My Ideas and Stories About PAPUA

Making the rich and beautiful resources in Papua become the social economic strength for Papuan has become the long home works. Many people believe that the early start to find the answer is by understanding how Papua looks like, their communities and their special strength. And it can be realize by directly in touch with them. This blogs provides you chance to touch and gets insight ideas, trends and stories about Papua.

  • Stories About Beautiful Papua

    Every Single Place In Papua Have Its Stories To Be Shared To Build Other People Understanding About This Island

  • The Last Frotier Primary Forests

    With 42 Million ha of forests, Papua play crucial rules in Indonensia forests development targets.

  • Women and Natural Resources

    Forests or land right are not only about Man. So understanding the roles women and the impact of forests changes to women are also crucial

  • Our Traditional Value

    Papuan Community Have Been Living for Centuries with Their Knowledge and Wisdom in Managing Natural Resources and Practice Best Conservation

  • For Papuan Generation

    Every Works We Do Now Must Be Dedicated To The Future Papuan Generation

  • Dependency to Forests Resources

    Practicing Good Forests Governance in Papus About Understing the Right of Indigenous People and Their Dependency to Natural Resources

  • All Are Wonderful

    You Will Get Good Scene That You May Not Able Somewhere Else - Only In PAPUA

  • Bitter Nut Is Papuan Favorit Gums

    Bitter Nut or In Papua We Call 'Pinang' Is The Local Gum You Can See In Every Corner of the Cities. Papuan People Love To Chewing It. Sometime People Consider It As Contact Material When You Travel to The Village

  • Papuan Traditional Conservation Practices

    For Centuries, Papuan Has Practicing Local Wisdom to Sustainaible Use of Natural Resources. They Have Traditional Education System to Teaching Them How To Interact With Human, Spiritual Power and Understanding The Words Of Nature

Minggu, 23 Juli 2017

Traveling to Biak, Gets the Feeling of Fresh-Sea Water in Anggopi Beach

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Taking one more day longer in Biak after program evaluation has came as good relaxing time to spend the day with lovely and beauty scene of nature. Biak as an island has been recognized  with it potency in tourism mainly the beaches and corals. If so fa people in Biak is familiar with Bosnic Beach, the expansion of Development and infrastructure has rapidly open Biak beauty.

Now I will share the impression about the Anggopi Beach. The beach that located in Eastern Biak and taking from the names of its village Anggpi. About 1,5 km long the beach are strength with long with sand and clean sea water accomplish the beauty coconuts trees growing along the beach. Few mangrove and sago trees with small swamp also accomplish the mosaic of the beach. The beach looks gradually developing to become one of the tourism choices in Biak. I think the sand, water, coral and fresh water mangrove are the combination of this plots make it become one of wonderful choice to be enjoyed while you're in Biak. In the windy season, the beach is also one of the best spot for surfing.

As described above Beside beach and sand, the fresh water pool of which 5 big sea water fish are living is the other scene of this beach beauty. The pool location is just in the north corner of the beach. Its water is mix formed by the filtered sea water goes in though the coral rocks and fresh water flown down from the forests that cover the island. There are a lot of best photo shot point that we can memorize the visit with beautiful background of Biak Nature.

Its not far to get the beach from the city in Biak. About 30 minutes by car or motor bike. I joined the FMU Biak Numfor trip today with a car. There are several option of roads direction to get this beach with good roads. No road to get the beach, most of the cars or bike will be parking in the village. Concrete path is build about 100 meter to get people to the beach. Vegetation of coconuts and sago are growing along the road to the beach.

Since it just recently famous, not much facilities are available. But the small wooden houses and bath rooms have help provide basic infrastructure for the visitors to enjoy the beach without worrying for this needs. Community in the area are very friendly and communicative when you invite them in the conversation so do not hesitate to ask them for something you would like to know. Some of the local people whose hang around the beach are the owner of the wooden house. They also selling coconut with the cost of 5000 rupiah per piece.

Transportation and Access to the Beach 

There are few options for you whose just in Biak for few days and willing to visit this beach: (10 you can hire an Ojek "public motor bike" for a day - make sure you made full day because no regular ojek drive here. It cost you about 150,000 rupiah. Or you can hire a car through a rental service in Biak. They cost you for 500,000 rupiah per day (without driver) and 650,000 rupiah per day (plus driver). These two option are available in Town, you just need to ask the hotel services or the friend you have to arrange this to make sure they don't charge you more.

