Mangrove tourism in Indonesia is a great choice to fill your leisure time because in the mangrove forest you can feel the jungle tour as well as water tourism. Mangrove forest tourism is a natural tourism that will increase awareness of maintaining the forest, especially mangrove forests, considering today mangrove forest in Indonesia is starting to decrease.
Mangrove forests are also known as mangrove forests, these mangrove plants live in brackish water and on the edge of sea water. Mangrove forest is helping to reduce the occurrence of sea water erosion by land.
For Indonesia, mangrove forest is very important because Indonesia is an archipelagic country that has a long coastline. In past Indonesia has many mangrove forests that grow naturally and some of them are used as tourist attractions.
The capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta getting hot because it has a lot of densely populated housing, various skyscrapers, and an increasingly moldy industry everywhere.
But not all places in the city of Jakarta is hot because you can enjoy the green area in Pantai Indah Kapuk, Muara Angke, North Jakarta. This place has a very clean and cool air, in addition, you will do some activities, such as climbing the bamboo bridges along the forest or planting the mangroves.
Your journey will begin by trekking the long corridor at the edge of the mangrove forest. After walking around the edge of the forest, it’s time for you to board a boat or canoe. On the boat, you will see the fish in the waters and you will also see the flying birds and the storks.
After relaxing on a boat while circling the lake, you will be taught by the officers there about how to plant mangroves in a correct way. When you are tired of rowing the boat and planting crops, you will be directed to one of the corners of the tower. Arriving at the tower you will enjoy a beautiful sunset from the high altitude. Not only the sunset, you will see a bunch of birds floating accompanied by the smell of fresh mangrove trees.
Your moments during the mangrove forest Pantai Indah Kapok dear if wasted away without taking some catapult from the camera phone. But there is a charge for those of you who have brought a professional camera which is 1 million rupiah. If you are tired but not yet satisfied with the mangrove forest, you can spend the night in Mangrove Forest Pantai Indah Kapuk.
In addition to Jakarta, Jogja also has Mangrove Kulon Progo. Almost the same as Mangrove Forest Pantai Indah Kapuk, when entering the forest you will walk up the bamboo bridge. When walking on a bamboo bridge you will feel closer to the mangrove trees if you bend down the mangrove waters you will see aquatic biotas, such as crabs and snails.
Walk a little further to the south you will find Sand Beach Kadilangu but this beach is very dangerous because the contours of the land are not flat. If you have seen the beauty of the waves beach you can reverse direction to go to the Love Bridge made of bamboo and heart shaped.
Not far from there you will see the Tower of Pandang which is quite similar to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, only made from bamboo and smaller size. At the end of the tower, there is also a small red and white flag that appears to be fluttering in the wind.
Not far from the Bridge of Love and the Tower of Pandang there is a very exotic cave. Before you enter the cave, you will see interesting writings and there is a swing that can be climbed if you want to relax for a moment. When you enter, the beautiful shades of the leaves will pamper your eyes and the fresh mangrove aroma also directly into your nose.
Out of the cave, you will pass the Jembatan Api Api that has two different paths for outgoing and incoming access. If you look down, you will see thousands of shrimp swim back and forth because under this bridge is a pond for shrimps.
This mangrove tour in Indonesia will be fun and make you feel the beauty of mangrove forest in your heart.