Monday, March 14, 2011
Lombok Island
Lombok Island (NTB-Indonesia)- This is the term frequently asked foreign travelers who have enjoyed the beauty of the island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) to the beach and other attractions. Even some of them always compare that Lombok is much more beautiful, exotic, and more captivating than Bali, because it offers more choices.
This assumption was not wrong. At least for those who have known and visited tourist attraction in this Gora Earth. Number of coastal tourism is a main attraction for the tourists, especially foreign travelers. One is the small beaches along the islands that surround the island of Lombok, the Gili (island) Trawangan, Gili Meno, Gili Air and Gili bobbed, a new island emerged in 2000.
Bund really offers stunning natural beauty. With sea water so clear we could even imagine how the landscape at the bottom. Especially diving enthusiasts will freely enjoy the scenery of coral reefs and all kinds of living species of sea dwellers. Even the number of turtles are sometimes pulled over to the beach. Diving facilities were already available to anyone interested in a closer look at the beauty of the sea floor in Lombok.
On Gili Trawangan tourists can walk around the island along the six miles by using Cidomo, typical regional transportation Lombok horse cart that can be filled up to six passengers. While traveling, we can witness the life of local residents with their customary home and coconut plantations that lie very broad.
On these islands, we can enjoy the many facilities available. Starting from the cafe, lodging, and means of communication such as telephone and internet. Even the coast of Gili Meno is now also offers interesting attractions of windsurfing sports facilities. Because it is not a few foreign tourists who visit this place to surf or just sunbathe while enjoying the equatorial air.
Lombok Island has an area of 473,780 hectares is not just keeping the wealth of nature tourism alone. Speak your mind wander the island of Lombok the Senggigi beach to a stretch of the exotic, beautiful, and charming. White sandy beach with small waves is pity to miss. No wonder that many foreign tourists (tourists) as well as domestic tourists (wisnu) menyinggahinya.
Kute Beach is located 45 km from Ampenan (old town on Lombok), became a tourist attraction for foreign tourists who spend their time surfing (surfing) and diving.
Sand contained in this Kute beach sand type of peppercorns so that local people call it pepper sand. White sand is a lot to take home by wisnu for sand aquarium accessories in their home.
Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno, and Gili Air is now a popular tourist attraction of foreign tourists. The location of the small island that is more natural, and not inhabited by humans. The atmosphere is quiet, just overgrown with tall coconut trees and plant shrubs. "You have not yet come to Lombok if Gili Trawangan," was the slogan of a recent tour sticking in Lombok.
The spirit of tourist island of Lombok is also raised through the "You can see Bali in Lombok, but you can not see Lombok in Bali '. Tourism slogan is not an overstatement, because the nuances of Lombok is not much different shades on the island of Bali. You can see the temple or the ordinances of worship of Hindus, Buddhists as well as building hundreds of mosques and mosque. Especially beautiful beach in Lombok resembles the beaches in Bali, even more natural.