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Having grown up a stone's throw from some of the nicer beaches in the world yet having spent the past couple of years living in one of the viler concrete jungles around me and the missus will be heading back to Indonesia at the end of the year and are keen to hang out on some decent beaches.
Money isn't a huge issue. But that haven't being said we aren't willing to pay Pulau Pangkil (http://www.pangkil.com/) prices. Any suggestions?? Thanks in advance.
Hombre de Maiz
20-07-10, 06:54
Lombok's southern coast are the closest good beaches to Jakarta. Maluku has plenty, but to get there takes time and patience.
I like Amed in Bali though I concede the beach itself isn't that fantastic. More like pockets of beach strung out along the coast. Was thoroughly disappointed with the beach at Pangandaran - never seen so much plastic waste on an alleged 'obyek wisata' before.
cheesecake
20-07-10, 11:21
Bangka Island has many beautiful beaches. http://www.bangka.go.id/content.php?id_content=pantai
Having grown up a stone's throw from some of the nicer beaches in the world yet having spent the past couple of years living in one of the viler concrete jungles around me and the missus will be heading back to Indonesia at the end of the year and are keen to hang out on some decent beaches.
Money isn't a huge issue. But that haven't being said we aren't willing to pay Pulau Pangkil (http://www.pangkil.com/) prices. Any suggestions?? Thanks in advance.
try Baron's beach, yogyakarta. it is one of the series of beaches located on the southeastern area of Yogyakarta. Other beaches nearby are Krakal and Krukup beach.
it is not as popular as Parangtritis, but many people prefer going there. the environment is cleaner than other beaches in yogya. and it is quite secluded.
the beach is between two hills where you can relax to see the beautiful panorama during sunset and sunrise. great place to take picture too. and my fave, the seafood market!!! mmmhh.. so yummy.. :rolleyes:
drahman2in1
21-07-10, 20:45
Bintan Island, near Batam Island and Singapore is beautiful too...some shots i took in Bintan...
sunrise
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs608.snc3/31993_131460350202650_100000160571806_363574_22202 36_n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=363575&id=100000160571806)
around 11.00am, white sand beach...
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs319.snc3/28593_133297966685555_100000160571806_374045_59164 08_n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=374046&id=100000160571806)
mangrove forest
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs608.snc3/31993_131460376869314_100000160571806_363577_47626 84_n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=363575&id=100000160571806)
Tiger Island.... (http://www.pulaumacan.com)
Kura-Kura Resort @ Karimunjawa Archipelago (http://www.kurakuraresort.com/)
stt_cibubur
22-07-10, 13:06
Singgigi beach and Nusa dua beach ( the nicest beach i've been)
thanks for all the suggestions.
i often found those beaches people rave about in indonesia kuta in bali, pangandaran in java, singkawang (forget the exact name) in west kalimantan to be trash riddled brown watered crap holes. guess however it can depend on time of year you're there...trade winds etc.
personally i found some of the beaches on islands off the north coast of flores to be some of the nicest, albeit hotel free. agree about southern lombok although i didn't explore that much, kuta was really beautiful and near deserted.
the gili islands were beautiful, but based on having visited a handful of times over a 6 or 7 year period and witnessing how much they were becoming progressively more and more messed up with "i'm not a tourist, i'm a traveler" wank brained tourists and scuzzball locals i can only imagine what a mess they are these days.
very curious about specific places in maluku, hombre as i would be roughly in the area checking in with the wife's family and it would only be a short flight to get there.
Hombre de Maiz
30-07-10, 06:10
The Kei archipelago in Maluku is widely acknowledged to have "Maldives-like" beaches, among the very best in Indonesia. You're right. The beaches off Riung in Flores are spectacular. The one island that really impressed me with one gorgeous beach after another was Sumba. It is also among Indonesia's cultural highlights.
This place in Sumba is called Tarimbang:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/PA220341.jpg
This is Sumbawa's western coast:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/IMG_0024.jpg
This is off Riung in Flores:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/IMG_0577.jpg
Timor-Leste also has gorgeous beaches. This is where I used to go on my lunch break, about 20 minutes from the office in Dili:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/IMG_4548.jpg
Fantastic shots, makes me want to book a flight
clifford72
30-07-10, 08:30
beautiful pics Hombre... now i know where i'm going for my next holiday... thanks mate...
