Apa yang kalian pikirkan ketika mendengar kata "hutan mangrove"? Hutan yang berfungsi untuk menjaga kelestarian alam? Tempat yang membosankan untuk dikunjungi?
Awalnya saya juga tidak terlalu tahu dan tertarik untuk datang ke hutan mangrove, namun karena tidak ada kerjaan pas weekend, jadilah saya sama teman-teman datang kesini.
What do you think when you hear word "mangrove forest"? Forest that serves to sustain the environment? Such a boring place to visit?
At first, I did not know really know nor interested to come to mangrove forest, but because there was nothing to do on weekend, me and my friends went there.
Tempatnya dekat dengan jalan tol diatas laut yang baru dibangun di Bali dan harganya juga sangat murah hanya Rp 5000/orang.
The location is near to the highway above the sea that is newly constructed in Bali and the entry price is also very cheap only IDR 5000/person.
Hutan mangrove adalah hutan yang tumbuh diatas rawa-rawa berair payau yang terletak pada garis pantai dan dipengaruhi oleh pasang surut air laut. Hutan mangrove ini sangat penting karena memiliki manfaat untuk melindungi garis pantai dari abrasi/pengikisan, serta meredam gelombang besar termasuk tsunami. Sumber: Wikipedia
Mangrove forest is a forest that grows on brackish water marshes located on the shoreline and is influenced by the tide of the sea level. The mangrove forest is very important because it has the benefit of protecting the coastline from abrasion/erosion, and reduce the huge waves, including tsunami. Source: Wikipedia
Roots?
Ternyata tempatnya oke juga bahkan banyak orang-orang terutama anak muda buat foto-foto. Dan tau gak siihh... Tempat ini fotogenik juga loh! Kirain orang aja yang fotogenik.. Pantesan suka dijadiin tempat prewedding.
This place is good enough and many people especially teenager come to take pictures. And do you know? This place also photogenic! I think only people can photogenic.. That's why this place can be a location for prewedding photoshoot.
Oktober kemarin, saya dan teman saya mencoba rafting di sungai Telaga Waja, Karangasem, Bali. Ini adalah pengalaman pertama saya untuk rafting. So excited!!
Setelah mencari harga promo di internet, akhirnya saya mendapatkan paket rafting di sungai Telaga Waja diskon 30% sudah termasuk antar-jemput, welcome drink, makan siang dan semua peralatan rafting.
Last October, my friend and I tried to do rafting in Telaga Waja river, Karangasem, Bali. It was my first time experience to go rafting. So excited!!
After looking for discount price on internet, finally I got rafting package in Telaga Waja river with 30% discount that already includes shuttle, welcome drink, lunch and all rafting equipments.
Kenapa saya memilih Telaga Waja dan bukan sungai Ayung untuk pemula?
Karena sungai Telaga Waja memiliki track yang cukup panjang sekitar 12 km yang dapat ditempuh selama 2 jam, arus yang cukup kencang dan pastinya lebih memacu adrenalin! Woohoo!!
Why I chose Telaga Waja than Ayung river for beginners?
Because Telaga Waja river has a fairly long track about 12 miles that can be taken for 2 hours, which is pretty strong currents and certainly more adrenalin! Woohoo!!
Dalam 1 perahu bisa menampung 4 orang dan ditemani 1 pemandu. Saya bersama 2 orang Singapore. Sebenarnya kebanyakan orang luar sih daripada orang lokal. Kenapa ya? Apa orang Indonesia kurang suka wisata arung jeram? Harganya mahal? Enggak ah.. Ga tau deh..
One rafting boat can accommodate 4 people and a guide. I was with 2 Singaporean. Actually there are more foreigners than local people. Do you know why? Does Indonesian dislike rafting? Is it because it's expensive? No, I don't think so. I don't know why..
