Jogjakarta as the city of Culture doesn’t mean that it is just had the Heritage as tourist destinations. The location that located at south of Java make this Province has many beaches from east to west, from Sadeng harbor at Gunung Kidul Regency to Congot beach at Kulonprogo Regency.There is a packet of Beaches tour at Gunung Kidul Regency. You may enter to all beaches on this packet by one ticket. The beaches from the west are Baron, Kukup, Drini, Sepanjang, Krakal and Sundak. The beaches take distance at least 7 km from Sundak to Baron. You can reach these beaches by personal vehicle or by public transportation (just stop at Baron beach).
There are two route choices to get there. First, the west route from Wonosari, and second route is east route from Tepus. From Jogja, you should choose the first route. Jogja-wonosari will give you the enjoy of riding, especially for two wheeler. There’s many ‘S’ turn, there’s many chicanes and hairpin road here. The road has many descending and ascending. You ought to careful when pass through the turn, because sometimes there’s sand, soil or oil spoil on the turn, but here, you can feel the wonderful feeling to ride on.
Actually, at this west route, there is shortcut to get to Baron. Before entered Wonosari, after Bunder forest you would get to airport named Gading, here, you would get to an intersection. Turn right on this intersection and choose route to Playen – Paliyan - trowono market – Tritis - Baron. You won’t entered Wonosari city, but get shorter route to Baron plus natural scenery along the road.If you get there from Klaten, Wonogiri or Solo, I suggest you choose the east route through Tepus. From here, you would enter the Beaches from the most east beach, Krakal. There’s just little amount of tourist choose this route, most of them get there by Wonosari city.
The most famous of this packet was Baron, it’s a small bay with its orifice of underwater river. Baron was one of fish harbor on this area, so you can buy fresh fish here from the fisherman. I think why Baron was the most famous beach from these beaches, because Baron was the first beach from the ticket gate from Wonosari and the second reason because the government takes more attention to this beach from the other. Surprisingly, Baron is the only beach that doesn’t have white sands on it; the other beach is consisting of white sands and reef.
If you wish relax and intimate with the nature, you ought to get Sundak Beach at first and before 9.00 AM to get there. Why? Because you will fell as you are on your private beach, and more interesting, it is white sands beach and more, that before 9.00 AM the water, the wave still plays on these white sands because it’s reflux. Though reflux the wave doesn’t so high because they have to pass the reef area, the home of colorful fish, starfish, sea urchin and sea weeds. So, you can swim here on the giant pool and salty water and white sands below your body and wave’s pound at your body, what a wonderful experience.After 9, usually the tourist start came to this Beach. The time 9 counts because it is two hour after 7, the time that usually tourist departs here from Jogjakarta. If two hour to get there, so what time we should depart from Jogja. Here, you can stay at little inn at Baron, or if you want close to nature, you can stay here, at Sundak, but with minimal facility. There’s no mattress even less spring bed here. There is just bamboo sofa with plaited mat from pandan leaf. You may build tents too here. Even you just get minimal facility to pass the night here, but you will get warm hospitality from the owner of the shelter. The one I used to meet was Mr. Wasimin.
After 9.00 AM the water will flux and it will serve new scenery. The reef looks like lifted up from the sea. The waves of Indian Ocean likes pleased us to walk on the reef and observe the life there. At some points at this “lifted” reef, there is still little pool with salty water and white sands left. We can use these pools as bath tub or even swim on it.There is coral reef on the side of this beach, better left side or right side. Climb on it, and you can see the waves run on these green reefs and break and leaves the white line on the blue sea. On the end of the green reef, wide white sands with some pine trees and pandanus. The tress here was the most plus point of this beach. At the other beach, there is no tress near the sand area. Here, the trees grow up on the white sands near the water line, so you can take shelter under the trees while fell the fresh air from the sea and saw the surf splash on the coral reefs.
Have you seen “The Beach” film by Leonardo Dicaprio? Here’s the part of the beauty, lies on the Sundak beach of Gunung Kidul, Jogjakarta. Take one day tour there, or if you have enough time, stay a night there, slept by sound of splashing waves as lullaby and waked in the morning, sniff the fresh air from the sea then run on the white sands and jump into the salty water and feel the surf of the Indian Ocean on to your body. If you wish, after bathing, breakfast with roasted fish. Wow.... what a paradise lays here.
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