Senggigi Beach, Evidence Natural Beauty In the Land of Lombok

Lombok is an island known for having a lot of white sandy beaches are unspoiled with beautiful panoramas. Not infrequently Lombok is often used as a favorite tourist destination of domestic and foreign tourists.

In fact, sometimes the tourists took the cross to the island during a visit to Bali. Calculated once the holiday, two islands grasps. One of the famous beach in Lombok is Senggigi Beach. Although not as big as Kuta Beach, tetepi many tourists say that the atmosphere is similar to the beaches of Kuta Beach.


Locations
Administratively, the Senggigi Beach is located in the district of Batu Layar, West Lombok regency, West Nusa Tenggara province.

Access
To reach this beach you must first arrive in the city of Mataram. Arriving at Mataram Selaparang Airport, you can rent a car to travel to Senggigi Beach. Journey you will travel from Mataram Selaparang about 30 to 50 minutes.

If you do not have arrangements to rent a car from Mataram Selaparang Airport you can use public transportation. At the airport has provided bus Damri with the aim to Senggigi. You only need to pay 30,000 rupiah to get to Senggigi Beach. Long journey by bus Damri about an hour.

As for you who departed from Bali, just need to take a ferry from the Port of Karangasem with longer crossing time of about 30 minutes. Aside from the Port of Karangasem, you can also set off by ferry from the port of Padang Bay to the port of Sheets in Lombok.

If departing from Mataram, you can use public transportation majors Ampenan - Senggigi at a cost of 2,000 rupiah per person. Arriving in Senggigi, you only have to walk about 5 minutes to reach the Senggigi beach.

Conditions Senggigi Beach

Senggigi is a famous location in Lombok, so near Senggigi Beach there are a lot of resorts, hotels, restaurants, souvenir shops, entertainment centers, and a variety of shops serving the needs of tourists. Full accommodation and facilities around Senggigi beach make this beach visited by many tourists, as well as serve as a transit location for all the popular Trio Gili in Lombok.

In the vicinity of the beach, there are two other interesting sights in Batu Bolong and Batu Layar. Batu Bolong is a temple built on a rock. The reef is located on the waterfront. According to a legend told by the people around, the ancient temple is used as a place of sacrifice of virgins. This virgin submitted as shark food in the sea. Another newspaper said that if the temple is also used as a location for the women gutted hurling himself into the sea.

Batu Layar is located not far from Batu Bolong. Batu Layar is a location where there is the tomb of a scholar. Batu Layar considered a sacred place for the followers of Wetu telu. These scholars tomb is visited by many people during "Eid Topat". Approximately one week after Idul Fitri.

Activity
Senggigi Beach sea water is very clear, so you can see the sea creatures swimming freely. The waves here are also not too big, so you can freely swim and play in the open sea with friends, family or your partner. Do not forget to use sunblock to your skin does not burn because the sun is very hot.

In contrast to the Indonesian people are afraid of her dark, the tourists who flock to the beach is actually very fond of sunbathing. They can sunbathe while enjoying the waves with the background of Mount Agung is located in Bali.

Coral reefs and marine life here is very diverse and beautiful. If you want to look at them closely, please try snorkeling. At Senggigi Beach is indeed a lot of tourists visit to enjoy snorkeling. You can rent snorkeling equipment at a location not far from the beach entrance.

Spend time alone with a lover on the lips of Senggigi Beach as dusk began to fall is a romantic thing you should try. You can chat fun while eating roasted corn and coconut ice sold in stalls on the beach. Because twilight here is very intriguing, do not forget to bring your camera.

Hungry after walking around the beach? You can try a variety of dishes typical of Lombok, Taliwang Chicken which you can find in restaurants located along Senggigi Beach. Chicken taliwang addition, you can also enjoy the food menu Asia to Europe with a starting price of 30,000 rupiah to 300,000 rupiah.

The best time if you want to take a trip to the beach this is the full moon. When the full moon a lot of tourists gathered on the beach to sunbathe, warm themselves. Many believe that the sand at that time can cure stiff to paralysis.

One more, no less important, when you visit this beach, do not litter. If you do not want to bother with garbage, plastic bags in preparation for his own take on the trash. Let's keep the beauty of this beach to remain natural.