Sempu Island

Have you ever seen Leonardo DiCaprio's The Beach movie? Yeah, that was good movie I think when I was young. Some guys want to search secret island in Thailand. The legend among the backpacker says that the secret island has a beach that so perfect, still pure and virgin, looks like a heaven. Then they finally find where is the island, by swimming across the sea.

Actually, the secret beach in The Beach movie is located in Phi Phi Island in Thailand. But here in Indonesia, there is a beach that look alike with Phi Phi Island in Thailand, where the real location of the movie is. Even it's prettier than in Thailand itself. It is Sempu Island in Malang, East Java.

As I mentioned before, Sempu Island is a small island located in the South of Java. This island is a part of Kabupaten Malang. It's not far away when you go to Sempu from Malang. You can either use public transportation to reach the location or using your own car. When you arrive at Sendang Biru beach (the other beautiful beach, I will discuss later), you have cross the sea by renting a boat for your group. It's not that expensive, only Rp 40.000 for 15 people to carry you to Sempu and back. It takes only 15 minutes to get to in the Sempu Island by boat. Don't forget you have to report to the government officer first in Sendang Biru, because Sempu Island is protected by law,so you have to do carefull in order to protect Sempu's wild life.

The amazing thing that you can do, as they do in The Beach movie, you can do swimming and snorkeling as much as you want. As the cliffs surrounding the beach, creating a large natural "sea in the sea". Giving you time to do snorkeling and swimming, because it's a calm sea surrounded by cliff. Sempu Island is a wild life that protected by law in Indonesia. So, you will find a lot of natural coral when you do snorkeling in here. And if you are backpacker, you have to do camping in Sempu. Back to nature. Because Sempu offers you great adventure in here.
Enjoy it.