Padang - Padang Beach - Bali

Padang-Padang Beach is located at Jalan Labuhan Sait, Pecatu Village, Subdistrict of South Kuta, Badung Regency, Bali Province, Bali Island, Indonesia.
From the highway, the entrance to the beach is rather unique. To go to the beach location, visitors must pass through a narrow niche in the coral, as if such entry into the small cave, inside there are a few dozen steps descending down toward the beach. After going through and out of the cave, then visitors can see a white sandy beach, clear blue water and flat, an extraordinary sight. Padang-Padang Beach also known as Suluban Beach.

Swimming, Snorkeling and Surfing
Padang-Padang Beach has calm waves, there are only a small wave ripples so suitable for swimming activities, snorkeling.
If you want to surf, visitors first had to swim towards the middle of the sea or can also hire a boat. Away from the beach the waves are big, making it suitable for surfing.
Other activities are sunbathing on the beach.

Attraction of Padang-Padang Beach
Padang-Padang Beach far from the atmosphere of noise, making it suitable for visitors who need a quiet atmosphere.
White-sand beaches, clear blue waters and clean. The beauty of coral caves.
The beach is shallow and has a calm waves, which become a pleasant place for swimming activities.
Away from the coast, high waves are very suitable for a surf.
In this beach, many international surfing event.
Sunset is one of the attractions of this beach.

Go to Padang-Padang Beach
From Ngurah Rai International Airport towards Uluwatu, take the right, following signs that read: Jalan Labuhan Sait, then continue until you find the bridge.

Facilities Available
Parking available, food stalls, clothing merchants.

Komodo National Park - Indonesia Tourism

Komodo National Park is located in the Province of East Nusa Tenggara, Nusa Tenggara Archipelago, Indonesia.
Komodo National Park consists of three major islands, namely Komodo Island, Rinca Island and Padar Island, as well as several large islands and small islands, some mountains and hills. In this national park, Mount Satalibo is the highest mountain peak (± 735 meters above sea level).
Komodo National Park, flanked by the Island of Sumbawa and Flores Island.
In 1980 the Komodo National Park was established, the aim is to protect the survival of some ancient animal, namely the Komodo (Varanus Komodoensis) and their habitats, including flora and fauna therein. In 1986, the Komodo National Park designated as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

On this island, tourists can see the Komodo. Komodo is the largest lizard species in the world, body length can reach 3 meters and weighing up to 165 kg. Tourists can witness the various activities of this rare animal, such as the Komodo marriages that occurred between May to August, Komodo eating deer, eating pigs, eating goats, see Komodo basking in the streets and in the branches of trees in the morning.
In addition to as the original habitat of the Komodo, Komodo National Park is also used as a place for the conservation of native animals from Indonesia. In the Komodo National Park there are also marine life, like hundreds of species of coral, thousands of species of fish, dozens of sponge. There are also wild animals such as horses, deer, wild buffalo, wild boar, ajag.
There are also papyrus trees, bamboo, rattan and mangroves.

Visitor activities in the Komodo National Park
Observed gestures of Komodo, see the fauna and flora, visit traditional villages, research.
Other activities: swimming, diving, snorkeling.

Visiting the Komodo National Park
Visitors can visit each year, namely on: March until June, the month of October until December.

Travel routes to the Komodo National Park
Route 1:
From Denpasar City (Bali Island) to Labuan Bajo City (Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara) by airplane, from the Labuan Bajo City to the national park using a ferry or speedboat.

Route 2:
From Denpasar City (Bali Island) to Mataram (Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara), next to the town of Bima (Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara), and the town of Sape (Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara), it takes ± 2 days' journey by land and sea. Sape to the location of the national park by using the ferry.

Facilities in the Komodo National Park
Available: inns, hotels, resorts, resthouse, researchers house, guest house, shelter, guard shack, the information center, restaurants, shops, souvenir shops, tour guide, public toilets, speedboat and etcetera.

