Friday, December 24, 2010

The Exotic Island in karimun java

Karimunjawa Island - The Exotic Island in Central Java

Karimunjawa, a culter of island, is administratively a sub district of Jepara Regency. It consists of 27 islands scattered along the java Sea with the sea 69 metres in depth. The average temperature 26-300°C. The total territory area is 107,225 ha which consists of 100.105 ha of land and 7.120 ha of water. Some islands are formed by coral reefs and covered with sand layers. The coast is mostly overgrown with mangrove and other marine plants. Five out of the 27 islands are inhabited, they are Karimunjawa, Kemujan, Parang, Nyamuk dan Genting. Due to its unique marine life, the islands are conserved and declared as The national Marine Park from Central Java. 
The best time to visit the islands is from April through October. However,you can also visit from November through March which is during a rainy season so visitors may have to experience stronger winds and bigger waves.
EXPERIENCED ATTRACTION LAND

Hiking
This activities can be done at Karimunjawa Island, Kernujan Island and Karang Island which most of them covered by any type mangrove.

Sun Bathing
Visitor can enjoy the sun bathing at westside of Menjangan Besar Island and the northwest of Pulau Cemara Kecil Island.

Camping
Camping area are Kemujan Island and next of Parang Island

Bird Watching
There are 33 species of bird land and coastal, while in the year of 1991 found 52 species of bird land in Karimunjawa Archipelago.
There are two island to enjoy bird watching acitvity, Kemujan island with has 12 species such as trucukan, kacamata gunung, raja udang, prenjakserta kareo and others is karimunjawa island whis has 34 species such as trocokan, raja udang, kacamata gunung, pergam kelenjar and cinenen kelabu

Cave Attraction
Available at Sarang Cave of Parang Island

WATER ATTRACTION
Swimming
Those who are interested in swimming can visit the northside Island of Karimunjawa, Menjangan Besar and Menjangan Kecil, around Kemujan Island, Parang Island, Kembar Island and Kembang Island

Snorkling
Just visit The island of Menjangan Besar and Menjangan Kecil, the westside Bengkoang Island, around Kembar Island and teh northside and East of Island Krakal.

Diving
Visitors who are interested in diving can visit North And West Karimunjawa Island, the east side of Menjangan Besar island, the south side of Menjangan Kecil Island, the south and west of Geliang Island, and the side of Bengkoang Island, Parang Island, east side of kembar island, around Katang Island, the north and east side of Krakal island, The west dan north side of Kumbang Island and around Karang Besi.

Fishing 

There are a lot of fish species at the certain island which a great deal for fishing activity such as Menjangan Besar dan Menjangan Kecil Island, around Menyawakan Island , Tanjung Gelam, Seruni Island, Kemujan Island, Tengah Island, the west sid of Bengkoang Island, around Parang Island, Kembar Island, Kumbang Island and around Legom Lele.

Vacation to Karimunjawa

After fulfilling friendship with the family on the Idul Fitri holidays, whether you need to stay? Lebaran holiday to Karimun, a beautiful island about 2.5 hours boat ride from Semarang, want to?

Karimun Jawa energizer marine tourism, Mubarak Ciptosari, Tuesday (8/24/2010), states ingredients Fitri holidays to Karimunjawa Island available through the Office of Tourism Information Centre (TIC) in Jalan Semarang City Youth 147.

"TIC offers Lebaran holiday to the island of Karimun with special price, ie, a package for two with a two-day holiday period. The time, leave Saturday and return Sunday afternoon," said Fitri Ciptosari a travel guide that many foreign tourists to the island of Karimunjawa.

Karimunjawa Island recently became the icons of nautical tourism in Central Java Province. Area located in Jepara region has six major islands are still in development stage with a bid of marine tours plus exciting activity.

In addition to sunbathing on the white sandy beaches, tourists can dive, snorkel, and enjoy a typical seafood karimunjawa. Each activity is accompanied tourists a professional tour guide and staff safety at sea.

