Bawean Island, With Its Stunning Underwater View until Its Endemic Animal

SURYA.co.id | GRESIK - Bawean Island is included in Kabupaten Gresik, East Java. This island also has easy access because it has its own airport, called Harun Tohir Bawean Airport.

This island has big potential to be the next Bali and Bunaken. The visitors used to get on a boat to reach there within 6-8 hours distance. Moreover, when the waves are huge, the schedule could be postponed until 4-5 days.

After the airport has been already constructed, the visitors could enjoy the charm of this island. And now is the perfect time for you to enjoy the exotic beach, flora, and fauna.

Excellence
Bawean Island is a group of islands. It is around 120 km from the eastern part of Kabupaten Gresik. With width around 196 meters square, this island provides extraordinary adventure.

All of its beaches are white sands beaches, including all the small islands around this island. You could see the best sunset view from every corner of this island. Moreover, this islands also provides the stunning underwater view with many snorkeling spots.

If you are bored with beach and sea, you could try to explore the land itself. This island consists of 2 kecamatan. They are Sangkapura and Tambak. In this island, there is an exotic freshwater lake that could change its color according to the season. There is a 10 meters waterfall, also.

In Bawean, there is an endemic animal. It is Axis Kuhli or known as Bawean Deer. Right now, the amount of Bawean Deer is estimated around 400 until 600  deers. Of course, you could see the deers conservation in this island.

Are you a food lover? Bawean is perfect for you. Bawean is famous for its seafood. You could try various kinds of seafood. The most famous seafood in Bawean is Bamboo Lobster. It is the most well-known local delicacy from Bawean. You could also try the fish cake, fish meatballs, and sambal  Bawean.

The unique fact from this island is that the majority of the resident is women. It is because many men work in Singapore or Malaysia. Men from Bawean is famous for being succeeded there.

Access
The access to go this island is pretty easy. If you are from Jakarta, you could go to Surabaya first.

With airfare around Rp 300.000, you could take an airplane to go to Bawean from Surabaya using Air Fast Indonesia Airplane with 12 to 18 passengers.

After you reach there, you should go to the best attractions in Bawean, such as:

The Peninsula
The most well-known peninsula in Bawean is Gaang or Gheén Peninsula. This place is a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water with beautiful coral reefs cliffs. This place is perfect for afternoon-stroll. You also could get aboard of local fishermen boats.

After taking boats, you could walk in above of the cliffs. These cliffs have a shape similar to a hill. You should search the best spot to see stunning sunset view from here.

The Lake
The only lake in Bawean is located in the middle of its island. It is called Lake Kastoba. It is located in Desa Paromaan Candi, Kecamatan Tambak. It is around 1.5 hours distance if you use Jalur Lingkar Bawean route. The location is on the hill, so you have to trek a little while after putting your vehicles in the parking lot.