Jungwok Beach

The beach of Jungwok lies on the area of the beach of Wediombo, preciselly on the east side of Wediombo. It takes only a few minutes from Wediombo on foot. As you are leading to the beach, you can enjoy the beautiful view around the beach from the alley.

Its typical panorama can be obtain from the big rock in the middle of the sea. The rock is commonly called "watu topi" that can be used to fishing. The beach of Jungwok has beautiful white sand and relatively shallow. Fishes, starfishes and etc are some creatures that live here. Besides that, as you are walking along the beach, many kind of birds will always accompany you exploring this beach.

(Wediombo Beach Area, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta Special Region, INDONESIA)

source: www.wediombo.com

TIPS & TRICKS
Its location is quiet romote from the civilization that you can get the privation to have a sun-bathe.

How To Get There

From Adisucipto Airport

�Taxi
It takes about two hours (approximately 70 kilometers) and costs around Rp 120.000,00.
� Bus
Take a bus Solo-Jogja to the bus station of Giwangan. From the bus station, take a bus Jogja-Wonosari, then take a bus to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok. It costs around Rp 8.000,00 per person.
� Becak
It is impossible to go to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok by becak.
� We Suggest
Private vehicles will be the best choice to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok. However, if you are with your group to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok, just contact travel agent for your safe and comfy.

From Tugu Railway Station

� Taxi
It takes about two hours (approximately 70 kilometers) and costs around Rp 120.000,00.
� Bus
Take a bus 4 to the Bus Station. From the bus station, take a bus Jogja-Wonosari, then a bus to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok. It costs around Rp 8.000,00 per person.
� Becak
It is impossible to go to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok by becak.
� We Suggest
Private vehicles will be the best choice to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok. However, if you are with your group to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok, just contact travel agent for your safe and comfy.

From Lempuyangan Railway Station

� Taxi
It takes about two hours (approximately 70 kilometers) and costs around Rp 120.000,00.
� Bus
Take a bus 6 to the Bus Station. From the bus station, take a bus Jogja-Wonosari, then a bus to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok. It costs around Rp 8.000,00 per person.
� Becak
It is impossible to go to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok by becak.
� We Suggest
Private vehicles will be the best choice to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok. However, if you are with your group to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok, just contact travel agent for your safe and comfy.

From Giwangan Bus Station

� Taxi
It takes about two hours (approximately 70 kilometers) and costs around Rp 120.000,00.
� Bus
Ttake a bus Jogja-Wonosari, then a bus to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok. It costs around Rp 8.000,00 per person.
� Becak
It is impossible to go to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok by becak.
� We Suggest
Private vehicles will be the best choice to the beach of Wedi Ombo - Pantai Jungwok. However, if you are with your group to the beach of Wedi Ombo, just contact travel agent for your safe and comfy.

Parangkusumo Beach

Upon entering the gate of Parangkusumo Beach, you will immediately feel the sacred nuance of the beach that is located around 30 kilometers south of Yogyakarta city and it is believed to be the entrance gate to the south ocean. You will soon smell the fragrance of flowers and incense as the materials of an offering; the nuance you will find nowhere but in this beach.

The sacredness of the place feels more distinct when you look at the scattered flowers and sets of offerings on the Love Stone that is located in Puri Cepuri complex where Panembahan Senopati and Queen of the South met and made an agreement. At that time, Senopati was meditating on the bigger stone in the north when Queen of the South approached him and sat on the smaller stone in the south.

The meeting between the two authorities had influence on the relationship between Yogyakarta Kingdom and Bale Sokodhomas Kingdom. It began when Senopati was perfecting his supernatural powers by doing the ritual of tapa ngeli or carrying himself away in the river. Arriving at a certain phase of his meditation, suddenly there was storm on the beach, trees were yanked out by its roots, the seawater was boiling and fish were thrown to the land.

The occurrence compelled the Queen of the South to show up on the surface of the ocean to see Senopati. Senopati expressed his ideal to govern Mataram and asked the Queen of South for her help. The Queen promised him the help with the conditions that Senopati and his descendants would be willing to become her husbands. Senopati took the conditions with the request that the marriage should not bear children.

