Bungus Beach, A Best Place to Relax

By Amatovani

Padang City as the capital of West Sumatra’s province, Indonesia is covered by the ocean. Along the coastal of Sumatra Island, the beach here is full of white sand and still natural. Many of them is untouchable, not managed professionally and let it as it is. In one side it is good where the beach becomes natural and genuine then. In other side, there is a beach with full of leaf garbage or etc scattered in the side of the beach. One of the natural and genuine beach is Bungus Beach.

Bungus beach is a natural and genuine beach. It is quite wonderful surrounded by hill. The beach is located in Padang City, West Sumatra’s Province, Indonesia. The wave here is quite friendly. The tide is normal. The beach is famous for white sand beach with benign water. What makes the beach’s wave is small is because of surrounded by hill. So when the big wave comes, it has been split.

Bungus beach is located in the district of Pasar Kalaban, Bungus Teluk Kabung, Padang. It is one hour drive from the governor’s office of West Sumatra’s province. Most of the society here is fishermen. They are very warm for visitors. Many tourists stopped by here for a couple of days to enjoy the naturality of the beach and the opportunity to socialize with the society.

There are many losmen or motel here with the friendly and cheap price. If you need info about the losmen or motel there you can contact or email me for your reference at uranglai_padang@yahoo.com or you can contact your guide operator. There are many types of losmen you can choose. Besides losmen, there is also hotel here.

Normally visitors spend a couple of days to enjoy their time here. The wind is cool and the weather is warm. In the side of the beach, many big trees grow. You can sit under the tree while reading a book plus enjoying the wind and the fascinating scenery in the ocean. There is also café here. You can also do walking or trekking from Bungus beach to Caroline beach which is around fifteen minute to walk.

There are many activities you can do here. You can do canoeing, swimming, snorkeling, fishing. If you want to know the society culture around you can come and visit the society art show like martial art, Randai, Rebab, etc organized by the head of the clan or the head of the villagers. It is a good place to pour down your idea as well. It is quite comfort to write or even to paint.

You can also visit the nearest island like Sikuai Island, Pagang Island, Pisang Island, Cubadak Island, Snake Island or Mentawai Island. You can go to this island by hiring the boat. In these islands, you can do camping or stay in the motel there. You can bake fish or corn in the night. Especially to Pagang Island, you can hire the boat from bungus beach. Prevoiously the price for hiring the boat is around two thousand rupiah (Indonesian currency). You can contact your nearest losmen owner or motel. They will provide you the boat. Most of these islands are tranquil. It is far from the society. It is special for tourist. To enjoy and relax their mind and soul.

How To Get There

It is around one hour drive from Minangkabau airport, West Sumatera’s province Indonesia. If you have booked the hotel or losmen, you can directly go to the Bungus Beach from Minagkabau airport. You can hire a taxi to go there or your hotel near the Bungus beach. If you stay in your hotel in the city you can hire a taxi or you can go on by public transportation. If you want to go with public transportation, you can get on ELF Car from Pasar Raya Padang or near Pasar Raya Plaza. The fare is five thousand rupiah. It just takes around sixty minutes. It is quite cheap if you go with public transportation. On the way to Bungus Beach, you will be welcomed by wonderful scenery since you will pass trough the hill with the beach under the hill. There are also small and cute monkey in the side of the hills. Many people sometimes stopped by just to give peanut or banana to the monkey while taking a picture.

Wish you enjoy your stay in West Sumatra’s Province, Indonesia.