Mutun Beach is one of the favorite tourist spots in the Bay of Lampung. This beach area has a famous island called Pulau Tangkil. Island area of 11.5 hectares has all the requirements to become the best marine tourism center in the region. Sloping stretch of white sand and clean enough.
In fact, so clean, the sand on this beach sand looks like flour. Seawater was also very clear, bluish colored. Thus, this allows the sea base can still be seen with the naked eye to a depth of 1.5 meters.
On the edge-lined beachfront palm trees and mangroves that shade. Small cottage cottage-trees intersperse ranks. What also becomes another advantage that there is no match, in this island we can see beautiful scenery mutun Coast and ranks as the hills that surround the island.
Still at this point, from a distance, we could see dozens of tankers and commercial vessels lined up in the bay. Therefore, the island is not far from the Port of Long operated PT Pelindo. Distance are both less than 5 km.
"It was amazing, felt like being in another hemisphere. Not in Lampung. The beach is clean, clear sea and the waves were very calm," said Anidini (23), one of the visitors who first set foot into Tangkil Island.
The attraction is what resulted in thousands of visitors during the Lebaran holidays such as yesterday's willing to stand in line and stuck in traffic to get to this area.
Very affordable
Another advantage of Tangkil Island is where this tour is very easy to reach. The distance from the central city of Bandar Lampung, only 15 km away. This place is also accessible public transportation from downtown. To reach it, visitors must first stop to the beach mutun. On the beach rides are available Waterboom the other attraction.
To enter the mutun Beach, visitors are not subjected to retribution. Just enter the vehicle free of charge. From the beach which also has a stretch of white sand, visitors have to boat to get to the island Tangkil. The cost is very affordable, which is Rp 10,000 per person go-home. For the home, visitors can be picked up at any time.
Distance from the beach to the island Tangkil mutun very close, less than 1.5 km. In fact, from mutun Beach, the island is owned Ismail Kiagoos this can already be seen. The journey from the coast to the island is less than 10 minutes.
Tangkil Island, visitors are only charged an entrance fee of Rp 3,000 per person. On the right are available various kinds of interesting rides jet ski rentals, banana boat, canoe, until the ATV around the island.
On the island are also available wc or bathroom, so that visitors do not need to berbilas confusion. Food stalls, to the small cottages are also available. Besides swimming, visitors usually spend time on this island to fish or snorkel.
Enough with the swim or sit back while drinking young coconuts on the beach of this island flavor-it's quite relieve fatigue or stress due to routine work. If you have the pocket more, visitors can trigger adrenaline with banana boat hire amounting to Rp 120,000 per boat per trip.
Fish and kites
In the vicinity of the island is mostly found grouper fish, jelly fish, snappers and some small reef fish. Unfortunately, due to the impact of blast fishing, coral reefs surrounding many have died. However, in the back of the island, there are still a small reef to survive.
In certain periods, visitors in this area can be treated to a unique landscape where the traditional fishermen catch fish using the help of a kite (kite fishing). Kites of all sizes to help the bait to remain floating on the water surface.
With the various advantages of these attractions, there is one weakness that stands out. 2 km-long highway that connects the beach mutun and highways in Punduh Pedada very bad condition. The street was full of holes and peeling asphalt.
In fact, in this section there are many steep grades. Thus, in the holiday season, there is often a long traffic jam in this segment. It would be nice if the potential of this amazing tour supported by adequate infrastructure as well.