Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Goin' To Sumbawa, Don't Forget To Visit Maluk



For the maniacs of beach tourism there is one more place to be so new options to visit, Maluk Beach. This beach is located in Sumbawa, West Sumbawa island. Nothing like the beaches in Bali, Maluk is still relatively quiet so that visitors can more freely activiting.

The main advantage is the tide that defy Maluk to surf through the surfboard. Beach Maluk is one of the paradise for windsurfing enthusiasts. They said, waves in its own uniqueness, Maluk have not less challenging with other beaches in Indonesia.

Surfing can be done by bring your own equipment or rent. Although not so developed, there are several livery with surfing tariff tool varies, ranging from Rp 50.000. If you want more comfort, bring your own equipment is more appropriate way.

Don't worry if you can't surfing. There are canoes can be rented at a price which pretty cheap, Rp 7.000 per hour. Canoeing with friends could be so engrossing activity. If you just want to feel the sail in canoes, then you have to pay an additional fee for local citizens who are rowing.

The coastline that faces the White Sands is also interesting. You can simply enjoy the beauty of the beach running from the waves. Once in a while, you can still see the activities of local people who are looking for fish, bathing on the beach or playing children. All still very natural.


At one corner of the beach, there are places for turtle breeding place. Already quite a lot of eggs that hatch from this breeding place. For this place, you are allowed to enter through the bars of the patron, that would interfere the turtles.

Tired of touring or surfing, stalls hawked around the dish worth to try. There is a grilled fish served with white rice, and typical tomato chilli sauce. The typical carp fish soup gravy, made from the leaves of the aru, eggplant, mango and starfruit mixed water.

Maluk has developed. The area around the beach is already well populated residents as well as existing of hotels and small restaurants. Visitor who wants to stay in a long period of not worrying about communicating, phone signal are good. Send SMS and email, phone and social networking can be done.

To reach Maluk, is pretty easy way. From the origin, you can use the air plane to Lombok. The ticket not far different fares to Bali, start to Rp 700.000. From Lombok, there are several alternative itineraries to choose from, depending on your budget.

If you want to saving, choose Damri Bus ride or travel. From the Lombok airport you can take a Damri bus to Mataram with the fare of Rp 15,000 and then continues by Damri bus again with fare of Rp 65,000. The trip will take about 4 hours. You will get off at the terminal near Maluk.

Another choice is by travel minibus rent, from Mataram-Sumbawa with fare Rp. 70.000 which escort you to the destination. If want more comfortable of goin' with your friends of family, you can rent a minibus for only Rp. 250.000.

If you've got Maluk, don't rush home. There are several other nautical attractions worth a visit, such as Jelengah and Benete. There is also an interesting diving spot in Sumbawa, Kanawa. Don't forget, this area came into the triangle of coral reefs which are rich in sea life diversity.





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