Tourism
Development
1. Ancol
Ancol has developed to be one of the most visited recreation
park nowadays. This tourist attraction located in North
Jakarta. Many various attractions located in Ancol, among
others:
1. Beaches and amusement park rides. Ancol is offering
freshness beach atmosphere for all circles and age. Beaches
and Parks has 5 beach (Beach Festival, Beautiful, Elegant,
Ria and Carnival Beach Club) and Dream Lake, along about
5 km, with a promenade along the 4 km.
2. Ancol Fantasy World. Fantasy world is opened to the
public on August 29, 1986, and popular as Dufan, is the first
theme park developed by Ancol. Dufan is the largest outdoor
entertainment center in Indonesia that pamper visitors with
Fantasy Around the World, through a variety of content
rides high-tech games, which is divided into eight areas,
namely: Indonesia, Jakarta, Asia, Europe, America, Greece,
Tale and Ballad Apes.
3. Atlantis Water Adventure (AWA). Atlantis water park is a
second theme park developed by Ancol and stands on an area
of 5 hectares. AWA is the result of the revitalization of Park
Recreation Centre Ancol Air Arena which will give visitors an
adventure tour with 8 pools of water main, that is: Poseidon,
Antilles, Atlas Plaza, Aquarius, Octopus, Atlantean, and
Kiddy Pool.
4. Venues Samudra Ancol (“Ocean”) is the third theme park
developed by Ancol. Ocean is an edutainment theme park
nuanced nature conservation which gives to the visitor
experience to know better and loving creatures, including
dolphins, white whales, seals, etc.
5. Mermaid Cottages Lodging Ancol beach cottages form a
unique style with 133 rooms has a variety of special facilities,
such as: function room, conference room and the location of the
beach party. Mermaid also offers sports facilities such as
swimming pool, table tennis, bicycles, tennis courts, beach
volleyball and lapanan. Architectural artistic Mermaid Ancol
posmo thick with style and romance blend of East Indonesia,
arranged in harmony with the coastal environment to create
an atmosphere of tasteful and exotic.
6. Shades of the Padang Golf Ancol beach in the middle of the
tourist area which has 18 holes with a unique design field.
Strategically located and easily accessible from all corners of
Jakarta.
7. Marina Pier cruise ship (speed boat and yacht) cosmopolitan
style of the first and most comprehensive in Indonesia,
designed to berth cruise ships of various sizes. Marina also
serves as a center for sea sports, water skiing, wind surfing,
diving, sailing, and harbor cruises to get to the Thousand
Islands. Marina is equipped with fasilitias dock, marine bands,
gas stations, loading and unloading docks, travel agents and
nautical sports.
8. Ancol Art Market – a center of arts and crafts activities that
provide inspiration and insight for art lovers and collectors. Art
market is a tangible concern for the survival Ancol talented artists.
Art Market is also equipped with Gallery Exhibition (North Art
Space / NAS), Souvenir Shop, Plaza and Stage Performing Arts.
9. Hanging Train Gondola (Sky lift) is a cable car linking the tourist
attractions to one another in Ancol area which extends along
approximately 2.4 miles from Beach Festival to AWA parking area.
Gondola gondola Ancol has 37 units with a capacity of six people per
gondola and three station stops.
10. Sea World is the first underwater aquarium and the only one in
Indonesia, with an area of 2 hectares (managed by the BOT format).
2. Bidadari island
Pulau Bidadari or Angel Island is a part of Kepulauan
Seribu National Park, 15 km away from Ancol Marina,
North Jakarta and can be reached with 30-minute ride
by speed boat. Pulau Bidadari was originally a vacant
island of shrub forest with no inhabitants but it is
gradually developed into a resort island that blends
nature conservation, historical sites and recreational
marine.
White sand beach Pulau Bidadari, natural forest and
the reminiscence of Dutch occupation are not just all
Pulau Bidadari has to offer. This resort island has
floating cottages and Manado style cottages for
accommodation, meeting room, restaurant, bar,
souvenir shop, Cherokee, Discotheque, billiard and water
sport facilities, volley beach, table tennis and much more
activities that can be done during your stay here.
Pulau Bidadari is a good base for visiting the other
Kepulauan Seribu's islands such as Pulau Kahyangan or
Heaven Island where you can see the remain of Dutch
fort and Pulau Onrust where you can explore the
remains of 18th century shipyard.
Facilities and features
49 Cottages ( Land & Floating )
Indoor : AC, Water Heater, TV.