Komodo National Park is often visited by foreign tourists, they call this a national park with Own World mention, because the Island of Komodo is unique. Komodo Island has a vast savanna, and impressed arid and barren, but busy with several voices of birds, wild horses and giant reptiles. The air temperature is hot and dry, the limited water resources, an open field that overgrown some papyrus trees, with mountain backdrop. All that is unique not found everywhere, and this is an Own World.

The situation in Komodo National Park
Air temperature: 17 ° - 43 ° C
Rainfall: 800 to 1000 mm / year
Elevation: 0 to 735 meters above sea level
Geographical location: 8°23' - 8°50' LS, 119°22' - 119°49' LE

Bunaken Marine Park Tourism

Bunaken Marine Park is located in North Sulawesi, the distance of approximately 8 km from the Menado. Menado city is the capital of North Sulawesi, Sulawesi Island.

Bunaken Marine Park is a very interesting place for the purpose of recreation for tourists domestic and foreign tourists. It’s a strategic location, can be easily visited by tourists. To visit the marine park, visitors can leave from the beach in the bay Manado. Visitors can use a motor boat rental to go to Bunaken Marine Park.
The best season to come to Bunaken Marine Park is in the month of May until August.

Many activities that can be done in the Bunaken Marine Park, such as snorkeling, diving, swimming, sunbathing on the beach, explore the forests around the coast.
Around Bunaken Marine Park is available homestay facilities, hotels, resorts, motor boat, the tower view, post guards, restaurant, post office, rent equipment for diving, diving instructors.

Bunaken Marine Park is the extent of 75,265 hectares and consists of five islands, namely:
Bunaken Island, Manado Tua island, Siladen Island, Mantehage Island, Naen Island. Although this marine park consists of five islands that close, only Bunaken Island is famous as the location of dives.
As the dive place, Bunaken Marine Park is one of the 10 most popular diving places in the world. Bunaken Marine Park has 20 point dive place, dive depth varies up to 1344 meters. Bunaken Island have 12 point dive place and often visited by tourists and divers.

Bunaken Marine Park is one of the beautiful marine park in the world, namely:
● has a formation of coral reefs are very beautiful and wide
● have more than 3000 species of fish that need to be protected from extinction, such as gusumi horse fish (hippocampus horse), goropa (ephinephelus spilotoceps), white oci (seriola rivoliana) and many other
● have a rare aquatic organisms such as dolphins, sea cow, dugong-dugong
● has a variety of ornamental fish is beautiful

Bunaken Marine Park have distinctive characteristics, namely:
● has a giant wall of rock that stands vertically and curve upwards
● coral walls are a source of food for the fish in the waters around Bunaken Island

To protect yourselves from the sea breeze, if a visit to the Bunaken Marine Park will need to bring warm clothing or a jacket, scarf, head cover.

Danau Toba (Toba Lake) Tourism

Toba Lake is one of the largest lake in the world and the largest lake in Indonesia with the area about 100 km x 30 km.
Toba Lake is located in North Sumatra Province, Sumatra Island. Medan is the capital of North Sumatra Province, take about 4 hours from the City of Medan to Toba Lake by using the two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive.
Toba Lake, such as a sea, which is incredible in the middle of Toba Lake there is an island, its name is Samosir Island.

Visitors can enjoy the scenery of Toba Lake which is very beautiful, the fresh air and cool and comfortable atmosphere for relaxing.
Visitors can also perform other activities such as swimming in the lake, around the lake with the motor boat, see the sunset in the west.
Every year, held the party of The People of Toba Lake. Toba Lake People’s Party is part of tourist attraction.

Travelers can visit Samosir Island by ferry from the pier in the area Ajibata, Parapat. At the time on the Island of Samosir, visitors can visit the tomb of King Sidabutar, traditional home of The Batak Toba Samosir. Other activities, visitors can enjoy the rural atmosphere with the bicycle or motorcycle, which can be rent there.

In the vicinity of Toba Lake was available villas, hotels, lodging, restaurants, cafes, souvenir shops, food stalls.

The best time to visit Toba Lake in the months April until September.

