Batakan Beach, Beaches in South Borneo

Batakan beach town located south Pelaihari. Although it looks new, the beach is quite crowded when visited by tourists on weekends and other holidays. You can perform activities associated with beach such as sunbathing, swimming and playing beach volleyball as well as rental boats and motors that can be used for horses along the beach. You can feel all the activities before you go from this beach.

Batakan beach in South Borneo Province. Be within 104 km from Banjarmasin and within 40 Km from Pelaihari. You can go to the beach using a private vehicle or public transportation.
Are relatively easy to achieve because the road conditions are good enough. Although the way down and winding up but presents beautiful natural scenery in the form of rows of verdant hills, the yellow rice field, and the fishing village located on the waterfront.

For those of you who like the culture of the region, there is a ritual performed every year. In July or August every year, held a ritual to get the blessing and salvation for the fishermen who performed in Papadangan, a place which is 1.5 km from the coast Batakan.

There are islands that can be visited from here. Datu is the island which lies off the coast. Many people come to the island to visit the tomb of Datu Pamulutan, a scholar in his day catch birds with sap. There are huts, shelters and stalls that can be used to wait for sunset at the time of the afternoon until the evening.
You also can rent a motor boat for fishing provided. This place was also a fishing spot in this area because there are different kinds of fish.

In coastal areas there is a market, shops, and stalls that provide a variety of needs such as food, beverages and so forth, and even fishing equipment is also available here.
For lodging, you can stay in hotels, cottages, guesthouses and homestays are located in areas around the coast. Or you want to be closer to nature, you can camp in the area of ​​available land is vast and safe camp.

source :
Nisrina Lubis. FULL Traveling YUK!. Yogyakarta: DIVA Press
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