One of the beaches is the island of Madura which has a beauty that is not inferior to other beaches, namely Siring Kemuning Beach. This beach is located in Macajah Village, Tanjung Bumi District, Bangkalan Regency.
Siring Kemuning Beach Tourism was once a tourist destination in East Java around the 90s. Even this beach gets the nickname Kuta In Madura because of the beauty of its panorama which is similar to Kuta beach in Bali.
Entrance Ticket Prices at Siring Kemuning Beach
The barren island of Madura has a beautiful and inexpensive tourist spot. It can be seen from the price of this beach entrance ticket that it is now around Rp. 3,000 per person. It's cheap and not as expensive as it used to be, stories from the community when this beach became the prima donna of the entrance ticket was a bit more expensive than now.
The entrance fee you pay is not merely an advantage for the manager, but for beach care as well. This beach is now not as busy as before, due to lack of attention by the community and the local government.
The potential of the coast is not utilized properly, facilities and cleanliness as well as the beauty of an unkempt beach make visitors less and less. Even according to the local community before being deserted like now the beach was once a tourist destination for foreign tourists.
Most foreign tourists visiting this beach are tourists from Australia. Even those tourists not only visit one day, but stay up to 3 days to satisfy their desire to enjoy the beauty of the beach. So that once around the coast also lodged inns.
Now, Siring Beach is only a story of the past. The conditions turned around at this time, but did the visitors influence the beauty of the panata? Or reduce the exotic value?
Route to the location of Siring Kemuning Beach
Administratively, Siring Kemuning Beach is located in Macajah village, Bangkalan Madura district. To go to Madura island you can choose 2 route options, one via the Suramadu bridge, and the second one crosses using a ship via the port of Tanjung Perak.
The journey from Surabaya to Bangkalan will approximately take 1.5-2 hours. From Bangkalan, to the tourist location, it still takes more than 2 hours because the distance traveled is still around 41 km with the road going up and down.
If you want to use public vehicles, it is enough with a budget of 7000-10000 for a one-way bus transportation mode. But if you choose to use public vehicles, you should look and ask the bus crew where the bus will go.
Also when you are already in the bus, you should often ask where you are now so that you don't miss the proper stop point. The trip from Bangkalan to the beach is still quite far but will be treated because along the way you will be treated to a beautiful view.
There are some spots that according to swamp residents for those of you who use private vehicles. The first spot is after going down from the Suramadu bridge towards Madura, there is often robbery or begal. It has often been victimized.
Avoid driving alone or driving at night if you decide to take the Suramadu bridge. In addition, always keep emergency numbers so that if something happens you are ready and alert.
On holidays, especially in the new year, Siring Kemuning Beach is quite crowded with people from outside Bangkalan. Judging from the parking number of two-wheeled or four-wheeled police vehicles, it seems that visitors on the first day of 2012 New Year's Championship are mostly from Surabaya. Most likely they were visitors to the City of Bangkalan who wanted to enjoy the delicacy of the already famous Sambal Pecit Bebek Sinjay. They can also be Batik enthusiasts who want to hunt Tanjung Bumi Batik, located not far from Siring Kemuning Beach.
The absence of a restaurant can be one of the other disadvantages of this beach. After being tired of playing with water and waves on the sand, of course, visitors want to fill their hungry stomachs. Unfortunately there are not many choices at Siring Kemuning Beach, there are only two Bangkalan traditional rujak lontong stalls. So it's also a good idea to prepare lunch if you want to spend time until lunch on this beach. Moreover, the distance that must be taken to reach Kota Bangkalan is quite far.
Tourism Object at Siring Kemuning Beach
What do you think is interesting about Siring Kemuning Beach ?, and why the beach has hit but now it is as crowded as ever. The following is a review behind the exoticism of Siring Kemuning Beach
1. Beach Charm
Siring Kemuning Beach is a beach that has brownish white sand, turquoise sea water and coconut tree vegetation around a lush beach. This beach used to have a beach width of about 100 M and nothe beach rises are quite long.
The wide beach makes visitors comfortable to do various activities or just to relax. The waves are very friendly so they can be categorized as family friendly beaches. A lot of gossip takes the family to picnic here.
2. Sunset and Sunrise beaches
Enjoying the beauty of this beach is incomplete if you have not felt the sensation of seeing the sunset and sunrise on this beach. Siring Kemuning Beach is indeed the right spot to see the sunrise and sunset.
3. Instagramabel
This beach is a very Instagramable beach especially when the sunrise and sunset are approaching
4. Enjoying Typical Madura Cuisine
At Siring Kemuning Beach, there are also various Madurese specialties, one of which is Bebek Songkem. Songkem is the origin of the word sungkem which means to shake hands with respect. The beginning of this culinary is to respect the clerics who are in the village with silence.
5. Warmth of the Madurese Community
The people around the coast who are none other than the ethnic Madurese are a warm community towards migrants. Although it is sometimes difficult to communicate, the Madurese people are very glorifying the presence of guests or visitors.
But don't forget also for the visitors where we are there we also have to respect the environment including the people.
6. Beaches and Mining
Saying once the beauty of Siring Kemuning Beach slowly eroded because of the beach sand mining. Whether the permit has been given or not by the government, the beach sand mining continues until the sand of Siring Kemuning Beach, which is initially 100 M wide, is now only 25 M left.
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