Sangat penting mendengar instruksi dari pemandu. Jika disuruh dayung maju, maka dayung maju. Dayung mundur, maka dayung mundur. Lompat-lompat karena perahu tersangkut di bebatuan, maka lompat-lompat. Tiduran! Maka harus tiduran. Biasanya disuruh tiduran karena ada dahan pohon yang cukup pendek dan bisa mengenai kepala kita! Wisata arung jeram ini memang cukup berbahaya makanya harus berhati-hati.
It's important to listen to the instructions of the guide. If he tells to paddle forward, then paddle forward. Paddle backwards, then paddle backwards. Jump up and down because the rafting boat is stuck on the rocks, then jump. Lie down! Then we must lie down. Usually a guide tells us to lie down because there is a short tree branches that could hit our heads! Rafting is quite dangerous so we have to be careful.
Setelah 1 jam perjalanan, kita bisa berhenti untuk beristirahat sebentar dan membeli minuman atau berfoto-foto.
After an hour trip, we can stop to rest for a while and buy a drinks or take pictures.
My tripmate
Hal yang sangat saya sayangkan adalah saya belum memiliki kamera waterproof/underwater! Jadi tidak bisa foto indahnya alam selama perjalanan deh karena takut kamera rusak :(
One thing that I regret is that I do not have a waterproof camera/underwater camera! So I couldn't take photos of the beautiful nature during the trip because I was afraid that the camera will be broken
Setelah 2 jam perjalanan, dengan jari lecet terlalu kencang pegangan tali perahu, saya paling suka bagian akhirnya! Lihat saja video dibawah ini ya..
After 2 hours of rafting, with torn fingers because I was holding onto the raft ropes so tight, I loved the ending! Take a look at the video below.
Ada hal yang membuat saya sedikit menyesal rafting disini, naik tangga nya tinggi-tinggi dan jauuuhh! Ya ampun efek kurang olahraga jadi capek banget! Tadinya sok-sokan naik tangga jadi yang paling didepan, pas udah setengah jalan dan ngos-ngosan langsung deh minggir kasi orang lain jalan! Hahaha...
There is one thing that made me regret rafting there, the steps are so high and so far! Oh my, the result of lack of sports made me so tired! At the beginning I was very confident to go on the steps ahead of the others, when we were half way up, I had to let others go ahead of me! Hahaha...
Saya sangat salut sama ibu-ibu Bali yang bekerja ngangkut perahu dan alat-alatnya! Mereka jalan perlahan menaiki anak tangga dengan dibantu pakai tongkat. Hebat! :')
I am so impressed with Balinese women who works to carry the raft and the equipments! They climbed up the steps slowly helped by a stick. Great!
left: Stairs of death :p Right: Great Balinese woman
If you are a nature lover traveler who likes a challenge, you
must read my blog Not long
ago, I tried to live on board for 3 days and 2 nights starting from Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. I rent private phinisi boat for 6 people
for 3D2N. The price offered is also very affordable only IDR 550,000/person including
meals 3 times a day, snack, mineral water, and mask for snorkeling. The ticket for the tourist attraction and fin
for snorkeling were excluded.
For your information, Indonesia is an
archipelago with very beautiful nature, one of which is in Flores. I'll tell
you my journey towards the komodo dragons. Below is the itinerary of the tour
package that I chose.
Day 1
Kanawa
island – Kelor island – Seture island – Kalong island
At 8 o’clock the journey began by
heading to Kanawa island. Kanawa island is quite famous because its beautiful
coral, white sand and crystal clear sea water. This island has a resort with
affordable price, but since I have rented a phinisi boat, I stayed on board the
boat.
Kanawa island. Source: Raja Kamar
Next,
Kelor and Seture island which were as beautiful as Kanawa Island. Be careful
when snorkeling in Seture Island because the current is quite strong that we
had to walk first at the coast line away from the boat carrying our snorkeling
gear, then jump into the water. No need to swim just relax while enjoying the
view of the bottom of the sea because the current will take us back close to
our boat. In the afternoon towards sunset, the boat stops in the middle of the
sea near Kalong Island (Kalong means bat). Here travelers can watch thousands
of bats flying out to feed. Don’t forget to prepare your camera because the
view is a real winner!
