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Saliper Ate
Saliper means comforter. Ate means
heart. According to its name Saliper Ate Beach means
the beach that can comfort to the heart of its
visitors. It is located approximately 5 km to the
west of Sumbawa Besar City, the location is easy to
reach with land transportation (the city 'bemo').
Before the development in tourism, the Saliper Ate
beach was the only recreational place for the
Sumbawa people.
Samongkat
The height of this mountain range is
450 meters above sea level, and it is located 17 km
from the Sumbawa Besar City. The curvy road with the
scenery of mountains and valleys can be traveled
with various transportations. The facilities that
are available there, among others are the swimming
pool and shelter.
Moyo Island
It is located northward of Sumbawa,
in front of the Saleh strait, with the width of 30
hectares. The Moyo Island has both land and marine
tourist object. Moyo's tropical forest is a home for
flock of deer, wild ox, boar, and the protected
'gosong bird' (megapodius). There is also the 'sharp
eye' waterfalls. Its marine tourism provides a
beautiful underwater panoramic view for snorkling
and scuba diving, even from the wharf of the Moyo
island thousand of small fish can be seen. Lady
Diana from England and Prince William from the
Netherlands had once visited the Moyo island to
spend their holiday.
Ai Manis Beach
It is located on the white sand land
of the Moyo island. It's charming underwater scenery
with coral and tropical fishes, and also the
tropical forest that surrounds it makes Ai manis
perfect for camping, snorkling, etc. The view of
sunset can also be enjoyed from Ai Manis. Bush
walking in the tropical forest around Ai Manis will
naturally provide the view of plants and animals
such as deer, wild ox,, boar, the koakao, the
cockatoo bird, and the protected 'gosong' bird. Not
far from Ai Manis there is also a bat cave. Ai Manis
can be reached in approximately 30 minutes by speed
boat from Ai Bari the region of Moyo Hilir.
Liang Petang
It is a natural cave and it consist
of human like rocks, platforms, weaving,
instruments, and it is also filled stalactite and
stalagmite. It is located in the Batu Tering village
in the region of Moyo Hulu, 29 km from the Sumbawa
Besar City. Not far from this cave there is also a
bat cave (Liang Bukal.)
Maluk Beach
One of the natural resort area in
Sumbawa district lies on Jereweh sub-district on 144
km from Sumbawa Besar or 15 km from Jereweh. Besides
have the white sand, Maluk beach also have a hard
wave and the beautiful underwater scenery, it makes
Maluk beach as a place for surfing, enjoying its
beautiful underwater scenery, and fishing. There
also provides facilities in bungalows and good
restaurants.
Sekonkang Beach
Sekongkang beach is located 8 km from
Maluk beach, belongs to the area of Jereweh
subdistrict. Its white sand and beautiful wave makes
the foreign countries tourists named it as yoyo.
This place is good for surfing.
Jelenga Beach
In the same natural resort area
located in Jereweh sub-district, this beach is in
136 km from Sumbawa Besar or 7 km from Jereweh.
Jelenga beach provides accommodations and
restaurants. The beach with the white sand and the
wave are named as 'scar reef' by the foreign
countries tourists. It is very suitable for surfing.
Saleh Bay
It is a group of white sand with the
beautiful coral and variety fish in calm water. This
place is very suitable for swimming and diving in
order to look underwater scenery. Saleh Bay is a
rich waterworks with many kind of sea fish such as
kerapu fish which have exported to some countries
like Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. From Saleh Bay
can be seen clearly Tambora Mount which is the
widest caldera in the world.
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