The location of Mawun beach can be said to be located between Kuta beach and Selong Belanak beach in the south coast of Lombok which is a series of beautiful and enchanting beach beaches which is certainly a white sandy beach area flanked by green rock hills if seen during the rainy season, mostly the beach is covered by rock hills so we can’t see if driving between Kuta beach to Selong Belanak beach are only a few fields that appear but very few.
To get to this location can take the same path when heading to Selong Belanak beach if you already know the way to Selonng Belanak beach and this is a little further but to be more precise you can see the instructions from google map, approximately 55 km distance to the route not so flat with a pretty good road contour but winding and up and down, if you use google map then you will be shown to cross a little in front of Lombok International airport then turn right following the asphalt path which will lead to a traditional market and turn right slightly towards the Mawun beach gate.
The directions are very clear, we see if you have arrived around the location because you have been given instructions on the traffic signs very clearly, which is certain if there is a road leading to the south you can see the writing there, if it has arrived at the location at the entrance to the beach you will face first with the gate keeper, of course for the affairs of the entrance ticket, for one motorcycle is charged IDR 10.000 and IDR 20.000 can be written on the entrance ticket.
the color of the water and the Mawun bay sand is truly enchanting
In accordance with the value paid seems not to lose because there are already facilities that have been packaged by the manager, on the beach there is a gazebo lined up to relax as well as around the toilet, flowers arranged a little so that it can boost the atmosphere, there are also shady parts for sleeping lazily if you bring a mat, there are also vendors of snacks, canned drinks and young coconut for IDR 15.000 / one fruit.
I can’t carve a story about this location but I suggest you should just visit this location, maybe you can see it in google first, the shape of the beach, but it’s definitely different if we look at the picture with us looking directly at the location, broadly speaking This beach is a bay located on the south coast with blue and green water color, maybe the green part of the beach is, besides that the water is relatively calm and certainly the sand is clean white, the hill that flanks the bay looks very beautiful.
Bay of Mawun from the top view
If you visit this location, you can also visit other beaches as well as one way, namely: Selong Belanak, Mawi Beach, Semeti Beach, Areguling Beach, Tepar Beach and the eastern end, Kuta Beach, of course, choose one of them because you remember the time also all roads will lead to a road not far from Lombok International airport until the benchmark to get to this location is very easy to stay to Lombok airport then ask the local people to go to Mawun beach, of course there are 3 alternatives to show.
To illustrate the words Mawi beach is a beach that is no less beautiful than other beaches lined up along the coast of South Lombok which is carved by chunks of loose stones like neatly arranged in the corners of the cliff walls swept by the waves of Mawi beach, besides there are lots of loose stones with a stone-like size for stone foundations that scatter instead of white sand under the cliff while white sand is more friendly to mix with the waves.
The uniqueness of the Mawi coast is rocky like the river
On the other side from a distance there were still rocks like the collapsed temples which were constantly pushed towards the edge but the waves could not push it, only the waves were scattered scattered, the waves were seen overlapping pulling the beautiful Mawi beach with blue sea water really God’s creation is very beautiful, a gift that has been given to the island of Lombok.
Selong Belanak Beach, west of Mawi Beach and still one village
This beach is still neighboring the Selong Belanak beach in the west to the hill in the middle of the ocean in Selong Belanak panoramic area we can still see from Mawi beach, on the east there is Semeti beach very close to only separated by cliffs that slash into the ocean, access between 3 beach can still be traveled by motorcycle, using a car can but I do not recommend because the terrain is very heavy especially after the terrain is hit by rain, the road will be very slippery until four-wheeled vehicles are often trapped and seen trying to get out of the field this is like an eel in the mud.
Semeti Beach, not far from Mawi beach, is only a range of 1 km to the left of the entrance with the same gate
Mawi Beach is not well known by local tourists due to lack of information and there are no travel agents who sell tour packages to this location only many foreign bloggers who like to surf write about this location until this location is no stranger to them especially from the main road to get to the location this is very transparent, it says things related to surfing or surfing, at the Mawi beach location there is no lodging accommodation that is built there is only a kind of woven bamboo walled stall selling just canned drinks and young coconut drinks on the beach location Caucasian guests (surfers) arrive from the direction of Kuta Lombok beach area.
