Ahmad Khoirul Sholeh Prawiranegara

Indonesian Amazing Tourist Objects

Indonesia is the biggest archipelago country in the world. Everything in this country, especially the nature, is wonderful. All of its natural resources are worth seeing. Its islands, mountains, lakes and any other places should be visited during ones visit in Indonesia. These three tourism objects, Gili Trawangan Island, Mount Bromo and Toba Lake, would give views about the beauty of Indonesia nature.

The first place to visit is Gili Trawangan Island that represents the majority of Indonesia small islands. Its white-sandy beach, blue ocean and local heritages make Gili Trawangan as a wonderful island in Indonesia. The white-sandy beach is very natural because no motorized vehicles allowed in the island. More over, unlike Kuta Beach Bali, Gili Trawangan beach is far from the road. Tourists can take Cidomo, a Lombok traditional cart, horse riding or walk to get around the island and enjoy the scenery. To get around the island when the sunset will be fantastic since people can catch the sunset over Mount Agung Bali. Besides that, the underwater scenery is also wonderful. Its coral and marine life can be seen easily by diving, snorkeling or glass-bottom boat. Even though tourists can do anything during their holiday freely, they still have to respect the local people, for example by not being topless. Because the local people is still keep the norms. People who have visited it said that this island is the paradise among other islands in this country. It is no doubt if ones visit Gili Trawangan, he/she will not be disappointed of it.

The next tourism object, which worth visiting, is Mount Bromo. It gives the tourists remarkable view of an active volcanic mount. Because it has double craters (there is another crater inside the main crater) and the sea sand that covered it. The society around it, named Tengger Tribe, offers horse riding to the tourist as one of option to pass the sea of sand besides walking. Annually, Tengger Tribe held a festival named Kasada on the caldera and the peak of Mount Bromo. It is hold at the full moon in kasodo month (the tenth month on Javanese calendar, usually on December or January) from midnight up to dawn. It is a festival which grateful for God’s blessing. Watching the festival directly while waiting for the sunrise would be fascinating. In addition, they can get the wide view of Mount Bromo and its caldera from Cemoro Lawang, the entrance of Bromo National Park. They may have camping also in Cemoro Lawang. That will make the trip to Mount Bromo worth remembering.

Another tourist object that should not be neglected is Toba Lake. Toba, the biggest lake in South East Asia, is obviously beautiful. It comes from a massive volcanic eruption which created a large crate long time ago. As time goes by, the crate was filled up with water and the magma energy push the ground up to be an island. Those make the amazement of Toba Lake undoubted. The Samosir Island, mountainous view and the local food are the reasons for people to visit it. Tourists can do several things such as kayaking, fishing and visiting some magnificient sites. While enjoying the scenery, tourists can also try dali, arsik, naniura, or sayur tumbuk daun singkong, the local culinary from Batak Tribe. Buying Ulos Cloth, one of local arts, as a gift is suggested. Because it is the original cloth from Batak and cannot be found in any other places. It also complete our visit to the wonderful Toba Lake.

Those three places that have been described above could assure ones who wants to visit Indonesia. There are local heritages and natural views in each tourist object in Indonesia. Person who have been visited a lot of places in the world said that Indonesia is the most unique and beautiful. You would find new different things by visiting Indonesia. So, it is undoubted that visiting Indonesia would give new experiences and show different natural sights for us.