Catatan Mama Inda: Exoticism of Jember

Jember is the 3rd largest city in East Java, Indonesia. Located in the horseshoe area and has great tourism potential. Jember has beautiful views along the beach, geographically it borders the Indian Ocean in the south. On September, 2013 i took a short trip with my best partner in life and friends from work. We headed to Jember by train. Jember is approximatelly 200 km from Surabaya. We spent just one night in Jember, but we were extremely excited to touched Papuma Cape beach. The next day, we headed to the beach used a car from a rental cars. Papuma derived from Pasir Putih Malikan located in the Lojejer Village, Wuluhan, Jember. It's approximatelly 40 km to the south of Jember City. I called it hidden paradise because it located behind the hills. We were really enjoy the scenic along the road to the beach. We passed the forest tourism, mostly planted with teak trees.

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Papuma is a natural coastal tourist area that combines the charms of beaches and forest. Papuma Cape also in-situ conservation for wild animals such us monkey, long-tailed macaques, yellow monkey, deer, wild boar, etc.

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Charming white sand, dazzling blue ocean, exotic rocks, oh, paradise! Papuma Cape also has a highest rock named Siti Hinggil. If climbed this reef you can see a lots exoticism of Papuma Cape such as panoramic island cluster of rocks which ressembles a small island. There are 7 small islands, which some of them name after Gods' names such as island of Khrisna. And the other name taken from puppet characters such as Batar Guru island, Narada island, Nusa Barong island, Kajang island and Frog island.

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And here's the point when you visit Papuma Cape! Make sure to spend the whole days because not only tan your skin, enjoy the magnificent view but also you can rent a boat to go to the ocean. And get remarkable experience of surfing, fishing and grilling seafood under the shady tree. Don't forget to bring your camera! Cheers...