Adventures on Komodo Island, Indonesia

Komodo National Park

Komodo island is the habitat of the animal kind of giant lizards that are in the archipelago Nusa Tenggara, the island in the districts of dragons, Manggarai western border with the province of West Nusa Tenggara, is included in the national park dragons along with the island of the solid, Rinca, an island Mota and other small islands.
On Komodo Island, there are more than 2,000 living Komodo dragons in the wild.



Because of the existence of dragons are endangered, in 1986, UNESCO set the Komodo island and the islands around the Komodo National Park as a world heritage site because dragons can only be encountered in this area.

Komodo

The animal has a scientific name Varanus komodoensis reptile is a giant carnivorous lizard that can reach a size of 2-3 meters with a weight of 100-165kg.

Animals that have a body that large, sharp nail and skin scaly by local people called by the name of "ORA" and its main prey is deer, wild boar, horses, buffalo and civet.


Dragons were first discovered by Lieutenant Steyn van has Broek in 1910 with his army and managed to kill the dragons then perpetuate the photos and sent to the botanical garden in Bogor.
The existence of dragons known to the public through a journal written by Peter A Ouwens and then posted on daily newspapers belonging to the Dutch East Indies in 1915.
Because often hunted then the Dutch East Indies government outlawed sport hunting for fear that these animals are endangered because dragons are the ancient animals are still alive on earth.

Trekking

In addition to seeing dragons animal life, tourists can also see the view of the Komodo island with trekking and mountain climbing ora which has a height of 538 meters above sea level and the time you will be trekking in the company of a ranger or guide to ensuring the safety of tourists.

• For women who are in the menstrual period required to report in order to give more attention ranger. This is because dragons can smell blood from a radius of hundreds of meters.
• When trekking do not make any sudden movements or noise because dragons are very sensitive to movement and sound.

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Natural Tourist Destinations Lombok, Indonesia

One of the tourist attractions in Indonesia is a chili that has exotic natural beauty, one of the natural beauty of Lombok is Mount Rinjani which has an altitude of approximately 3,726 meters above sea level.
Mount Rinjani including the third highest mountain in Indonesia and tourism in Lombok is dominated by the enchanting beauty of nature among the mountains, beaches, islands and more.
The beauty of the beach in Lombok at the time of sunset and sunrise into its own value as well as beach waves suitable for surfing.

                  Tourist Attractions in Lombok

1.Senggigi Beach

This beach is a beach in Lombok is most famous for its beautiful beaches, the scenery long coastlines when viewed from a distance or height was amazing so many foreign tourists who come to this beach.

2.Kuta Lombok Beach

Beach located in the village of Kuta is a beach that is still not a lot of visitors are not far from the international airport lombok but is one of the beach in Lombok beautiful beach which has the same name as the name of the beach in Bali is a beach that has white sand beaches.

3.Selong Belanak Beach

The beach is in central Lombok regency is one tourist beach in Lombok charming because it has white sand beaches and clean as well as the Senggigi beach, fine sand beaches, white and clean a tourist attraction.

4.Tanjung Aan Beach

Beaches have white sand beaches and clean and the water is blue and crystal clear sea is the main attraction, the beach near Lombok's Kuta beach takes 1.5 hours drive from the city of Mataram.

5.Sekotong Beach

The beach is in western Lombok regency is one tourist spot in lombok that can be traveled on various routes in the lombok.

6.Desert Point (Bangko-Bangko)

One of the famous surf spots in Indonesia even one of the 10 that have appropriate surfing waves surfing association fierce international version.

Desert Point by the local people called the Bangko-Bangko beach for surfing is located in the southwest coast of Lombok and to get to the desert point can take the route of travel by ferry from the island of Bali towards the port Lembar Lombok.




7.Gili Meno,Gili Air,Gili Trawangan

Also called the three exotic island because it is one of the favorite destinations of foreign tourists because of the beauty of the island.

Gili Meno

Gili Meno which is located in the middle of the three Gili an island that is right for who wants to relax and find tranquility because the beach is relatively quiet.






Gili Air

Gili Air is an island that is visited by many tourists because of its proximity to Lombok and many tourists who come with families.

Gili Trawangan

Gili Trawangan has sea water is clear and crisp, clean white sand, coral reefs and a variety of fish species so many tourists who come to enjoy the beauty of the beach with snorkeling, swimming and other .Gili Trawangan located in the western part of Lombok has a public facility complete among other inns, hotels, caffe, restaurants, discos, and places of worship.



8.Mount Rinjani

 Mountain located in the northern part of the island of Lombok has a height of 3,726 above sea level which is the third highest volcano in Indonesia after Mount Kerinci.
This mountain is one of the tourist attractions in Lombok whose status in the set as a national park because it has a character of rainforest and savanna, and vast National Parks is about 40 thousand hectares.

Mount Rinjani has a crater that contained a crater lake called Lake Segara Anak even the lake is usually used for fishing.

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The Best Tourist Locations on The Weh Island, Aceh, Indonesia

Weh island which has an area of only 156.3 square kilometers is the westernmost island in Indonesia, the island that is part of Aceh province is a famous tourist destination among tourists because of its beauty.

The largest city on the island weh is a town of Sabang which is divided into the upper city and the lower city, the upper city which is in the north has a row of heritage buildings of the colonial Dutch and views of the beautiful bay while the underwater city that is in the south of Sabang is an area of traditional settlement with many shops, restaurants and stalls selling the famous Aceh coffee.