Mawi Beach is confined to a small bay until the waves are not too hard to hit
To get to this location from the main road there is no road fault, there are only a few used asphalt roads but it has been destroyed because it uses a type of ordinary asphalt pavement, after entering about 500 meters there is a guard post for withdrawal of the entrance ticket after that be careful with this location if the dry season the road will be quite deep with a distance of 2 to 3 meters so if I use a motorcycle vehicle I suggest not to stand while driving it but keep it slowly and carefully.
The route to Mawi beach during the rainy season is still one lane with Semet beach
Then what if it comes during the rainy season to this location? I suggest not to go through this field. I have tried to enter the rainy season several times and it will make us feel stressed with the same regrets, but why at that time we were bringing local guests from Bandung. because it still uses the same route by visiting the Mawi beach this makes us want to force it to visit Semeti beach but in the end we are trapped into slippery mud to make the tourists we feel feel the pressure even one (her husband) helps drive the car because of the car it can’t speed only the rear wheel is spinning splashing mud.
If we talk a few decades ago about tourism in Lombok, maybe I myself as a Lombok person have never thought about the future of this island will depend on tourism as a source of PAD that will promise to the people of Lombok. I was born in Lombok to adulthood and never felt that Lombok was something that was geographically unique but after seeing a lot from television and visiting other areas, I realized that what I saw outside Lombok was not as good as what I saw on Lombok.
The current condition of the Malimbu beach asphalt road is smooth
Speaking of the Malimbu beach, the first time I crossed this path around 1994, when I was driving with an operational motorbike from my friend’s place of work, I was at that time on board, we just came back from Sembalun (100 km from Mataram city) home across Malimbu line.
The first time I crossed this path, from Sembalun when I arrived at the Winner sub-district there were 2 choices of routes, namely: if we turn left through the Pusuk forest we will travel 30 km to Mataram city but we will just pass through Malimbu beach 45 km if turning towards the city Mataram through the coastal route.
I really didn’t expect this path to be truly extreme with road conditions that were damaged, potholes, corners were very sharp and the incline was Very crezy maybe that was the right word to illustrate this field, almost between yes or no the SupraXX motorbike that we rode was really groaning and walking very slowly.
Maybe the exact speed of walking and climbing like this is very much possible, there are almost dozens of places and there is no visible public transportation, or maybe it doesn’t exist because along the way there is nothing in the village, when it was late and we felt hunted time for fear of meeting the dark.
Looks at Nipah bay under Malimbu hill
All of these extreme travel stories really felt balanced because along the way I really felt fascinated by the panorama along the way, seeing the beautiful beaches, pounding but like carved, lush coconut trees, the silhouette of Agung Mountain almost swept away at dusk, there were 3 Gili (Trawangan, Meno and Air) lined up very beautifully, sea water that seemed calm and quiet. Such an atmosphere is still recorded in my longing for this path.
Now the highway is constructed and has relling in every cliff
Perhaps the story has become a memory now that the path I described is rapidly changing very well, well-ordered, constructed. Width, smoothness and all the climbs that are extreme have been lowered in elevation and the sides of the thickened road are compressed using heavy equipment, because before too often there are striking cars that bring down new passengers can climb the incline including tourism buses better choose to rotate through Sandik village Gunung Sari sub-district and cross the Pusuk forest for destinations to the port of Bangsal or for the purpose of traveling to waterfalls located in Senaru North Lombok district.
Malimbu Beach is located not far from Senggigi beach a little to the north about 10 km and the previous 3 km there is a benchmark limiting the districts of North Lombok and West Lombok just above the slopes close to Jeeva Klui and Malimbu hills located in North Lombok district .
At this time in the afternoon many teenagers who come using motorbikes from the city of Mataram flock to go to relax waiting for the sun to set, this beach is truly charming which consists of coastal hills that are green and steep when your place is located in Senggigi area and want to visit Gili Trawangan you will cross this path.
Malimbu’s face before sunset
The construction of the road to the Malimbu beach is quite wide and slippery asphalted. There are two view points that are given safety reeling here. You can go down for a few minutes to take photos from here, the Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air appear from a distance and hills. towering green decorated by coconut trees at the bottom of the hill.
Likewise, the white sandy beaches planted with coconut trees regularly which make your trip across this location will be amazed by the charm of the beauty of the Malimbu coast, now in the Malimbu beach area, there are some villas that have been built magnificently as well the construction of large-scale, star-rated hotels has seen several construction units of hotel rooms already close to being in the Nipah bay.
