Friday, February 7, 2014

Lombang Beach

Lombang Beach

About 30 km in northwest side of Sumenep, there is a beautiful Lombang beach. It is located in Lombang village, Batang – Batang district. There are many spruce fir farmers that sell their spruce fir bonsai trees. Obviously, Lombang beach bordered by thousands of natural spruce fir (casuarinas) that make the beach feels fresh. This Casuarinas Equisetifolia (Cemara Udang) is naturally growth along Lombang beach and it is very famous in the world, because Casuarinas Equisetifolia can live only in Indonesia and China, so that it feels calm and comfortable.

Lombang beach is interesting tourism object to be promoted to all Indonesia area, even to the world. The position of Lombang beach in south sea of Java Island can facilitated the visitors to see the beautiful sunrise. The other facility around Lombang beach is foods and beverage merchants, such as; Rujak and young coconut ice. The beach is very clean and has clear water with interesting small heap of white sand.


Today, there it had built a transportation facility that connects Lombang beach and Slopeng beach with lime mountain scenery. To reach Lombang beach using public transportation from Bangkal bus station (Sumanep) to Legung village (Batang-Batang). From Legung village, continue to Lombang beach, about 5 km by becak (pedicab). If you using your car through Sumenep – Lombang, you can reach about 30 minutes, through:

1. Sumenep - Gapura - Batang Batang - Legung - Lombang
2. Sumenep - Gapura - Batang-batang - Candi - Lombang
3. Sumenep - Gapura - Longos - Candi - Batang-batang

This Lombang beach tourism object will crowd and splendor in people party or public festival that held a week before Feast holiday.

Slopeng Beach


Slopeng Beach

Slopeng Beach is a tourism object located about 21 kilometers to the north from the center of Sumenep town. It is located in Slopeng village, Dasuk district. The beauty of this natural tourism object is seen from the cluster of the mountains. Slopeng beach has clean white sand, the beautiful natural scene, the coconut tree, and siwalan tree on the left and right side.

There are sand hill and fisherman canoes here. There are many foreign tourists and domestic visit here, both in holiday or weekend. You can also learn about the characteristic of society around who have the unique characteristic. This tourism is a big potency of Sumenep and Madura government, because the crowded visitors always fill this tourism object.


On Sunday, domestic and foreign tourists crowd this place, while on holidays like "ketupatan", there is a traditional ceremony called "ketupatan event", which presents the traditional art attraction and traditional game competition.


Besides its beautiful nature, Slopeng beach is also the right place to be the arena of water sports activities such as: sailing competition, and water skiing. The tourists can also enjoy the young coconut water and siwalan fruit (ta'al in Madurese language), which become the typical traditional food to be offered.

The tourism facilities in Slopeng Beach are:
1. Resting Place
2. Outdoor stage
3. Hall
4. Bath Room

To reach Slopeng beach, you can reach through coast direction: Lombang – Legung – Slopeng. Or through Sumenep – Slopeng route, which has good road and has many transportation service along the beach.

Asta Tinggi


Asta Tinggi
 
Asta Tinggi is a Royal Cemetery located in Kebunagung village on the northwest side of Sumenep city, about two and half kilometers away. Asta Tinggi has two main buildings. The first is on the west side where one can find an old pendopo and three grave dooms. It is a simple pendopo used for holding a meeting in the time ago. While the dooms is placed for grave. The first doom located on the west and content of Prince Pulang Jiwo grave. The second doom located on the north, is a grave of Prince Jimat and the last that listed on the east content the grave of Bindoro Saod and the queen Raden Ayu Tirtonegoro. This old building was built in 1750 in the reign of Bindoro Saod whose titled as Raden Tumenggung Tirtonegoro.
The second building placed on the north side is greater. The entrance is a big and beautiful gate. About 2 meters after it, there is an inscription written in Arabic letter. This building has one great and interesting doom content of the grave of Arya Noto Kusumo I and his descendants. It has Islamic, China and Europe style. It was built in the year of 1763 by Aryo Noto Kusumo I.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Sumenep

Welcome to Sumenep

Sumenep is listed in the eastern end of Madura Island. It takes more than four hours to reach Sumenep by bus or taxi from Surabaya's Tanjung Perak harbour.
Sumenep has some interesting sites to visit. Besides historical sites like Kraton and Tiny Museum, Traditional Art and Cultural Attractions as Mask Dance and Bull Race, it also has beautiful beaches to see, such as; Lombang beach and Slopeng beach.

How To Reach Sumenep
One may reach Sumenep by bus from Purabaya Bus Station or takes the bus in Tanjung Perak Port. Sumenep can also be reached from Bali by passing throw Banyuwangi to Jangkar Port in Situbondo regency and the crossing by Very from Jangkar Port to Kalianget, one of Sumenep district. It just needs four hours to cross.
Sumenep is a potential area for developing tourism objects project.
Just visit Sumenep tourism, one of interesting district in Madura Island. See the unique Bull Race competition, fantastic beaches, and the interesting traditional art.