Colorful sky
Can you see the kalongs there?
Day 2
Rinca island – Kambing island – Pink Beach
I and friends :)
After
breakfast, we went to Rinca island or Loh Buaya to see komodo dragons which
became one of the seven wonders of nature. Rinca island is one of the included
3 major islands in Komodo National Park. The other islands are Komodo Island
and Padar Island. After paying the entrance fees and ranger fees, we were
accompanied by one ranger on duty to guide us and we can choose short, medium
or long paths. Because we’re all lazy tracking too far, we chose short path. It wasn’t a waste of time to
walk for almost an hour, we saw Komodo
dragons and took pictures together (even the Komodo wasn’t too big only about 2
metres). After we passed a hill we saw the view of crocodile bay from above and
all were so green like the setting for the movie Lord of The Ring.
Blue and green!!!
Loh means bay
Next, we head to
Kambing Island (Kambing means goat). The name was a little weird as there were
no goats at all on the island. Kambing Island was not bad at all compared to
Kawana Island. From afar the gradation of color from the beach to the sea was
clearly seen. White, turquoise, light blue and dark blue. So cool! Because this
is a small island, my friends and I had the time to snorkel around the island.
Kambing island
Well the most I've
been waiting for is Pink Beach! Pink beach is very famous for its beautiful
beaches that have red sand. But from afar it looks just like ordinary beach. The sand wasn’t red or pink at all.
Just white! Uniquely, boats aren’t allowed to stop near the beach, it has to
stop in the middle of the sea so that the sea corals won’t be damaged. So we
swam to the coast line. From all the islands I’ve visited in Flores, Pink Beach
is the winner! The sea corals are still very very beautiful and there were
various fishes. The sea corals were so colorful and the distance is very near
to us while we snorkel. When we reach the beach we just saw the sand was very
soft with redness and it turns pink when there were waves. Wow, I really fell
in love with Pink Beach! No wonder this has become one of the best diving spot
in Indonesia.
Pink Beach. Source: www.findingindonesia.com
Day 3
Komodo island – Manta point – Bidadari island – Labuan Bajo
On the last day we went for another
tracking to Komodo National Park Heritage Site in Komodo Island (Loh Liang).
And again, we took the short path/route. Here the view is not as
beautiful as in Loh Buaya, but we saw bigger komodos about 3 metres long! Komodo dragons are not fed,
they look for their own food because there are many wild animals such as
buffalo, deer, monkeys, wild boar, etc. For women who are having their period
don’t ever try to come near. Komodo dragons can smell the smell of blood from
afar. It turns out that even a wild boar passing in front of the komodo is
fine. I thought the komodo will chase the boar to eat it, but the ranger said
that if the boar bleed even just a little bit, the komodo will chase the boar
until it gets it!
After satisfied
seeing komodo, we continued our journey to manta point. Manta rays are really
big! Usually manta will appear at 12:00 noon when the sun is at the peak. The
captain of the boat will stand at the front of the boat to see where the manta
is. If he sees one, he just point to it and says “There’s the manta!” Then we
would just jump into the sea “splash!” wooow!!! mantas are really, really big! At
the beginning it was quite scary to snorkel above the manta that was well known
that the long tail is sharp and poisonous. But the captain said that it was
okay, manta won’t swim to the surface of the sea, so just relax. It was thrilling to see a real manta 6 metres
beneath us! After being satisfied seeing mantas, we continued to snorkel at
Bidadari Island and back to Labuan Bajo. By the way, Bidadari means angel. You can call it angel island. Then I was done with my sea adventure.
Bidadari island. Source: www.tripadvisor.com
To
join live on board tour, the travelers can find travel agents in Labuan Bajo. There are
many kinds of tour package options are available in Labuan Bajo.
Many travel agents offer cheap packages to live on board. There
are also packages that offer "daily cruises" for travelers who do not
have much time but want to try to see the dragons and snorkeling experience
using Phinisi.
