Tanjung Aan Beach

Lombok island does have a myriad of awesome beach, especially in the south coast of the island of Lombok. One place that should be included in the list you are a tourist Lombok Tanjung Aan Beach, home of the Princess Mandalika. The beach is directly opposite the Indian Ocean, and has a coastline along approximately 2 Kilometers. One thing that is different when you step on the foot of Tanjung Aan, namely sand. Unlike other Lombok beach, sand Tanjung Aan round like pepper.

Tanjung Aan beach is very appropriate for those who like air-snorkling and swimming. Because the waves were fairly quiet with relatively shallow depths. If you forgot to bring your equipment, snorkeling equipment rental are available on the beach. By late afternoon sea levels will begin to rise, make Tanjung Aan Beach is a great place to surf.

Tanjung Aan beach is surrounded by several hills. You can easily reach the hill, if you want to see penamdangan Aan beautiful beach of height. Lombok travel around the coast, you will see some wooden umbrella with knitted straw as the roof. One way to enjoy the beach of Tanjung Aan is to lie under the umbrellas, while enjoying the coconut you can buy around the coast. You can also visit the row of restaurants that provide a wide variety of cuisines. You can try local cuisine menus, while enjoying the beauty of Tanjung Aan amazing.

As the holiday season, Tanjung Aan visited by domestic tourists. But if you visit in February, this beach will be full of tourists both from within and from abroad. Because the month there is a special event that is Ritual Bau Nyale. This ritual associated with the local community myths about Princess Mandalika, where the daughter jumped from the hill to avoid the pursuit of a prince who wanted mempersuntingnya. Furthermore, the myth says that Princess Mandalika reincarnated as "Nyale", or marine worms. after the "hunt", Nyale will be used as some kind of local cuisine."Nyale" itself is a term the local community for the type of marine worm that appeared at certain times in Tanjung Aan and some other places in Indonesia (Sumbawa, Maluku, and especially in Lombok). There are at least four species of Family Eunicidae Nyale, namely siciliensis Eunice, Eunice viridis, Licydice collaris, and also one species of Nyale Family Nereidae namely Dendronereides heteropoda. *)

Tanjung Aan beach on Lombok Island is located approximately 75 Kilometers from the city of Mataram, or about 3 Kilometers from Kuta Beach Lombok. If you use a private vehicle from Mataram, the road will you travel for approximately 1.5 hours. Route Mataram - Cakranegara - Kediri - Praya - Batunyale - Sengkol - Rambitan - Sade - last Kuta and Tanjung Aan. It is recommended that you hire a motorbike or car from Mataram. Because public transportation will waste your time and relatively hassle. After arriving at Tanjung Aan, make sure you take the time to visit the beaches in the vicinity. Such as Kuta Beach Lombok, Seger beach, and beach Selong Belanak.   

The beauty of Tanjung Aan, it seems not attract investors. On the beach there are no facilities whatsoever even a hotel or inn. If you want to enjoy the beach, tourists have stayed at Kuta Beach Lombok.

Tanjung Aan Mandalika Resort is located in the area, the village of Kuta, about 75 Km from Mataram, NTB Capital. His position is approximately 3 km from Kuta Beach, Central Lombok. If taken from Lombok International Airport, takes about 40 minutes to 1 hour.