"If you want to see fishermen harvesting seaweed could also, by making use of a yacht or a rickshaw ride around the island to enjoy the life of local communities," said Mubarak.

Package tours to Karimun Jawa is available in a choice of regional tourists with two packages and two days worth of Rp 600,000 to Rp 800,000 and a package of foreign tourists to travel alone with four days worth of Rp 6 million.

Package is inclusive of transport vessels from Semarang to Karimun Island, staying at the Karimunjawa Inn, tourism activities and facilities in waters that have a charm since it contains 242 species of ornamental fish and 133 aquatic. No lag, green and hawks hawksbill and green turtles.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

VISIT INDONESIA

VISIT INDONESIA - Ultimate in Diversity

Legong Dance

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Bali, not every one have same understanding of the word "Legong". Until today some Balinese think that legong is any non-dramatic dances performed by woman. One of the cause is the popularity of kebyar dances that become so popular in Bali after legong era. Instead, the word Legong Kraton, means 'legong of the palace', is often used by the Balinese referring to all repertoire of legong. 

Despite the fate of legong that fade in popularity many decades ago, after it peaks in the beginning of this century, recently, slowly but quite encouragingly, legong regain it's popularity and dignity once more. This is partly caused by tourism industry and also by the work of individual, organization, or local government, who have special interest to the renaissance of this type of dance-drama. 

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But one thing is certain, the beauty and charm of this delicate and feminine dance is indisputable. It's not easy to find any dance in Bali and in other places that comparable to the grace and beauty of the legong. Beside the dance it self, many of musical compositions that accompanying it is among the sweetest and most beautiful on the island. Original music for legong accompaniment is gamelan pelegongan, a kind of percussion instruments with bronze keys, cymbals, and drums, although it can also accompanied by gamelan gong kebyar, the modern gamelan of Bali. 

The dancers start dancing for public at a very early age. Traditionally they are selected among little girls in the village for their suppleness and beauty. They will go on dancing legong until the age of puberty, before they start dancing other type dances. Usually excellent legong dancers are respected as master dancers at older age and some of them also become respected dancing teachers.


 



Roro Kuning Nature Tourism - Nganjuk

 Roro Kuning Nature Tourism - Nganjuk - East Java

 

Fisherman In The Tuban - Tuban - East Java
W.R.Soepratman Museum - Surabaya - East Java
Roro Kuning Nature Tourism - Nganjuk - East Java
Sadon Temple / Reog Temple - Magetan - East Java
Roro Kuning Nature Tourism - Nganjuk - East Java
Roro Kuning Nature Tourism - Nganjuk - East Java
Roro Kuning Nature Tourism - Nganjuk - East Java
 
 
Roro Kuning Nature Tourism - Nganjuk - East Java 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Roro Kuning
 
Roro Kuning Nature Tourism - Nganjuk - East Java
Roro kuning waterfall is located + 23 km south of Nganjuk city. This location is a beautiful village, which has beautiful pine trees forest, crystal clear river and boast of several waterfall. This location is challenging and very beautiful. This waterfall is the closest waterfall to Panglima Soedirman Monument, while the others are Pacoban Ngunut (* 75 m high) and the Pacoban Coban (* 95 m high). More info visit:
 
 
 
 
 

Sarangan Lake Magetan

Sarangan Lake Magetan

Magetan is one of regencies in East Java Island that bordered with Central Java province. Magetan regency region that located in Mount Lawu foot is rich of nature tourism such as lake, waterfall, etc. Magetan regency has a lot of nature tourism objects that spreads almost over its 13 districts. One of the most interesting tourism objects is Sarangan Lake. Beside that, there are also historical tourism objects such as; temple, grave and inscription.

Wonderful Sight sarangan

Lake Sarangan and charm  

A large puddle of water that extends in the foothills. The lake has its own charisma to the surrounding community Magetan. Lake Sarangan. A place that will not be separated from Magetan city, a city situated at the western end of East Java Province.