The location for shooting from Villa Hantu
Firstly, the hotel “Puri Malimbu” has preceded the first time which is located right on the headland which most sharply appears to tarnish into the ocean, besides that there are also many hotels that are built built one of them that fails to continue maybe this is related to building permits that are not approved by the local government until now it has become half-abandoned until people give the name Ghost Villa because this villa is like a house that has been haunted by ghosts, well that’s about it (this is my word) but now Ghost villas are very popular locations for locations take pictures and self y because the view in this location is great for photography.
Besides that, the view point on the Mlaka hill on the edge of the cliff has been made wide for the motorbike parking area, here visitors can go down a bit to find a location to take good pictures, there are a number of palm trees that are facing the blue of the ocean and the silhouette of Mount Agung in Bali that looks beautiful. also from this location it is very good to take the picture of Teluk Nipah under the shade of coconut trees.
In addition to Bali in Lombok there is also a Kuta beach, which is located in south Lombok, this beach is truly amazing when viewed from the rolling waves of the beach – rolled beautifully and decorated with steep hills located on the white sandy beach.
With a variety of uniqueness of the grains of sand, there are small ones that are soft and smooth, of medium size, and some are even larger that resemble pepper grains.
Special Economy zone / Kuta Beach
If you come to Lombok later and have a chance to visit Kuta beach, don’t be surprised when a small child offers you a small plastic bottle of 600 ml mineral water filled with white sand that resembles pepper grains.
Meaning that every visitor who comes to this place often takes sand for souvenirs if you come home after a vacation in Lombok to be shown to relatives when they return to their place of origin and tell about the uniqueness of the sand on the beach of Kuta Lombok.
Kuta Beach is fortified with rock hills
Previously Kuta beach area was very dry land and not too many people settled in this place because the surrounding land was only rocky hills which only during the new rainy season would appear green.
The types of plants that could be planted on the land contained around Kuta beach in the form of corn and peanuts in rocky hillsides.
There is hardly any irrigation water flowing into this area so that only a small amount of land can be planted by local residents and such land does not dominate too much.
After Kuta Lombok became a tourism destination since 1990 accompanied by many lodging accommodations in the form of hotels, bungalows, home stays and cottages that developed in this area including other types of businesses engaged in tourism.
Photos of Kuta beach memories before being arranged as they are today.
Kuta Beach is so beautiful that it is now not growing because it is tainted by local people who feel they have the area to arbitrarily set up shops that violate the aesthetics of the beauty of the beach.
Unlike before when the tourists cross the coast of Kuta will be presented with beautiful and stunning beach views but now when turning views towards the beach it is precisely what appears to be unregulated buildings that are even uncluttered and even seemingly shabby.
Their existence was truly unfriendly when the authorities authorized to commemorate it as if they did not feel guilty were impressed first before taking part in the plot, “At present the situation is not organized and many buildings covering the beach have been demolished.
Disciplined and neatly arranged” but don’t be discouraged to visit Kuta beach because the place we mean is only a small part of Kuta beach area.
The article’s illustration illustrates the past situation, but now the Kuta beach in Lombok has been a special tourism area or Special Economic Zone (KEK) which is competitive to compensate for Bali tourism.
a photo location signifies you on Kuta beach
As for the development of Kuta beach at this time, it has been very rapid, so many hotels have sprung up along the coast, even the old hotels have improved to make it better and many of them have expanded their buildings.
Besides the Kuta beach has been built. as a place for visitors from outside to take a moment of his visit to Kuta beach or the cool term now is a place of self-written inscription with big block letters ” THE MANDALIKA Kuta Lombok “.
a photo location signifies you on Kuta beach
Do not be surprised in this place when the visiting season will be matched to queuing to take pictures at this location. The further development of this sign writing has been changed again to The MANDALIKA.
We also do not know for what reason until now it has become The MANDALIKA, maybe to further expand the meaning of the location if Mandalika is mentioned then the meaning will be broader including Tanjung Aan and Seger beach.
After being changed, this tourism zone becomes more specialized with packaging being KEK or Special Economic Zones which involve ITDC (Indonesia Tourism Development Corporate) share to design tourism objects at Mandalika resort to become an international class with adequate and massive infrastructure support including development. motor GP circuit for international level.
Stage of the installation process of paving blocks on Kuta Beach
As for other places that were previously built in advance by the Novotel hotel with the concept of Mandalika resort that has arranged public roads to enter the hotel area with a fairly neat and neat setting that is decorated with natural stone ornaments with the concept of monarchy.