Yes, very beautiful shots indeed Hombre.
My mind go wild thinking what adventurous thing I would want to do if I were on those beaches with someone interesting. :nod:
Hombre de Maiz
31-07-10, 18:44
Like what, for example?
Hombre de Maiz
31-07-10, 20:49
More Flores:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/IMG_0530.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/IMG_0580-1.jpg
Lombok's Ekas Peninsula
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/IMG_0981.jpg
Tarimbang
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/PA220401.jpg
Like what, for example?
Well, I guess that's for me to know and for you to find out.
How about below :
1. Our latest trip in Kiluan Bay :
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2. The Next Trip :
Peucang
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Karimunjava
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pascal9993
16-08-10, 23:46
thank you all for the fantastic address book!
any hint for a great beach/island max a couple hours from jkt???
If near from Jakarta maybe Pramuka Island, couple hours from jkt about 2-3 hours.
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I prefer for diving here.. please try it for pleasure :)
vin.vierge
18-08-10, 12:01
thank you all for the fantastic address book!
any hint for a great beach/island max a couple hours from jkt???
Like divadoll said, pulau macan, pulau tidung, etc on the pulau seribu complex which took an hour to get there, or in lampung they have pantai pasir putih, etc
If near from Jakarta maybe Pramuka Island, couple hours from jkt about 2-3 hours.
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I prefer for diving here.. please try it for pleasure :)
For the best beach ? Nope, quite, quite wrong. And those pictures are not Pramuka Island either, they look like Semak Duan (spelling) to be. One can stay on Pramuka and get a boat to those islands.) IF you are going to spam other peoples threads, at least get your information correct.
To the person asking., these islands are in the thousand islands just north of Jakarta, 1.5 hours by boat
a_ferdinand
16-09-10, 14:25
yes, that first attachment is Pulau Penduduk.
anyway, nice beaches within reasonable driving distance:
1.Bayah
2.Sawarna (here you can surf, locals said the surf is better than Plb Ratu)
3.Pantai Mutun/Pulau Tangkil/Teluk Kiluan in Lampung
and anywhere in west coast sumatra the beaches are great
drahman2in1
16-09-10, 23:42
Wow, excellent!! So cantik!!
Thank you for sharing the pics!!
The Kei archipelago in Maluku is widely acknowledged to have "Maldives-like" beaches, among the very best in Indonesia. You're right. The beaches off Riung in Flores are spectacular. The one island that really impressed me with one gorgeous beach after another was Sumba. It is also among Indonesia's cultural highlights.
This place in Sumba is called Tarimbang:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/PA220341.jpg
This is Sumbawa's western coast:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/IMG_0024.jpg
This is off Riung in Flores:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/IMG_0577.jpg
Timor-Leste also has gorgeous beaches. This is where I used to go on my lunch break, about 20 minutes from the office in Dili:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/IMG_4548.jpg
Krakal and Krukup and the other white sand beaches south of Jogja are too dangerous for swimming....but yes they are very pretty for a visit. ;)
Stunning beaches are found in Maluku .... such as TUAL, SANTAI BEACH, NATSEPA BEACH .... but the best area of all is RAJA AMPAT near PAPUA :o) not really a beach area, but the waters are crystal clear and excellent for diving :p
agree with u semut, even i never go to rajaampat yet, i will choose for my next trip http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=454952788947&set=a.432272303947.212427.580463947&pid=5307060&id=580463947
here i m in tegalwangi beach, so beauty beach in bali
friska-rose
27-12-10, 00:01
Having grown up a stone's throw from some of the nicer beaches in the world yet having spent the past couple of years living in one of the viler concrete jungles around me and the missus will be heading back to Indonesia at the end of the year and are keen to hang out on some decent beaches.
Money isn't a huge issue. But that haven't being said we aren't willing to pay Pulau Pangkil (http://www.pangkil.com/) prices. Any suggestions?? Thanks in advance.
Raja Ampat is a nice place to visit too..
