Serangan Island was once a separate island from the city of Denpasar. Now there is a bridge so easy when there. There is no public transportation to this island so visitors should bring a personal vehicle, motorcycle, or taxis. The island is so one of the people to the streets and praying while Brass.
To reach the island attack must first pass a bridge and can be skipped if the tide is low. Beautiful scenery and natural spoil anyone visiting Serangan Island.
The afternoon sun in the attack still seems high and the sea seemed to recede. Passing through the entrance of Serangan island imposed a kind of levy, a thousand rupiah for the village custom. After the fork, if left going towards the fishing village, if the entry area to the right will BTID (Bali Turtle Island Development). Serangan Island now covers about 491 hectares, after the reclamation area of 379 hectares around 1997-1998. The plan area covering, it will be constructed development projects and tourism facilities.
Along the way to Serangan island will see lakes and spacious rooms on the left side of the road. While on the right side there are mangroves with behind it there is a pile of garbage. On the way to attack the island will pass Suwung landfills.
Not far from there, there will be directions toward the center of turtle conservation and turtle on Serangan Island. The closer to shore Serangan Island, a sort of time would split the road.
In addition to the land, to Serangan island can also be reached using the boat from Tanjung Benoa, Sanur or Suwung. The island is 10 km from Denpasar save a million beauty is captivating.
The word is derived from the word sira attack and angen which means missed or affection. It
is said that Bugis sailors who come to this place to stop and drink
water, they always feeling nostalgic thereafter. In
fact, many of them decided to stay and settle in Serangan Island
because of a sense of missed love that arise after they stopped to this
island.
Although
in mapping areas of the island is part of the city of Denpasar,
Serangan Island is quite close to Sanur, in the east coast of the island
of Bali. Road before the bridge was built. The island of Bali is only accessible by boat but now there is no
problem when you want to drive a vehicle to cross over to the island.
The attack is a low-lying topography with a sloping beach with the waves were not so great in fact almost like a lake. This is because the island attack hiding among Benoa bay and beaches in the southern part of Sanur in the northern part. Both bays that lead to the island's population of 3,500 inhabitants never hit by a big wave like the other beaches in Bali. They were hereditary exploit the sea for livelihood as a fisherman.
However, due to the reclamation which causes drastically reduced the beach area populated mostly turned-looking seaweed. They set off from the northern part of the village which is now not only crammed with outrigger boats but also yachts, phinisi even fishing boats. Around 3am is the best day for local fishermen to start the hunt looking for seaweed.
Although famous for its turtle conservation, attack also has a lot of seafood stalls which runs along the coast on the way to the temple Sakenan. Majority selling grilled fish and crab soup. You can also find small stalls selling snacks made from seaweed and shell fish.
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