The agreement made Yogyakarta Kingdom as one of Mataram frictions to have close relationship with the Kingdom of the South Ocean. The proof of such a relationship is the labuhan alit (giving an offering by throwing out certain things to the sea) that is done annually. One part of the labuhan ceremony is planting parts of Sultan's nails, hair and clothes in the area of Puri Cepuri. Please check with Yogyakarta tourism calendar in YogYES.com for this labuhan rite.

The meditation of Senopati that bore useful fruits caused many people to believe that any requests will be answered if they are said by the Love Stone. It is not surprising, therefore, hundreds of people from different classes and religions come to the place on certain days they consider sacred. Going in pilgrimage to the Love Stone is also believed to help someone to release heavy burdens from him and to give new life spirit.

In addition to the Love Stone and the labuhan procession, you can also enjoy the beauty of the beach and the breeze of the seashore on a horse-cart. You only have to pay IDR 20,000 for the pleasant ride.

There are many warongs where you can buy meals and drinks. Quite big numbers of visitors makes this area crowded every day, even until late at night. Some of them even spend the night in this beach to say their prayer. If you want to share the spiritual experience in Parangkusumo Beach, you can join the pilgrims praying.

Text: Yunanto Wiji Utomo
Photo & Artistic: Agung Sulistiono Mabruron
Copyright © 2007 YogYES.COM

Ngrenehan Beach

Located in the Village District Kanigoro Saptosari approximately 30 KM south of the City Wonosari. Tourists can watch the activities of fishermen and enjoy a fast-food fish or fresh fish. brought in by the - by.

Still in an area with approximately Ngrenehan Beach 1 KM to the west there Ngobaran Beach and Beach Nguyahan. Every full moon on Nyepi Day at the Beach Ngobaran Melasti ceremony conducted. . .

photo : www.gunungkidulkab.go.id

Sadeng Beach

Sadeng beach is located on the south coast Gunungkidul region is + 40 Km from Wonosari, Gunung Kidul.

There is a Fish Landing Base (PPI) which is known as PPI Sadeng the national level and is supporting the development of marine fisheries in the province of Yogyakarta Special Region. In addition, other potential is the Ancient Solo River. Now, the former popular streams through the song titled keroncong Gesang Solo River, Java's creation was a tourist draw.


Photo: pesonagunungkidul.com, gunungkidulkab.go.id, picasaweb.google.com

Ngobaran Beach

Going to Ngrenehan Beach and enjoying the grilled fish will be complete if you drop by Ngobaran Beach that is located adjacent to it. The location of the beach with high cliff is around two kilometers from Ngrenehan Beach. It is not far, isn't it? Local people of Ngrenehan Beach even talk and visit Ngobaran Beach, why don't you?

Ngobaran is such an exotic beach. When sea water falls, you can see spread of both green and brown seaweed. Being looked from the top, the spread of the algae growing in between coral reef looks like spread of rice field in a densely populated area. Tens of sea animal species also present in between the coral reef, ranging from sea urchin, starfish, to various types of cockle shells.

What you will not find in other beaches is the cultural enchantment, ranging from the building to the local food. One interesting place is four praying places that stand side by side. Is it form of multiculturalism? Who knows.

The most prominent one is a building that looks like a temple with ornaments of god statues in white color. The building was built in 2003 to commemorate the arrival of Brawijaya V, one of Majapahit's king, in Ngobaran. The people who use the place are of Kejawan belief. The name 'Kejawan' originates from the nickname of Brawijaya V's son, namely Bondhan Kejawan. The person who built the building acknowledge to be the descendant of Brawijaya V and appointed one person in the community to keep this place.

The truth of this story about Brawijaya V is doubted by many historians. The reason is, if Raden Patah attacked Brawijaya V, it will give an image that Islam was spread in a violent way. Many historians suggest that the existing historical evidences do not sufficiently conclude that Raden Patah made an attack. You may search any information for further assurance about it.

Some meters of the box where the dry plant grows there is a temple for Hindu people to say prayer. No detail information of its foundation.

