Bengkulu, an Underrated Place to Visit When You Travel to Indonesia

If you have never heard the name of this city, allow me to introduce it to you. Bengkulu is a province which located in the southern part of the island of Sumatra. A province that is the habitat of a giant rare flower, Raflessia Arnoldii. Bengkulu has 9 regencies and 1 municipality, and each of which has its own tourism area. I will not break it all down here, but I will provide you some tourist recommendations that worth-to-visit based on my personal opinion as a native in Bengkulu.

👌For a brief disclaimer, all pictures below doesn't belong to me. I search for it through google.com

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1. Enggano

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Enggano is a sub-district which is located under the territory of the North Bengkulu Regency government. Enggano is an island that has the beauty of the sea on every side. Enggano is often called a piece of heaven with abundant marine products.

Enggano is rich with their marine tourism. However, to be able to reach Enggano, it takes a journey of approximately 12 hours and departs from the Baai Harbor which is in the province region.

Due to its location which is quite difficult to be reach, Enggano Island is still very natural and beautiful. Here are the list of tourist sites that should be visited on this island, such as Ujung Batu Beach, Kahyap Beach, Batu Layar Beach, Bak Blau Lake, Bahewo River by Nature Reserve, Karst Cave, and many more! If you feel you have had enough of water tourism, you can also try to visit the Klowe Bay Forest which is suitable for trekking.

If you are interested in visiting Enggano, you don't need to worry about how to get there. There are many tour and travel services that can help access the island easily. Just try to search that on google or Instagram. 

I highly recommend you to contact the @visitbengkulu on Instagram, if you are really interested in visiting tourism in Bengkulu. The account will surely help you on how to reach every places in the Bengkulu area that you want to visit.

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2. Trisakti Waterfall

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Trisakti waterfall has a height of about 84 meters, which is the highest waterfall among all waterfalls in Bengkulu province located in Rejang Lebong Regency. Apart from beaches, Bengkulu province also has abundant waterfall tours. 

The distance from the nearest village to the location of Trisakti waterfall is about 2 kilometers. This waterfall has its unique charm because it has a flow of water that is not only cold, but also a warm flow. The local government has also considered the potential of this waterfall as a tourist destination that is worth a visit. 

They even provide tour packages for tourists if they want to visit the area. The tour package consists of a shuttle service from the village to the waterfall location, coffee banquet at the innovation house, lunch, canyoning, and ecotourism to the sap management house. So you don't have to worry and make your own planning to visit the area. 

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3. Bukit Kaba

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If one of your goals for visiting Indonesia is to find mountains to climb, you need to consider this one! Indonesia has many mountains that are often climbed by people even from various countries. However, the mountains are mostly located on the island of Java, or other islands in eastern Indonesia. Therefore, maybe you are not familiar with the name of Bukit Kaba, which located also in Rejang Lebong Regency. 

According to rejanglebongkab.go.id, this area used to be an Important Bird Area (IBA) and was become a nature reserve for several Sumatran flora, one of which is the rafflesia flower. However, over the time, the condition of this tourist area is not sufficient enough as it should be.

Bukit Kaba has an altitude of 1938 meters above sea level with exotic views. At the top of this mountain there are two craters, each of which is green and brownish white. There are two paths that can be taken to reach the top of the Kaba. Some of these routes offer views of dense forest complete with shrubs and ravines on each side, while other routes have been modified by the local government to make them more suitable for climbers. The travel time from the climbing post to the top is only about 2-3 hours walks.

This mountain is popular and always crowded with domestic tourists who like trekking or mountain climbing. If you are lucky enough, along the way to the top of this mountain is the habitat of a group of gibbons that live freely in the forest that occasionally appear. This mountain area is also suitable as a place for those of you who like camping. You will clearly see the light of thousands of fields in the middle of the dark night sky from the top of this mountain.

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Those about are just some places of many areas that can be visited in the province of Bengkulu. Don't hesitate to contact me if you want to know more about the Bengkulu area, I will be very happy to help you if you ask.

Nana.