Mainstay Travel Places in West Nusa Tenggara Lombok Island

Mainstay Travel Places in West Nusa Tenggara Lombok Island

 

Where your destination, if you have the opportunity to visit the island of Lombok? If you do not have a definite goal, according to friends who live in the city of Mataram, with a period of 2 (two) days to visit all tourist areas in Lombok, of course minus the Rinjani mountain climbing or stay on the island of Gili Trawangan.

1. Suranadi.Here there are hotels complete with heated swimming pool and tennis courts. There is also the oldest Hindu temple, located 17 miles if the drive from the city of Mataram.
2. Lingsar.Temples with sacred fish in the pond, the location of 9 km with a drive from the city of Mataram.

3. Narmada.Botanical Garden of Lombok, with a swimming pool, and there are Hindu temples are often used Hindus to worship, the location of 12 miles by car from Mataram.
4. Batu Bolong.There is a temple on a rock jutting into the sea, and if good weather could see Mount Agung on Bali island, and nice to see the sights at sunset. Location 8 km drive from the city of Mataram. To enter the area, then we are obliged to wear yellow ribbons of fabric (can be rented on site), which fitted waist. Beautiful scenery here, the sea broke through between the rocks are hollow, making a sound gemerosak. Unfortunately when I come here, the weather was still cloudy after the rain, but the scenery was beautiful. The sun peeked between the clouds, and the reflected light falling on the sea.

5. Senggigi.Natural white sandy beaches are clean, surrounded by hotels, inns and bungalows. Very beautiful, especially if time is sunrise and sunset. Location 10 km drive from the city of Mataram. On the beach a lot of souvenir hawkers, cultured freshwater pearls form a colorful, ranging from the price of 25.000, - Also hawkers and shirts that read Lombok Senggigi, Lombok and distinctive carvings in wood, can be a place of fruit, masks and others.
6. Sire Beach.Marine park with exotic coral and fish that swim to and fro. Located 36 miles by car from Mataram.
7. Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan.Heaven in the north of Lombok island, surrounded by marine park. Here many people diving and surfing. On this island has many hotels and inns, so they can stay here, the beach is still original. To reach this location can use a motor boat.

8. Sukarare.The village where people weave, this is where if you want to buy the traditional woven cloth typical of Lombok, as well as see how the weavers do their work. Location 25 km drive from the city of Mataram.

9. Rambitan / Sade.The original village of Lombok, Sasak tribe with traditional houses, the location of 50 miles by car from Mataram.

10. Kuta / Tanjung Aan.Mandalika beach with the sparkling lights, where we can swim, there are hotels and restaurants. Every year there are celebrations catch / see Nyale fish, location 56 km drive from the city of Mataram.

11. Mataram.Mataram is the capital of West Nusa Tenggara province. While Ampenan an old port city (now moved to a sheet). City Ampenan distinctively ancient architecture, which when cleaned and cared for properly, will become a popular tourist destination. In the city of Mataram (which has become an integral part of city and town Ampenan Cakranegara) we can be a culinary tour, eating food with his trademark Lombok which is spicy. In Jakarta we often see a restaurant Taliwang, which turned out to Taliwang is the name of a region, which was originally a typical Lombok many food vendors in this area. Lombok typical foods, among others: Plecing kale, chicken plecingan, the range chicken (spicy chicken marinade once), beberok sauce. Plecing proved to be the name of the dish, so well known that given a dish spinach / cooked flavor plecing, plecing cooked chicken (chicken flavored with spicy, silenced, baked / fried, then flavored with spicy again). Beberok sauce is a sauce made from slices of eggplant purple, red onion slices, sliced ​​tomatoes and peppers, served with traditional foods other Lombok. Typical drink is coconut honey, the head of water composed of young, and youth in shredded coconut, shredded and given honey ... ... sedaaap ehhm. To buy souvenir Lombok typically woven fabric, can be Cilinaya Shopping Centre.
12. Cakranegara.Is a business city, there is a farm market, bird market, and springs Mayura and Meru temple, the largest temple in Lombok. Cakranegara reputedly was once the former kingdom, but the former kingdom (the site) was unrecognizable. If you want souvenirs food, then you can buy fried chicken legs, salted eggs and a variety of sweets from the seaweed.
Note:Travel to the city of Mataram, can be reached by planes from Jakarta. Distance of 4 hours if the transit in Yogyakarta or Surabaya, but when the direct (Garuda flight from the airport Selaparang morning) is only taken in 1 hour 33 minutes.

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