can also take the time to simply stroll barefoot tracing the edge of the beach, sitting on the sand with mangamati blue-green sea water or relax in a beachside hotel outlets while waiting for sunset arrived. For visitors who want to swim or just play water, advised to be more careful, because there are many coastal reefs are quite dangerous pointy toe.
For tourists who visit Senggigi Beach, Pura Batu Bolong sempatkanlah observed. As I walked along the edge of Senggigi Beach, approximately half an hour, travelers will find a temple built on a rock which is located on the beach. Pura is what the community was named Pura Batu Bolong. According to local legend, the ancient temple is often held sacrifice of a virgin, a dish of food to Shark who live on the coast. Another legend says, the temple is also a place where the women throw himself into the sea because of a broken heart.
Another interesting thing to do is down Senggigi at night, especially during full moon arrives. Visitors will see a lot of people / residents who utilize the warm sand Senggigi to medical therapy. They buried some or all of the body to the neck for 2-3 hours, while listening to the waves that broke the silence. This therapy is believed to surrounding communities to cure various diseases, such as rheumatic pegel to paralysis. If interested in these activities, travelers can join and try it out.
Culinary Senggigi Lombok
For matters of the stomach, tourists can experience the delights of the types of dishes / Lombok typical food servings in restaurants are lined up neatly on the edge of the beach. The price varies from Rp 30,000 to Rp 300,000 per person (December 2008). Sure, dining at seaside fun burst of moonlight illuminated and entertained by orchestras beach waves it's a shame to pass up.
No less interesting, tourists do not forget to taste the typical food dish Lombok which Taliwang Chicken and Watercress Plecing. Almost every restaurant in Senggigi Beach, Lombok or in general, provide this cuisine dish. While eating chicken or Plecing Taliwang Watercress, visitors will be entertained with typical Lombok arts, such as music and dance. Even if you do not mind, visitors are also allowed to dance together in shades of joy and kinship.
In addition, for souvenirs, tourists also do not forget to buy pearls and woven fabric with various motifs and colors. Pearls that have been assembled into beautiful jewelry and captivating eyes is mostly found in the stalls on the beach. However, if you wish to string the pearls themselves, tourists can buy a plain pearl beads. Plain pearl is usually sold in the form of a necklace that consists of many pearls. Pearls can be arranged themselves according to the desired form of jewelry.
After enjoying the natural beauty of Senggigi Beach, tourists can go on tour to places that do not travel far from shore, among others, the three Gili (small islands): namely Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air, Beach Kerandangan, and Batu Layar beach. Batu Layar is a sacred place for the followers of Islam Wetu Telu on the island of Lombok (Sasak tribe).
BUNAKEN ISLAND MANADO
Who does not know Bunaken, which is very popular with tourist submarine (diving) it. Bunaken is an area of 8.08 km ² island in the Bay of Manado, located in the north of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The island is a part of the city of Manado, capital of North Sulawesi province, Indonesia. Bunaken Island can be traveled by speed boat (speed boat) or a rented boat with about 30 minutes drive from the port city of Manado. Around the island there Bunaken Bunaken marine park which is part of the Bunaken National Park.
Around the waters of Bunaken by boat as he saw the apparent sea Dasat This marine park has a marine biodiversity one of the highest in the world. Scuba diving attracts many visitors to the island. Overall Bunaken marine park covers an area of 75,265 hectares with five islands within it, namely the island of Manado Tua, Bunaken Island, Island Siladen, Mantehage Island follows several children his island, and the island Naen. Although it covers an area of 75,265 hectares, the location of the dive (diving) is limited in each of the five beaches that surround the island.
With this boat we can go around the island and visit some other islands around Bunaken Bunaken marine park has a 20 point dive (dive spot) with varying depths up to 1344 meters. Of the 20 point dive, dive 12 points of which are located around Bunaken Island.