Here's the link http://www.diverajaampat.org/
I've been thinking to go there next year!!
michiru_maeda
30-12-10, 10:55
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can we have travelers community ?
Sikuai island.. Must visit.. :)
tell me futher pls where is it? danke
Beaches of Bira, in the district of Bulukumba in South Sulawesi, are just a-ma-zing!!! Small place, small and welcoming facilities for tourist, quiet, sure to get a colorful snorkeling and diving.
http://www.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1440&bih=717&q=Bira+Sulawesi&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
Beaches of Bira, in the district of Bulukumba in South Sulawesi, are just a-ma-zing!!! Small place, small and welcoming facilities for tourist, quiet, sure to get a colorful snorkeling and diving.
Nice one sopie, thank you for sharing
Just want to share my memory.
I was there a few years ago still enjoyed eating coconut ...
Still vrigin, woow it was amazing ....
Beaches of Bira, in the district of Bulukumba in South Sulawesi, are just a-ma-zing!!! Small place, small and welcoming facilities for tourist, quiet, sure to get a colorful snorkeling and diving.
http://www.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1440&bih=717&q=Bira+Sulawesi&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
As far as I know, there is (by far) no beaches as beautiful here as in Maldives (white & very fine sand which make sea color amazing, no dead coral or stones or algas or any pollution on the beach, coral reef lagoons near by, crystal clear water with no pollution) Tahiti, Hawai or Koh phi phi (as far as it was last time I went before tsunami...) and so far the best beach I found is probably Tanjung Aan in southern of Lombok, there is another one quiet nice not so far away. The main problem is that even there are many nice beaches (but not amazing) in this vast archipelago, there are often a lack of infrastructures and connection problem to access them and enjoy them easily. In some cases for instance like Papua (and many other places), there are some places with potential but there are just a few "so called" resorts for tourist with no correlation (or correlation of minus one) between quality & confort and price.
A place I found specialy beautiful in Indonesia is Komodo national park, you can stay one night at Bintang Flores hotel and then rent a boat with a captain and a "cook" (not Paul Bocuse by far !!!) and stop on many small islands which are mostly very pretty.
Someone mentionned Bira and I went there a couple of years ago, beaches are not bad at all (nice fine white sand if I remember) but the rest (hotels, restaurants) is just very very crappy and would never lose my time there. Infractructures are by far not comparable to Koh Samui in Thailand 25 years ago and there is absolutely no fun or even charm in this place !
good luck
can we have travelers community ?
Actually you can create easily a travelers community with tripadvisor. You just have to register there and tell which places you visited already and invite people of this forum to join your traveler network on tripadvisor.
Could be interesting.
Well Captain
If what people are looking for is just white sandy beach and ignore the rest than definitely not in Indonesia.
You want be able to find a sandy beaches in Indonesia as white (or as golden) that you will find in Maldives, Copa Cabana in Brazil, Ibiza, Costa del Sol or Canary Islands in Spain.
This is due to the fact that many parts of Indonesia is in “the ring of fire” surrounded by Volcanoes which tend to have a black sandy beaches.
Yes that is true that the infrastructure in Bira in South Sulawesi is not that good. But some people might like to see a virgin beach where there are not a lot of tourists. They keep trying to avoid the beaches with a lot of people looking for partying all night, booze, one night stand, etc.
Well captain we are waiting for your ship for cruise to comodo island, and remote part of Indonesia ..
Hombre de Maiz
20-02-11, 08:14
Many parts of Indonesia are on the Ring of Fire, but many are not. Sumba, for example, is all raised ocean limestone. Here's a pic of a place called Tarimbang on the southern cost. Of course, no public transport or facilities of any sort, except a fisherman's shack, and fresh fish grilled for you on the spot, but this is really off the beaten path. Great spot for pitching the tent and putting your feet up on the hammock...
Nothing but fine limestone here...
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll96/mauricio_28/PA220401.jpg
vin.vierge
20-02-11, 14:19
Gili trawangan
Nusa Lembongan
Karimun jawa
Pulau macan
Raja ampat
Bangka Belitung
Cubadak
Ambon has some nice white sandy beaches as do the Kei islands and the Banda islands.
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