Best Beaches in Bangka Belitung Islands of East Sumatra Indonesia.

Bangka Belitung Islands have some very beautiful beaches for vacation destinations for tourists. Bangka Belitung is a special islands that has panorama very amazing and exotic. List of the beast beaches in Bangka Belitung islands very interesting to visit for travel and tour of vacation you with your family.

Many tourists who have visited the beach the beach in Bangka Belitung has good memories. The beach in Bangka Belitung has white sand and clean, so that in the interest of tourists who prefer visiting the beach for vacation. Bangka Belitung is a special island with beautiful granite rocky shores artistic, clear sea water, and sandy beaches are really white, and rarely found on other beaches.

Starting in 2000 began the famous beauty of the Pacific Islands because the site on the internet which has been promoting tourism BelitungIsland.COM beach in Bangka Belitung, and the beauty of the existing beach in Bangka Belitung became known and visited by local or foreign tourists. Most travelers already provide support to the holiday arrangements entrusted to the Pacific Islands.

Below is a list of the best beaches for beach and holiday destination the island of Bangka and Bilitung:
- Tanjung Pesona Beach
- Rebo Beach
- Batu Berdaun Beach
- Pasir Padi Beach
- Parai Tenggiri Beach
- Matras Beach
- Ru Sadai Beach, location place on the South Bangka
- Tanjung Kerasak Beach, in the South Bangka
- Teluk Uber Beach

A short 40 minute flight from Indonesian’s capital city Jakarta lie’s Belitung Island, an as yet undiscovered, unpolluted and uncrowded crown jewel of Southeast Asia. When the Dutch first declared the Caribbean and Indonesia as some of the most beautiful places on earth they weren’t talking about Bali or Java but Belitung and the hundreds of small islands surrounding it.

The beaches truly are world class. The pure white, fine, sand particles are more like powdered sugar then sand and are of such quality that high-end resorts in Singapore and Malaysia have imported it for their own manmade beaches. The sand has such a high silica count that it is also mined for glass making. Due to its location being far enough from the main Indonesian islands and it’s being relatively sparsely populated no trash reaches its shores. Unlike Volcanic islands like Bali, Lombok and Hawaii the water surrounding Belitung remains fairly shallow for miles giving the seas that incredible array of blues and turquoises rarely seen outside of places like Tahiti or The Caribbean. Due to it’s location on the North side of Sumatra it is blocked both from the dangerous currents and waves of the roaring forties and the earth shaking of fault lines that plauge the other side of Sumatra.

Hundreds of small and medium uninhibited islands lie just offshore waiting to be explored. They range from old coconut plantations to coral atolls with beautiful underwater reef to natural abstract granite rock sculptures. A short boat trip on one of Beltungs many colorful local Bugis fishing boats takes you to Palua Lengkuas where a 100 year old lighthouse that was cast in England and shipped and assembled in numbered pieces by the Dutch waits to be climbed. At eighteen stories it affords an incredible view for those who have the stamina to climb it. A great half or full day tour.

Under the sea lies some of the most pristine diving and snorkeling anywhere in Asia let alone just a short hop from a major airport. An easy snorkel from the beach brings you to fantastic coral and multicolored reef fish. Offshore are deeper reefs and untouched coral. The more tourists we can bring to the island helps us to persuade the local government that conservation of these natural resources is in their economic best interests. Belitung is also renowned for its numerous Chinese wrecks from all different dynasties. One of the oldest wrecks in Indonesian waters was just recently discovered offshore. Downtown Tanjung Pandan, the main city, was designed and built by the Dutch colonists.

Rich tin deposits made Belitung one of Holland’s largest cash cows in Indonesia. Indeed BHP Billton is still the largest mining company in the world to this day. The mining company’s sprawling compound with it’s director’s mansion, old school, hospital, shop houses and middle managements residences are still fairly well kept up and intact. In fact it may be the best example of Dutch colonial buildings anywhere in the world. The multi-ethnic locals include Bugis from Sulawesi, Sundanese from west Java, and Chinese whose grand parents were bought there by the Dutch to help with the mining. Also the native Malay community is quite large and there is a sizeable Suharto era transmigrant community that includes a large group of Balinese from the drier parts of Bali. One thing they all have in common is the smile with which they greet any strangers and each other.

From the placid turquoise seas, bordered by the white sand beaches perfect for swimming, snorkeling and sailing to the friendly smiles of the multiethnic locals to the well preserved colonial era downtown. Belitung really deserves the title “The Caribbean of the East”

PARAI TENGIRI BEACH
This beautiful beach called Parai Tenggiri Beach and located in an island surrounded by gallstones. Geographically, Parai Tenggiri Beach located in Sungailiat, Bangka Belitung. The attractiveness of Parai beach is a wonderful natural panorama and very amazing who visit here. At first, local people call this beach as a Hakok beach, then as Parai beach. Parai beach is the most beautiful beaches on the east coast of Pulau Bangka. Since the first when the beach called Hakok beach, its place is the most popular areas to visit.

