Gentle Sweep of the White Sand in Bangka for your Vacation Destination to Indonesia

Bangka, Bangka Island, there might have heard this name, one of the provinces with the name Bangka Belitung Islands Province from 33 provinces in the State of Indonesia and located in the eastern part of Sumatra Island (one of 5 major islands in Indonesia). Known as the largest tin producer region in Indonesia and has many attractive and beautiful beaches.

Name of Bangka, historically derived from the word wangka which means tin, perhaps not as popular as the island of Gods “Bali” another tourist and vacation destinations in Indonesia, which has been known for a long time by the tourists around the world, but with the beauty of the sloping beaches of white sand, make Bangka island beautiful and captivating every tourist who visited and the diversity of cultural tourism of the island of Bangka, able to compete with the Bali beaches and other tourist destinations of Bali Island.

Bangka, another tourism destination in Indonesia, with the clear seas surrounding, lush tropical forest and the expanse of white sandy beaches will make you feel calm, enjoying the gentle breezes, the occasional sound of sea waves make you feel comfortable and reluctant to leave.

For those of you like adventure and who want to vacation abroad whether the vacation with family, summer family vacations, honeymoon vacations or end of year vacation, Bangka Island is a vacation destination worthy of your consideration, with the exotic of white sandy beaches and the diversity of cultural attractions and facilities have been built by local governments for the tourists, you will certainly enjoy the beauty of the island of Bangka.

The Beach Tourism

Having so many beautiful beaches such as

• Matras Beach, the most visited beaches because of its beauty. Located in Sungailiat District, Northeast side of Bangka Island with a background of palm trees make this beach is very calm and natural river flow so it’s often called a paradise beach. You can enjoy the beauty of the beach by walking along three kilometers to accompany the white and smooth sand without boredom.
• Cape of Charm Beach (Pantai Tanjung Pesona), located 9 kilometers from the Sungailiat city, this beach has quite complete tourism facilities are and has three-star rated hotel, offering panoramic beauty of the open sea, over the bay with large rocks. As long as your eyes see just stretch of sea with a roar of waves on the skyline.
• Cape Of Kalian Beach (Pantai Tanjung Kalian), located 9 kilometers from the Mentor city, Tanjung Village, offers beaches tourism and historical tourism in the form of a memorial of the 21 Australian nurses who died in the bombing of Australia’s ship by the Japanese army on 16 February 1942. You can also see the whole area of fascinating Mentor Island from the top of the Dutch heritage lighthouse which was built in 1862.
• Penyusuk Beach, the sloping and naturally beach with a length of about 4 kilometers offers a beautiful beach with a very calm water wave and crystal clear water. Because of its location overlooking the west, so you can enjoy the sunset like in Kuta beach, Bali Island. Cottages are available here and good enough for the tourists.

And there are many other beaches you can visit such as Cape of Kelayan Beach (Pantai Tanjung Kelayan), Parai Tenggiri Beach and many more thus given the name of thousand beaches island.

In addition to beach tourism has been declared the cultural tourism as well, here you can enjoy the cultural diversity of Bangka and rituals are influenced by religious element, still maintained by the people of Bangka, like Sepintu Segudang, Rebo Kasan, Perang ketupat and others.

The Cultural Tourism

Another object of tourism you can visit, among others,

• Pha Kak Liang is a china style area, built on former tin mining area on a 2 hectares, 53 km from Sungailiat City. You will feel like being in the mainland area of Hong Kong or Taiwan.
• Temple of Goddess Kwan Im, about 15 km from Sungailiat City, located at the foot of the hill and there is a flow of river water, the water is trusted can heal the disease and become younger. And many more.
  

And as souvenirs to take back home, you can visit the City of Mentor, famous for its typical handicrafts called pewter. Pewter is processed materials by mixing pure tin with copper and antimony to be formed into various decorative items such as key chains, trophies, miniature Bangka Island and replica sailing ship.

When you come to Bangka you can use the transportation by air, land, or sea. If you use a plane from Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Jakarta) to Depati Amir Airport (Pangkal Pinang, Bangka) only takes 45-50 minutes and from Palembang (Other city in Indonesia and the capital of South Sumatra Province) to Bangka just 30 minutes.

If using sea transportation, there are ships from Jakarta to Bangka and ships from Palembang to Bangka. It takes just 3 hours, if you are from the port of New Bomb (New Boom), Palembang to port of Tanjung Kalian, Mentok (Muntok), West Bangka and 3 hours from Mentok to Pangkal Pinang by public bus.

If you choose your vacation destination in Bangka, Indonesia, you will greatly save your money because Indonesia is one of the cheapest vacation destinations.

So, immediately pack up and feel gentle sweep of the waves at your feet while you explore the beach on the island of Bangka.