RED ISLAND, INDONESIA

When I was in Jogjakarta, a friend of mine told me about this island. He said, an international surf competition just held in this island few months before I come. This island is located at the southern most tip of Java island.

Pulau Merah is still a new place that just popular for local and domestic tourist. This island is one of the place that government-protected. I guess this is because the land  containing of gold. 

The Red Island itself called by local people sinced the area experienced a drought, then the island which is contain a lot of gold looks red. So they named it Pulau Merah (*Merah=Red). It takes around 8 hours by bus from Surabaya to Banyuwangi and 3 hours from Banyuwangi to Pulau Merah.

The access to Pulau Merah is a bit difficult because there’s not many public transportation to get here. There’s a bus from Jajag (Banyuwangi terminal) to Sanggaran area. Then from Sanggaran you can take “ojek” (motorbike) to Pulau Merah and it takes around 30 minutes. You can  also take the boat if you come from Bali, because there’s a pier in Banyuwangi. 

The red island coastline forming the letter B. there’s also a temple named Tawang Alun in the far left in front of the beach. This temple is frequented the Hindus from Bromo and Bali. The minimum you should spend at least 3 days in this island so you will feel refreshed enough when you back to your daily activities. Or if you are a beginner surfer, Pulau Merah’ wave is suit for practice. I’m honestly fall in love with this island in the first time I arrived there. 

Next time I come back, I will also want to visit Plengkung Beach (G land). They said it is only 1 hour trip by car/motorbike.

Feel free to ask me anything information related to this island. I will respond as much as I know.

Enjoy the video I made in Red Island :)