Saya Supardani lahir dan besar di Lombok, pariwisata bukan dasar pendidikan saya tapi pariwisata mendidik saya untuk terlibat menjadi bagian dari pelaku pariwisata. Pariwisata adalah sesuatu yang menyenangkan. Lahir di Mataram 10 Oktober 1973 tidak pernah belajar tentang pariwisata secara akdemis tapi tanpa belajar pariwisata mengajarkan saya secara otodidak. Pasti akan banyak kekurangan.
Tamat belajar hanya sampai tingkat SLTA, tamatan STMN Mataram jurusan bangunan dan pernah bekerja lama di bidang konstruksi. Akhirnya takluk untuk menjadi pelaku pariwisata. Pernah menjadi tour guide hanya bermodalkan bahasa Inggris pas-pasan, dari sinilah saya mengenal pariwisata lebih dekat dan hingga kini saya sudah banyak menulis blog tentang pariwisata, tentunya masih banyak kekurangan, berinovasi terus agar bisa melayani semakin baik kedepannya.
“Gili Meno, a part of a row of 3 islands that have become popular tourist destinations, this island is located in the middle between Gili Trawangan and Gili Air, among the three Gilis, Gili Meno is the smallest inland.
The face of Gili Meno in front of the dock
Among the 3 Gilis, only Gili Meno has a saltwater lake in the western part of the island, and the only bird park is on Gili Meno, which has been operating since 2002, so far there were previously 300 collection of bird species.
Lastly, many people also died, if they wanted to go around Gili Meno on foot it would take about an hour, among the 3 Gilis, Gili Meno had the fewest accommodations. Consists of lodging buildings, which are mostly in the form of bungalows and are a long distance from each other.
The atmosphere in front of Kontiki Bungalow on the east side of the island of Gili Meno
There are still many bushes on the beach, coastal roads are dirt roads and some are still sandy beaches, almost no roads use violence compared to Gili Trawangan.
The marine park on Gili Meno is much better, the reefs are still sustainable and many fish reside in it.
At night Gili Meno is very quiet, rarely hears loud music at midnight, on Gili Meno more dominates the sound of pine trees in the wind and the sound of waves crashing in the southern part of the island.
Gili Meno Beach on the East side of the island
Regular boat transport is very difficult especially at certain hours because public boats are only regular around 8am.
Public boat ticket price is IDR 14,000 / person. After a little afternoon the public boat transport has been very difficult, having to wait for hours the new boat can be full because it is loaded to be operated.
Another alternative with Boat charter is Rp. 350,000 if there are passengers who are unable to wait too long. To save on charter costs, you can try asking passengers who are waiting for the boat to cross.
The charm of the Gili Meno white sand
Recently there was a shuttle boat departure to Gili Meno at 12:00 and 14:00 but the ticket price was Rp. 25,000 / person. There was a Fast Boat operating on 3 Gili with a ticket price of Rp. 85,000 / person.
But at present no one operates to Gili Meno because of the reason there are no berths, although on Gili Meno there is a pier but unfortunately it is not commonly used because the waves are very hard which can throw a Fast Boat to the pier wall. On Gili Meno there are several Fast Boats operating with the destinations of Padang Bai, Sanur, Serangan, Amed in Bali.
Rusty Cafe, located on the east side of the island of Gili Meno, is only 50 meters south of the public port.
Snorkeling activities on Gili Meno are very good. The coral reefs are very beautiful, there are many fishes of various shapes and sizes, there are Snorkeling Ship wreck spots or sinking ships that are inhabited by many large fish.
On the north side there is a turtle point or a place to see many sea turtles residing, on the east side of the north there are blue corals and coral reefs such as pine trees.
There are also several dive shops that open on Gili Meno which appear in the Rust coffe picture and in front of it a very good place for snorkeling.
A few years ago when I wanted to go along the beach on the southern island of Lombok, especially the destination, I wanted to find out the beach objects that existed between Kuta Beach and Selong Belanak beach, which had been registered in my mind. I never know Areguling Beach.