*Cost estimates
Boat
rental
IDR 550.000,-/person
Entrance
fees Loh Buaya & Loh Liang
IDR 2500,-(local)
IDR 20.000,- (foreign tourist)
IDR 50.000/ranger
Fin
rental
IDR 45.000,-/person (3 days)
* Price in april 2013 and I
USD = IDR 9920,-
Come and see for yourself the
beauty of Indonesia!
Jika anda adalah traveler pecinta alam yang menyukai
tantangan, anda wajib membaca tulisan saya ini hehehe..
Belum lama ini saya
mencoba live on board atau perjalanan yang tinggal di dalam kapal selama 3 hari
2 malam dimulai dari Labuan Bajo, NTT.
Kapal phinisi yang saya gunakan disewa pribadi hanya untuk
berenam bersama teman-teman saya dan 3 orang kru kapal. Harga yang ditawarkan
juga sangat terjangkau hanya IDR 550.000/orang selama 3 hari 2 malam sudah
termasuk makan 3 kali sehari, snack, air minum, masker untuk snorkeling. Kecuali
tiket masuk objek wisata dan fin kami membayar sendiri.
Kamar dalam kapal
Hari Pertama
Pulau Kanawa – Pulau Kelor – Pulau Seture – Pulau Kalong
Pukul 08.00 wita perjalanan dimulai
dengan mengunjungi pulau Kanawa, pulau kecil ini memang banyak menarik hati
wisatawan untuk snorkeling/diving untuk melihat keindahan terumbu karang,
coral, dan keragaman ikan hiasnya. Makanya tidak heran pulau ini sangat
terkenal. FYI, di pulau ini juga terdapat 13 cottages untuk wisatawan tinggal
loh. Tapi seruan tinggal di kapal aahh..
Selanjutnya pulau Kelor dan Seture
sama bagusnya untuk snorkeling. Tapi hati-hati ya snorkeling di pulau Seture karena arusnya yang cukup kencang maka kami harus berjalan terlebih dahulu di
pinggir pantai menjauhi kapal dengan membawa peralatan snorkeling baru terjun
ke laut. Tidak perlu berenang, cukup bersantai sambil menikmati pemandangan
dibawah laut karena dengan sendirinya arus laut akan membawa kami hingga sampai
didekat kapal. Pada sore hari menjelang sunset, kapal berhenti ditengah lautan
dekat dengan pulau Kalong. Disini travelers dapat melihat ribuan kalong yang
keluar untuk mencari makan. Jangan lupa siapkan kamera karena pemandangan yang
didapat bener-bener juara!
So colorful sky
Keliatan kan itu kalong yang pada keluar
Hari Kedua
Pulau Rinca – Pulau Kambing – Pink Beach
Setelah
sarapan, pukul 08.00 wita kami menuju ke pulau Rinca (Loh Buaya) demi melihat
komodo yang menjadi one of the 7 wonders of nature. Setelah membayar tiket
masuk dan ranger fee, maka kami ditemani oleh 1 ranger yang bertugas menjadi
guide dan kami mendapat pilihan mau pilih jalur pendek, sedang atau jalur
panjang. Karena kami semua malas tracking jauh-jauh maka kami pilih jalur
pendek saja hehe.. Ternyata tidak sia-sia perjalanan hampir 1 jam kami sempat
melihat komodo dan berfoto bersama (walaupun tidak terlalu besar hanya sekitar
2 meter) dan setelah melewati bukit kami dapat melihat pemandangan teluk buaya dari
atas dan semuanya hijaaauuuu kaya di tempat pembuatan film Lord of The Rings.
Hijaaauuuuu
Loh = Teluk. Jadi ini Teluk Buaya
Selanjutnya
kami menuju pulau Kambing. Yah agak aneh namanya padahal gak ada kambing sama
sekali. Tapi pulau Kambing tidak kalah bagus dengan pulau Kanawa. Dari jauh
gradasi warna dari pantai dan lautnya sudah kelihatan putih, hijau muda, biru
muda, biru tua. Keren! Karena pulau ini kecil, saya dan teman-teman sempat snorkeling keliling pulau. Nah yang paling saya tunggu-tunggu nih kami ke Pink Beach!