Now many have been organized with the many intersections that I still do not understand what the design concept will be in the arrangement of the resort’s Mandalika area, the main entrance that was previously close to the art market has now shifted to the east with a large gate with a two-lane entrance until this location becomes closer to the beach Seger to the east a little and to Kuta beach with the same distance.
The hawkers who will disturb you while relaxing on Kuta beach.
As for things – things that you must be aware of when traveling on Kuta beach, you will be chased by chasing traders who will offer their goods but this you must understand because this is part of the life on Kuta Lombok beach, but don’t they were surprised that they were fluent in English because since they were little they lived in a tourism environment that hoped for their life from selling souvenirs.
Usually the hawkers sell bracelets, T-shirts (bearing Lombok tourism jargon), there are fabrics that resemble Lombok’s woven fabric, why do I say that because as far as I know the woven fabric is quite expensive.
Yes, because it can be seen from the naked eye, the fabric will look thin while the original woven fabric is more likely to feel thick with the weight feels like carrying a cloth.
With dr. Dina and own family
Besides that during the day the air on Kuta beach is very hot and glare if you don’t wear sunglasses, but there is already a shelter there are a number of gazebos and on the beach there is also a small tree where you take shelter.
If you feel thirsty along the beach many traders sell young coconuts but no one sells mixed ice, but if they look for mixed ice traders, they should come to the cafe on the beach.
Keep in mind at this time the managers of Kuta beach are incessantly looking for funds so in every place to stop there must be a parking attendant who ask enough parking tickets IDR 10,000 for cars and IDR 5,000 for motorbikes in each parking lot. and is currently in the works to build a tourism police post and now has a luxurious toilet facility which is quite clean next to it.
Gunung Tunak Nature Tourism Park (TWA) very Disgraceful, it’s already small in the middle of the sea again that cannot be used as a place to grow, this needs to be explained to me by referring to visitor comments on one of the blogs in the comments. as if funny in naming the location or name of Mount Tunak is wrong to give the name that he means the Lombok people wrongly gave the name “it’s already a mountain in the middle of the sea again” he said, even though the philosophy of the name we understand as Lombok people.
panoramic view on the Mount Tunak natural tourist park
Currently TWA Gunung Tunak is a recently popular destination discussed among travelers starting in early 2014. Gunung Tunak Nature Park is located in south Lombok in Mertak village, Pujut sub district, Central Lombok district from Kuta beach to the east is approximately 23 km to arrive at the view point on a rocky cliff containing limestone rock.
At the police guard gate there are written provisions that must be obeyed
Especially after being visited by our homeland celebrity Nadien Chandrawinata in March 2015 posing to sit on the edge of the rock while facing a lump of rock soaring in the middle of the sea approximately 50 meters from the edge of the cliff then posted on Facebook, this path is still in the direction of Kuta beach but at the intersection of Kuta roundabout we have to get away as far as 10 km so we will arrive at the T-junction to Bumbang beach with the characteristic of an orange gate.
Not far from the gate there is a flat tube on the corner of the intersection written “CASH MOUNTAIN NATURAL TOURISM” and 2 km directions to the Bumbang beach but what we mean is now broken and replaced with pictures of hotel resort ads, after turning right following the path Asphalt arrived at the beach, the view of cages belonging to the Marine Cultivation Center (BBL) was seen scattered like dirt trapped in Bumbang bay.
Mount Tunak is part of the east side of the cape
Then turn left following the asphalt road, it is very disturbing for the sights of a very beautiful tourist attraction if there are no cages scattered in the Bumbang bay but from the other side to increase fishery yield is very potential and good, we do not have to be selfish judging all things from our respective point of view especially looking at the bad side without having to consider the other side of goodness, bad for tourism but good for fishery products.
From the end of the asphalt road that ends on the coast but now the pavement body has reached the Gate of Gunung Tunak Nature Tourism Gate, besides that, a building beside the gate is a building belonging to BKSDA (Natural Resources Conservation Center) which consists of buildings for information center, meeting hall building and there are several guest house rooms.
After arriving at the beach there was no shade where we had to park except to the lower end of the cliff
From this gate there is a dirt road to get to the location of Mount Tunak Natural Tourism Park which covers an area of ​​312 hectares, according to information from the staff of the Gunung Tunak TWA guard in Polsus (Forest Police) uniforms in May 2018 Gunung Tunak will be paved to the location of the beach object.
