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Senggigi Beach Lombok

If you ever imagine your body lying on the beach Indonesia, on the beautiful white sand, sprinkled with an exotic all-natural landscapes, and showered with sunlight to warm the body, it is not wrong if you took time to relax and air travel to the Senggigi Beach on the Island Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. The beach is located 12 kilometers northwest of the city of Mataram is indeed a tourist attraction famous for its beauty and naturalness of the beach.

Communities often align with the beauty of this beach famous beaches on the island of Bali, such as Kuta, Legian and Sanur. In fact, the beauty of Senggigi Beach is often portrayed beyond the beaches, because the condition is much more comfortable and quiet. Perhaps this is related to the arrival of foreign tourists has not been rampant in this beach.

As the flagship beach resort of Nusa Tenggara Province, Senggigi is still relatively natural and kept clean. The beach is still beautiful, the crash of the waves are not too large, and the beauty of the underwater scenery, further confirms that the beach that stretches about 10 kilometers is an ideal place for domestic and foreign tourists for a moment forget the daily routine and the hustle and bustle of the city atmosphere.

Pantai Senggigi kini mulai dilirik oleh para wisatawan, khususnya wisatawan mancanegara, karena daerahnya yang relatif perawan dan juga informasi yang telah meluas mengenai keberadaannya. Dengan bertambahnya minat dan antusiasme wisatawan ke Pantai Senggigi, pemerintah daerah setempat dan perusahaan sewasta makin giat membangun dan membenahi segala prasarana, agar para wisatawan makin tertarik untuk mengunjungi pantai ini.

A.    Feature
Senggigi on Lombok Island visit might be necessary as a tourist agenda for tourists who love the beauty and freshness of nature. Just imagine, when entering the beach area, tourists will soon swept away by a gentle breeze, which blows in clusters along the beach in West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province. A fresh, comfortable and beautiful as if to greet tourists at the beginning of his visit. Time has been at the beach, the eyes of the tourists will be served by the exotic charm of the beach set in waves chasing each other, white sand, and thousands of small animals that spreads on a bed of sand, as well as the landscapes of Mount Agung in the opposite island (the island).

Senggigi beach does offer a unique charm. Natural atmosphere that has not been overwhelmed by foreign tourists, as a marker of different beaches with beaches in Bali. It certainly gives the feel of its own for the visitors. Not surprisingly, the beach is now used as a new alternative destination for tourists who missed the reassuring atmosphere of natural silence.

There are many tourist activities to do on this beach visitors, such as swimming, water play, diving, snorkeling, sunbathing, and playing around making sandcastles. If the afternoon sun had started to fade, tourists can also spend some relaxing time to just walk with bare feet explore the beach, sitting on the sand with mangamati blue-green sea water, or relax at the seaside hotel outlets while waiting for the sunset arrives. For visitors who want to swim or just playing in the water, it is suggested to be more careful, because there are many seaside cliffs are quite dangerous pointy feet. For tourists who visit the Senggigi Beach, Pura Batu Bolong sempatkanlah observed. As I walked down the side of Senggigi Beach, less than about half an hour, travelers will find a temple built on a reef which is located on the beach. Pura is what the community was named Pura Batu Bolong. According to local legend, the ancient temple is often held at the sacrifice of a virgin, as a dish of food for a live shark on the beach. Another legend says, the temple is also a place for women to throw themselves into the sea because of a broken heart.

Another interesting thing to do is along Senggigi at night, especially when the full moon arrives. Visitors will find many people / local residents who take advantage of the warm sand Senggigi for medical therapy. They bury the body until some or all of the neck for 2-3 hours, while listening to the waves that broke the silence. This therapy is believed to be communities can cure many diseases, such as pegel pains to paralysis. If interested in this activity, visitors can join and try it out.

For the affairs of the stomach, tourists can try the delights of the types of dishes / Lombok typical dishes in restaurants are lined up neatly on the beach. The price varies from Rp 30,000 to Rp 300,000 per person (December 2008). Of course, fun dining on the beach and illuminated by moonlight burst orchestra entertained by the surf beach was a pity if pass up. No less interesting, tourists do not forget to taste the typical dishes that Lombok Taliwang Chicken and Watercress Plecing. Almost every restaurant in Senggigi Beach, Lombok or in general, provide this cuisine. While eating chicken or Plecing Taliwang Kangkung, travelers will be entertained with typical Lombok art, music and dance form. Even if you do not mind, visitors can also go dancing together in shades of joy and family.

In addition, for souvenirs, tourists do not forget to buy pearls and fabric with various motifs and colors. Pearl jewelry that has been assembled into a beautiful and enchanting eyes are mostly found on seaside stalls. However, if you want to string the pearls themselves, visitors can buy a plain pearl beads. Plain pearl is usually sold in the form of a necklace that consists of many pearls. Pearls can be arranged itself according to the desired form of jewelry.

After enjoying the natural beauty of Senggigi Beach, tourists can go on tour to the tourist attractions are not far from the beach location, among others, the three Gili (islet): namely Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air, Beach Kerandangan, and Stone beach screen. The screen is a stone shrine for the followers of Islam Wetu Telu Lombok (Sasak tribe).

B.     Location
Senggigi Beach is located on the northwest city of Mataram, West Lombok regency, West Nusa Tenggara province (NTB), Indonesia.

C.    Access
To the area of Senggigi Beach is quite easy, because it has no port and airport on the island of Lombok. If the left from the island of Bali, travelers can depart from the Port of Karang Asem use a ferry to Senggigi, with travel time about 30 minutes away. This distance can be cut in an airplane from the Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar to Mataram Airport Selaparang (Capital NTB), which only takes about 15 minutes.

Apart from the Port of Karang Asem, tourists can also depart from Padang Bay Harbour in Bali using a ferry to Sheet Harbour on the island of Lombok. On the way, travelers will be pampered with beautiful scenery and also the emergence of a dolphin fish chasing each other following the ship. Padang Bay-Sheet trip by ferry takes about 4 hours. After arriving in Sheet Harbour, tourists can go on to the city of Mataram. The city of Mataram, Senggigi Beach is 11 kilometers and can be reached by taxi and other public vehicles.
In addition to sea, tourists can head Senggigi Beach by using the flight path of air from major cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Bali, and Yogyakarta. By plane from one city, travelers will get to Selaparang Airport, Mataram. From the airport, tourists can go directly to the area of Senggigi Beach.

D.    Accommodation and Other Facilities

Around Senggigi beach there are many lodging options that can be made to suit your needs. Ranging from five-star hotel, resort, hotel jasmine up. Some places to stay that can be used as an alternative is the Holiday Inn, the Oberoi, Sheraton Senggigi, Melati Two Cottage, Pool Villa Club, Panorama Cottage, and others. In addition, in the coastal region is also found many restaurants, cafes, bars, open markets, a row of souvenir stalls and souvenirs, rooms, public toilets, parking lots, and others. Senggigi beach is a beach that Indonesia deserves to be a tourist beach.