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| A New Destination of Kiluan Bay Package Tour, Pantai Gigi Hiu,,Tanggamus. |
Geographically,
the province of Lampung is surrounded by oceans. Adjacent
to the south, Lampung is separated from Java by the Sunda Strait, while the area of
the east coast by the Java Sea and is situated adjacent to the west coast of
the Ocean Indonesia.This geographical setting makes Lampung Province rich in
beaches and small islands which have the potential as maritime and beach tourism
destinations including the Gulf Kiluan.
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| Pulau Kelapa in Kiluan Bay with a motor boat in the fore ground. |
Teluk Kiluan Village, District Kelumbayan, Tanggamus, Lampung province is
just beginning to be known as a tourist destination of nature adventurer by
adventure enthusiasts both in Lampung, and Indonesia. The bay is situated at the end of mountain range,the Bukit Barisan which stretches from
the northernmost island of Sumatra in Aceh province down to the southernmost
of Lampung province so that the topography is hilly and valley. Such
a condition makes the Gulf Kiluan an interesting landscape to explore.
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| Newly Improved road into Kiluan Bay . |
The
main attraction in the Kiluan Bay is dolphins viewing tour. You may have watched dolphins performing acrobatic maneuvers at marine parks, some can even be petted, greeted and fed by fans.
Attending a dolphin viewing tour in Kiluan Bay is a great way to see the animals in their natural environment.
Dolphins in Kiluan Bay are outgoing,friendly and tend to be very social and
approachable. The marine mammals have been seen coming up to boats or swimming off
the shoreline in an attempt to greet and meet people.
Dolphins swim exuberantly to the left and right side of your boat, and sometimes Dolphins in a collection shot into the air out of the sea and dive back into the
sea. All
these attractions provide satisfaction to the lovers of the wild marine animals prompting many
tourists to come to the Kiluan Bay.
There
are at least two species of Dolphins in Kiluan Bay. These are Bottlenose Dolphin
(Tursipos truncatus) with bigger body and shy. The
second species is Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris), which is smaller .
You
are not expected to reach the locations of dolphin attraction independently. The
main options available are renting motor boats of local communities with the
rental price of Rp 350,000.0 per boat for 3 passengers. The scheduled of departure time is before 06.00 AM from the Bay Kiluan heading out to the Indian Ocean
with a travel time of half hours to the location of Dolphin viewing.
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| Lagoon Gayau. | |
After
witnessing the marine mammals, you can visit Laguna Gayau. Laguna
Gayau is natural pool located behind a hill of Kiluan Bay. To the most visitors, the
main goal should be to visit the Gulf Kiluan , though Gayau Lagoon is not less interesting, even more challenging and exotic. A
giant blue pool is formed by the natural contours of the rocks and water in the
sea.
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| Accommodation available at the Kiluan bay. |
Don't forget, Kiluan bay also has a beautiful underwater life. The best snorkeling spots in this place is in one of the "front page" of a home stay across the coconut island, about 15 minutes from the Gulf Kiluan boating. The location of this snorkeling spot is just off the coast that is at Coconut Island, with a variety of fish species of interest and also blue starfishes.
Other
interesting destinations in the Gulf Kiluan is coconut Island, or Pulau Kelapa. Coconut
Island with area of about 6 ha, is also known as the Kiluan island. Take a walk around the island, you will see black hairy primates which sound in replication. These are
gibbon (symphalangus sundactylus) and Hoop (Presbythis Melalops) as well as the
slow loris (Nycticebus coucang). They are very
often seen jumping from one tree to another. Birds sound almost every morning and afternoon, and are able to soothe the mind. Travelers
also can watch green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and Hawksbill (Eretmochelys
imbricate), which at a certain fixed times pulled over to the beach.
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| Coconut Island in Kiluan Bay. |
In the
afternoon, you can watch the sunset on the Kiluan bay. Who
would have thought Kiluan Bay has an extraordinary beauty. If
you want to see how beautiful the bay Kiluan is, take a walk on the shore
or sitting on the shore enjoying the breeze while watching the evening. Accompanied
by the sound of water along Kiluan Gulf coast, you will never forget the thrill
of magnificent sunset.
The last but not least on the visit to the Kiluan bay is Pantai Gigi Hiu or Shark Teeth Coast. Pantai Gigi Hiu is considered a new destination in the Kiluan visit package to the Gulf. Accessing the beach takes about 1 hour on motorbikes as the road is still
rocky. But
after reaching the location of Coast Dental Sharks, fatigue during the trip
paid off for the beauty of the vegetated rocks on the shore resembles shark
teeth..
To
achieve Pantai Gigi Hiu, you can depart from the Gulf Kiluan. You
can rent a bike from locals at the Kiluan bay to escort you to the Beach. Locals
already know the existence of the destinations and ready to take you at any
time want to get there.
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