It’s a pity that there are obstructions made of bamboo for withdrawal of IDR 5,000 entrance tickets for one person from the IDR 5,000 admission price for one person. It seemed strange because there was no official ticket and no ticket window at that time turned out to be illegal payments from villagers who claimed that visitors pass through the front yard of their house, then after we break through the coast as far as about 1 km meters there is another ticket window that has no waiting (at that time) and what we mean is the gate or tour gate of TWA Gunung Tunak which I discussed above and January 28, 2018 yesterday I paid the entrance ticket here Rp 7,500 / person because of Sunday.
To go to the core object we must climb the cliff towards the direction of the tower location as shown in this picture
If we pay Rp. 5,000 / person for the entrance ticket, we also have to go in to get to the location by crossing the asphalt road construction with gravel studded material. When I visited the second time at the end of January 2018 the road to the beach was flooded with mud and muddy. there were several visitors who turned unable to cross it.
After entering the forest area that is not too wet 5 km before entering the beach location there are more officials from the forestry department with brown-green uniforms with a stretch of portal from bamboo stems and there are forestry officers guarding the location by handing in admission tickets of IDR 7,500 / person for one visitor but now it is no longer collected at this location, we only have to pay the entrance ticket at the gate that I mentioned earlier. Towards this tourist location it is strange how many locations are where the entrance ticket is drawn and which is correct?
The right side of the Teluk Tunak beach cliffs
It turned out that according to information from the forestry guard post, this is where the official temporary entrance ticket at the first location was levied, and then how could it happen like that, they said it was an extortion from the people who claimed that visitors were pursuing their yard, but that was not what we skip the coast.
With friends who love MTB bikes leave from the city of Mataram.
Ah, it seems complicated to visit this location according to the information from their forestry post guards who had previously been hostile to prohibiting entrance fees but they insisted claiming visitors went through their yard and now the location we meant was no longer there because the coastline was paved, How come the villagers want to install more portals on the asphalt road?
And what is strange is that the forestry police can take care of the entrance ticket to the park. We happen to come on holiday with friends from the MTB bicycle team at Rp 7,500 per person for holiday prices and Rp 5,000 for temporary holidays. foreign visitors are charged IDR 150,000 / person for holidays and Rp 100,000 / person for normal days.
The admission price is fantastic and the most expensive according to my knowledge for the cost of admission to tourism destinations on the island of Lombok, this is very unnatural but this has already been stipulated by the central government and has even been displayed in public places and there are binding provisions. at that time there were 2 French tourists who used motorbikes visiting this location because they were unable to pay the entrance fee of Rp. 150,000 / person.
We must climb the cliff on the left side to get to the tower location
Finally we proceeded towards the coast of Gunung Tunak after paying an entrance fee of Rp 7,500 / person at that time we came with a MTB bicycle, but before we saw the road to the right there was a destination to other objects also he said that was still a package with the price of the admission ticket and recently we learned from the information that people who had visited there turned out to be the destination to the Gili Penyu object as I had seen in the pictures of Lombok tourism objects.
Your visit is incomplete if it doesn’t arrive at the tower location.
Of course it is very sad because it does not match the entrance fees that we have paid, the location is very quiet and there are no supporting facilities at the time but now there are Paruga or gazebo buildings at some points and certainly in 3 points with a large size 3 x 5 meter. There were rocky ground and thorny bushes which made one of our friends leak tires due to thorns. There are even those who are tempted to not come to this location again, quite the first and the last time he said.
Closer to the tower, on a rocky cliff
Especially considering the access to this location is very unfriendly and unpleasant, but it will be different if the road is already on the asphalt in May 2018, the future discourse from the BKSDA will make the butterfly garden now realized and the building already has Butterfly Education Centers with construction of walls with walls and nets in part of the construction, will also make deer cages around the guard post but still we are pessimistic in responding to all this because the entrance ticket prices are too expensive with no facilities on the beach location. We finally turned around with disappointment until at the junction of the gate we chose the right lane to Telok Ekas on the main road and out to the main road in the village of Mujur towards the city of Praya.
To get to this location can take the same path when heading to Selong Belanak beach if you already know the way to Selonng Belanak beach and this is a little further but to be more precise you can see the instructions from google map, approximately 55 km distance to the route not so flat with a pretty good road contour but winding and up and down, if you use google map then you will be shown to cross a little in front of Lombok International airport then turn right following the asphalt path which will lead to a traditional market and turn right slightly towards the Mawun beach gate.
