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This 877 hectare land in the south of Java has the beauty and the variety of flora and fauna
HIDDEN TREASURESEMPU ISLAND
LOCAL CULTURELOCAL DANCECOMMUNITY ODONg-ODONg TRAVELLERFIGUREDiNA DuARANsEL.COm
FREE
Magazine
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ON THE SPOT3 HIDDEN TREASURE
It was appropriate when Dutch Govern-ment made this island a conservation in 1928.
HOW TO GET THERE13 HEAD TO SEMPU ISLAND
Malang – Turen (45 km)Bus from Hamid Rusdi terminal, desti-nation: Malang - Dampit – Lumajang-Turen. Cost Rp 4.000,00
MY JOURNEY19 TIGER AT SEMPU
actually, going to Sempu was not in our plan. We even never heard about it before. We went to Malang because we want to go to Bromo
GALLERY27 SEMPU ISLAND
LOCAL CULTURE29 LOCAL DANCE
Indonesia is not only rich for its beautiful nature a. However, Indonesia also has many kinds of traditional dances.
COMMUNITY35 ODONG=ODONG TRAVELLER
FIGURE39 DINA DUARANSEL.COM
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Contents
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ON THE SPOT
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3. Seksi Konservasi Wilayah VI, on Jl. Mas-
trip No. 88, Probolinggo.
There is a Conservation Resort of
Sempu Island area in Sendang Biru, the near-
est beach to Sempu Island, but the function
is for security post only, so we can’t get the
permission letter there. However, before we
cross to Sempu Island, we need to report
ourselves along with the SIMaKSI letter to
this post.
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SENDaNG BIRU, THE NEaREST BEaCH TO SEMPU ISLaND, BUT THE FUNCTION IS FOR SECU-RITY POST ONLY, SO WE CaN’T GET THE PERMISSION LETTER THERE
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ON THE SPOT
AND THE JOURNEY GOES… Sempu Island is located in Malang
Regency, precisely on Dusun Sendang Biru,
Desa Tambakrejo, Kecamatan Sumbar Man-
jing Wetan. The easiest way to reach here
is through Malang – Turen – Sendang Biru –
Sempu track. Public transportation is avail-
able from Malang to Sendang Biru. arriving
at Sendang Biru, there are a lot of fishermen
boats that are ready to be rented and carry
us to Sempu Island.
We are just going to sit for a while
because we will be told to jump down the
boat, approximately 50 meters from Semut
Bay, west of Sempu Island. Boats cannot
moor so we need to get ourselves into the
water, as high as our waist (according to
our heights of course). Then we’ll arrive on
Sempu Island!
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Sempu Island has four ecosystems
on it; mangrove forest, beach forest, lakes
and lowland tropical forest, plus with around
223 kinds of plants and 51 animals. Some of
it are Javanese eagle, hawksbill turtle, black
ape, forest pig, leopard, all gathered here.
When we arrive in the edge of Sem-
pu Island’s beach, the forest ecosystems
are sweetly lined in front us. If only they
could move like human, they would probably
dance to welcome us.
HEaDING TO SEGaRa aNaKaN Segara anakan Lake is one of the
most must-see places to visit. It is indeed
a popular lake. There are two more places
which have the same name; Segara anakan
in Cilacap (Nusa Kambangan) and Segara
anak in the area of Mount Rinjani, Lombok.
Some people said that Segara
anakan in Sempu Island is as beautiful as,
even more beautiful than Phi Phi Island in
Thailand, the place where Leonardo Dicaprio
took scene for the movie The Beach. What-
ever people said, this place is definitely a
true beauty.
However, the road to get there is no
beauty! From the edge of the beach until
in the middle of the road, floods are every-
where. Prepare to buy a new sandal when
you return home. If the weather’s bad, it is
very rare to have nice comfortable sandals
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in the end, even the expensive ones. Using
shoes are better but it will turn to brownish
also, so be prepared to clean it afterwards.
The trekking is clear anyway, so ar-
range neatly when you want to visit here.
If the weather’s good, the road will be not
too hard. The most important thing when
you want to go here is bring a lot of water,
moreover if you want to camp here, because
Segara anakan Lake is not a freshwater lake.
Normally, in an hour or more we will
arrive at Segara anakan Lake. Once we got
here, we would generally have light amnesia;
forgetting the long exhausted road we just
been. Feeling tired? already forgotten!
If you couldn’t imagine yet how beau-
tiful Segara anakan Lake is, let me help you
visualized. Imagine that there’s a quiet rush
of water, surrounded by high rocks that is
full of trees, and in front of you there’s a hole
which the water comes through from the
sea. The place you stand is a beautiful clean
white sand. That is Segara anakan looks like!