Dreamland Beach - Bali Tourism

Dreamland Beach is a beach that is located on the Island of Bali, exactly in the Village of Pecatu, Subdistrict of South Kuta, Badung Regency, Bali Province, Bali Island, Indonesia.
Previously, Pecatu Village is a poor village, the residents work as farmers. Their agricultural land is located in the barren hills. Then, the economy became better after Pecatu Region made a world-class tourist area.
At that time, people expect to get a new job, that is from a farmer to switch to the work of tourism business, local residents want to participate and become part of the business of tourism services. Pecatu area is the future, dream land. The local people call this dream land. Then, Pecatu Area called Dreamland Region, its beach called Dreamland Beach.
Dreamland Beach is a dream of local people, as a place of business and their future.
New Kuta Dreamland is a nickname for Dreamland Beach, because of its attraction is considered a rival attraction Kuta Beach. As already known, Kuta Beach is the most famous beach in the Bali Island.

Activities in Dreamland Beach
Travelers can perform activities such as walking along the beach, play beach volleyball, play sand, sunbathing on the beach, swimming in the sea, surf.
Dreamland beach has large waves and the high waves, because that is very suitable for surfing sports. Dreamland Beach is one of the surfing place in the Island of Bali.
Afternoon, tourists can witness the sunset is so beautiful.

Dreamland Beach attraction
Many tourists from all over the world come to Bali Island for holiday and travel to Dreamland Beach.
Dreamland Beach is a beach surrounded by cliffs that high rise, rolling, and its coral reefs are large.
Dreamland Beach is very beautiful and glamour, with a carpet of sand that is clean, clear water, a precipitous rock crevice, a sheer coral, coral reef, cliffs of stone with its green grass, sea waves roll high and large, all that will make tourists feel it looked amazed.

Go Dreamland Beach
From Ngurah Rai Airport in the City of Denpasar, Bali Island, to the Dreamland Beach takes approximately 45 minutes.
From Kuta Beach, Jimbaran pass, approximately 30 minutes drive to the Dreamland Beach.
From the Garden of Culture, Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK), takes about 20 minutes to get to Dreamland Beach.
Trip to Dreamland Beach can use the private car, bus, taxi, car and motorcycle rental.

Dreamland Area Facilities
There are: resorts, villas, golf courses, malls, cafes, shops, souvenir shops, food and beverage stores, clothing merchants, to rent an umbrella, toilet, and so forth.

Danau Kelimutu (Kelimutu Lake) - NTT Tourism

Kalimutu Lake

Kelimutu Lake is located in the summit of Mount Kelimutu, Ende Regency, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Indonesia.
Kelimutu Lake is comprise of three backwaters. This backwater has formed of craters on the summit of Mount Kelimutu, height ± 1640 meters above sea level.
In Regency of Ende, this three backwaters is called Tiwu Ata Mbupu (Parent Lake), Tiwu Nua Muri Ko'o Fai (Lake of Young People) and Tiwu Ata Polo (Lake of Soothsayer). Tiwu Nua Muri Ko'o Fai and Tiwu Ata Polo is only separated with a steep wall that the width 15 to 20 meters, height of wall between 50 to 150 meters high. About 300 meters west of Tiwu Nua Muri Ko'o Fai, is located Tiwu Ata Mbupu.
Kelimutu Lake area is one of the existing National Park in Indonesia, the region include the 5 subdistricts, namely Detsuko, Ndona, East Ndona, Wolojita and Kelimutu.
Kelimutu Lake is one of the tourism in Indonesia, which is located on the Island of Flores. Many foreign tourists come to the Kelimutu Lake, and this make its name is famous to the various part of the world. 