Itu tuh pantai yang katanya warna pasirnya merah. Tapi ternyata dari jauh
seperti pantai biasa. Pasirnya gak kelihatan warna merah atau pink sama sekali.
Cuma putih! Uniknya kapal dilarang berlabuh dekat pantai, harus ditengah laut
karena takut merusak terumbu karang yang ada. Jadi kita berenang deh menuju ke
bibir pantai. Dari semua pulau yang saya kunjungi di Flores, Pink Beach emang
JUARA nya! Terumbu karangnya masih bagus banget, ikannya juga macam-macam,
coral nya bener-bener warna-warni dan jaraknya sangat dekat sama badan kita
yang lagi snorkeling. Sampai di pantainya ternyata baru kelihatan pasirnya yang
haluuuss itu ada merah-merahnya dan akan jadi pink kalo kena ombak. Wah saya
jatuh cinta deh sama Pink Beach! Pantesan jadi salah 1 spot diving terbaik di
Indonesia.
Pulau Kambing
Hari Ketiga
Pulau Komodo – Manta Point – Pulau Bidadari – Labuan Bajo
Hari
terakhir kami tracking lagi ke Pulau Komodo (Loh Liang) salah 1 tempat national
park world heritage site. Lagi-lagi kami mengambil jalur pendek. Disini
pemandangannya tidak sebagus di Loh Buaya, tapi kami dapat melihat komodo yang
ukurannya lebih besar sekitar 3 meter! Komodo tidak diberi makan, mereka
mencari makanannya sendiri karena banyak terdapat hewan-hewan liar seperti
kerbau, rusa, monyet, babi hutan, dll. Bagi perempuan yang sedang haid jangan
pernah coba-coba masuk kedalam! Penciuman komodo sangat tajam. Komodo dapat
mencium bau darah dari jarak jauh. Ternyata babi hutan yang lewat didepannya
saja tidak kenapa-kenapa. Saya pikir bakal langsung dikejar dan dimakan, tapi
kata ranger kalo babi hutannya berdarah dikit saja langsung deh dikejar sampai
dapat!
Setelah
puas melihat komodo, kami melanjutkan perjalanan menuju manta point. Manta itu
ikan pari yang guedee banget itu loh. Biasanya manta bakal muncul pada pukul
12.00 siang ketika matahari lagi panas-panasnya. Kapten kapal akan berdiri
diujung kapal untuk melihat keberadaan manta. Kalo ada, dia tinggal menunjuk
sambil bilang “Itu disana mantanya!” Maka kami akan langsung nyebur
ke laut “byuuuurrr!!” Waaahhh manta bener-bener gede! Awalnya agak takut sih
snorkeling diatas manta katanya ekornya yang panjang itu tajam dan berbahaya
kalo ketusuk bisa mati. Tapi, kata si kapten gapapa manta gak bakal sampai ke
permukaan laut kok jadi yah tenang saja. Wah deg-degan dan seru banget melihat
manta sungguhan 6 meter dibawah kita! Puas melihat manta, kami lanjut
snorkeling di pulau Bidadari dan kembali ke Labuan Bajo. Selesai deh
petualangan saya hidup di laut.
Untuk mengikuti tur live on board ini travelers dapat mencari travel agent di Labuan Bajo. Banyak travel agent yang menawarkan paket murah live on board. Ada juga yang menawarkan paket "daily cruises" bagi travelers yang tidak memiliki banyak waktu tapi ingin mencoba pengalaman melihat komodo dan snorkeling menggunakan kapal phinisi.
*Perkiraan Biaya
Sewa Kapal
IDR 550.000,-/orang
Tiket masuk Loh Buaya & Loh Liang
IDR 2500,-(domestik)
IDR 20.000,- (wisman)
Ranger fee
IDR 50.000/ranger
Sewa Fin
IDR 45.000,-/orang (3hari)
* Harga pada bulan april 2013
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