Other Beachs

Siung Beach
Siung Beach is located in Purwodadi Village Tepus Sub-district, about 35 km from Wonosari. Its typical characteristic is the cliffs surrounding the beach with the beautiful scenery. Such condition allows this location to be used for rock climbing and according to a research. Siung Beach has + 250 climb ways so that it is called as a ‘heaven’ for climbers. In this area ever to organize Asian Climbing Gathering followed by 80 participants from 15 Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Japan, China, Thailan, etc. The facilities are small building as a meeting hall, a Fish Public Sale Center, and some restaurants. There is an asphalt road until the beach.



Wediombo Beach
Wediombo Beach is located in Jepitu village, Girisubo sub-district, about 40 km on the south east of Wonosari City. It is a natural beach with beautiful scenery because it is a bay, which slopes gently to the sea and it looks amazing because in such open space tourists can enjoy perfect sunset scenery or doing activities like fishing. In particular times, there are many Panjo fishes appear along the beach. Cultural traditional activities performed annually is “Ngalangi” ceremony, which is a ceremony of catching – fish procession by using gawar made of mawar tree’s root as a net, which is staked from the Kedungwok hill and pulled together into the sea by local people. About 1,5 km to the east theree is Gremeng Beach, Jungwok Beach, and Kalong Island (a small island inhabited by thousands of kalong or bats). Some small hills on the north are expecting tourist visits with their natural quietness.



Sadeng Beach
Sadeng Beach lies on the east end of the beach range in Gunungkidul Regency, known as a nationally fishing ship landing berth and a harbour. Located in Songbanyu and Pocung village, Girisubo sub-district about 50 km from Wonosari, Sadeng Beach is potential with its sea shrimps/lobster and tuna fish exported abroad. Fresh fish and seafood can also be found here. In the journey before we reach Sadeng Beach, tourists can also enjuoy the view of Suling Lake, a valley believed as the down stream of the old Bengawan Solo River, with a beautiful scenery and cool air. In this location, tourists can do activities such as tracking. The facilities available here are a meeting hall and some restaurants.



Ngrenehan Beach
Ngrenehan Beach is located at Kanigoro village, Saptosari sub-district, about 30 km at the south of Wonosari city. This beach is a bay tha surrounded by karst hills and amazing panorama with the sea waves struck white sand. Visitors could see the fisherman’s activities and get various fried/grill fishes as souvenirs. Still of the same region about 1 km on the west of Ngrenehan Beach, there are Ngobaran and Nguyahan beaches. Every month when full moon time, Hindu people do Melasty ceremony at Ngobaran beach.

Special Interest Tourism Objects

Wonosadi Forest and Gunung Gambar
Wonosadi Forest and Gunung Gambar are natural tourism objects, which are located closely to each other and in particular times, together inboth areas, the local society organize Sadranan Traditional Ceremony.
Wonosadi Forest is located on the mountain side between two areas, which are Duren and Sidorejo, Beji Village, Ngawen Sub-district, about 18 km from Wonosari. This forest is very rich with rare trees, and well taken of. While Gambar Mountain is a spiritual tourism object located in Jurangjero Village, Ngawen Sub-district. It lies about 200 m above sea level, so from its peak we can enjoy the beauty of Jombor Swamp in Klaten Regency and Gajah Mungkur Paunch in Wonogiri Regency.
Gambar Mountains is a hermitage place of Raden Mas Said or Samber Nyawa Prince during the war against Dutch. In this place sat on a stone (Watu Kong) which still exists in Gunung Gambar until now, to plan strategies to fight Dutch and then became the king of Surakarta Royal Palace (Mangkunegara) and was surnamed as KGPAA Mangkunegara the first.
There is a very interesting art performance in this area, the so called ”RINDING GUMBENG”. It is a traditional music instrument made of simple small bamboo, but when it is played, a beautiful unique soft sound will be produced. So many tourists are interested in this Rinding Gumbeng Music.