I have to visit Mawun beach, which for decades I have gotten information about its beauty through tourism pamphlets or brochures, to be honest at that time I did not have a motorcycle, at that time, if I wanted a motorcycle, I had to buy cash or buy without credit, at that time almost all the people difficult to have a motorcycle if it is not helped by financing through credit or “finance”. OK, it seems like I want to have a motorcycle at that time.
Areguling south beach of Lombok
After I could have a motorbike like people in general, with credit it seems like my curiosity will be answered, all of the newly opened lanes I followed were no exception to the path that goes from Kuta beach to Selong Belanak beach, the first time at that time I failed because there are improvements to the road from the direction of Kuta beach to Selong Belanak beach.
I saw a number of heavy equipment (excavators) on the hill dredging the ground in the area of Areguling beach, I could not pass because the road was made up of dusty soil and there were piles of unused leveled dirt and finally I turned back towards Kuta beach because my cousin that I was reluctant to also want to continue the journey because of the unfavorable terrain conditions, even though the motor we use a large CC with P220 type as I recall was in 2012.
A year later I tried again to cross the path I was referring to, but this time I entered through the Penujak village route just after the Penujak market about 100 meters there was a bridge with an Australian steel frame model, there was a lane to the right there was also a road map belonging to the Department of Transportation with an arrow reading “Belongak Belanak.”
Because these instructions I see too often when I go take tourists to Kuta beach (Areguling). This path was once the main route to Kuta beach before there was access to the supporting road to the direction of the Lombok International airport, I say for people who have recently visited Kuta beach this route might be unfamiliar to him.
From Penujak village to Selong Belanak beach at that time, it was still dominated by corn or tobacco plants, the condition of the asphalt road was good but it was bumpy because under the road there was clay so that there was a shift in the structure of the soil. I drive up and down, but not all such roads are only a few km (about 2 km)
Selong Belanak Beach, west of Areguling Beach and still one village
Road conditions also go up and down but more likely to rise because we will go to the hill that appears on the mainland of the southern island of Lombok if the weather is sunny. Along the road there were no restaurants or even restaurants, unlike 2 days ago on October 15, 2017 we and the team explored had to stop by at Missile Meatballs and next to him there was a simple restaurant with a rather modern menu.
There have been a few changes in this path over time accordingly: Demands, Needs and Prospects will affect the movement of the local economy, many houses have also been seen with brick wall construction, small kiosks, motorcycle repair shops already exist in several places. we see on the side of the road.
Back to the beginning of the story until I approached the Selong Belanak beach until at the fork in the road if going to the right will go to the Selong Belanak beach and if turning left will lead to several beaches that become tourist destinations, including: Mawi beach, Semeti beach, beach Mawun, Areguling beach and up to Kuta beach. At that time I only knew he wanted to go to Mawun beach and at that time I had a chance to visit him.
After a few times I crossed this road, at that time there appeared a path to the hill that had just opened but at that time I was not interested in visiting it because it was still in the form of a dirt road with wet conditions, because at that time it was just pouring out and it seemed visible slippery and there are some lumps of soil not yet cleaned.
After a few more passes there are directions that read Areguling with arrows but have not been paved, in my mind I must explore in that direction because at that time I was with tourists and I was the guide, until this location I first saw in a post on Facebook, who posted is not friends with me but one of my friends was tagged and appeared on the homepage of one of my friends but I have forgotten the name of my friendship who was tagged because I was focused by paying attention to the pictures.
Until Sunday, October 15, 2017 I invite my friends NGELAMANG TRIP to come to this location (Areguling), before I have searched on google map and got two alternative paths, namely via the Penujak route or via the Tanak Awu line in front of the Lombok International Airport, the closest route is shown with the Tanak Awu route through the same village as the Penujak route but certainly the scenery is different, I prefer the path both so there is also knowledge for My Team.