There are many rocks on this beach, like beautiful natural decorations. At the left end of the beach, there is a cluster of rocks in order to slick and called Rock Island. At night, tourists can relax while enjoying a delicious meal and a drink while enjoying the sea waves that hit the rock. Access to get here is via a bridge with lamp lighting along the edge of the right and left hand. Tourists can walk to the Rock Island while enjoying the scenery and the cries of sea waves
This beach is one of Bangka Island’s prides. The beach is located in Sungailiat district. The visitors can find various forms of boulders in this beach, which add its beauty. This beach is very ideal for having swimming, sun bathing and relax. Parai Tenggiri beach has the complete facilities in Bangka Island. There are luxurious hotels and water sport facilities. The tourists will enjoy this beach with the local fishermen who always spend their days by looking for fishes in the sea. The calmness and fresh sea wind will greet the visitor when they arrive there. This welcomed course make the tourists feel comfortable to stay here.

MATRAS BEACH
It is located in Sinar baru village, Sungailiat district in eastern of Bangka Island. It about 9 Km from Sungailiat, it’s considered as the best in Bangka Island. The beach is about 3 kilometers long and its width is almost 30 meters. It is unspoiled white sandy beach with coconut trees around the beach area, the tropical breeze and sunshine. Enjoy the warm and clear waters of the blue sea or just have a cooling swim in the river entering the sea. This beach commonly called as the Heaven Beach because it surrounded with coconut trees and visited by a lot of visitor. An easily accessible beach can be found in the northeast of Bangka, 48 km from Pangkal Pinang and 12 km from Sungai Liat.

ROMONDONG BEACH
Romodong beach is located at Bukit Ketok village, Belinyu district, Bangka regency. This beach is about 77 km of Sungailiat town. In this beach, the tourists can watch the sunset, because this beach is faced to west side. The length of this beach is about 4 km; it is slope, white sandy and soft. Its water is very clear like a crystal. Enjoy the beautiful of Romodong. When it low tide, you can walk in the water until in the middle of clear sea. If we see around, we just find the boulders and white sand that spread in the beach. The winds that make the leaves wobbled greet the tourists who looking for an inspiration.

PENYUSUK BEACH
Penyusuk Beach is located in Penyusuk village, Belinyu district. The location is not far from Romodong beach, but it offers different nuance than Romodong. It is natural and slope beach. It decorated with colorful of stones. Many stones that compact stand with its bigger waves than Romodong is fenced Penyusuk Beach. Romodong and Penyusuk have different beautiful, but both have great charm. This beach is visited by a lot of visitor because of its beautiful beach and its clear water.

PEMALI OPEN PIT TIN MINE
Passing through the country side, small villages and pepper plantations along the route, an unusual and splendid view will be observed from the top of a mountain in the mining area, looking down about 100 M you will see the progress of the tin mine. People from Siantan and Johor of Malaysia first discovered tin in Bangka Island in 1710, since then a lot of traders from Asia as well as from Europe stopped and visited Bangka Island. To operate the tin mines, skilled labors were imported from Malacca and China. This is the only open pit tin the excavation and in the future mine in Indonesia will grow much larger and deeper.

PEMALI HOT SPRING
Most of Indonesian Island, lies in a volcanic belt, however, Bangka Island has no volcanoes. The Pemali Hot Springs is naturally created pool from the underground hot springs in the area. The tin workers found it and today a recreation park exists around the spring’s area. Please make sure to bring along your swimming suit and be ready to jump into the hot water pool or just relax and enjoy the panoramic view of the recreation park. Pemali Hot Springs is the main tourism of Sungailiat town. This hot springs come from the active land and suit for health and avoid the rigidly by stand in the water. This tourism objects has equipped with some tourism facilities such as; hotels, shops, etc.

MOUNT MENUMBUNG GUEST HOUSE
Mount Menumbung (355 meters) a rather high hill in the neighborhood of Mentok (North West Banka) stands as a memorial to the history of the Indonesian nation. It was built in 1932 during the DUTCH occupation period by Bangka Tin Winning Bedrijf (BTW) as a V.I.P. Guest House on the top of Mount Menumbung, is about 500 M above sea level. ??Our former President Soekarno and the Vice President Moh. Hatta stayed in the guesthouse during their exile in 1949. Foreign missions came there for negotiating with our former President; the plane from UNCI (United Nations Commission for Indonesia) flew back and forth from Jakarta to Bangka Island during that period. This place is also called as Wisma Ranggam. The room, which was used, by the late President as well as his car is still can be seen in the building. Many Indonesians still like to visit this place of pilgrimage and see the well-kept personal belongings of the two former leaders, which are still in the compound.

MENTOK TIN SMELTER
The Mentok smelting plant was built in March 1963 and completed in February 1967 by a German Company “Klockner Industrie Anlagen”, spending the total cost of USD 2.6 million. This is the only smelting plant in Indonesia. Here the famous Bankatin is made. A short visit to the factory will give us an idea of how the tin one is smelted, which is TANJUNG KELIAN OLD LIGHTHOUSE
The old lighthouse was built in 1826. It is located about 9 km of Muntok district. In the surrounding area we still can find wrecks of Dutch and British ships, which were torpedoed by Japanese warships during the Second World War, on 16 February 1942. Take our time to climb up 199 steps to reach the top of the lighthouse and enjoy the spectacular view from the height of approximately 60 M above sea level. We can see the whole beaches in Muntok.
at a temperature of about up to 1,350 °C.

Source : www.indonesia-tourism.com

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