 
Sarangan lake is geographically located in the village Sarangan, District Plaosan right at the foot of Mount Lawu. Located about 16 kilometers from the city Magetan. With temperatures cold enough that 18 to 25 degrees Celsius Lake Sarangan become a magnet for anyone who visits the city Magetan

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

keparat

POPOH BEACH tulungagung

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Popoh beach is the interesting tourism object in Tulungagung regency. In this tourism object, you can enjoy the beautiful of nature scenery, astonished with a thousand temples; enjoy the swimming pool, and fauna. This tourism object has managed by the region government of Tulungagung, together with Retjo Pentoeng Cigarettes Company.

In this Popoh Beach is also equipped with lodges facility, fish market, marine tourism, and a few places for fishing. The communities around always held a traditional ceremony called ì Labuh Semboyoî by wash away sacrifice of two goatís head to the sea for the ìrulerî of south sea (Indonesia Ocean). That ceremony is aimed to get a lot of fish from south sea.

There is onyx handicraft place as Tulungagung souvenirs and located along the road way to Popoh, Boyolangu, Campurdarat, Besuki. We can reach it by motorboat to walk around Sidem Beach, Klatak, Gemah and Bayeman. Popoh Beach is presents tourism a lot and has playground for the kids, smooth spoon beach, quay wall, sea fish market, seafood, etc. The other tourism facilities of Popoh beach is lodges for the visitors who want to stay here for a while and enjoy Popoh beach longer. The place of fishermen is at east side and stick out to sea. If we lucky, we can see the fishermen get their fish from sea and sell it with affordable price.

Almost every holiday and red day, this tourism object is always full of visitors, both from Tulungagung around also foreign tourists.

SINE BEACH tulungagung

Not far from Popoh beach, there is a tourism beach that has already to welcome the visitors. It is Sine beach tourism, which located in Sine sub-village, Kalibatur village, Kalidawir district, about 35 km to east side of Tulungagung city. Sine is a beach that has wide sand, usually used for sun bathing. The visitors who pleasure for sun bathing are not need to go to Bali for having sun bathing, just come here in Sine beach sand, Tulungagung.

Not only that, in bright weather from this beach we can see sun rise directly. The beautiful of sunrise in the sea, is the special characteristic of this beach. So that, many visitors called Sine beach as the Sun Rise beach.

Along south beach in Tulungagung area, there are some beaches to be enjoyed by visitors, such as; Molang beach, Dlodo beach, Brumbun beach and Gerangan beach.

Sativa Sanggraloka: Surrounding's Nature

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Madura Island

Madura 
Madura is the small island in the eastern of Surabaya city; the sea crossing from Surabaya to this island takes just half an hour. It is the one of the unique culture of Indonesia and has many interested places to be visited; beach, culture, village, and others. The most famous attraction is the annual bull racing (kerapan sapi), which takes place during the dry season in August and September. These exciting and colorful tournaments consist of a race between two pairs of bulls, each team pulling a rider and sled.

South Banyuwangi Reserve

South Banyuwangi 
Situated on the North of Banyuwangi on the Java's North Eastern tip, this park covers an area of twenty five thousand hectares. The unique about this park is the climate; this is the driest place in Java.
Beside the home of many jungle fowl, wild pigs, deer, wild bull, leopard, leaf monkeys, and species of wild dog, known as asu ajak, South Banyuwangi Reserve occupies the whole of the eastern peninsular known as Blambangan, or alas purwo. This peninsula has idyllic beach that well known as the world's finest surfing beaches.  
 
Kawah Ijen
 
 
Kawah Ijen is one of the most outstanding craters in East Java beside Bromo. There is vast turquoise lake in the center of crater. Streaked with sulphur, the crater is active and the lake has been known to boil over time to time.
There is about 10 miles (16 km) in diameter caldera surrounding the crater that has fertile soil. You can also watch see the beauty scene of coffee vegetation maze, which planted in this calderas.  
 
