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Juwata Airport, Connecting You to The East Kalimantan Region of Northern

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The Juwata airport is one airport in East Kalimantan, which is located in the Tarakan Island as Tarakan City. These will be connecting you to the East Kalimantan region of Northern as Malinau, Tana Tidung, Nunukan, Tanjung Selor. If you want to travel to the northern part of East Kalimantan area, then you will Sepinggan Airport heading to Juwata airport as a transit point first then proceed to the destination areas. These types Juwata including civil and military airports. But commercially, the airport has been managed reasonably well. Plane that landed here was a large size aircraft such as Boing Aircraft and also Pioneer Aircraft. Make sure that you also recognize Juwata Tarakan airport if you travel to the northern part of East Kalimantan.

Travel to Beach of Amal Tarakan

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Discusses the charm of maritime tourism in the city of Tarakan, especially related to the amal beach may be helpful to first understand what exactly is meant by "amal beach"? whether a beach where a means of social or purely a tourist attraction in the town of Tarakan in East Kalimantan province. Amal beach is actually a name of one of the existing Village in District East Tarakan, East Kalimantan or East Kalimantan Province which is famous as one of the largest oil resources in Indonesia. Amal beach located in the city of Tarakan. The name Amal Beach Tarakan certainly not just the name of a village as I described earlier. In line with the name "Amal Beach" of this region certainly has the charm of the exotic marine tourism which has become a byword for the surrounding community. Although the Amal beach does not include white sandy beach like the beach in some tourist areas on the island of Bali and other Indonesian coast. However, amal beaches still have cha...

Proboscis Monkey and Tarakan Mangrove Forest

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Tour Mangrove forest is one of offering an alternative when visiting the town of Tarakan. In this area there are many different types of marine and terrestrial biota is quite charming. 8.5 ha of mangrove area extent there is also a long-nosed monkey species or called Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis Lavartus) which amounted to 42 tail-protected and become immortal dwellers in the region. To reach this location is not too difficult because near the city center 300m west of the shopping center Gusher.

Karungan Waterfall and Salak Garden in Mamburungan

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Tourism Waterfall located in the village Karungan Mamburungan East Tarakan Subdistrict. The travel time by two-wheeled vehicle 10 minutes from downtown, the more draw it around the waterfall area Karungan have Agro Tourism Salak plantation , pineapple and other vegetables. Karungan Waterfall Salak Garden

Heritage of World War II on Tarakan

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Bunker Japanese Heritage Fortress Cannon and The Dutch Defense Historically, Tarakan Island is one island of the first Japanese troops landed on February 2, 1942 with Aberdeen. But before the Japanese came in, Tarakan has mastered the Netherlands. Tarakan is a very strategic and very lucrative position for defensive purposes as well as dangerous because it is close to the border (foreign country). From World War II that many stores Tarakan relics such as guns and barracks scattered all over the island. But what is most often found in Tanjung Pasir. For domestic and foreign tourists who want to see, things are still well maintained.

Juata Crocodiles Captive Breeding

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Tarakan area there is a crocodile breeding this adds to tourism on the island sadau schedule if you want a tour in Tarakan. Sadau presence of crocodiles on the island is still so much and these animals are protected in this area to awake from extinction. The presence of swamps in the area Tarakan make these crocodiles live freely in nature. Mangrove forests are still natural habitat is the place of this crocodile. Sadau tour we will visit felt incomplete if it does not visit a crocodile breeding.