Pok Tunggal Beach - Popular tourism destination in Yogyakarta

Pok Tunggal beach is not just a beach. Pok tunggal Beach is a hidden paradise with beautiful scenery. Pok Tunggal Beach is located in Tepus, Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The journey to Pok Tunggal Beach is unpredictable. It is initially offered a hard road, then it leads to a hidden paradise enticing and challenging guts. A tree that is iconic makes this beach more beautiful. On the Pok Tunggal beach you can rent a umbrella beach with price IDR 20,000. Or you can rent a dome tent with price IDR 60,000.

To reach the Pok Tunggal beach you need down the cobblestone streets in between two cliff. You should move slowly along the 2-kilometer road is narrow, winding and somewhat steep. Separated from the journey, a beautiful landscape will unfold before the eyes. A stretch of white sand beach with blue waves crashing antidote seems to be tired after a narrow path along the rocks earlier. Duras growing shade tree on the shoreline and became an icon of this beach. Trees are supposedly difficult to grow this highly guarded existence by local residents, so do not be surprised if there is a warning if climbing the tree.

But the real charm of Pok Tunggal is a line of coral cliffs standing proudly like a fortress that protects this beach from the outside world. The perpendicular cliffs as high as 50-meter coral wall are potential to be developed as a rock climbing sport arena rock climbing. Of course, it takes courage and extraordinary skill to climb it. In these coral coastal cliffs, there are still wild primates. Strangely, on this beach, there are also fresh-water springs, most likely derived from an underground stream typical of karst regions. That water source that fullfills the needs of food stalls and public bathrooms from the local business outcomes.

Enjoying the beauty of Pok Tunggal Beach would not be complete if not take a moment to wait for the sun sinking behind the horizon. This afternoon we even met a group of Caucasians carrying a large backpack, seemed like they would camp on this beach. It is also fun spending the night in tents while enjoying the sea breeze blowing and the crashing waves after enjoying the violet dusk. If not bringing tents, we could rent a dome tent from the local people. But if you decide to come home at night, you have to be extra careful. The road that is narrow and rocky once again challenges the guts because it has not been completed by lights at all.

The charm of Pok Tunggal Beach with the strech of white beach sand surrounded by a wall of hills is a fun site to explore. Pok Tunggal Beach that lies between Indrayanti Beach and Siung Beach reinforces Gunungkidul as the centre of beautiful white-sand beaches that are still natural.