Rabu, 05 Desember 2007

Lombok

LOMBOK
Lombok adalah sebuah pulau di kepulauan Sunda Kecil atau Nusa Tenggara yang terpisahkan oleh Selat Lombok dari Bali di sebelat barat dan Selat Alas di sebelah timur dari Sumbawa. Pulau ini kurang lebih bulat bentuknya dengan semacam "ekor" di sisi barat daya yang panjangnya kurang lebih 70 km. Pulau ini luasnya adalah 4.725 km (sedikit lebih kecil daripada Bali). Kota utama di pulau ini adalah Kota Mataram, sekaligus sebagai ibukota provinsi.
In this city there are many places that we can visited every summer with our family. Lombok is the second of Bali it has clean beach, big wave, relax and exotic. Melihat berbagai kelebihan yang dimiliki Lombok, khususnya Lombok Barat, maka tidak heran jika daerah ini pun menjadi pilihan tujuan wisatawan lokal dan para pelancong mancanegara.Selain itu terdapat acara kebudayaan pariwisata lombok yang biasa disebut festival yang banyak dikunjungi para wisatawan.Festival Senggigi, Perang Topat, Lebaran Topat, Festival Gendang Beleq, Malean Sampi, Parade Ogoh-Ogoh, Pagelaran Kesenian Daerah, Pameran Industri Pariwisata, Mulang Pakelem di Rinjani, Lomba Layangan serta lomba pidato bahasa Inggris.

OBYEK WISATA & CINDERAMATABANDAR UDARA INT'L SELAPARANG, LOMBOK
Some peoples say Lombok is the second of Bali. Because have clean beach, big wave, meke relax, dan exotic. There are many advantage in Lombok, especially West Lombok, so no wonder if in this location can be alternative choice for local and international tourist. In this location there are some places you can visited. There are Senggigi Beach Tiga Gili and Rinjani Mountain.


a. Beach:
Senggigi, Kuta, Pasir Putih


b. Nature:
Taman Air Narmada, Taman Mayura dan Suranadi


d. Souvenirs:
Kerajinan Suku Sasak, (keramik / gerabah, kain tenun / songket, dll).


e. Beverages:
Ayam Taliwang, Plecing Kangkung



SENGGIGI BEACH
Senggigi is the most developed area for tourists on Lombok and the oldest and most famous resort area. A perfect place to relax, Senggigi boasts a series of white sandy beaches and safe swimming areas. You can find a variety of restaurants, bars, discotheques, travel agents, photo processors, money changers, souvenir shop and a range of accommodations starting from budget guest house to 5 star hotels. Restaurants and small cafes line the colorful main beach road. The point at central Senggigi has good waves for surfers. Pantai Senggigi has beautiful reeves.there is not too far from here, we can also enjoyed beautiful view of Mangsit beach, north Senggigi, which not yang tidak kalah indahnya. Semakin ke utara, pemandangan pantainya semakin berubah jadi berwarna putih dihiasi jejeran pohon kelapa. Dari Pantai Senggigi kita dapat melihat Pulau Bali. Selain itu pantai ini kaya akan kerang laut dan merupakan tempat tinggal beraneka ragam biota laut.
This place has a colourful reef which provides shelter to a variety of marine life and exquisitely shaped coral and makes it a perfect place to snorkle. In the dry season, there is an interesting variety of boats moored in the bay.The town of Senggigi spreads out along nearly 10 kilometers of coastal road. This road continues north to Bangsal, the port for the Gili Islands.

There’s a few alternatives to get Senggigi Beach .Coming from Lembar harbour, you can go straight to Senggigi by Perama Shuttle bus, or any other Shuttle service available. Lombok taxi available on call for 24 hours of service. If you are coming by plane, there is a taxi service at the airport that will take you to your hotel destination for Rp. 35,000 (US$4.00). Public transportation or " Bemos " are available from 06.00 AM - 06.30 PM for about Rp. 1,500 (Ampenan-Senggigi, or Senggigi-Ampenan) one way. Ojek service (ridding the mopeds with advanced bargain deals) are available at night until the bars closed.
There a lot of diverse range of hotel accommodations that you can choose to stay in Senggigi, from deluxe four-star resort properties to simple home-stays, Such as Holiday Inn, the Oberoi, Sheraton Senggigi, Melati Dua Cottage, Pool Villa Club, Panorama Cottage, and many more.If touris want to moving around they can to go around Senggigi Beach, you can ride cidomos or if you wanted, you can go on foot.

Hotels in Senggigi :

· Holiday Inn Resort Lombok LOMBOK -Senggigi Beach Lombok+62-370-693444, Fax: +62-370-693092reservationmgr DVe_li @ Dwzuq\ holidayinn-lombok.com
· Holliday Inn Resort LOMBOK -Jl raya Mangsit Senggigi Lombok+62-370-693444 Fax: +62-370-693092
· Hotel Sheraton Senggigi LOMBOK -Jl Raya Senggigi Km 8 Lombok+62-370-693333/ +62-370-693140