In front of the dry plant grows, there is a mosque with the size of around 3x4 meters. The mosque building is quite simple since the floor is of sands as if it unites with the beach. What is unique is its direction. Most of the mosques in Indonesia face westwards, but this mosque faces southwards. The front part where the religious leader leads the prayer is open so that it directly sees the ocean. When YogYES asked local people about it, no one knows the reason. They even get surprised because the founder of the mosque is a well known kyai of Nahdatul Ulama who lived in Panggang, Gunung Kidul. For correct direction for those who want to pray in the mosque, local people make a sign on the wall using red pencil.

After being astonished with the religious site, you can get down to the beach. When you come early in the morning, you will see people take seaweed. They sell the seaweed at 1,000 to 1,500 Rupiah per kilogram. They use the earnings for their daily lives.

If you come in the afternoon, however, you will see people searching for sea urchin for their side dish at their dinner. The spines of the sea urchin must be cut first then it is pried using a sickle. The meat inside of the sea urchin is then taken out. When searching for the sea urchin, people usually bring bucket, coconut sieve, sickle, and hat to prevent them from the sun.

The ingredients to cook sea urchin are salt and chilli. It is then fried. Not many people sell this menu. They say that the meat is quite delicious. If you really want to have a try, please ask them to cook specially for you. Maybe you have special recipe to cook sea urchin so that it can be served as favourite cuisine and increase society welfare.

Isn't it complete yet? There might not be other choices for the beach beauty, enchantment of the praying places, and tempting cuisine other than this beach.

Text: Yunanto Wiji Utomo
Photo & Artistic: Sutrisno
Copyright © 2006 YogYES.COM

Congot beach

Congot beach tourism is the beach best visited after the Glagah Beach. Both beaches were closely spaced and connected by a smooth asphalt road within easy enough even to use bicycles. Located in the Village Jangkaran, Temon District, Kulon Progo, Beach Congot citizen activities center around which the livelihood of fishing.

Beautiful scenery to be found even when you are still on the way to this beach. Along the road that connects with the Beach Congot Wates, you can can see the green paddy field and village activities in Kulon Progo generally become farmers. Like the plains near the coast in other areas, the roads to the beach Congot also decorated by rows of coconut trees.

Congot beach has its own charm than the other beaches for fishermen and fishing nuances so strong. Along the shoreline, you can see the activities of local people and local tourist favorite fishing satisfying. In the other corner, there are the fishermen who were fishing on the beach, destroying small crab shells attached to the mesh or clean the boat.


Text: Yunanto Wiji Utomo
Photo & Artistic: Agung Sulistiono Mabruron
Copyright © 2007 YogYES.COM

Wedi Ombo beach

Wediombo beach is a natural beach with a beautiful panorama, is located in the Village Jepitu Sub Girisubo about 40 KM south east of Wonosari. Bay-shaped beach and gently sloping with white sand, can be viewed openly from the hills and the coast, allowing tourists to enjoy a perfect sunset panorama, but it is also the cool air refreshing beach is believed to help cure asthma. For Tourists memnacing hobby can be done in this place where at any given moment a lot of fish that appear Panjo along the coast.
One Year at the beach held cultural tradition of ceremonial processions ngalangi catch fish by using gawar made from tree roots that spread as wawar net mounted from the hill Kedungdowok and driven together to the sea by the local community.
In one region to the coast have Gremeng Beach, Beach and Jungwok Kalong Island (an island inhabited by thousands of bats) that can be achieved by tracing around 1.5 KM to the east

(gunungkidulkab.go.id)

Depok Beach

Tourism is the tourist beaches of the most frequently visited. Because the beach mood we would be calm and peaceful. In Jogjakarta, there is one beach that has quite a beautiful sight. The beach is the beach Depok. This beach is located not far from the beach which is also Parangtritis popular beach in Yogyakarta. On the beach Depok, we can direct message catches sea foods such as fish, shrimp, crab, etc.. Since it is the places to eat for visitors, we live just a message that we want the menu. Ocean catch comes from the new home of fishermen fishing in the morning and evening. Happy holidays!