Our first path went through the Penujak route in other words the main route to Selong Belanak beach until we reached the Areguling beach, we were both the first to enter this area, from the main route up to the top with pretty good asphalt road conditions which used to be just a road narrow land, after reaching the top there are also some residents living above, until the asphalt is cut in the village not to the edge of the beach and along the dirt track.
After entering the Areguling beach area I was a little confused I wanted to take it to where the first My Team, to the left or to the right up to the hill where there is a paragliding dive activity, but I chose just left according to my instinct to go to the rock cliffs that posted on Facebook first, if you go straight to the beach, you can see a car and motorcycle parking lot, and it looks like Mushalla is being built.
If you want to get in just for a short time, 1 motorbike can pay for parking 5,000 x 3, it is better to just turn left until the fishermen’s village, we stop for a moment to take pictures, it just so happens that there seems to be a Gili or a fairly large island with hilly contours, the person said called Gili Nusa and not too far from the beach, about 50 meters.
We also took photos to the left and right, the object was both the view of the cliff and after a couple of times when I looked down at the feet one of my friends was mining the sand, he said to make it to be placed at the bottom of the aquarium he said while putting sand grains in bottled 1500 ml bottled water, his sand was quite unique as in Mandalika Resort or in several other beaches such as Tanjung Aan beach, Seger beach, Semeti beach, Mawi beach and others because on the island of Lombok is very many places choose this form of sand.
Merese Hill beach Just to east from this beach
The shape is like a roundabout of pepper also there is almost the same as pepper grains (varies) then after drinking our bottled water also feels fresh again and we proceed to the cliff that we mean, at that time there appeared to be 3 girls driving motorbikes to in the direction we are going, we are both giving light but they don’t go along the beach just taking pictures a few minutes later returning, we were too impatient to scoop up a cell phone camera before parking under a tree, we didn’t expect it to be a tree This is great for photo objects and we immediately act.
After completing our shelter we must immediately go explore to the coast and for motorcycle safety one of our friends must be prepared to sacrifice at the location where we parked the motorbike so that My Team is calm, it seems we find it difficult to walk quickly along this beach, eeeeiiittt … !!! for a while this was caused by too many good objects to take pictures so while walking while taking photos and finally we found fishermen’s hut exactly facing Gili Nusa.
It is said that Gili Nusa is being offered with a number of hectares of land, well the location is in the form of rocky hills and in the distance on the hill the traditional miners appear, also suitable if we look at the color of the rocks in front of us like the color of iron rust and the color of sand- here there are jet black and there are white sands separated, while stopping taking pictures well, we just enjoy this trip.
My Team see on Facebook: Iwan Keongracun, Tigor Jeeva, Qirin Rin and Supardani Dan
Until the second time we found a fisherman’s hut with a total of about 5 heads of families, we continued the journey until we found a towering rock as you can see in the cover picture above, the shape is very beautiful with whitish color, this is something I have never seen before , we were very comfortable in this place.
It seems that the water is receding maybe if the tide is likely our feet will be wet with a knee but unfortunately the time is not possible to linger in this last place also we cannot continue the journey to the next location and finally, let’s go home let’s go home together and finally around 18:00 we arrived at our respective homes.
Desa Loyok di kenal sebagai desa kerajinan anyaman bambu terbesar di NTB. Awalnya warga desa Loyok, membuat alat kerajinan bambu yang berhubungan dengan peralatan dapur, seperti tepik (pembersih beras), Kemosak (bakul untuk pencuci beras, sayuran) Dedungki (untuk menyimpan pakaian) Gegandek, (tas) selanjutnya dalam perkembangannya, pengrajin bambu desa Loyok banyak melakukan inovasi, seperti pembuatan tas dengan motif terkini, hiasan lampu, dan lain lain yang di buat sesuai selera konsumen.
Kerajinan bambu tersebut, selain dipasarkan untuk pasar lokal, dan domestik, juga di ekspor ke Europa.
Banyaknya warga desa Loyok, yang bergelut sebagai pengrajin bambu atau pengerajin anyaman bambu, disebab karena masyarakat Loyok sebagian besar hidup sebagai petani.
