Thursday, September 15, 2011

Sea Holiday In West Java; Pangandaran Beach

Pangandaran Beach is lovely place for sea holidaythe location is in the southern of  Ciamis district, precisely is at the Village Pananjung. Pangandaran district has a distance about 92 km from south of the city Ciamis, West Java, Indonesia. Landscape is dominated by the wide beaches, limestone hills, clear water rivers, hills between 200-700 above sea level, forest, rural, rice terraces, and estuaries. Pangandaran beach flanked by two bays, the Pangandaran and Parigi bay.


The climate is mild (for tropical countries), with a temperature between 25'C - 35'C and the humidity between 80-90%, make it a lovely place for sea holiday Historically, Pangandaran comes from two words 'pangan' and 'daran'. which means that 'pangan' is food and  'daran' are immigrants. So Pangandaran means arrivals source food.


Pangandaran beach can be reached very easily by road from various cities in Java and it is very popular for tourists as a lovely place for sea holiday, especially domestic tourists.Pangandaran  is well known by lovers of beach: the beach area, ramps, and very  beautiful to enjoy the horizon of the Indian Ocean, enjoying the sensation of sea breeze, or admire the sunrise and sunset. While the tourist nature lovers can enjoy the tropical flora and fauna in the Nature Park at Pananjung.


Around Pangandaran also another lovely place forsea holiday, which  is the National Park that is nice to walking. Also there is the White Sand Beach in the national park which is so great for swimming. Beside that,there is a boat at the Green Canyon,we can be also swimming and surfing in Batu Karas or just relaxing at the beautiful plateau of Batu Hiu.


Susi Air provide scheduled flights from Jakarta to Pangandaran beach. It's the fastest and most comfortable way to reach Pangandaran. There are daily flights from the Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta. You can reach this Airport  in 45 minutes from Soekarno Hatta International Airport by Taxi,which is ready to take you to a lovely place for sea holiday.


In Pangandaran beach are lots of family friendly hotel. There are also many hotels and inn for individual tourists and backpackers. 


Here are features of Pangandaran beach include:

* Visitor Can see the sunrise and sunsets from the same place
* There is Gently sloping beach with clear water and the distance between the ups and downs are relatively  long,and allowing us to swim safely
* There are beaches with white sand
* There is a marine park with fish and fascinating marine life.

Ranau Lake; Exotic Lake In South of Sumatra

Ranau Lake is the largest lake and the exotic in the region of  South Sumatra is located in the district of Banding agung Southern OKU Regency. It is about 500 km from the capital  Jakarta, 130 km from the town of Palembang, and 50 kilometers from Muara Dua, Territory capital South Ogan Komering Ulu. The beauty of This lake can be viewed from two different regions,  namely of the Southern District Ogan Komering Ulu and the Liwa district, West Lampung. viewed from the side anywhere its the same  exotic.


Ranau Lake region can be travelled by land vehicles about 7 hours from the city of Palembang, the capital of south sumatera. If from Bandar Lampung, this lake can be pursued through the Bukit Kemuning and Liwa. Geographically, the lake is situated on the border  Regency South Ogan Komering Ulu and South Sumatra Province,West lampung regency of Lampung Province.


Ranau Lake which has an area of about 8 × 16 km with background Seminung mountain (altitude ±1880 m asl), surrounded by hills and valleys. At night the air was cool and sunny in the day time temperature ranges between 20 ° - 26 ° Celsius. geographically, topographic of  Ranau lake is hilly that has valleys. So it makes the weather cool. It sights around the Lake Ranau is amazing.


Based on the legend, the  ranau lake is created from large earthquakes and volcanic eruptions of the volcano
produce a large basin.There was Big river before it flew at the foot of the volcano became the main source of water that fills the basin / crevice, so it's a big hole filled with water. Then around the new lake began to overgrown various plants, including plants bush by local residents called "Ranau". Then lake was named Ranau lake. While the former eruption of the volcano as if forming natural stage exquisite named 'Seminung' Mount, a towering 1880 meters above sea level into the background with shades of magic.


On the other hand in the Seminung mountains there are  natural sources of hot water coming out of the bottom lake.. Around This lake can also be found 'Subik' waterfalls  and another interesting place to visit the Marisa island,it is located not far from the hot springs.


Marisa island separate from the actual land from the foot of Seminung Mount  because standing water lake.
in the land covering an area no more than one acre there are palm trees, and visitors can simply stop to enjoy the beauty of the piece. The visitors  who do not like boating can spend time for resting in inn. On the shores of Ranau Lake  there are some inns, and cottages,that's Seminung Lumbok Resort.