Beaches of Belitung

Beaches of Belitung

            There are a lot of beaches in Belitung that have beautiful panorama. One of the beaches is Tanjung Tinggi beach. Tanjung Tinggi beach is a tourism place that is located in the island of Bangka Belitung in Tanjung Pandan region in West Belitung, Sumatera. The location is not far from Tanjung Kelayang and it’s only approximately 31 KM from Tanjung Pandan. This beach has 80 hectare area that can be reached in 45 minutes from Tanjung Pandan city.

            The beach that full of beauty has it’s own natural resource. Starting from the white sand, high cliffs, etc. You wouldn’t find any garbages in that beach. Tanjung Tinggi beach has hundres of high and huge granite stones and that makes this beach as a main tourism place. The meaning of the name Tanjung Tinggi beach is: Tanjung means peninsula, and Tinggi means high (the beach has a lot of high stones/cliffs).

            The beach that is located between the granite stones has very clear blue water . This beach once used as a shooting location of Laskar Pelangi (The Rainbow Troops). Visitors can do a lot of stuffs in this beach, like fishing around the granite stones, swimming, surfing, etc.

            There are a lot of beaches in Belitung. Beside Tanjung Tinggi beach, there’s Tanjung Kelayang beach. Tanjung Kelayang tourism is one of the tourism object that is located in Sijuk districk.       This place is always be the tourists’ favourite. The distance of Tanjung Kelayang from the center of the city is 27KM. There’s something interesting about this beach. You can see a stone of eagle head in the middle of the sea. It is the mascot of the Tanjung Kelayang beach. The location of the eagle head seem unique and interesting.