Ketika, waktu bertani telah selesai, mereka lalu melanjutkan pekerjaan untuk menganyam bambu. Begitulah, pekerjaan itu di lakukan dalam siklus musim tanam padi secara terus menerus.
Selain, di kenal dengan desa kerajinan anyaman bambu, kini Loyok mulai mengembangkan wisata alam.
Beberapa, fasilitas penunjang kini mulai dibangun seperti, tempat pertemuan dan home stay.
Sejarah desa Loyok, tidak lepas dari sejarah desa Kotaraja, di mana Loyok adalah sebagai awal cikal bakal desa Kotaraja, namun pasca kemerdekaan Indonesia, Loyok adalah bagian dari desa Kotaraja.
Pada tahun 1961 Desa Loyok melepaskan diri dari desa Kotaraja, dengan luas wilayahnya saat ini sekitar 300 hektar, dengan jumlah penduduk pada tahun 2019, sebanyak 6.800 orang.
Desa Loyok sendiri, adalah sebuah desa yang terletak di Kecamatan Sikur kabupaten Lombok Timur, berada 300-350 m, di atas permukaan laut, desa ini dapat ditempuh dari Mataram dengan jarak 40 km, dengan waktu normal 1,10 jam perjalanan. Dan dari Bandara International Lombok (BIL) selama 28 menit, untuk waktu normal, baik dengan sepeda motor atau pun.
Berikut beberapa Art shop, dan home stay di desa tersebut.
1. Traditional Art Shop
2. Treng Gading Art Shop
3. Dedy Art Shop
4. Yats Art Shop
5. Liaiva Arts Shop
6. Dicky Art Shop
7. Freddy Art Shop
8. Zabda Art Shop
Fasilitas Penginapan
1. Loyok Bonsai Garden
2. Loyok Rice Home Stay
3. Tety Home Stay
4. Resto Bungalow
Sudah jamak dalam pengetahuan kita, makna kata relawan Gempa, adalah mereka yang bekerja tanpa pamrih. Ada relawan kemanusiaan seperti yang banyak kita temui saat ini membantu para korban gempa Pulau Lombok, namun juga ada relawan pemenangan kepala daerah, bahkan relawan pemenangan Presiden.
Para relawan ada yang terjun ke darat, ada yang dari udara. Para relawan di darat terjun langsung ke masyarakat, menjual calonnya dan relawan udara, terjun melalui pembentukan opini, melalui media massa, serta media sosial.
Membandingkan para relawan dan Tim pemenangan yang terbentuk secara formal terstruktur, adalah sangat jauh. Relawan bekerja, dominan dengan dasar hati dan ketulusan sementara tim pemenangan bekerja dengan anggaran lengkap dan bahkan berlimpah.
Kalah dan menang bagi Tim pemenangan, tidak akan rugi secara material bahkan moril, namun bagi seorang relawan kekalahan adalah lukanya hati, berbulan bulan bulan, bahkan bertahun tahun.
Apa yang di dapatkan relawan?
Kalaulah boleh saya ibaratkan dengan seorang wartawan yang bekerja di perusahan media yang baru terbit, belum mampu menggaji karyawannya, maka kepuasan seorang wartawan adalah ketika, hasil liputannya, berhasil terbit atau ter ekspose. Ada kepuasan, saat tulisan berjudul ” Relawan EVAKUASI KORBAN GEMPA, SETELAH TERTIMBUN TIGA HARI,”
Kira kira demikian judulnya yang terbit di koran hari Senin 11 Juli.
Itulah kepuasan hati seorang wartawan, yang masih penuh dengan idealis meski tidak ada gaji.
Itu pun juga yang terjadi dengan relawan ketika sang calon bupati ataupun gubernur terpilih. Pertanyaannya adakah yang dia dapatkan yang lain? Jawabnya tidak ada. Mengapa?