Bromo
 
Bromo  
 
Mt Bromo is the most popular and well known of East Java's tourist attractions. It has a spectacular sunrise and sunset view. Everyday, people from every nationality trek across the sand sea around the mount in pre-dawn to watch the sun rise at the crater rim.
Bromo has special reputation due to its unique location and its role for culture reserve of Majapahit remains that shown by local inhabitants, the Tenggerese, who descent from a princess of Majapahit.
 
Purwodadi Botanical Garden
 
  
Founded in 1941 for the study of plants growing under relatively dry conditions, the Purwodadi Gardens is situated on the lower slopes of Mt. Arjuna at an altitude of about 3000 m and covers an area of 85 hectares (212.5 acres). We can see and observe all sorts of plants. The scarce and dry plants can also be found there. 





Baluran National Park


Baluran

Baluran National Park, located on the entire northeast corner, is a dry countryside of open forests and scrubland, bordered by marshes, swampy groves, and white sand beaches. Its extensive savannah provides a grazing ground for wild cow, wild buffalos, deer and wild dog, spotted leopard, primate, peafowl, jungle pawl, jackals, macaque, long tail macaque, small antelope, civet cats, fruit bats, monitor lizards, squirrels wild pigs kingfishers, bee-eaters, owls, peacocks, and Javanese wild ox.

Occupied by an area of twenty five thousand hectares, the Park provides a unique natural attraction for your nature pleasure.

Meru Betiri Reserve


Meru Betiri
Meru Betiri Reserve is well known with its exotic natural attraction on southern beaches; the sea turtle nesting beaches. The park consists of one of the last extensive areas of lowland rainforest on Java, as well as mangrove, lowland swamp forest and beach formations.
Situated on 50,000 ha area at the south coast of East Java, this reserve is also known as the last place on the island where the Javanese tiger is exist.

Batu


Batu is the most favorite natural retreat place for east java people. It has a beautiful mountainous view, which 0have attractive sunrise and sunset. With its climate and scenic beauty, Batu is sometimes even referred to "little Switzerland of Java". Its plateau appearance is almost like an alpine.
The cool climate and fertile soils are ideal for growing many species of flower and fruits, which the plantation is performing beauty scenery. You can also see Bamboo and tropical wood being split to create maze surrounding the vegetation.
Apples, for which Batu is well known all over the island. 
Batu 

Island. Riau

RIAU ARCHIPELAGO




Its waters are the backyard of native seafaring nomads who fish and trade for a living. Their traditional wooden sailing craft, called 'pinisi' still do the forested channels of these islands, along with other indigenous craft, fishing vessels and cargo ships which call at the archipelago's main town and Tanjung Pinang port. Tanjung Pinang lies on the largest island of Bintan archipelago. Once known as Riau, it was the heart of an ancient Malay kingdom. Today, Bintan is the latest hot spot of development in Indonesia's surging economy.


A master plan is underway to turn it into a major tourist destination. Barely an hour away from Singapore by ferry, tourist accommodation has begun to appear to take advantage of its gateway from it all appeal. It consists of Riau Archipelago, Natuna Islands and Anambas Archipelago. Originally part of Riau Province, Riau Archipelago was split off as a separate Province in July 2004 with Tanjung Pinang as its capital. Anambas Archipelago, located between mainland Malaysia and Borneo were attached to the new province. By population, the most important Riau islands are Bintan, Batam and Karimun. Size wise, however, the sparsely populated Natuna Islands are larger.

lembang curug omas

Curug Omas (Omas Waterfall) 

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Lembang District location map Province: West Java District: West Bandung Size: - km ² Population: 201,765 Density: - inhabitants / km ² Village / Kelurahan: 16 Lembang is a district in West Bandung regency, West Java, Indonesia. Kecamatan Lembang an altitude of between 1312 to 2084 meters above sea level. The highest point on the summit of Mount Tangkuban Parahu. As a region located in the mountains, the average temperature ranges between 17 ° -27 ° C. Population Lembang most search eyed as farmers, traders, informal sector workers (workers, drivers, etc.).
 
