Welcome back, dear Local Guides and I do hope everyone is enjoying the days, wherever one is.
I know we are still living with the pandemics and huge adjustments are made but I believe we all can handle it as long as we strictly observe the health protocol.
Due to my works and some urgent family matters, I had to travel back and forth to Lampung again some times ago. We had issues with one of the banks back there and I had to appear before the court to continue the appeal. It’s a long story and I will not talk about it here for sure. But let’s focus on the perks of my trip back home. The ocean and the islands! Yaaaay…
We stopped by at one of our favorite spots in Lampung as well. I have shared many spots along along the Lampung Bay before here in Connect. We are back to Pahawang Island to check some stuff and of course to enjoy its beautiful underwater scenery. I am in love with my new underwater camera and I just can’t stop making videos and taking photos with it LOL. I know that we had visited the surrounding areas not too ago but again with such amazing natural beauty, we just can’t get enough!
Pahawang is one of the famous islands in Lampung, dotted along the Lampung Bay in Pesawaran Regency. Long been known as favorite spot to those enjoying snorkeling, diving or simply a day out at the island, Pahawang has been developed as eco-marine tourist destination, with highlights of snorkeling spots managed and preserved by local communities. The program has been conducted in the last 10 years I guess and soon Pahawang islands (the big and the small one) captures people’s heart and become a hit.
We went early from home, around 8.30 in the morning. Before the pandemic, even when we traveled early morning, we were stuck in the traffic. But the last time we came here, it was manageable. Usually it was a long queue on the main road heading to the beach as people were heading to the beaches dotting along Lampung Bay. Nevertheless, we have less people going out during the pandemic and for sure we adhere to the health protocol along the way. We headed to Ketapang Port, where you can rent a boat taking you to Pahawang island back and fort. You can definitely stay in one spot or move to the others in surrounding areas. You can rent the traditional boat which take around 1 hour trip to Pahawang and accommodate 10 - 15 people in one boat, or you can rent a speed boat, taking you there around 20-30 minutes along with 6 other people as it is way smaller. By the time we rent the boat, the big, slower one was around 800K - 1million IDR or around USD 60 - 80 a day. The small one was around 600K - 800K IDR, but only for maximum 6 - 7 people.I tried both types of the boat and I have no complaints. The last time we went to Pahawang we took the speed boat as we didn’t really have much time. We brought all our stuff as well, including food, drinks, and snorkeling gear, to the boat and off we went to the island. You can definitely rent the gear as well from those boat providers. Oh ya, they all wore mask and provided hand sanitizers as well.
So we stopped at 2 different snorkeling spots in Pahawang islands, to have lovely snorkeling times. As my kids and my hubby do no have diving license (yet), we only went snorkeling. And it was fun indeed.
The good thing about Pahawang is that it is not too deep and some corals, complete with its cute dwellers, can be easily enjoyed without touching them. It is extremely important to know the tips and trips of snorkeling so that you do not damage the corals and/or its marine lives. Try to swim well so that you can control your body (and your fear) while gliding or floating in the water. Do not kick, touch, step on, or even take the corals out of their original place. Sometimes when one is panic because one has never been to the open water or ocean or not used to it, one tends to be careless. Please listen carefully to your snorkeling guide. I do try to teach and remind my kids or my family as well as myself whenever we are out snorkeling. As we want to enjoy its beauty for as long as we can, we have to seriously preserve this amazing underwater world as well.
I do take a lot of underwater photos and I do my best not to damage or touch anything. When we snorkel or dive, we bring a special stick that we stack to the sand and can use to hold while floating, going under or taking pictures. It takes a while for me to get used to it but it is necessary for the sustainability of our ocean.
For sure all of us enjoyed the sun, the weather, the ocean. We enjoyed the thrilling water sport as well here, like banana boat. !0 minutes of fun screaming on top of our lungs :).
Here are some more photos we took from our adventure.
So, what do you think?
Fancy to have a snorkeling day at Pahawang Island?
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