Twelve point dive is the most frequently visited by divers and lovers of the beauty of the underwater scenery. Most of the 12 point dive in Bunaken Island lined up from the southeast to the northwest of the island. In this region there are underwater great walls, also called the hanging walls, or a giant rock walls that stand vertically and curved upward. Rock walls are also a source of food for fish in the waters around Bunaken Island. Clearly permukanaan nodes sea so the sea floor inhabited marine life look so beautiful Bunaken National Park is representative of Indonesian tropical water ecosystems consisting of mangrove ecosystems, seagrass beds, coral reefs, and land / coastal ecosystems. In the northern part consists of the island of Bunaken, Manado Tua island, island Montehage, Siladen island, the island of Nain, Nain island is small, and some coastal areas of Cape Pisok. While in the Southern Cape coast includes some coconut.
Spin and find interesting dive sites Potential land islands national park is rich in species of palm, sago, woka, silar and coconut. Animal species that live on land and coastal regions such as Sulawesi black macaques (Macaca nigra nigra), deer (Cervus timorensis Russa), and possum (Ailurops ursinus ursinus). Plant species in the mangroves of Bunaken National Park namely Rhizophora sp., Sonneratia sp., Lumnitzera sp., And Bruguiera sp. The forest is rich with various types of crabs, shrimp, mollusks and various types of sea birds such as gulls, herons, sea virgin, and cangak sea.
Beautiful noticeable underwater life in the shallow waters Bunaken type of algae found in this national park include the type of Caulerpa sp., Halimeda sp., And Padina sp. Seagrass Montehage dominated mainly on the island, and the island of Thalassia hemprichii Nain, Enhallus acoroides and Thalassodendron ciliatum. Recorded 13 genera of corals living in waters of Bunaken National Park, dominated by fringing reefs and coral reef barrier. The most interesting is the vertical cliffs as far as 25-50 meters.
Approximately 91 species of fish found in the waters of Bunaken National Park, including fish gusumi horse (Hippocampus horse), white oci (Seriola rivoliana), lolosi yellow tail (Lutjanus kasmira), goropa (Ephinephelus spilotoceps and Pseudanthias hypselosoma), ila trunk (Scolopsis bilineatus) , and others. Types of mollusks like giant clams (Tridacna gigas), goat head (Cassis cornuta), hollow nautilus (Nautilus pompillius), and tunikates / ascidian. The beauty of the diverse marine life that makes Bunaken a major tourist destination for scuba enthusiasts.
RAJA AMPAT BEACH PAPUA
Some tourists seemed engrossed in eating and chatting casually as he looked off toward the sea dominated blue, green, and white. The colors that appear because of the influence of coral reefs in the shallow sea floor and inside. They were having lunch at Papua Diving Resort, the waters of West Irian Jaya.
Hot sun and brisk air makes exasperated guests to dive and dive. The sunlight through the cracks often waves to the reef. Beauty of the scenery and marine life did make a lasting impression for tourists. For lovers of coastal tourism and underwater fanatic, Raja Ampat is known even rated the best in the world for the quality of coral reefs. Many international underwater photographers capture the charm of the sea Raja Ampat. There's even come repeatedly and made a special book about the beauty of coral reefs and marine life area.
Raja Ampat Sorong is broken, since 2003. District has a population of 31,000 souls has 610 islands (only 35 islands are inhabited) with a total area of about 46,000 km2, but only 6,000 km2 of land, 40,000 km2 in the sea. The islands are unspoiled and beautiful sea is still making direct tourists hooked. They seemed to want to explore the waters of the "Bird's Head" New Guinea.
This area was the target of the hunters reef fish by bombing and cyanide poison to spread. However, there are still many people who seek to protect the region's marine wealth that could be saved. Coral reefs in Raja Ampat marine rated comprehensive in the world. Of the world's 537 species of coral, 75 percent were in these waters. Also found 1104 species of fish, 669 species of molluscs (soft animals), and 537 species of coral animals. Incredible. The World Bank in collaboration with global environmental institutions establish Raja Ampat as one region in East Indonesia, which received assistance Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program (Coremap) II, since 2005. In Raja Ampat, this program covers 17 villages and involve the local population. Fishermen are also trained to cultivate grouper and seaweed.
