Showing posts with label Indonesia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indonesia. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Pemandangan Terasering Panyaweuyan di Majalengka

Bulan lalu saat ada acara keluarga di daerah Majalengka, akhirnya saya bisa sedikit jalan-jalan di Majalengka. Setelah mencari leway Google apa yang saya bisa lihat di Majalengka, akhirnya diputuskan pergi ke Panyaweuyan. Daerah ini merupakan daerah perkebunan, khususnya untuk perkebunan yang membutuhkan suhu yang agak dingin dan dataran yang tinggi.

Saat itu saya tinggal di daerah Majalengka Regency, jadi kalau saya lihat dari Google Map itu bisa mencapai lebih daria 25 km perjalanan seperti gambar peta di bawah.

Arah ke Panyeweuyan dari Majalengka Regency


Saat itu kami pergi dari rumah pagi-pagi sekitar jam 8-an. Dan kami semua tidak tahu medan sama sekali ke Panyaweuyan ini. Walhasil kami semua bergantung pada Google Map.

Saat di perjalanan, kami baru tahu bahwa medan ke puncak panyaweuyan sangat-sangat susah, dikarenakan lebar jalan sangat kecil hanya untuk satu mobil tetapi pinggir-pinggirnya langsung menghadap ke jurang, meski secara pemandangan sangat indah sekali. Saat itu kami bawa mobil sejenis family car yang agak besar, jadi benar-benar hati-hati saat jalan. Alhamdulillah selama perjalanan aman dan tidak ada hal-hal yang membahayakan.

Setelah makan waktu sekitar 1 jam, kami sampai di terasering Panyaweuyan. Ini ada beberapa photo yang diambil

Terasering View 

Panyaweuyan View

Dari bukit di Panyaweuyan

Bagi saya yang tinggal di perkotaan, pemandangan yang hijau itu berharga mahal. Makanya saya suka pergi ke tempat yang agak sedikit polusinya dan hijau. Dan pemandangannya di Panyaweuyan sangat indah. Sebetulnya ada banyak yang bisa dilihat di Majalengka, tetapi waktu yang tidak cukup. Dan Panyaweuyan ini cocok untuk yang suka traveling dan adventure.

Tetapi ada hal yang harus diperhatikan saat mau pergi kesana.

1. Kendaraan
Kalau bisa memakai kendaraan motor saja karena medan yang cukup sulit. Jangan pernah bawa mobil kalau misal skill menyetir belum bagus, bahaya!

2. Waktu Perjalanan
Diusahakan pergi ke puncak Panyaweuyan pada pagi hari saat semua area akan mendapatkan sinar matahari, karena saat hari sudah sore pencahayaan jalan disana tidak bagus dengan medan yang seperti itu. Pergi pada pagi hari dan pulang pada menjelang sore. 

3. Cuaca
Penting untuk mengecek cuaca terlebih dahulu apakah cerah, berawan atau hujan. 



Friday, March 28, 2014

Trip to Nusa Lembongan, Bali

Bali island is very famous, even more famous than Indonesia itself. Known as land of god and goddess, beautiful culture, and amazing view. I usually recommend my foreign friends to go to Bali.

Sure Bali island is beautiful, but I was a little bit disappointed because I came there with a big expectation of crystal clear water beach. I didn't bothered, because the next day we went to Nusa Lembongan, one of triplet Nusa island in Bali. It took about 30 minutes by boat from Sanur. The return ticket was 130.000 Rupiahs per person. There I enjoyed swimming in clear beach, playing sand, snorkeling, go to mangrove forest, and saw sunset!

Nusa Lembongan
Welcome to Nusa Lembongan!

We rent a motorcycle for 50 thousand rupiahs per day (not including the gasoline which usually sold for 7 ~ 12 thousand rupiahs per litter) and go around the island. The road not really good and a little bit steeping but the view around the island is very nice, specially at the Panorama Point.


Panorama Point at Nusa Lembongan

From Nusa Lembongan, we can go to another island, Nusa Ceningan through a suspension bridge. The bridge is quite narrow, only one motorcycle can pass at a time, so you have to wait if a motorcycle passing the bridge. It is a little bit far from Nusa Lembongan to Nusa Ceningan, and the road is quite rough, so I recommend not to use bycycle to do that.

There are also nice beaches in Nusa Ceningan, but the island is a lot more quite and empty compare to Nusa Lembongan or Nusa Penida.

Blue Lagoon on Nusa Ceningan. Super !!!

At the top of the island, there is a mangrove forest. Sure we wont miss a chance to have a look. We rent boat for one round trip and it was 60.000 Rupiahs.



Close to mangrove area, a lot of people live by farming seaweed. 

Seaweed farm

The next day we went snorkeling. Different from Gili where there is public boat snorkeling (a boat for different groups), in Nusa Lembongan the boat is rented privately. It usually cost 150.000 Rupiahs for about 3 hours around Mangrove area, 250.000 Rupiahs for Mangrove area and Wall bay area, 650.000 for Mangrove area and Manta point area. Well, if you want to get cheaper price, try to bargain! The price includes fin and snorkel mask.



Don't say you went to Indonesia if you didn't do snorkeling !!!   *kidding*


Feeding fish at Nusa Lembongan


I will say that Mangrove point is super! It was not too deep (quite shallow), not to far from the island which means cheap to rent the boat, clear water, beautiful coral, a lot of colorful fishes, yes, really perfect place for beginner snorkeler !!!

Well, I really enjoyed my Nusa Lembongan trip. It was just two months ago, but I MISS BEACHES ALREADY! Can't wait to explore other islands in Indonesia!