Itinerary Belitung, Sebuah Napak Tilas Laskar Pelangi

DAY I =======================================

10.00 – Kumpul di Bandara Soekarno Hatta

11.25 – Boarding

11.40 – Pesawat TakeOff dari Bandara Soekarno-Hatta

12.24 – Sampai di Bandara H.AS.Hanandjoeddin, Tanjung Pandan

12.50 – Bertolak dari bandara H.AS.Hanandjoeddi.

13.20 – Sampai di kota Tanjung Pandan. Makan siang

Mie Belitung “Atep”

Sebenarnya cukup banyak menu makanan di Belitung, namun saya memilih untuk makan siang mie khas Belitung. Dan yang paling terkenal adalah Mie Belitung “Atep”,  yang berada di jalan Sriwijaya No.27, dekat dengan Monumen Batu Satam (pusat kota).

Harga mie Atep ini relatif murah, 1 porsi-nya dihargai 9,000 rupiah plus segelas teh-manis seharga 2,000 rupiah. Kondisi cuaca pada siang hari dikota ini relatif panas, melebihi panasnya Jakarta menurut saya.

13.40 – Selesai makan siang. Belanja keperluan dipasar dan sholat Dzuhur.

14.20 – Selesai belanja, melanjutkan perjalanan

15.15 – Sampai di danau Kaolin

Danau Kaolin

Entah mengapa namanya terkenal dengan sebutan danau Kaolin, padahal ada beberapa mineral yang juga ditambang dikawasan ini, seperti Timah dan Pasir Gelas. Ketiga mineral (Kaolin, Timah, dan Pasir Gelas) tersebut merupakan bahan-bahan dasar pembuatan keramik. Menurut informasi dari penduduk lokal, hasil penambangan ini sebagian dikirim keperusahaan keramik Mulia Ceramics.

15.45 – Selesai di danau Kaolin. Melanjutkan perjalanan menuju pantai Tanjung Tinggi

16.30 – Sampai di pantai Tanjung Tinggi

Pantai Tanjung Tinggi

Pantai Tanjung Tinggi juga merupakan salah satu spot shooting film Laskar Pelangi. Dengan serakan batuan granit yang berukuran luar biasa besar di sekitar pantainya. Pertanyaan perihal darimana asal-usul batu-batu besar ini masih menjadi pertanyaan para peneliti, dan masih menjadi misteri hingga saat ini.

17.30 – Melanjutkan perjalanan. Menuju spot berikutnya.

17.45 – Sampai di Bukit Berahu. Menikmati sunset.

Pantai Bukit Berahu

Bukit Berahu ini merupakan kawasan resort. Untuk dapat menikmati pantainya, anda harus turun kebawah melalui 62 buah anak tangga. Di pinggir pantainya, terdapat 5 buah rumah penginapan kecil model rumah panggung yang cukup tenang dan terbuat dari kayu. Area ini sangat cocok bagi anda yang ingin berbulan madu dengan tenang jauh dari kebisingan kota.

18.30 – Menuju Tanjung Kelayang, kediaman pak Senawi

Pak Senawi adalah pemilik perahu yang akan menjadi tumpangan saya untuk island hoping esok hari. Dia adalah seorang Bugis yang tinggal di Belitung sejak tahun 1976. Dan dirumahnya ini pulalah, saya dan teman-teman lain menginap.

23.00 – Tidur

Belitung Island, East Coast of Sumatra

Kaolin Lake, Tanjung Pandan

This landscape is ex-mining of Kaolin, Tin, and Sand Glass, substances of ceramics. This kind of ex-mining  widely spread along the sideway of Tanjung Pandan city. This multicolored lake reminds me of mount Kelimutu crater at Flores island, NTT, which have 3 crater with different color each other.

Kaolin lake, and it’s size

This image should enable you to see the true size of the lake

Tanjung Tinggi beach

Almost overall area of this beach are covered by thousands of huge granite rock. You may find some available swimming spot with obviously clear water and shallow enough to take the kids playing around. The only minus of this place is vandalism action over some rock by irresponsible visitor.

Sunset Fisherman at Bukit Berahu beach

Two fisherman boats at golden sunset across Bukit Berahu beach.

Bukit Berahu beach

This narrow beach of Bukit Berahu quite calm, and recommended to be the place of your honeymoon spot with your dearest one. With a clean hostel around Bukit Berahu, you don’t have to worry about the place to stay. It’s wooden material of the lodge will for sure gives you romantic moments even more.

Sand Island

A partial part of pulau Pasir (Sand island)

Sand island (pulau Pasir)

Sand island with Babi island on the background. This island will only appear when the tide is on it’s low level. As contrary, the island will drown by the sea when the tide on it’s high level.

Pulau Burung (Bird island)

Spoiled your eyes with this clear water beach of Burung island

Burung island

This island quite large with tipical granit rock on some spot of the beach. Swimming, taking a picture, or just to sits under the trees over the beach and drinking one or more coconut water freshly picked from the tree, will makes your day of course.

Pulau Burung (Burung island)

This “bird head alike” rock what makes the island called by Burung (Bird) island

Pulau Burung (Bird island)

Another view point of Bird island beach. You can find how large this island if you see someone represent with the black spot in the middle up of this image.

Lengkuas island

Lengkuas island, or Galangal, are often used as seasoning of Indonesian cuisine and can be a herbal medicine for reumathism, headache, etc. The lighthouse manufactured by Chance Brothers & Co, Near Birmingham at 1882, even it’s full of rust all over the wall, this lighthouse still stand strong till now. Genset on this island operate at 18.00 to 23.00. With solar panel system on the top of the lighthouse as secondary power source to light up the lighthouse at night to morning.

Tanjung Kelayang beach

From this beach, island hoping activities mostly started. And nearby the beach, you may find shooting spot of Laskar Pelangi movie, as Lintang’s house at the scene.

Burong Mandi beach

This beach is so quite at noon, maybe because of the sun shine so bright or maybe it’s less attractive then the other beach spot of Belitung island in common.

Bukit Samak, a view to the sea

From this hill (Bukit Samak), you’ll find an amazing seascape over your eyes. The white line on the sea is “sand barrier” forming sand ring over the beach. You may find two sand island over it too. Around Bukit Samak itself, lies some animal cage, such as albatross, weasel, monkey, etc. And some gazebo to relaxing your day.