Papua Diving, the only exotic resort that offers underwater tours in the region, visited by tourists diving enthusiasts at home for days and even up to a month-ford the contours of the seabed. They seemed to not want to return to their own countries because they get the "island paradise second to none on this earth".
Managers is not easy to prepare a place for tourists. Maximillian J Ammer, owner of Dutch citizens of Papua Diving Resort is also pioneering marine tourism drive this region, need desperately to set up various facilities to attract tourists from abroad. Since he started his business eight years ago, many of the funds must be spent. However, the results are also satisfactory. Each year the resort is visited at least 600 special tourist who spent an average of two weeks.
Lodging is very simple that only a walled and roofed woven palm leaves that cost at least 75 euro or Rp 900,000 a night. If you want to dive must pay 30 euros, or about Rp 360.000 one dive at a particular location. Most tourists come from Europe. Only a few tourists from Indonesia to stay and dive in there.
"Tourists dive almost every day because the dive sites are very wide and varied. The beauty of the coral reefs are varied so much choice and invite curiosity. There are tourists who are aged 80 years strong still diving, "said Max Ammer which women married to Manado. Three years ago, Papua Diving build a modern inn not far from the first location. Apparently, the inn was built by relying on local building materials are almost always fully booked.
Though the charge reaches 225 euros, or about Rp 2.7 million per night. In the new location, equipped with modern appliances, including international telephone and internet facilities. Tourists to the Raja Ampat Diving just want to Papua on the island of Mansuar because the facilities are of international standard and servants, as well as food. They landed at the airport Domne Eduard Osok, Sorong, directly to the location by speed boat with a capacity of about 10 people at a rate of Rp 3.2 million each way. It takes about 3-4 hours to reach Mansuar. Like the other islands, Mansuar looks beautiful because of its forests are still awake and the seawater was so clean of marine life which is not far from the surface can be seen clearly. Tourists enough to swim or snorkelling areas to see the beauty of the sea, whereas if you want to observe directly beauty of marine life in the depths, they should dive.
Feel Safe
Local residents involved in the development and management of the resort, even 90 of the 100 employees are citizens of Papua. Residents also supplies fish, vegetables, fruits, and more. One of the tour package visit the village to see typical local plants and animals, including birds of paradise. Many tourists who become donors construction of the church and the education of children around the Man-flare.
Max Ammer is committed to improving the economy and the skills of local residents. They were trained in foreign languages and use scuba gear. Travelers also feel safe in times of day or night while enjoying hot and sunsets as well as swimming and diving in the sea is very deep. In addition to marine and fisheries, Raja Ampat has a wealth of natural resources, including oil and nickel. On the seabed there are also many sunken ships of World War II the former predicted load the "treasure trove" of high value. However, if mismanaged, it is feared exploitation activities all threaten the sustainability and the natural beauty of the sea.
Sources: Voice Updates, Sumedi TP, January 7, 2007
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WAKATOBI BEACH
The Amazing underwater paradise
Did you know that Indonesia has one of the most beautiful underwater paradise on earth? Underwater paradise known as the Wakatobi National Park is located in Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Wakatobi is the capital of Wangi-Wangi. Wakatobi consists of four major islands, namely Wangiwangi, Kalidupa, Tomia, and Binongko. So, Wakatobi is an acronym for the name of the four main islands. Prior to December 18, 2003, these islands are called Junior Iron Islands and is still a part of Buton. Astronomically, Wakatobi located south of the equator, and like other regions in Indonesia.
Wakatobi has two seasons, rainy and dry seasons. Wakatobi National Park established in 1996, with a total area of 1.39 million hectares, involving marine biodiversity and coral which occupies one of the highest priority position of marine conservation in Indonesia. The beauty and richness of the Wakatobi National Park is already well known abroad, especially after Wallacea expedition from England in 1995 which mentions that the region of Southeast Sulawesi is very rich in coral species. There, there are 750 of the total 850 species of coral in the world. Configuring the depth varies from flat to sloping to the sea, and in some areas there are bertubir steep waters. The deepest waters reaching 1044 meters.
