Ngurtafur Beach
For you travelers who already have a plan to spend your vacation in Southeast Maluku, you will have to stop by at Ngurtafur Beach. The beach which is touted as a paradise in the world after Raja Ampat is busy being discussed on social media. Maluku is a province that offers a lot of natural beauty. One of them is Ngurtafur Beach, located on Warbal Island, Kei Islands, Southeast Maluku.
This beach also has a feature that is not on the other coast, which is a stretch of white sand and extends 2 kilometers from the edge of Warbal Island towards the sea with a width of about 7 meters. In addition to its beautiful beaches, Ngurtafur also has embossed sand that extends extensively to the middle of the sea that you can only reach on foot.
Not only unique, but this beach is also crowded with tourists because you can feel walking on the blue sea and on beautiful and beautiful white sand with a distance of up to 2 km away. One of the other features presented by Ngurtafur Beach is the presence of many pelicans in this coastal region.
At Ngurtafur Beach, in Maluku, you can also meet with one of the characters who are in the movie ‘Finding Nemo’, namely Pelikan Bird. Besides enjoying the beauty of Ngurtafur Beach, you can also do other fun activities such as swimming, running along the beach, snorkeling, peeping at dozens of pelicans, meeting leatherback turtles or ‘Tabob‘.
Leatherback turtle itself is a rare and protected species of sea turtle. Its presence in the coastal area is protected and has a captivity managed by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Soft white sand, blue and clear sea water complete with thousands of exotic coral reefs, and not to forget the beautiful fish that run around is a real picture of Ngurtafur Beach.
Ngurtafur Beach itself can be said to be a relatively new beach. And thanks to its appearance on social media, this beach has now risen and made many tourist curious to be able to set foot on this Ngurtafur Beach. Ngurtafur Beach is a beautiful beach located on Warbal Island, Southeast Maluku Regency. To get to this place, you can use air transportation to get to the Tual region. From the airport in the city of Tual, your traveling can proceed to Debut Harbor.
From Debut Port, you can go directly to Ngurtafur Beach by renting a motorized boat. Rental costs vary depending on the agreement. Usually the rental price is around Rp. 700,000 – up to Rp. 1,000,000 – for round trip (PP) with the capacity of the ship to carry as many as fifteen passengers with a travel time of about one and a half hours drive. The price above is not a benchmark price, if you is good at bidding, then it might be possible to get a lower price.
TOURISM TIPS
- To get to the Kei Islands, you have to take a flight from Ambon to Tual with a distance of approximately 1.5 hours.
- If you want to go to Ngurtafur beach, you should rent a motorboat from Debut Port and will be charged a fee of Rp700,000 to Rp1 million for round-trip fares, and this boat can accommodate a capacity of 15 people.
- Don’t forget to bring your own food if you want to visit Ngurtafur Beach, because here you don’t have a restaurant or even a place to eat in the surrounding area.
- If you want to stay overnight, look for lodging that is close to the Ngurbloat Beach area or Ngursamadan Beach and you can only spend IDR 150,000 per night.
- List of lodging that you can contact around Ngurtafur Beach, Homestay Evalin at Ngurbloat Beach, Ngilngof then Philips Homestay on Ngursamadan Beach, Ohoililir and the last one you can try to stay at the same Coaster Cottage located at Ngursamadan, Oholilir.
AMENITIES
- Ngurtafur Beach is not widely known by the public. The best time to visit this beach is April to May and between October and December. This is because between the months the weather is relatively bright and the waves on the beach also tend to be calm.
- If you are going to visit here, don’t forget to bring food and drinks, because you will not find food stalls in this beach area. But if you want to stay overnight, you can visit some of the lodgings around the Ngurbloat Beach area.
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