Segara Anakan, Sempu Island, Malang

The beauty of Segara Anakan in Sempu Island will make amazed anyone who visits this place. This place is like a lake, with white sand and beautiful stars at the night.

This tourist area is located in the south of Java island, in the district of Malang. To go to  Sempu island, you can rent a boat around IDR 200,000 from Sendang Biru Beach, Malang. The journey from Sendang Biru Beach to the Sempu Island will spend time about 30 minutes.

Before entering Sempu Island, you are required to report and ask permission to forestry office, because Sempu island is a conservation area.

You need for 1-2 hours trekking through tropical rainforest to arrive at the Segara Anakan from Sarang Semut harbor, in the Sempu island.

Arriving at the Segara Anakan, you'll find a stretch of green forests, beautiful white sand and turquoise sea water. In this area you can circle the lake by boat or enjoy the beautiful scenery in the shore lake.

This area is shaped lake with green water surrounded by towering cliffs. In the middle of this lake there is a hole that connects to the sea. At high tide, sea water will go into this lake with small sea fish.

The sun came wrapped with a stretch of ocean would be the perfect scenery in the Segara Anakan area and complement your holiday mood.

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Pulau Merah (Red Island), Banyuwangi

Red Island beach located at the foot of Mount Tumpang Pitu. It’s a beach resort located in Banyuwangi southern tip and have a unique form of a small mountain in the middle of the coast. This place get its name from the red color of its soil. In the south part of the island we can enjoy a beautiful sunset in the evening. About 50 meters in west of the port, there’s a big total-fresh fish auction.

The beach is quite natural because one of the tourist sites in the southern coastal areas pristine. Red Island beach also has good waves for surfing. When the sea receded, the visitors can visit this place on foot and enjoy the uniqueness of a small mountain in the middle of the beach where the soil is red, it caused it's called Red Island Beach.

Red Island is a small hill-shaped island near the coast with white sandy beach approximately 3 km. Red Island Beach is located about 60 kilometers from the city to the south of Banyuwangi. To reach these attractions will takes two and a half hours. Also damaged paved roads will make the trip become a test for your patience. Most of the Red Island beach at the foot of Tumpang Pitu Mountain which Overlapping hundreds meters and it’s also a protected forest.

Green belt which encircle along the coast, become a great barrier for a safer area for the Tsunami disaster that ever occurred here, in 1993. But the enormity of the disaster was almost obliterate the beauty of the island. But now Red Island rebounded with its trademark: the red soil. Remarkably, the place is clean of trash and you can find some colorful shells.

Not enough to enjoy the beauty of the red beach, visitors might enjoy watching a professional surfer who tried to conquer the waves of the Red Island. With its 4-5 meters high wave, it makes Red Island frequently visited by tourists from France, Germany, and Australia.

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Green Canyon, Pangandaran

 

Green Canyon is a place that will not be missed when visiting the Pangandaran area. This is not excessive because it offers a unique tourist attractions are hard to come from other attractions. Beautiful scenery and the beauty offered in the Green Canyon that before called as Cukang Taneuh.

Green Canyon

Green Canyon tourist attractions are located in Kertayasa village, ciamis, West Java, it’s about 31 km from Pangandaran. The name of Green Canyon was introduced by travelers from France. The greenish color of river water may be the reason why this place is called Green Canyon. While the previous name is Cukang Taneuh that means land bridge, because of the bridge with a width of 3 meters and up to 40 meters long that connects Kertayasa village with Batukaras village.

Cijulang River

The main purpose is the cave tunnel under the land bridge, that known as Green Canyon Cave. To reach the cave, you should down the river by using a boat which called ketinting. This boat can be boarded by only 5 passengers. The price rents for the boats or ketinting is IDR 75.000, - per boat. The time that required for travel from Ciseureuh pier to the cave is about 30 minutes.

On the side of Cijulang river you can enjoy a hill cliff that overgrown with lush green trees and rocks that decorate it. The trip will not be boring because beautiful scenery and relaxed to enjoy the river flow. Use ketinting can also create an unique experience. When almost arrived, the line will be narrowed so you have to change the boat to come in this line. You will be directed by the tourist guide.

Green Canyon Caves

Beautiful scenery awaits you after the long trip. You can enjoy a solid side of the cave to see the stalactites and stalagmites that are still dripping water. Water continuously issued on the cliff so that the area is referred to as the eternal rain. You can also swim in the cave by using a float. You will feel the water is cold and refreshing. The scenery most beautiful while watching Palatar waterfall include in the Green Canyon Cave. Swimming in cold water while enjoying the high cliffs and see the stalactites and stalagmites certainly an unforgettable experience.

Green Canyon or Cukang Taneuh is a beautiful tourist attractions in the area of ​​Pangandaran. If you intend to visit this place, better if you go when dry season, because the color of Cijulang river is Tosca Green. While in the rainy season, the color of water will be brown. In addition to the rainy season the river water is likely to be posted or river water flow is too swift, so the place was closed for public for the safety of visitors.

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Sawarna Beach, Bayah

Sawarna beach is located in Sawarna Village, Bayah, Lebak District, Banten. Within 150 km of Rangkasbitung (Lebak Capital) is more complete with spectacular waves, perfect for surfing sports lovers. Not surprisingly, beaches are opened for public is becoming a new haven for surfers from Australia, Japan, and Korea. One of the favorite spots of surfers around the world for surfing are Ciantir.

Sawarna beach is one of the beaches are very beautiful and attractive with white sand. The tourists are mostly photography lovers choose to stay 2-3 days in the village at Sawarna Coast region. Understandably, so much beauty can be explored of Sawarna Coast and not enough when visiting just a few hours.

