Friday, January 16, 2009

Weekend to Bintan Island Now!

Bintan, an island in the Riau Archipelago Regency surrounded by the south China Sea, it holds a tropical beauty of the west part of Indonesia. If you love the sounds of the wave while spending your time for a quite sun bathing then this is where you should go. There’s a special vacation complex in the island or also known as Lagoi.

This Bintan Vacation Resort or also known as Lagoi is located at Riau Archipelago Regency, Archipelago Province of Riau. This place is where travelers could enjoy the amazing natural beauty of Sumatra seas. Its location which is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city is a perfect place for travelers seeking a calm and peaceful vacation, another alternative to Gili Nanggu in Lombok. This place promises a quite white sand beach and clear ocean water.

Its beauty is complemented with a combination of tropical forest and palm trees swirling along with the wind at the coast line. This atmosphere surely gives you a quite peace of mind. It’s a tropical paradise around the west part of Indonesia.

The Bintan Resort can be reached 55 minutes by ferry from Tanah Merah Port, Singapore and only 45 minutes from Nongsapura, Batam using a ferry. This vacation resort has 23 thousands hectares of space and run very professionally to guarantee a good vacation experience.

Some vacation activities you can do around Bintan especially water sports like Jet Ski, sailing, surfing, wakeboarding and scuba-diving. If you prefer to stay out from the water there’s also an international golf course in the island. The golf course was designed by famous golf player like Gary Player, Greg Norman, Jack Nicklous and Ian Baker. This golf course is facing the sea while sharing a border with the forrest of Bintan that will surely give you a unique challenge.
The Bintan Resort hotel offers a variety for accommodation. Tourist can choose whether they choose the cottage near the beach or the luxury villa near the hills of Bintan with swimming pool facing the South China Seas, the regular rooms are also available for you to stay. There’s also a relaxing tropical spa in this hotel that you can try.

Tourist with an adventure spirit could explore the mangrove forest with a length of 6.8 KM (4.2 miles) using a boat. Tourist will be able to view of the mangrove tropical forest and some of the rare species of Indonesia. The fee to explore this forest is S$ 39 and US$19, with that entrance fee tourist will be able to explore the forest using a speed boat for one and a half hour.

Tourist could also explore the Bintan Moutain. Climbing this 340 meters tall would be a nice climbing experience, and at the top tourist could see the entire island.

Tourist could also visit and see the native of the Island. Bintan Resort will help you to explore the Sri Bintan tourism village. Tourist could watch the native daily life, which most of them are fishermans. The native is living in a stage-house, a common architecture found in most of Sumatra regions. Tourist could watch the villagers plait the pandan leaves into many kinds of handicraft.

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