There are various foreign and local restaurants that offering international and local foods, cafes and entertainment venues. These all are available along the main Senggigi road and on certain areas along the beach. For inexpensive eating, try the food stalls along the beach, especially at the end of the road past the Senggigi Beach Hotel There are various foreign and local restaurants that offering international and local foods, cafes and entertainment venues. These all are available along the main Senggigi road and on certain areas along the beach. For inexpensive eating, try the food stalls along the beach, especially at the end of the road past the Senggigi Beach Hotel.
Food & Beverages:
· BELINA BAR & RESTAURANT SENGGIGILOMBOK -Jl. Raya Senggigi, Batu Layar(62-370) 692 214
· BOB'S STEAKHOUSE SENGGIGILOMBOK -Senggigi Plaza, Senggigi Lombok(62-370) 660 4767/(62-370) 660 4767ptlomboksurya eqmAN @ bKdiCV telkom.net
· BUMBU CAFE & GALLERY SENGGIGILOMBOK -Jl.Raya Senggigi, Senggigi(62-370) 692 236bumbu_cafe Ue^`K @ tqsMY yahoo.com
· CAFE ALBERTO SENGGIGILOMBOK -Jl. Raya Senggigi(62-370) 693 313, 693 039
· CAFE BERRY SENGGIGILOMBOK -Jl Raya Senggigi No. 3X, Senggigi(62-370) 693 524cafeberry QO]y[ @ cQbd_ML yahoo.com
· CAFE LUMBUNG SENGGIGILOMBOK -Jl.Raya Senggigi Km.8, Senggigi(62-370) 693 178

There are many souvenir shops along the main Senggigi road that offering you many kind of Lombok souvenir, starting from clothes, paintings, handicrafts, wooden crafts, etc.
Souvenir Shops :
Annan LOMBOK -Jl. Raya Banyumulek West Lombok+62-370 - 622 536
Cicak Lombok LOMBOK -Jl Malomba Gg Rajawali+62-370-636854

There are some other things to see or do in lombok such as Swimming, diving and you can also do canoeing here in Senggigi. Beside that tourist can visit Pura Batu Bolong on a rocky point south of Senggigi.and of course,There's good snorkeling off thepoint and in the sheltered bay around the headland.
Money changers are available almost in every corner of Senggigi. Double count your money before leaving the money changers to get the accurate amount. Hotel reception also change foreign money with lower rates.

These are for you that which suggested for the tourismis first dont forget to equipped yourself with sun protection.Second,Bring a bathing suit and extra clothing's.Third, Several places rent mask-snorkel-fin sets.Fouth, Try at the beach near tha Art Market or the Senggigi Beach Hotel. Senggigi nightlife is low key when there are few tourists in town. It's busier on Friday and Saturday, when young locals come up from the Mataram area.
Senggigi is also become a favorite place for wealthy locals from Mataram, Ampenan and Cakranegara to spend weekend with family or friends. Happy Cafe, Marina Pubs, Papaya Cafe have live music on occasions with locals band doing good rock from the oldiest-goldiest to the on demand today's music.Most expats and locals socialize and have fun together. In the busy season, they can all get crowded by tourists and locals. Some pubs with techno music and discos open from 12:00PM till morning.
Places like Sahara Club, Gossip (previously named Tropicana), The Marleys, requires you to dress casually and visitors must pay entrance fee to enter. Most places are free of charge. No advanced reservation required. First come first served. For guest who wish to celebrate an anniversary and need require a pre-decorated table, an advanced reservation may required.

Tiga Gili
The beautiful tourism in Lombok other than that in Senggigi beach is small lands consist of Gili Air, Gili Meno, Gili Trawangan.Although the location far from here,but we can be reach with public transportation which can deliver tourist to Bangsal Harbour, from here the next trip is use with rent motorboat .Between three of gili, gili trawangan is the most wanted by tourist, because the facilities in here is the most complete such as pub, bar cafĂ©, fast food etc. If you want to see the other of interesting tourism in lombok, you can visit Ampenan, The multiethnist old city. Mataram (Taman Mayura or Pura Meru), Cakranegara, dan Sweta. In this cidomo four city.Cidomo is transportation called dokar, you can see cidomo in almost every street “with cidomo, you can enjoy cidomo in Ampenan.


Wisata Budaya Lombok Selatan
Desa Banyu Mulek is the famous center place of making the gerabah in lombok.Because it uniqueness, gerabah from this country is very interesting, especially for the international tourist.The womans in this country is already making the tools since of gerabah since sixteenth century.Love and sick in the process of making the gerabah in Banyu Mulek, The maker used tools and traditional materials. From this country, the next trip is going to Surakarta.From this trip, the womans from sasak, The original population of lombok, they have to tradition is like to wave material textile and they have big sense of art..Since sixteen century, the womans in this country lerning how to wave textile and this skill is was teaching from generation to generation. Makna inilah tampaknya yang mendorong para wanita di desa itu mau tidak mau harus pandai menenun. Sade dan Rambitan juga merupakan lokasi wisata yang tidak bisa begitu saja dilewatkan jika datang ke Lombok. Lokasi yang berada di jalur pantai Kuta Lombok ini, merupakan desa adat Sasak yang sudah ada sejak abad ke-14 dan merupakan cikal bakal suku Sasak, penduduk asli daerah ini.
Dari desa adat Anda bisa kembali menikmati indahnya pantai di Lombok Barat ini, yaitu Pantai Kuta, untuk santap siang di restoran sepanjang pantai. Hampir seluruh restoran di pantai ini menyuguhkan sea food yang khas. Kuta di Bali dan Kuta di Lombok sungguh jauh berbeda. Kuta di Lombok masih teramat perawan, belum dipenuhi hingar bingar kehidupan malam sebagaimana di Bali.