Outdoor : Karaoke, Games For Funs, Meeting Room,
Restaurant, Souvenir Shop, Bar, Volley Beach, Table Tennis.
Sea Sport : Jet Ski, Banana Boat, Canoe, Fishing.
3. PARI island
Pari Island which is one of islands of Pulau
Seribu or Thousand Islands is an inhabited island.
On Pari Island, you can enjoy the beauty of clear
beach with three color sea of green, white and
blue as well as the under sea view when
snorkeling.
There are several tours on Pari Island. One of which is
going around Pari Island by riding a bicycle or walking
while enjoying the surrounding Pari island with its natural
forest and beach. The most favorite activity among tourist
is diving because Pari Island has coral reef which is rarely
touched. Besides that there is fish surrounding the coral
reef which makes you want to dive longer. The thing that
surely makes you want to be back again to Pari Island is
Matahari hill. From the hill, you can witness the sunrise.
One of favorite access to Pari island is through Jakarta
land transportation. From Muara Angke near Muara
Angke gas station, there are a two-floor wooden motorboat
which is ready to take tourists across the island. If you
start from Muara Angke on Monday to Sunday, the boat
leaves around 7 a.m. The one-way ticket from Muara
Angke to Pari Island is Rp. 35,000. It takes around 2 hours.
If tourists want to return from Pari Island on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, there is an afternoon boat which
leaves at 11.00 Western Indonesian Time. We suggest you to
bring food, beverage and medicine toprevent sea sick. If
you wanto to enjoy your crossing trip to Pari island with
luxurious facility, you can go from Marina Ancol. From
the 6th dock of Marina Ancol, you can use a speedboat. It
only takes 50 minutes. The speedboat has luxurious facility
such as air conditioner, TV and Karaoke.
until Rp. 700,000 per night. Each homestay can
accommodate around 7 until 15 persons. And it is always
fully-booked on weekend. On Pari Island, there is no street
name. You only have to remember the number of the house.
There is no Hotel on Pari island, only homestay. Some local
people also build special homestay which is separated from
their home. These homestays are facilitated with Air
Conditioner, TV, refrigerator and indoor bathroom. The room
rate at the home stay is not fixed. It can be negotiable. Usually,
it is customized with the number of people who will stay. But
it’s usually around Rp. 500,000.
On Pari Island, you do not have to be afraid of getting
starving, because there are many stalls on this island. The
stalls open since morning to serve breakfast for the guests.
These stalls are ready to spoil your tongue and stomach. The
food price is relatively cheap. The special culinary on Pari
Island is certainly the grilled fish. Because on Pari Island there
is no bank, or ATM, so you have to prepare cash money. For
communication, you don’t have to worry, because the area is
accessible for any telecommunication providers, even you can
access the internet fast. For souvenir, you can buy seaweed
kickshaw, fruit kickshaw, bread fruit chips and pickled squid
which you can buy on Pari Island. You can also buy various
handicrafts made of shell.
4. Tidung island
Pulau Tidung is located relatively close to the capital city
of Jakarta, that you wouldn’t have to spend unnecessary time
and money just trying to get there. For Jakarta-dwellers
looking for a simple and affordable weekend getaway – hop on
a boat and see if Pulau Tidung isn’t exactly what you’re
looking for. Tidung offers secluded beaches, starry nights and
an amiable community, just a stone’s throw away from the
capital. And unlike Puncak or Bandung, you won’t have to
battle with the traffic either.
Pulau Tidung is the largest and one of the most populous
islands in the Thousand Islands district. The Thousand Islands
are a chain of small islands that stretch about 45 kilometres
into the Java Sea, the closest being barely a few kilometres off
the north coast of Jakarta. Contrary to its name, the Thousand
Islands in reality are made up of only 110 islands, and form
Jakarta’s only regency. This also makes Jakarta the only
capital city in the world that consists of over a hundred
islands!
In 2002, the entire area of land and sea was designated by the
Ministry of Agriculture as the Marine National Park. Two of
these islands prohibit public access and are used for the
conservation of sea turtles. The Thousand Island district houses
over 300 reef platforms and 700 individual reefs. According to
a decree, 36 of the islands may be used for tourism and
recreation, but only thirteen of which have until now been
developed. The rest are either privately owned or uninhabited.
Pulau Tidung itself is divided into two islands. Pulau Tidung
Besar, Greater Tidung Island, and Pulau Tidung Kecil, Smaller
Tidung Island.
