Glagah Indah Beach

It would feel a  bit incomplete to enjoy the relaxing and refreshing shore of Glagah without getting around on the tour boats. The ride in Glagah Indah Lagoon is a  real attraction for visitors especially on holidays. You can feel the hissing  waves and breeze on the boat, while beautiful shoreline gives the eyes some  kind of enjoyment as you observe your east and west.

The lagoon scenic view  is actually a small harbor for tour boats, which are ready to take  you  around to see how beautiful Glagah  Beach is. You can find  this lagoon as soon as you enter the tourism area. With streams heading for a nearby estuary, the lagoon splits the shore into two, namely the location in  which beach plants and grasses grow and the other location which consists of  sand dunes and borders with the sea. You can get across by boat to the sand  dunes area, which is not far from the estuary. Going around enjoying the beach  on the boat is really a moment  you will relish.

Both visitors and local people like to fish in this lagoon. But aside from that, there are 11  boats ready to add to tourists enjoyment on Glagah Beach.  Enjoying the  beach on a boat can take you away for a while from your routine  activities. The boat rider will take you and your group around the beach for  about 25 minutes.

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Doing some sand  play and sunbathing on Glagah Beach are probably what  you look for. But going around the location on a  boat is something more. You  can rent a boat, which is available there.  The tour will be on if there are at  least 10 people in the boat though. So you may have to wait for a while. But it  is always fun there  because you can take pictures on the boat or on the shore  while waiting for the other passengers. What is more, the 25 minute boat tour is available at a very cheap price, which is Rp 3,000 each person

Glagah Indah  Lagoon is situated in Glagah Beach area, Temon  District, Kulon  Progo Regency, Special Province of Yogyakarta. Beach is about 15 km from Wates or 40 km westwards  from Yogyakarta. You had better use private  vehicles to get there for more ease.

The road is not  really difficult as it is mostly plain without too many ascents along the way.  You can actually relax on your way there. Moreover, the road connects Glagah Beach  with other beaches in Kulon Progo Regency. So after a visit in this beach, you can continue your trip to the other beaches nearby.

Before entering  the beach area, you will have to pay for the transportation charge, which is Rp 1,000 if you are taking motorcycle, Rp 3,000 for car, and Rp 5,000 for bus. Entrance ticket of Rp 3,000 (per 2010) for each person is not Included

To get around by  boat in the lagoon, you will get charged Rp 3,000 per person. The boat will set out  with 5 passengers minimum and 10 passengers maximum.

For the parking,  you will have to pay Rp 2,000 if you are taking motorcycle and Rp 5,000 for  car. As for bus and truck, the parking charge is Rp 10,000.


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Trisik Beach

Trisik Beach is one of the main tourism attractions  of  Kulon Progo Regency. It offers scenic panorama especially at dawn or dusk.  Not far from the beach there are green rice fields and coconut plantations  owned by the local people. Enjoying this view are perfect for urban people  after exhausting routines.


Aside from the  beach view, the daily activity of the local people living at the surrounding of  Trisik Beach is also something interesting.  There are the fishermen at the fish auction market and the turtle preservation.  These activities are potential for tourism attraction if managed seriously,  creatively and innovatively. The fact is that they are not. Lacking knowledge  on spatial and coastal management is one of the main causes.


The exotic rural  area and its fishing activity is the common view you will find as you arrive at  the beach. There you can see rows of motorboats that people use to fish, food  stalls made of gedhek (bamboo panels) where you can quench your thirst.


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The strong village  atmosphere differs Trisik  Beach from the other  beaches in Kulon Progo. The fact that local people  make use of the coastal area  and the sea as their means of support also add to the strong rural atmosphere.


The fish auction  market is one of the spots you will see when entering the beach area. This is  the heart of the locals activities who are mostly fishermen. Usually, the  place gets busy soon  as they return from sailing.


On certain  occasions, you may also see various birds flying around the beach. Trisik is in  fact one of the transit of migratory birds from many places. Some of these  birds are the marsh sandpipers, waders, wood  sandpipers, red-necked stint,  Pacific Golden-Plover, Little Ringed Plover, and swiflet.


There are also the  non-migratory birds such as the cattle agret, and glossy swiflet, blue-banded  kingfisher. Trisik beach is a potential tourism destination. Aside from the  beach sand and splashing waves, the locals daily activities give tourists  another reason to come. The beach is situated at the side of the main road thus  accessible by private vehicle.


If you walk  westwards following the asphalt road toward Glagah Beach,  you will see the other activity of the local people. On the right and left of  the road, you can see people spreading out water hyacinth in the sun. They  derive the  plant from Ambarawa and dry them to be sold to the craftsmen who  would  make them into various items such as bag, slipper and boxes. The crafts   are marketed to town and craft businessmen all over Indonesia for finishing process. In  this process they usually add accessories to beautify the crafts. Although  still run in small scale, the water hyacinth processing obviously gives revenue  to the local people.


Trisik Beach is administratively included in Galur  District, Kulon Progo Regency, Special Province of Yogyakarta. It takes ±1.5  hours from Yogyakarta downtown to Trisik  Beach by road trip.  Tourists can take a Bantul - Purworejo bus which pass Palbapang and Srandakan.  Arriving at  Srandakan, tourists must continue to Brosot passing the 600 meter  bridge across Progo River. There is still  another 5 km road before arriving at Trisik   Beach. Tourists can take  one of the traditional transportations such as dokar, andong, or sado (all are  special horse-cart of Yogyakarta). The entrance  ticket to Trisik Beach is Rp 2,000


The supporting  facilities are relatively  inadequate. The buildings and roads towards the beach  are not well-maintained and it seems that they are abandoned. But tourists  should not worry since there are food stalls where tourists can relieve their  weariness after the long and hard trip. The stalls offer various snacks and  drinks such as green coconut ice.

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