This salt lake was formed from
the circling rocks. The water from the sea
that rushes to it through the hole (Karang
Bolong), stuck in the circle of rocks that
made lake with calm water.
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HOW TOGET THERE
1. Malang – Turen (45 km)
Bus from Hamid Rusdi terminal, destination: Malang - Dampit – Lumajang-Turen.
Cost Rp 4.000,00
2. Turen – Sendang Biru (45 km)
Public transportation, destination: Turen – Sumbermajingwetan – Sendang Biru.
Cost Rp 12.000,00
HEAD TO sENDANg BiRu
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TURN A BIT LEFT from Segara anakan and
climb the rocks, then you’ll see the fierce
waves of the Indian Ocean. This is the twin
beach. Let’s enjoy it for a moment while
closing our eyes and opening our arms. Let
the wind messed up our hair.
But don’t go asleep. Sempu is still
wide enough to be explored, my friend!
Keep on going along. after the Twin Beach,
go trekking for awhile and we’ll arrive at
Pasir Panjang Beach. This beach is wide and
sometimes people choose to build tent here
beside Segara anakan.
Not satisfied enough? Sempu also
has, at least, 2 caves; air Tawar Cave and
Macan Cave, but those places are rarely
visited so the trek becomes unclear. It’s
better to ask villager’s help if you want to go
there.
OTHER PARTS OF SEMPU ISLAND
Sendang Biru – Pulau Sempu (0,8 km)
Sendang Biru – Pulau Sempu (0,8
km). Fisher boat to Semut Bay. Then go
trekking. Cost Rp 100.000 (round-trip),
can accommodate 10-12 people
HEAD TO sEmPu
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HOW TO GET THERE
1. Boat
Rp 100.000,00
2. Porter
Rp 150.000,00
3. Guide
Rp 100.000,00
RENTAL
1. Entry ticket Sendang Biru
Rp 5.500,00
2. Entry ticket Sempu Island
Rp 20.000,00
ENTRY TiCKET
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Police of Sendang Biru Forest
1. Setyadi
(085233468545)
2. Ardiyanto
(085233104008)
imPORTANT CONTACTs
1. Check for SIMaKSI (Surat Ijin Masuk
Kawasan Konservasi) at :
o Balai Besar Office KSDa East Java on
Bandara Juanda Street, Surabaya.
o KSDa Field Office Regional III, on
Jawa Street No.36 Jember.
TiPs
o Conservation Office RegionalVI, on Mas-
trip Street, No.88 Probolinggo.
2. Do not come to this place when rainy
season, the track becomes very slippery
and dangerous
3. Take a look at the entry hour of Sempu:
o For those who do not spend the night: at
6am
Until 12pm (up to 12pm, is not allowed to
enter the place)
o For those who spend the night at 6am
until 4pm. (up to 4pm, is not allowed to
enter the place)
4. Bring plenty of water to Segara anakan,
because there’s no fresh water there
5. If you want a camper, do not put tents
too close to the sea, because it will be tide
at night.
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T h e r e w a s T i g e r a tSEMPU ISLAND
ACTUALLY, GOING TO SEMPU was not in our plan. We even never heard about it be-
fore. We went to Malang because we want to go to Bromo. Me (Ghamal), and my three
bestfriends, Khemal, alfi, and akbar were having trip together.By: Ghamal-Khemal-ali-akbar | Photo: Ghamal-Khemal-ali-akbar, Rahmanul alianta & Erlangga Mahardika
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Foto: Kakaban Tour
CATPER
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We used Matarmaja to go there. In
Malang, we visited my relative. Their house
is in Dinoyo. In this place, we heard about
Sempu from my aunty.
“He just came back from Sempu”,
while pointing at my cousin. “The place is
good. It’s in the South, near from here. Just
just have to go down there”
Sempu Island is actually a conser-
vation, Indonesian army has their practice
there. Whoa, I never knew about that kind of
place. From his story, it seemed so easy to
reach Sempu. Okay, we think it’s okay if we
go there.
after went to Bromo, we rode a bus
to Sendang Biru. Before went there, we asked
the bus assistant if the bus is going through
Sendang Biru. “ah, yes. Come in!”, he said.
Few hours later, we were come off
the bus. The bus conductor said that we
just had to walk through the street to reach
Sendang Biru. However, after we walked for
a long time, there was no Sendang Biru sign
in that place. We felt something was wrong,
until we met a personel of Koramil (like
a military personnel), then we asked him
where we were.