Kelimutu Lake have a unique

Kelimutu Lake have a unique, namely the respective from backwaters, water color is always change each year.
Kelimutu Lake is one of the wonders of the world, beautiful, unique, glamour.
The first time, when the start is known by many people, the color of water from the respective backwater is red, blue and white. Each year, water color is always changes color.
According to information Kelimutu National Park, within 25 years, this lake has changed color as much as 12 times. Some researchers say that this color change may result from changes in chemical composition of water crater caused by the change in gas volcano, the effects of water temperature from the crater increases, sunlight refraction, reflection crater walls, the reflection of the lake basis, the mineral content in the crater , stones and moss.
Kelimutu Lake is one of the wonders of nature, often referred to as the Lake of Three Colors.
Kelimutu around the area, visitors can also see and enjoy the beauty of nature, such as waterfalls, hot water bathing places, rice fields, roads that circle along the ridge.
Regions of Kelimutu is a good area for hiking.
Kelimutu around the area, there is a forest with a variety of flora, such as: red wood, pine, edelweiss flower. There are also fauna, such as partridge, deer, wild pig, eagle.

Transportation to the Lake Of Kelimutu, Flores Island
By using the plane, leaving from the City of Kupang, Capital of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Travel to the City Ende, Flores Island. It takes ± 40 minutes drive.
Until the City Ende, go to the Village of Moni with the car. Moni Village is located in the Village of Kaonara, Wolowaru Subdistrict, Ende Regency. It take ± 3 hours drive to the Village of Moni, the distance 93 km. From the Village of Moni, the visitor must walking ± 2.5 km to reach the top of The Mountain of Kelimutu,

 

Best time to see The Lake Of Kelimutu
Time is the best in the morning when the sunrise. At 9 am local time, around the lake began to be covered by thick fog and continued until the afternoon. This fog will hinder the view of visitors.
In Kelimutu, the air is cold, it need to bring warm clothing or a jacket.

 

Facilities in the Area Of Kelimutu
Available car parking and motorcycle, inn, cottage, hut guard, shelter.

Facilities in the Area Of Kelimutu
Available car parking and motorcycle, inn, cottage, hut guard, shelter.

Salira Indah Beach Tourism

Salira Indah Beach

About 15 km from the Merak bus station is Salira Indah beach resort, located at scanning Tanjung Pujut. This resort on Java's west coast can easily be reached within a few hours from Jakarta either by bus or car.

Dua Island - Banten

Dua Island (Pulau Dua) is the name of a small nature preservation inhabited by some 50 kinds of fish-eating birds. It is located in the Banten bay and is accessible by boat from Tanjung Priok sea harbor or from Marina, Ancol.

This pristine island is also one of Indonesia's major bird sanctuaries, where more than 50,000 birds stop over during the winter or breeding season. Among these migratory creatures include egrets, ibis, teals, kingfishers and pelicans, while herons, storks and cormorants are some of the permanent residents. These birds originated from Africa, Asia and Australia and stay on this island to lay and hatch their eggs during April through August each year and fly back home afterwards. Little wonder, then, that this natural heaven is also known as Pulau Burung (Bird Island). The island is a hop away from Banten old town and can be accessed by walking on the shoal during low tide. The visitors can take a boat to get there quickly and safely.

Shadow Puppets Museum

This artistic building stay at Pintu Besar Utara Street 27, West Jakarta, was built in 1912, previously as land of a church, which was built in 1640 under the name of De Oude Hollandsche Kerk (The Old Dutch Church). In 1732 it was renovated and its name was changed into De Nieuwe Hollandsche Kerk (The New Dutch Church). The church building was once totally destroyed by an earthquake. Bataviasche Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Batavia Society of Arts and Sciences), that was an institution dealing with science and Indonesian culture bought this building.

 

The institution then delivered this building to the Stichting Oud Batavia (Old Batavia Foundation) and on 22 December 1939. It was made a museum under the name of Oude Bataviasche Museum (Old Batavia Museum). In 1957 this building was delivered to Lembaga Kebudayaan Indonesia (Institute of Indonesian Culture) and on 17 September 1962 it was delivered to the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, which later was delivered to the DKI Jakarta Administration on 23 June 1968 to be made Shadow Puppet Museum, which inauguration was carried out on 13 August 1975.