Marine tourism is a tourist activity has long been recognized and is the mainstay of tourism in the Wakatobi National Park. The wealth of marine life is not because coral reefs along the vast waters of the underwater topography colorful as slop shape, flat, drop-off, atoll and underwater cave.
More than 112 species of corals from 13 families including Acropora formosa, A. Hyacinthus, Psammocora profundasafla, Pavona cactus, Leptoseris yabei, Fungia molucensis, Lobophyllia robusta, Merulina ampliata, Platygyra versifora, Euphyllia glabrescens, Tubastraea frondes, Stylophora pistillata, Sarcophyton throchelliophorum, and Sinularia spp who live in harmony with other underwater inhabitants.
Fish species richness national park is owned by 93 species of fish including (Cephalopholus argus), takhasang (Naso unicornis), pogo-pogo (Balistoides viridescens), napoleon (Cheilinus undulatus), red fish (Lutjanus biguttatus), rabbitfish (Siganus guttatus) , Amphiprion melanopus, Chaetodon specullum, Chelmon rostratus, Heniochus acuminatus, Lutjanus monostigma, Caesio caerularea, and others.
Wakatobi National Park is also a point of some kind of sea birds such as goose-brown stone (Sula leucogaster plotus), Malay plover (Charadrius peronii) and King Prawn Eurasia (Alcedo atthis) nested. Several species of turtles also make this park their home as hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), and fission turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea).
Wakatobi waters have loyal guests who make Wakatobi waters as a playground, a guest was none other than the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Normally, sperm whales are in Wakatobi in November, while the other hemisphere freezes. In the relatively warmer waters of Wakatobi and abundant feed the whales could be filling the stomach. Not only that Wakatobi is also a place to play manta rays (Manta ray) were classified as giant body size. Manta is one of the distinctive and unique fish, which is only found in tropical waters. The presence of 25 pieces of coral reef and depth that makes the waters ideal Park Authority ideal place for various species of marine life to live, make the inhabitants of the sea here has aesthetic value and high conservation.
Specifically Park Authority surrounded coast of coral islands along the 600 miles along the beach attractions with huge potential to run, spread throughout the Wakatobi region. So it was not without reason that the beach area in Wakatobi is perfect for sightseeing as diving, snorkeling, swimming and fishing.
BEACH PLENGKUNG
Beach Plengkung located in Banyuwangi, East Java, is one paradise for professional surfers. Waves crash on the beach makes it so popular to tourists. In fact, the wave is one of the seven best waves in the world.
Revealed from heaven like the eastern tip of Java island, the beach gives a different nuance to the tourists. Professional surfers from both foreign and domestic racing to conquer the waves at this beach. With waves 4-6 meters high with a 2km long and has a seven-tiered wave formation, the beach is worth it given the title as one of the beach with waves in the world.
The peak arrival of the waves occur in April through August each year. besides Plengkung Coast, waves of it only in Hawaii and South Africa. Therefore, in this place is quite often held an international surfing competition.
Beaches Plengkung often called G-Land. Letter G in G-Land comes from the word "Grajagan" which is the name of a bay. If you make a trip to the beach Plengkung use a landline from Banyuwangi and passed Grajagan, then you too can enjoy the beauty of the beach Grajagan during the trip.
Plengkung Beach offers a variety of enchanting beauty. Not only the beauty of the stunning beaches with big waves roll, this also presents the beauty of the beaches surrounding tropical forest. Tropical forests that surround this beach is part of the National Park Alas Purwa which is a national park that has so many biological richness. There are 700 types of plants there are in this place, in addition to various types of animals such as deer and turtles can be found here.
In the west Alas Purwo National Park, there is a beach called Cungur. On the beach is usually water birds living activities, such as breeding and foraging. The visitors who have a love of birds, researchers, and photographers often take advantage of their activity to be used as a tourist attraction. Besides beaches, national parks, you too can enjoy cave tours.
A total of 44 caves located around the park. Some of these include the Palace Goa, Goa Mayangkoro, Padepokan, and Goa Basori. If you want to stay young go to Goa Palace. In it there is a water source, the Sunrise Spring, whose waters are believed to make the face look younger.
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