Pegunungan Sewu Karst Area
Gunungkidul Regency has topography, which are mountains and karst landscape formed by limestone dissolubility process. It is known as Pegunungan Sewu Karst Area extends from Gunungkidul, Wonogiri to Pacitan Regency.
Gunungkidul Regency has Karst Area of 13.000 km2. The landscape of Gunungkidul Karst Area is unique and characterized by phenomena on the surface (eksokarst) and under the surface (endokarst).
On the surface phenomena shows positive shapes, lika : Karst limestone about 40.000 conical limestones. The negative shapes are like Karst valleys and Karst ponds.
Under the surface phenomena includes Karst caves with their stalactities and stalagmites, and all underground rivers. In the year of 1993, The International Union of Speleology proposed Pegunungan Sewu Karst Area as one of the world natural heritages, because of its ecosystem uniqueness.
This becomes Gunungkidul Regency’s advantege to develop tourism through the management of its potentials with the principal of sustainable tourism development. On December 6th, 2004 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (the president of Indonesia) announced Gunung Sewu and Gombang Selatan as Eco Karst Area.
Karst Tourism Resource in Gunungkidul Regency has many varieties and has its own uniqueness and also high scientific values including its white sand beaches developed as mass tourisms, adventure tourism (Siung Beach, Seropan, and Watu Gupit), cave tracking (Cerme, Seropan, Bribin, Grubug, Jomblang, and Kalisuci), historical and religious tourism (Rancang Kencono Cave, Braholo Cave and Maria Tritis Cave).



Bunder Rest Area
Bunder Rest Area is an area with a meeting hall building, which is facilitated by 300 watts electricity power, a small mosque, fresh water, lavatories, a wide parking area, and a children play yard. Located in Playen Sub-district, on Yogyakarta Wonosari street side or 30 km from Yogyakarta, Bunder Rest Area is a strategic place to come by and stop over for the tourists who want to make a visit to Gunungkidul Regency. This place is a part of Bunder Forest and Wanagama Forest area. In Bunder Forest area, beside a rest area, we can also find other interesting objects such as a plantation and distillation of cajuput oil, natural silkworm breeding, deer breeding, Sendang Mole, and also a comfortable camping ground suitable for outbound activities. While Wanagama Forest, often called Education Forest, is officially managed by Forestry Faculty of Gadjah Mada University of Yogyakarta. This 600 Ha forest is an artificial forest and is established as a model pattern to develop a multifunction forest expecially to overcome unfertile soil and reforestation. There is also a unique and interesting wood museum in Wanagama Forest area, which collect various kinds of antique rare wood instruments in various kinds and size. There is Oya River on the west side, which increases the coolness of Bunder Rest Area.


Beton and Simo Dams
Beton and Simo Dame are interesting water tourism objects. Beton Dam is located in Umbulrejo Village, Ponjong Sub-district, while Simo Dams is located in Genjahan Village, Ponjong Sub-district. The facilities can be found in this location is fishing area and restaurants serving various kinds of delicious fresh water fish cooking.

Cultural and Historical Tourism

Kembang Lampir Pilgrimage
Among the historical heritage in Gunungkidul regency, among others : fossils, statues, lapak stones, temples, caves, pilgrimage, ancient house etc. Kembang lampir is one of them. It is a pilgrimage tourism located at Girisekar village, Panggang sub-district, Gunungkidul regency and until now it is well taken care of condition.

Gumbirowati Site
This rest house is located in Watugajah Cluster of Village, Girijati Village, Purwosari sub-district. According to FDK BOSCH, this building was built in 16th century. Based on its environment in form of sea and hills, this rest house is estimated to have the function not only as a resting place, but also have the philosophical and spiritual function.

Sokoliman Megalitic Site
It is located in Karangmojo sub-district, about 9 km from Wonosari exactly in Sokoliman II, Bejiharjo Village. In this site were found some prehistoric inheritances from Megalithic era, which are Menhir, burial stone coffins, iron tools, beads, etc.

Tourism Atraction

Puppets
Based on how to play and the story, in Gunungkidul Regency there are three kinds of puppet show, which are ‘leather puppets’ (wayang kulit), Wayang Orang, and Wayang Beber. The only wayang beber in Gunungkidul exists in Gelaran Cluster of Village Bejiharjo Village Karangmojo Sub-district.

Reog
One of the traditional art performances in Gunungkidul Regency is reog, which is a kind of folk art based on panji story and is usually played by more than 10 people, consisting of Bancak and Doyok (in Gunungkidul is well know as Penthul and Tembem), Udeng Gilik soldiers, Kepang Horse soldiers, Penongsong and the soldiers, with the accompany of kendang/dhodok, kecrek and angklung music.

Campursari
Campursari is a kind of music originated from Gunungkidul Regency. This music is popularized by manthous (a campursari song writer and a singer from Playen Sub-district). This music is a mix between traditional and modern music with different tones, which are pentatonic (karawitan) and diatonic.