Karena dia relawan. Kalau dia menuntut kompensasi kerja, akan di jawab ” Bukankah Anda ini relawan, yang siap membantu sukarela? “Itu kata Sang Bupati terpilih. Namun kalau sang calon terpilih bijak, maka itulah rezeki dari keikhlasan RELAWAN.
Kalau tidak bijaksana, calon terpilih, maka kita perlu cerita lagi..
Salah seorang Kyai, pernah berkata. “.Bahwa untuk kebaikan, Tidak ada yang namanya Perbuatan Sia Sia. Bila Bukan kita yang mendapat hasilnya, maka insya Allah Anak cucu kita yang akan menerima.”
Itulah keadilan Allah, Si Dollah, dalam ceritanya hanya tahu Soekarno, dari dongeng ibunya sebelum tidur, ketika dia belum duduk di Sd. Cerita tentang Soekarno, Itulah yang memanggil dirinya, untuk terus menjadi relawan Trah Soekarno.
Alhamdulillah, ketika kakek dan orang tuanya sebagai relawan pendukung Bung karno, bekerja dengan ikhlas tanpa hasil, Allah menakdirkan cucunya duduk sebagai wakil rakyat.. sebagai keikhlasan kakek, orang tuanya ketika itu. Demikianlah Perbincangan antara relawan dalam tenda plastik korban Gempa.
wisata alam Tetebatu, Aku ingin memanggil mu kawan, agar kamu dapat melihat ku, Dan kita merasakan bersama suara merdu dari kicauan burung, yang memanggil di kala sunrise mulai muncul, Agar kamu melihat juga, nuansa kehijauan, ketika nanti sinar mentari mulai terang.
Agar kita bisa melihat bersama lampu lampu para nelayan Lombok Selatan, yang gigih menerjang ombak di malam hari.
Kamu bisa mendengar suara Dangklok dan jangkrik yang merdu di tengah dingin nya malam yang mengeluarkan embun, dan agar kita bisa melihat bersama rombongan petani Perampek dan Pengome padi, dan agar kita bisa mendengar bersama alunan Adan di waktu subuh, di dekat penginapan ku.
Keceriaan para wisatawan mengunjungi lorong air terjun
Inilah yang ada dalam benakku, ketika sehari perjalananku, mengunjungi desa wisata alam, desa Kembang Kuning, kecamatan Sikur Lombok Timur dengan ketinggian 700 mpl.
Travel yang aku booking, menempatkan Ku di salah satu penginapan dengan khas rumah adat Lombok. Dan rupanya, tidak salah dia memilih kan aku tempat di sini.
Duduk di depan room Ku, aku langsung berhadapan dengan hamparan sawah menghijau, dan sepertinya ini aku merasakan sedang berkomunikasi dengan alam di sekitar ku.
Ada padi yang menghijau, ada pohon kelapa, ada berbagai jenis pohon ‘pohon lebat yang tidak aku tahu apa namanya. Namun sebuah ketenangan “sempurna” yang aku rasakan begitu kuat, saat berada di tempat ini.
Wisata alam Tetebatu Sangat jauh dari wisata lain, yang lebih menonjol kan glamor / kebebasan, seperti wisata pantai di Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno dan Gili Air.
Di tempat ini wisata alam Tetebatu, sepertinya terpadu antara keindahan alam, dan kondisi sosial masyarakat yang ramah dan religius.
Tak salah rupanya, apa yang ku baca di beberapa media online, tentang desa ini sebagai peraih wisata terbaik, Wisata Nusantara.
Dan jadwalku pada pagi hari ini, (15/01), mengunjungi air terjun Jeruk Manis, di sebelah utara desa ini. *
Alhamdulillah, itulah ungkapan hatiku ketika tiba di air terjun Jeruk Manis, begitu memandang air terjun tinggi menerjang kolam di bawahnya. Suara dentuman air yang jatuh dengan ketinggian 20 m, membentuk uap dari percikan air yang sejuk dan dingin, menampar wajah ku, seolah menghipnotis badan ku untuk segar kembali.