The distance from Bandung city about 21 km (15 minutes drive four-wheeled vehicles) from Lembang towards the east. Recreation with beautiful scenery and cool tube, but has a hot springs contain minerals, there is also a waterfall 25 meters high Ciomas. For those who love adventure from Maribaya you can break through the lush hills hills with pine trees of quinine, walk to Forest Park Ir. H. Juanda 5 km or to the Arcamanik.  
   
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Curug Omas located in tourist locations Maribaya, Lembang. This tourist attraction offers the charm of the waterfall and the surrounding natural beauty. Direct air freshness was so we entered the tourist areas, it is commonly used by visitors to sit or lay down on the mat for rent in many tourist areas. But not only offers fresh air, you will find a waterfall as high as 30 meters there. Waterfalls roar came from the surrounding area, inspire us to approach him. There is provided a bridge just above the waterfall, making it easier for us to enjoy the view from the top of the waterfall. You can indulge for a moment to enjoy the ear waterfalls roar, pamper the eyes with a look at a rainbow that often arise.  
In addition to showing the beautiful natural charm, for those of you who like hiking, you can enjoy it here. From okasi this tour, we get to the Forest Park Ks with a distance of approximately 5 km. With a considerable distance away, you can get for your own satisfaction that is a hobby with nature adventure.  

Monday, December 20, 2010

Palembang, City Of Million

Palembang, City Of Million Charm

Palembang city, is one of Indonesia largest city in Sumatra island after Medan city and officially the capital of South Sumatra province.
Palembang was formerly known as the capital city of the ancient Kingdom of Srivijaya before it went to Jambi. As we know that Srivijaya or Sriwijaya was a powerful ancient Malay kingdom on the island of Sumatra. Palembang is considered as the eldest city in Indonesia based on the inscription of Kedukan Bukit, which stated about the establishment of the city and the capital of Sriwijaya kingdom on June 16, 682 AD. That makes the day of the Palembang anniversary.
Palembang landmarks include the Ampera bridge and the Musi River which divides the city into two, Seberang Ilir to the north and Seberang Ulu to the south. The Seberang Ilir is the economic and cultural centre and the Seberang Ulu is the political centre. Palembang city is a strategic city, regarding this is the connection way among the region in Sumatra island. Moreover, The existence of Musi river that being crossed by the Ampera bridge is become the major transportation among the regions.
Palembang city was build along the historical time line that remain the struggles of being a history as strong as today. The first period occur at the time of Sriwijaya Kingdom, followed by the ruin of this kingdom in other time. Other phase was begin again when the time of Palembang Darussalam sultanate until the phase of colonialism to the present time. By those phases Palembang nowadays is already become a significant city in Indonesia.
Palembang inhabitants are ethnic of Malays, and they use Bahasa Melayu in daily speaking which already adjusted by the local dialect, known as the Language of Palembang. Beside the natives people, in Palembang there are also some more immigrant, like the Javanese, Minangkabau, Madurese, Bugis and Banjar. Other are Tionghoa, Arabic and Indian.
Palembang is famous with its food of Pempek Pelembang, and become more popular in other area in Indonesia. Beside pempek, people should know that Palembang has destinations to go like, Musi river, Ampera bridge, The great mosque of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Palembang, Kuto Besak port, Kambang Iwak Family Park, Punti Kayu forest tourism, Sriwijaya primordial tourism, Bukit Siguntang primordial tourism, Monumen Perjuangan Rakyat, Museum of Balaputradewa, Museum of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II, Textile museum, Sriwijaya Cheng-Ho Mosque, Songket handicraft center and many more.

Tourism and Lombok


Tourism and Lombok

Visiting Lombok, Indonesia

Tanjung Aan