Lampuuk beach located on the west coast of Aceh precisely in Meunasah Mosque, Lhoknga, Aceh Besar, Aceh. The beach is on track Calang Banda Aceh (Aceh Jaya), or approximately 20km from the city of Banda Aceh.
To go to the beach which is directly facing the Indian Ocean it was rather difficult. Because there is no public transport to get here. So the only way is to use a private vehicle with a travel time of approximately half an hour towards Meulaboh.
Relax, the condition of the road leading to the beach is very nice. This may be due to the rehabilitation of infrastructure, especially roads in Aceh following the 2004 tsunami tragedy. Understandably, this location is one of the worst hit by a huge wave of Tsunami.
During
the tsunami, the beach is located approximately 15 kilometers from
Banda Aceh, including that suffered considerable damage. The hotels are located on the waterfront and in the surrounding residential areas were destroyed large wave slammed.More than half of the population died in the disaster Lampuuk. The
trauma of the tsunami threat made people reluctant to come to this
beach, in addition to the many pine trees were uprooted and the rest of
the tsunami debris. It is time to make this beach closed to tourism activity.
PLampuuk beach once referred to as '' Kuta '' - its Aceh. The position of beaches stretching from north to south. At the end of the beach, there is also a cliff. Often used as an arena cliff climbing community nature lovers.In addition, the beach can be used as an arena for surfing while adrenaline. Therefore, the waves were quite large and friendly for surfing. At the beach, tourists can swim, sunbathing, sailing, surfing, and fishing and diving.
However, gradually this beach was recovered. Approximately one year after the tsunami, the tourism activity on this beach was again crowded. In the process of rehabilitation and reconstruction following the tsunami, Lampuuk beach management is integrated with several other attractions in Aceh, like Pulau Weh, Fresh Sea Lake, and Takengon Highlands.
This is a positive influence on the efforts to restore the image as a prime tourist spot Lampuuk Beach Aceh. Not
only local tourists, many NGO activists and foreign volunteers who
stopped to tour the coast, especially surfing, also boost the popularity
of this beach. Currently, Lampuuk beach tourism can be said to have recovered to pre-tsunami.There
are four incoming lines that can be passed by the visitors to go to a
different beach sections, namely Babah One, Babah Dua, Babah Three, and
Four Babah. Each entrance named sequentially in the position, from the southernmost to the northernmost.
Traversed the path that many local visitors generally are Babah Babah One and Two. Foreign tourists usually come from Babah Three lanes. This location is normally used for surfing or simply relax on summer vacation.
In addition to enjoying the beach and sea, generally visitors come for surfing (surf). Therefore, the waves were quite large but friendly enough for surfing. Banana boating and other water sports are also so coveted visitors while here. In coastal areas, there is also a golf course seulawah background of the waves. In the afternoon, the beach looks more beautiful and full of charm
with beautiful sunset so as to give an unforgettable pleasure.
For matters of the stomach, many stalls offering seafood dishes there. The grilled fish such as grouper, Rambe fish, squid, shrimp are suitable to be enjoyed as a lunch dish. But before trying should inquire in advance about the price at every
kiosk selling food, especially for a traveler with a thin budget.
Where as if you want to stay at this Lampuuk beach, there is a very unique inn at the end of the beach. From a distance it just looks a high cliff, but when approached terlihatlah an inn located on the edge of a cliff. His name is Joel's bungalow, very unique because of the location of the lodgings located on a cliff top. In addition there are also below the bungalows in the middle of a small lagoon. But unfortunately, when we visited there was not time to wonder about the price and the facilities of Joel's bungalow.
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