Mas Ogek, Guide Tetebatu
Ogek, begitu-panggilan akrab guide yang menemani ku, memperhatikan betul keceriaan ku, di antara sekian banyak orang yang tak kalah juga ceria nya, saat sampai di lokasi air terjun itu. Dia memperhatikan, aku melompat -lompat kecil, di atas pasir berair, yang terasa begitu dingin.
Tak sia- sia, kami berjalan kurang lebih 25 menit, berjarak sekitar 1.5 km dari pintu gerbang hutan lindung, Taman Nasional Gunung Rinjani, menuju ke tempat ini.
Sepanjang jalan yang ku lalui, seperti masih memperlihatkan keaslian alam Hutan Rinjani di kawasan hutan lindung itu, dengan hutan yang masih lebat, dengan bau khas dedaunan hutan belantara.
Dalam perjalanan dari pintu gerbang hutan lindung, ke Air Terjun Jeruk Manis, memang ada tiga berugak ( tempat duduk bertiang empat masyarakat suku sasak, memiliki atap dari genteng atau alang- alang) yang disiapkan pengelola hutan Taman Rinjani, bagi wisatawan untuk istirahat bila kelelahan. Namun dalam perjalanan itu, akun menolak tawaran Ogek untuk istirahat, karena biarlah keringat itu akan membakar kolesterol ku.
Saat berangkat dari penginapan ku, aku sesungguhnya, lebih tertarik untuk jalan kaki ke air terjun itu, meski jaraknya sekitar 4 km, namun tampaknya aku tak bisa menolak, keinginan guide ku, karena saat ini, musim penghujan.*
Pemandangan persawahan di desa Tetebatu
Tibalah hari terakhir ku, (17/01) untuk beberapa destinasi wisata lokal di sekitar Tetebatu, yang belum aku kunjungi. Namun aku, ingin sight seeing atau jalan-jalan. Dan jalan jalan yang aku maksudkan bukanlah jalan kaki, sebab tak mungkin dengan waktu yang singkat sampai sore nanti, aku bisa sampai di tempat yang dituju.
Sementara aku ingin menyaksikan pemandangan alam lebih jauh, dan tentu aku berharap Agok, guide ku, akan membawa aku ke tempat sesuai keinginanku.
Aku memang sepertinya kehausan dengan terpaan alam yang sejuk, hening dan damai, dengan pemandangan alamnya. Karena aku berharap sampai di Jakarta nanti, aku masih segar dengan suasana liburan ku.
Dan saat ini, dengan sebuah kendaraan roda empat, Agok membawa aku menuju ke Tetebatu. Aku melewati kekadusan bernama Orong Grisak, dan terus ke utara dan berhenti di sebuah bendungan kecil.
Aku memintanya, berhenti sejenak, aku keluar melihat ke arah utara dan selatan. Di arah utara, adalah kawasan hutan lindung Taman Nasional Gunung Rinjani (TNGR) dengan tanaman pohon nangka yang dominan, dibandingkan dengan pohon lainnya.
Lagi lagi, melihat ke arah selatan, dan melihat pantai laut Lombok Selatan. Tampak pula sebuah bendungan yang menurut Agok, itu adalah bendungan Pandan Dure, sebuah bendungan terbesar di NTB.
Tak terasa saat ini, waktu telah jam12.00, aku sudah order untuk makan siang di penginapan. Aku pun mengajak pulang, namun berhenti membeli durian. “Hem, cukup beda jauh dalam rasa.
Begitu lezat durian Tetebatu dibanding durian yang lain,” aku berkata dalam hati saat makan durian tersebut bersama Agok.
Sebentar lagi aku akan tinggalkan Kembang Kuning karena jam 17.00 aku sudah check in di bandara, dengan sebuah kenangan indah. Aku berharap tahun depan, menjelang motor GP-2021, aku dapat lagi mengunjungi tempat ini. (Lina Budiarto, seperti yang dituturkan pd H L Arwan)