BALI YOGYAKARTA TOURS, BOROBUDUR TOURS, BROMO TOURS

Sukamade is located in the area of Natural conservation park of Meru Betiri in the district of is an interesting object in the coast of Sukamade, where the sea water is still dean and the natural forest consists of varieties of plantation. The best way to reach this beach from Surabaya is through Jember regency and from there through the subdistricts of Jajag-Pesanggaran-Sorogan and Sukamade. Visitors coming from Denpasar can reach the turtle beach through Banyuwangi regency, then straight through the subdistricts of Jajag-Pesanggaran-Sorogan and Sukamade.

Besides that, a very unique thing in the coast of Sukamade is the place where sea turtles lay eggs. The turtles laying eggs are usually occurred at night especially at full moon, in the months of October to April.

There are accommodation facilities: Road infrastructure from Pesanggaran to Sarongan has been hardened by asphalt, but some part of road is destructed. The distance between Pesanggaran to Sarongan is about 30 km. road to link between Sarongan Sukamade is rocky with about 3 m width and having 12 km distance; passing the nature reserves of Menu Betiri. This place is reachable by four wheel cars.

Either way, the land journey takes about six hours.

Unless you’re using a 4WD off-road vehicle, the final leg of the journey to Sukamade Turtle Beach can be very difficult. There’s no scheduled public transportation outside the Pesanggaran area, from where the journey can be continued only via an open-top truck.

Although the local people call these trucks “taxis”, they are also used for goods and produce. They are the only local vehicles that can negotiate the steep tracks and rugged roads leading to Sukamade.