Tayub
One of the traditional art performances, which become the thypical characteristic of Gunungkidul Regency, is tayub. It performs female dancer (called ledhek) with gamelan music accompanying their dancing to entertain the audience with the dancing and invite the to dance. Tayup is presented in custom ceremonies as a media to pray to God for safety, soil fertility, the coming of rain, and to express our gratitude to God the Almighty.

Kethek Ogleng
Kethek Ogleng is a folk dance to entertain the society, performed after the harvest time. This story is based on panji story with the theme of a love story between Kethek Ogleng and Endang Loro Tompe.

SEVEN BEACHES OF THE SAME REGIONSEVEN BEACHES OF THE SAME REGION

Baron Beach, Kukup Beach, Sepanjang Beach, Drini Beach, Krakal Beach, Slili and Ngandong Beach, Sundak Beach

Gunungkidul Regency has special tourism object, which are beach nature tourism object, as many as + 46 beaches, ranges as long as 70 km away on the south of Gunungkidul Regency starting from the west side to the east side, including one area, which consists of seven beaches that lie close together. The seven beaches are located in Tanjungsari and Tepus Sub-district, as far as 23-31 km and takes about 30 minutes journey from Wonosari City (the capital of Gunungkidul Regency). Beside their natural condition, each of the beaches has their own characteristics and uniqueness, which are :
1. Baron Beach
Baron Beach acts as a gate to enter the Beach Tourism Object area. This beach is surrounded by limestone hills, with a path on it, where tourists can enjoy the beauty of the vast and typical sea. On the west there is a mouth of underground river (fresh water), so that there is a place where salt-water and fresh water meet. The special characteristic of Baron Beach is the plenty of various kinds of fresh fish and also seafood (fried, roasted, and steamed fish), including the special menu in Baron Beach, called Kakap fish soup with various prices. The fishermen societies organize a sea offering ceremony every Syuro month in Javanese calendar. This ceremony is held to express their gratitude to the God for the abundant fish and for the welfare in fishing. The facilities can be found in Baron Beach among others are medium-class hotels, restaurants, souvenirs kiosks, and also open stage for the tourism attractions on special events, a joglo open meeting hall and a Fish Public-Sale Center.

2. Kukup Beach
Kukup Beach is a beautiful large wiht sands beach. We can find various kind of colorful sea fishes sold by some trader along the beach or we can see them in the Sea Aquarium nearby. There is also a coral isle with a view post to enjoy the beauty of the sea. The facilities in Kukup Beach among other area meeting hall, tourism cottage, medium-class hotels, restaurant, souvenir kiosks, trader, seafood kiosks and fruit sellers. Fishermen societies also organize sea offering ceremony at the same time as the fishermen societies in Baron Beach.

3. Sepanjang Beach
Sepanjang Beach lies about 1 km on the east of Kukup Beach. Sepanjang Beach is a natural conservation beach because in certain time turtles use this beach for producing eggs.

4. Drini Beach
Drini Beach is a traditional fishermen harbor and a Fish Public Sale Center. There is also a coral isle. There are many Drini trees, which are believed can be used to avoid poisonous snakes. The facilities can be found in Drini Beach are traditional food and seafood restaurants.

5. Krakal Beach
Krakal Beach is a large and the longest beach among the other 7 beaches (of the same region) and lies about 2 km on the east of Drini Beach. The white sand sparkling along the beach is very ideal for tourists who want to enjoy the sea scenery while jogging or swimming in the sea and finding sea fishes with small nets sold nearby. On particular times there are tourism attractions on an open stage on the beach. The facilities can be found are medium-class hotels and also restaurants.



6. Slili and Ngandong Beaches.
Slili and Ngandong Beaches are very close beaches. Even they can be said as two become one beach + 500 m to the east we can see Sundak Beach. Slili Beach is also called “Watu Lawang” because there is an isle with a tunnel lika a door (lawang Javanese). Ngandong Beach also has its own beauty. Besides its natural condition, tours can do activities such as fishing, tracking from Slili to Sundak Beach, and also watching fishermen farmers finding seaweed around the beach. The facilities are a Fish Public Sale Center, a community off road’s rest hous called “CRAB RESORT” with a typical and nice building, and also mini off-road facility. Both beaches are very suitable for relaxing and weekend.

7. Sundak Beach
Sundak Beach is a beautiful beach. Besides its white sand, Sundak Beach also has many sea pandan trees along the beach, increasing the beach coolness. Not far from the beach, there is a fresh water source in a small cave, and is used by the nearby people to supply their drinking water. Beside its cool place, the beach is very suitable as a camping ground. The facilities are a small meeting hall, an open stage and also restaurants.