“Sir, we want to go to Sendang Biru (pointing
at the map).”
“This is the location of Banyu Biru.”
“Hah?! This one, sir. Sendang Biru on the
South.”
“Hm, now you’re on the North, kid (pointing
at the map).”
Whoa this is insane! We took the wrong way
since the beginning!
Finally, we had to took some buses,
and it was getting dark. Then we rode the
open-carrier car, and we sat in the back
together with some motorcycles.
One of the man started a conversa-
tion, his name is Slamet. “Where are you
going?” he asked. “Sendang Biru, sir”, we
replied. Then he responded, “Hmm, you bet-
ter stay in my house tonight.” Then we ate
dinner with him before go to his house. His
house was located in near Turen market.
We woke up early in the morning.
after had some conversations with Slamet,
we left his house and went to Sendang Biru.
We arrived at 2pm. While asking some info
about the boat to across and the other stuffs,
SEMPU ISLaND IS aCTUaLLY a CONSERVaTION, INDONESIaN aRMY HaS THEIR PRaCTICE THERE.
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there was a person shouted, “If you want
to cross and go to Sempu, you have to ask
the Forest Service’s permission!” We just
thought, “What the...”
Then we went to the security office.
There, the officer asked many questions
to us. The person was nice, he said that in
2008, Sempu was still a quiet place. It just
became popular nowadays. Because Sempu
is a conservatory, if we want to go there we
had to have the letter of permission. There
are a lot of wild animals, tigers and croco-
diles for example.
The local people helped us to find
fisherman that wanted to take us to Sempu.
We had to swim little bit to reach the shore
after we arrived. There was a big sign ‘Sem-
pu Island Conservatory’. The fisherman said
that we only had to walk straight. alright
then, let’s start the journey!
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We met many unique animals. First,
alfi saw a big bird flew above us. Next, when
we went further, Khemal saw a big black
monkey. I also saw rangkok and Javanese
eagle. at that time we didn’t talk much
about it and just keep walking.
We heard unusual sounds when we
were walking inside. “Oaaakkk.. Oaaakkkk..”
It was quite loud and seemed like near us.
We had no idea what the sound was; either
it was a monkey, or bird, or something else. I
had a bad feeling, so we walked slowly.
I wanted to know where the sound
came from. Me and akbar stepped forward,
while alfi and Khemal were waiting. This
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time I heard a sound again, but now it was
more scary than before. “Rrrrrrrr......” I made
no noise at all. Then the voices came again,
“Oaaaakkk.. Oaaakkkkkk..” followed by
“Rrrrrr.....”
Suddenly alfi whispered, “Gham!
Gham! It’s a tiger!”. Khemal suddenly be-
came very pale. Me and akbar shocked.
Without any thought, we stepped back-
ward. I said to my friends don’t run, but the
“Rrrrr...” voice was still there.
We tried to leave that place, and
finally those voices were gone. We walked to
the beach where we first started to explore
this island. We met 3 men who brought sick-
les. We felt relieved because we met people
that have gun with them. We had nothing to
protect ourselves beside cameras and tripod.
alfi and Khemal told them about
what we saw earlier. One of those men
slightly answered, “ah, tiger? Where? ah,
it’s okay. This is their home, I think they just
want to find food.” Those men were the local
people of Sendang Biru. They walked to find
firewoods. They had never seen tiger before,
but they knew there are a lot of tigers in
Sempu.
We decided to walk inside again,
together with those men. It felt save when
we walked together. Before arrived in Segara
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anakan, they walked separately from us.
and the 4 of us walked again.
We kept walking until we saw a lake
in front of us. We walked faster, and we
stepped on white sand. Here we are, Segara
anakan!
after we played, took some pictures,
then we went to the hill and saw the Indian
Ocean. We were so happy! Finally we could
reach this place after so many unpredictable
events.
We stayed there for couple of hours,
but we decided to come back to the beach
because we were already promised the fish-
ermen that will bring us back. Thank God,
there was nothing scary when we went back
to the beach.
No longer after we arrived at the
beach, the fisherman’s boat came. When we
arrived at Sendang Biru, we told everything
to the forest officer, including our experi-
ence seeing a tiger. Guess what, they were
just laughed. They didn’t know our feelings,
seems like death was close with us. Huuft..
There was our story in Sempu. and
I have a quote that reflect our unforgetable
trip, ‘It’s not about the destination, it’s about
the journey!’ Our journey was more remark-
able than the destination.
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