Shadow Puppet (commonly known as wayang) in Indonesia, especially on Java Island, was originally a product of the Royal Court culture. It was first used as an instrument of worship to the ancestors, and after the Hindu culture entered Indonesia iaround the 5th century, it developed shifting of values. The world of Indonesian shadow puppet got characteristically influence especially in term of story, like the Ramayana (the Story of Rama) and Mahabharata (the Great Bharata), making the form of presentation keep on changing and with wider range in performance and in the theme of the story. In its later development the Indonesian shadow puppet had become such tradition, that it has been capable to hold out in the supporting community consisting of various elements. Visitors of this Museum are invited to know various characters, attitude and behavior of the story from various regions through the performance of shadow puppet that has weight of high value in our culture and viewing a number of collections of shadow puppet like wayang kulit, wayang golek, patung wayang, topeng wayang, wayang beber, wayang kaca, gamelan (traditional music instrument set) as well as wayang paintings.

 

This Museum also displays various collections of wayang and dolls from friendly countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Suriname, China, Vietnam, France, India and Cambodia. It is not merely to be an object for recreation, study for students/ devotee can be carried out in this Museum, and this Museum even can be used as venue for training, documentation center and research on shadow puppet, and it can be used as inter-regional and international media on cultural knowledge. To support its existence, in this Museum wayang staging and attraction of wayang making are periodically organized.

Pawon Temple - Tourism

Pawon Temple is not a grave but as a place to keep King Indra's weapon namely Vajranala. Tiny temple 2 km east of Borobudur, contains a Buddha statue. The temple's style and the relief carved on the wall resemble most Javanese Hindu Temple. Pawon Temple is one and half kilometers westward from Mendut Temple and eastward from Borobudur Temple; it is also a Buddhist temple. When appreciating in detail, its sculpture is the beginning of Borobudur sculpture.

This temple was built with volcanic stones. Architecturally it is a blend of old Javanese Hindu and Indian art. Pawon temple is exactly in the central point of the straight line stretched from Borobudur to Mendut Temple. Perhaps it was built for kubera. It is on a wide rather terrace with steps. All parts are decorated with stupa(s) on dagoba(s) and its outside walls with symbolic pictures.

NGOBARAN BEACH - YOGYAKARTA TOURISM

Ngobaran Beach is located at Gunung Kidul region, 50km from Yogyakarta. This is a pure beach with a number of marine attractions to explore. When the tide is low around 3 in the morning, the visitors can join the local fishermen to collect seaweeds or go fishing for stranded fish between the reefs at the beach. The overall panorama creates some unexplainable yet peaceful feelings. Some believe that somewhere in the beach lie the remains of King Brawijaya fort and his men “Sabdo Palon Ngoyogenggong”. Other uniqueness of this beach includes a cave, which leads its explorers to a striking underground stream.

Going to Ngrenehan Beach and enjoying the grilled fish will be complete if we drop by Ngobaran Beach that is located adjacent to it. The location of the beach with high cliff is around two kilometers from Ngrenehan Beach. The local people of Ngrenehan Beach even talk and visit Ngobaran Beach.

Ngobaran is such an exotic beach. When the seawater had falls, we can see the spread of both green and brown seaweed. When it looked from the top, the spread of the algae growing in coral reef looks like spread of rice field in a densely populated area. Tens of sea animal species also present in between the coral reef, ranging from sea urchin, starfish, to various types of cockleshells.

Kalasan Temple - Jogjakarta Tourism

Kalasan Temple is built in Kalasan village about 2 km west of Prambanan, 15 km from Yogyakarta. _It is dedicated to a Buddhist Goddess, TARA. It is 6 meters tall and has 52 stupas. This unique Buddhist temple is located east of Yogyakarta, on the south side of the main road between Yogyakarta and Solo. It was built in honor of the marriage between king Pancapana of Sanjaya Dynasty and a Princess of Syailendra Dynasty, named Dyah Pramudya Wardhani. It is beautifully ornamented with finely carved relief and coated with "vajralepa", a yellowish material made from the sap of a certain tree. The vajralepa functioned as an adhesive and as protection against moss and mildew, while at the same time it refined the carvings. This temple is 24 m high and its base built in the form of a Greek cross.