Sukamade beach, Banyuwangi
This is one of heaven sample that god made for human, hehehehehe. oh, i don't have any more word to describe how beautiful this place!!!! It is a natural, quiet, beautiful place and part of the 50,000 hectares Meru Betiri National Park where consists of four zones , they are: the forest zone covering area of 22.622 hectares , the zone of intensive utilization covering area of 1.285 hectares, rehabilitation zone covering area of 4.023 hectares , and the special use zone covering area of 2.155 hectares .
Activity
Sukamade Beach is turtle sea conservation in south part of East Java province. It was established in 1972, but Meru Betiri officially become National park 10 years after, in 1982. There are so many kind of sea turtle that they have been tagged and recorded, such as :Chelonia Mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, Lepidochelys olivacea and Dermochelys Coriacea.
Almost every night of the year, turtles appear on Sukamade beach to lay eggs. It is clearly a globally important site and one which is protected 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by the over-worked park rangers. Some eggs are taken by the rangers to protect them from predators, both human and other animals. These are incubated in the safety of the park hatchery and the youngsters are released to the ocean on the very beach from where the eggs were laid.
Today there are so many tour and travel agents who offer you packages to visit Sukamade Beach, they will provide transportation, acommodation, and everything that you'll need, but if you love to make a trip by your self, this is the direction that you have to follow.
By Flight, after you arrive to Blimbing Sari National Airport you have to connect with taxi to Jajag bus station, or straight away to Rajegwesi village.
By Bus from Surabaya or Bali you have to go to Jajag bus station.
By train, after tou reach Kalibaru train station, connect with bus or taxi to Jajag bus station. Its round 25 Km distances.
From Jajag bus station you have to connect your trip to Pesanggaran or Sanggar, local bus there only available from 7 am to 4 pm, so make sure you arrive to Jajag bus station in time, from Sanggar bus station you can use mini bus - local called this 'angkot', this is a car for public transportation, but not to rent privately. Just like bus for public transportation, but this is use a car- to bring you to Sarongan, just few Kilometers before Rajegwesi. Rajegwesi village its a gate to Sukamade, from here you have to use 4x4 Jeep to bring you to Sukamade. Make sure that you make the deal price before you go.
Accommodation
In Sukamade is available inn where serve meal for breakfast and dinner also camping ground if you like to make a tent there.
Suggestion when you visit Sukamade
- there is no signal for cellphone, wellcome to the jungle, Guys!!!
- bring a lot of anti mosquito!!!
- make sure you bring flashlight, lighter, candle, or another lighting kit.
- visit Sukamade during dry season, April to October
- bring enaough mineral water for your supply
- this is an heavy trip, so you need to prepare your physical, medicine, or multivitamin before you go.
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Pict and file source : http://banyuwangiapik.blogspot.com/2015/02/pantai-sukamade-rumah-penyu-bertelur-di.html
http://wikitravel.org/en/Sukamade