Tidung Island is only about 200-meter wide and 5-kilometre long,
and is home to about 4,000 inhabitants. The slim width of the
land gives Tidung an interestingly unique shape. A sliver of an
island, split by a single, small road; nothing to your left or right
but beautiful stretches of sandy, white beaches and clear blue
waters surrounding the entire coast of the island. Tidung waters
are quite shallow, and almost over grown with coral reefs
thriving just inches below the surface of the water. The reefs are
in excellent condition and are teeming with a colourful collection
of tropical fish and exotic sea creatures. If you stop to think
about it, it’s almost unbelievable considering Tidung is barely 30
kilometers off the Java mainland, and is technically part of
Jakarta!
Tidung is not as developed as some of the other islands in the
district, meaning that it is less commercial and noticeably
cheaper. Tourism on Tidung island prides itself in being
extremely community-based and is operated solely by the locals
of the island, giving it a more down-to-earth and laid-back
atmosphere. Accommodations on Tidung are in fact people’s
homes that have been decorated and air-conditioned and
transformed into a sort of homestay, suitable to accommodate the
island’s visitors. While very simple, rooms are clean, comfortable,
and a pleasant break from Tidung’s more pricey counterparts.
The smaller Tidung Island is for the most part, a breeding area
for mangroves. The mangroves are planted once a year, and in
time are destined to be part of a “mangrove tour.” Although
small, Tidung Kecil proudly exhibits its own display of
magnificent, deserted beaches coupled with lush vegetation and
exotic flora. Tidung Kecil can still be explored by foot or wheel,
though much of the path is overgrown with shrubs and greenery.
For the more adventurous visitors, Tidung Kecil has also been
used for camping since the building of the bridge.
There are several theories as to where Pulau Tidung got its name.
The Indonesian word, tidung means shelter. In the past, the island
was often used as a place of refuge from pirates, which is one of the
possible origins of its name. An old history book, published in the
1960s or 1970s tells of a time when the Portuguese invaded
Malacca.
Prince Fatahillah used the islands of Jakarta Bay as the base for
his strategy, one of which was Tidung island. The island’s name is
also associated with the Tidung-Tidung Tribe, of the ancient
Kingdom of Tarakan in East Kalimantan. After suffering a defeat
in battle, the Commander of the Tarakan tribe and his family were
exiled to the Thousand Islands region, to the island now known as
Pulau Tidung. According to local residents, Tidung has been
inhabited since around 1920.
In 1986, electricity first came to the island and Tidung began to
advance. The majority of the population had made their livelihood
as fishermen, but soon began to progress into cultivation of natural
resources and working towards preserving the environment. The
island later evolved again towards the development of tourism.
Today, Pulau Tidung is the center of the South Thousand Islands
sub-district, and is in charge of three other island settlements in
the area.
5. Semak daun island
Semak Daun Island is a cay located in the Thousand
Islands cluster (Kepulauan Seribu), Jakarta,
Indonesia. This island is only inhabited by a family
and nothing more. The shallow crystal water and
white sands beach surrounding the island are very
worth to see. The visitors usually do some beach
activities, such as swimming or sunbatching along the
tranquil white sands beach.
The picture above shows you how tranquil the island
is. With a shallow sea water level surrounding the
island, you can even walk from Semak Daun Island
to the nearest island. It is very peaceful when you are
standing on the sea between two islands while feeling
the breeze blowing over.
Location: Semak Daun Island is located in the cluster
of Thousand Islands. It is 2 – 3,5 hours north trip from
Jakarta to Pramuka Island (before continuing to
Semak Daun Island) depending on which kind of
transportation you use, by a cheapest yet slower
regular boat or faster yet more expensive speedboat.
6. sepa island
It is a resort that supported by the island beautiful
landscape environment, for facilities of the luxuries traditional
style cottages, crystal clear water, white sandy absolutely non
pollution beach.It is an experience for you and your family or
even to your business , ride the jetsky in the crystal clear water,
swim in the extra large with white dust beach to the club house
and the children playground, enjoy the exciting fishing spot
with a traditional or a modern fishing boat It is a perfect and a
complete hide away from the daily hustle bustle of city life good
beach with white sandy, The Sepa Island Resort is located
strategically in the thousand island, which is only one and a
half hour exciting ride (+ 100 km) from the Marina Ancol –
Jakarta Bay by speed boat.only 90 minutes from Marina
harbour-Ancol.
Facilities :
Accomodation by cottage with 6 types, type of Penyu A-B,
Penyu 1-10, Kakap, Hiu, Flipper and Gurita. Restorant, Multi
function Building, dive/snorkeling shop, souvenir shop, Clinic.