Several Tourist Attractions on The Island Famous Weh:

1.Anoi Itam Beach

This beach has black sand that is typical of volcanic sand, due to the small volcano is still active is located in the center of the island weh.

Beach has a beautiful view has several forts Japanese who formerly made in the center of the Japanese defense against enemy attacks from the air and sea, castles Japanese heritage is still maintained continuity.






2.Gapang Beach

One of the beaches most visited by tourists because of snorkeling and diving facilities are complete and the ships are ready to take the divers to the diving points.










3.Iboih Beach

The beach is not far from the beach Gapang has a sea of white sand and clear sea water and a row at the seaside venue.











4.Three Wells Beach

Beaches have white sand and very clean this is the most beautiful beach on the island weh, called the three wells beaches along the coast because there are three fresh water wells.










5.Rubiah Island

The island has a national park under the sea is one of the excellent weh island, the island is home to ornamental fish as well as several types of coral, even a lot of parrotfish with striking colors with a large size can be encountered on this island.

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Charm of The Sunset on The Top of Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia

Mount Bromo is an active volcano surrounded by a sea of sand located in East Java province is a prime tourist spot for famous local government by local and foreign tourists.
Mountain has a charming natural character, fresh air and cool weather as well as the vast expanse of the sea of sand and the most in waiting by the tourists was the sunset on the top of Mount Bromo.

Mount Bromo is one part of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park which has an altitude of 2392 meters above sea level and the air temperature at the top of Mount Bromo reaches 2-20 degrees celsius.

One of the tours of Mount Bromo awaited the tourists is the panoramic sun sinking which can be viewed at the peak climbing which many kenala by the tourists.

riding at Mount Bromo

In addition to seeing the sunset tourists can rent horses to get around on a bed of sand or jeep for who does not like riding, to hire a jeep tourists can visit some of the sights in Mount Bromo.

Travel to Mount Bromo you can also see Kasodo festival, the festival of asking a blessing from the almighty in order to harvest plentiful and far from catastrophic illness, the show is carried by the tribal people who live in mountain perch bromo.

jeep ride in Mount Bromo

For travelers who want a trip to Mount Bromo The first is to arrive at the airport juanda Surabaya, East Java, around airports you can rent a vehicle that can take you to the tourist area of Mount Bromo.

For facilities in the tourist area of Mount Bromo are inns, hotels, restaurants and stalls selling souvenirs available and most importantly time to travel to Mount Bromo is in June-October because at this period is the dry season in the region of Mount Bromo ,

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The Charm of The Old Lighthouse on The Island of Lengkuas, Indonesia

Islands off the north coast headland Kelayang, Sijuk, district Belitung many beauty store panorama, since the island Lengkuas is one of the hundreds of islands that surround the island of Belitung, because the expanse of clear blue sea studded with granite rocks and white sand become an attraction its own.

Lengkuas Island

The main attraction of the island Lengkuas is an old lighthouse relic of the Dutch colonial rule in 1882 that is still in use for guiding the traffic of ships passing through or out of the island of Belitung.



Lengkuas on the island, tourists can also enjoy the underwater scenery with snorkeling or diving around the island for many great diving spots and for tourists who want to visit the island lengkuas can use charter boat from Binga cape or promontory Kelayang.

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Unique Waterfall on The Beach Jogan Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Beach Jogan located in Purwodadi, sub Tepus, county mountain Kidul, a special region of Yogyakarta has unique characteristics because of the dozens of beaches scattered coastal mountain kidul only Beach Jogan which has a waterfall where the water falls directly into the sea so that it becomes unique.

Waterfall Jogan

Beach which has a waterfall hidden behind Kidul karst mountain has a height of about 10 meters of the source water comes from karst hills.

Visitors who want to see a cluster of waterfalls jogan must be coming down with the passing derivative slippery and wet with a hold on the wood, in addition to the beauty of the waterfall visitors can also see the panoramic sunrise and sunset at the location of the waterfall.

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The Beauty of The World Heritage Site of Borobudur Temple, Indonesia

Borobudur temple is a temple buddha located in Magelang, Central Java, indonesia.locations temple which is less than 100km southwest of Semarang, 86km to the west of Surakarta and 40km northwest yogyakarta.temple shaped stupa is founded by the buddhist Mahayana Buddhists in the 800s AD during the reign of the Sailendra dynasty.

Borobudur temple

Borobudur temple or shrine buddha is the largest in the world and one of the world's largest Buddha monument.Borobudur temple that stands on six terraces of a square on which there are three courtyards circular on its walls decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 statues of buddha with a main stupa of the largest located in the center of the crown of this building and is surrounded by three rows of circular 72 stupas hollow in which there are statues of buddha sitting cross-legged in the lotus position perfectly with mudra (hand gesture) and Dharmachakra mudra (turning the wheel of dharma).

Borobudur temple reliefs

 Borobudur temple was first discovered by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1814 when it served as governor general of British on Java. Borobudur temple since in the find until now a lot of improvements .project biggest restoration on the Borobudur temple occurred in 1975 to 1982 on the republican government efforts by UNESCO and later Indonesia Borobudur temple in the list of UNESCO world heritage site.

Borobudur temple is still used each year for the commemoration of Vesak Trisuci by Buddhists who come from various regions in Indonesia and abroad, for tourism Borobudur temple is the single object of the most tourism in local and foreign tourists visit.

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