The unique of this village is the location separated by a shallow stream and wide enough. Hence, anyone who wants to go to the village must pass through a wooden bridge hanging like doing outbound. 

In addition to its beautiful beaches, while driving along the edge of Sawarna beach, there are interesting objects namely Laylay cave which inhabited by thousands of bats. In the cave can be seen clear water that flows down of the cave.

If interested in beach trekking, it never hurts to ask help of local residents or owners of the inn where you stay. Understandably, the beach is still managed by local residents. So for lodging or guiding affairs, has not facilitated well.

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Tidung Island, Thousand Islands

 

Tidung Island is one of the villages in the Thousand Islands, Jakarta. The island is divided into two part, Big Tidung Island and Small Tidung Island. The island also has a considerable population. Tidung Island region is a unique place, especially for marine tourism and diving. Coral reef ecosystems in this island has great beauty, especially when snorkeling or diving activities in the edge area. Research activities are also often done in this area.

Big Tidung Island and Small Tidung Island are connected by a long bridge is located in the Thousand Islands south western part, with the distance of approximately 3 hours drive from Muara Angke with public ships.

Tidung island which is estimated only 200 meters wide but about 5 km long, surrounded by shallow beach with white graded because overgrown with corals that appear invisible to the eye and filled with beautiful marine fish. This beach is not big wavy because clusters of corals and coral reefs that surround capable of withstanding the waves, it's safe for swimming.

In this island can be found friendly locals settlement and a view stalls that provide foods and soft drinks. There are also many public facilities, such as police stations are also friendly, a school for high school students from around the island, a collection of stalls and headed into the long bridge connecting the island with the island of Big Tidung and Small Tidung without inhabitants. Health center and administrative offices are neat and tidy will also pass along the journey tracing Tidung Island.

At the beginning of this bridge, you will find a bridge high enough to go through ocean basins that rather deep, there are many local young children demonstrate diving from the bridge, quite entertaining and very inviting tourists to join with them to perform diving in blue beach without waves.

At the end of the bridge, up the coast Small Tidung Island which is a cultivation area of mangrove, looks beautiful when traced with cycling, through a path filled with weeds and deserted beaches of soft white sand, very beautiful scenery.

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Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta

Ragunan zoo was designed as an open zoo. Consist of more than 4,000 animals and 295 species. 14 acres of the zoo was officially opened by Governor of Jakarta in 1966 with the name of Ragunan Wildlife Park. The zoo with an area of 14 acres was officially opened by Governor of Jakarta in 1966 with the name of Ragunan Wildlife Park. Later, the name was changed became Ragunan Zoo. Ragunan Zoo is the largest zoo in Southeast Asia. This zoo has a primate conservation center, thats the largest in the world, the name is Schmutzer Primate Center.

About 90 percent of the collection of animals in Ragunan zoo is Indonesia native animals. In each cage, there is information about the wildlife, thus adding visitors knowledge about type and origin of  the animals. The most complete zoo in Indonesia has been experiencing expansion. the area grow about 140 acres, with approximately 295 species of animals, following 4040 specimens.

Schmutzer Primate Center: Heaven of primate lovers

 Primate Center who was standing in the region Ragunan zoo is a gift from a Dutch-blooded woman, Puck Schmutzer. Primate Center which was inaugurated August 10, 2002 it reached 13 hectares, and recognized as the largest in the world. Primate life in Schmutzer is made ​​them like real life in the wild. The animal is allowed to live freely without a cage or called enclosure.

Some Indonesia native primate that are here like orangutans, owa (Gibbons) of Borneo, Java Gray owa - an extremely rare species -, Siamang, and several other types. Primate center also has a collection of primates from other countries such as gorillas and chimpanzees. Four Gorilla who inhabit in Schmutzer Primate Center, brought in from Howlettes and Port Lympne, England.

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Rinjani Mountain, Lombok

 

Rinjani volcano on the island of Lombok rises to 3726 m, second in height among Indonesian volcanoes only to Sumatra's Kerinci volcano. Rinjani has a steep-sided conical profile when viewed from the east, but the west side of the compound volcano is truncated by the 6 x 8.5 km, oval-shaped Segara Anak caldera. The western half of the caldera contains a 230-m-deep lake whose crescentic form results from growth of the post-caldera cone Barujari at the east end of the caldera. Historical eruptions at Rinjani dating back to 1847 have been restricted to Barujari cone and consist of moderate explosive activity and occasional lava flows that have entered Segara Anak lake. Rinjani Mountain in West Nusa Tenggara is enter into the National Park area of Rinjani Mountain. This national park is also listed in UNESCO as a geological park in Indonesia.

Rinjani Mountain is a favorite for Indonesia mountain climbers cause its beautiful scenery. Rinjani has panaroma best among the mountains in Indonesia. Each year (June-August) are frequently visited by lovers of nature ranging from local residents, students, and lovers of nature. At the peak of Rinjani Mountain you will see a very large caldera (with an area of ​​approximately 50 km2) with a lake (Segara Anak) and a small mountain (Baru Mountain) in the middle. The view at the top is very beautiful, enough to pay for your trip tired during the hike. If you have enough time, try to go down into the crater & fishing. In the lake Segara Anak there are lots of Mas fish and Oreochromis mossambicus. In addition there are also hot tubs, try soaking in a pool is of hot water which probably the highest in Indonesia. Temperatures at the top of Rinjani is very cold, could reach 4 degrees Celsius.
 

Towards the top of Rinjani Mountain can be reached from two places, namely Senaru door with a height of 600 M above sea level and the door Sembalun (Sembalun Lawang) with a height of 1150 M above sea level. Doors Sembalun more chosen because it is closer to the top so they can save energy.

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