Foods, Drink and Alcohol 

Make sure you bring foods and drink with you. Because no foods and drink are selling in this beach. But you can actually order coconut. For you whose likes alcohol you can ordered and try local alcohol called "BOBO" that produced arround the beach. You can easily find it by looks at the coconut tree. People in this village is also well known as the alcohol producer particularly for this kind of "BOBO".  

Selasa, 11 Juli 2017

Traveling To Manokwari: Abasi And Bakaro Beach, Two Other Best Spot for Snorkeling

By  at 03.09  ,  1 comment
People may curios where would be the best spots to spend the days doing snorkeling in Manokwari? If you are in the city, finding the recommendation might vary to asking it in local people around the city. You would lucky to get good answer from those who may love to do snorkeling but you may confused for with some answer. This information may helps you to find some of the best snorkeling or fun dive spots around the city in Manokwari.

Surfing in Abasi Beach Manokwari.
Source: http://indonesia-jalan.blogspot.co.id/2013/02/selancar-air-di-manokwari.html

Today's story is about two beaches I explored last Sunday and spending almost half days in the water that bright with beautiful picture of coral, fish and sand in the sunny day. The beaches i meant are Bakaro and Abasi Beach. These two beaches are fully recommended for those who love snorkeling and enjoy the beauty of coral and fish. White sand, fantastic big corals and different colors of fishes are swimming just 1 - 2 meter bellow you.  
Abasi Beach Dirrection Maps

Its not far to get these two beaches because the roads are smooth with easy access point by bike or car. If you are staying around the city, you can take 'ojek" the public motor bike with yellow helmet. It cost you for 20,000 - 30,000 rupiah one way trip taking about 15 - 20 minutes ride. If you are visiting Bakaro beach, make sure you book the bike to come back and picked up since no much ojek are riding around this place. Unless you need to take about 1 km walk from the beach to get the main road where you can get public ojek. That's totally different if you hire it for one day.

See also: http://tapakbatas.blogspot.co.id/2017/07/travelling-in-manokwari-how-to-get.html

No cafe or restaurant around the beaches so make sure you take the food and water with you. But since the beaches is just around the village you can go to the community and ask for water or get small shop around the village and get bottle of water. They are mostly friendly and will do a quick respond to helps you.

Bakaro Beach is also famous with if fish calling performance. Where there is one old man whose claimed can call the fish from the sea to come surrounding him. This become one of the icon tourism attraction of this beach and sometime people are curious about is and visiting the Bakaro beach to witnessing this performance. While Abasi is also famous with the big wave for surfing. There is Abasi Surfing club where you can hire the board and guide to do surfing in the beach in front of you. But yes, surfing is always seasonal because the weather not consistent sometime.

For me I always prefer no wave because what I love to do is snorkeling not surfing. :-).
Hope this information useful for your reference while visiting Manokwari.

Minggu, 02 Juli 2017

Traveling To Manokwari: How to Get Mansinam Island?

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Mansinam is one of the famous island in Papua, this is because its reputation as the historical island of Christianity entering Papua in 1855 through two Germany Priest. Beside the religion background the beauty nature and its coastal and marine ecosystem are combination most expected sites to visits when travelling to Manokwari.

See also: http://tapakbatas.blogspot.co.id/2017/06/wisata-ke-pulau-mansinam-potensi-besar.html

 
Mansinam Island Manokwari

Its not difficult to get Mansinam Island from Manokwari Town because it just few minutes by boat. There is a regular boat cost for Rp.10,000 per person waiting in Kwawi wood pier. It is always occupied by 6 - 12 people and will go regular when the driver see the boat are full enough. Sometime people chose to hire the boat and enjoy the trip alone and no need to waiting for other reguler passenger. For full hire it cost you for Rp.100,000/round trip. It cover trip round Lemon Island and stop in Mansinam and trip back to Kwawi pier. For one day hire it usually 300,000/8 hours but sometime the driver can charge more if you visiting some spot that quite far in the corner of the island.

If you are staying in some hotel around the town you can take the "OJEK - public motor bike with yellow helm" that cost you not bigger than Rp 20,000,- per trip depending on where you're staying or you can also hire a car to take you there. You can pay when you arrive in the destination. All payment are made in cash so make sure you have a cash in your hand.


Accomodation (Hotel) in Manokwari

The boat sail just 10 minutes and get to the beach port where cross with two Germany priest praying statue. This is one of the drop off and take in point for people who are traveling to Mansinam. Please note that the point to take the boat for the way back to town so you can still get the boats and get boat can recognize you.