Pangandaran Beach - West Java

Small mainland peninsula with a national park with beaches and stunning scenery to rival the beaches of Bali on the south coast of Java. Pangandaran is one of Java's best-kept secrets as far as international tourists are concerned, but has been extremely popular with locals for along, long time. A small fishing town, it possesses one of Java's finest beaches and Pangandaran Nature Reserve teems with wild buffalo, barking deer and monkeys. The people are very friendly, this combined with the idealize surroundings make this a great place to spend a few days relaxing island-style. Pangandaran is halfway between Bandung and Yogya, about 5 hours by bus from Bandung and 8 hours from Jakarta.

This is the second beach resort area on the Indian Ocean after Pelabuhan Ratu. The site is 223 from Bandung and 400km from Jakarta. The trip by car or bus is recommendable because the road conditions are good. However, if we prefer to take the train, get into Bandung-Yogyakarta Express train and get off at the Banjar railroad station about 4 hours later. From here it will be another 50 km by bus to Pangandaran. The beach is called Penanjung, where most of the cottages and hotels are located, however, of modest ratings. Nothing luxurious should be expected. Pangandaran is especially of interest to nature lovers, as there is a wildlife reserve in the vicinity where wild birds and other indigenous animals live about freely to be enjoyed by visitors. In Pangandaran visitors will like fine white beaches, blue ocean and fine seafood. Twelve kilometers before arriving at Pangandaran visitors will see a huge rock on the beach, which is called Karang Nini.

Another place of special interest for nature lovers is a forest Conservation Park, close to the camping ground, which has basic facilities suitable for the younger set. Somewhat further out, west of Pangandaran, driving 23 km on the way to Parigi, lays Batu Hiu, meaning Shark's Rock, a coastal rock that has the shark shape.

Beautiful Pangandaran Beach is a beach which located on the southern coast as well as by Asia Rooms is the best beach on the island of Java. This beach is located in the Village Pananjung, District Pangandaran with a distance of ± 92 km south of the West Java town of Ciamis.
Some features of this beach are:

• Able to see the sunrise and sunsets from the same place

• Sloping beach with clear water and the distance between the ups and downs are relatively long to allow us to swim safely

• There are beaches with white sand

• There are rescue teams coastal tourism

• The road is paved smooth environment with adequate street lighting

• There is a marine park with fish and marine life is fascinating.

• Place the landing of Japanese troops during World War II and therefore there still are some caves the Japanese army's defense was used as hiding places of Japanese soldiers who intended to attack the Dutch soldiers. 

Event tourism is usually held in Pangandaran Beach:

• Sea Ceremony, namely the ceremony conducted in Pangandaran fishermen as the embodiment of their gratitude to the Almighty God's mercy in a way melarung offerings to the sea. This event is usually held on every Muharram, with the East Coast took place in Pangandaran.

International Kite Festival (Pangandaran International Kite Festival) with a variety of supporting activities which we can see in every month of June or July.