Menganti: The Charming South Coast to visit and stay

Menganti is located in south coast, preciously in Karangduwur Village, Ayah District, Kebumen Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Menganti is famous for the beauty of the view and the purity blue ocean. The tourists can see hilly natural view i.e. karst cliff which make this white sand beach always good to spend.

Menganti has two part of the view: 

The first one is the bottom part, you can enjoy white sand and coral reef. Many adult people spend here to relax with the fresh ocean air and sometimes when they bring  children, invite them to look for fish in the puddle and also collect the coral rocks. 

Puddle

At the bottom, tourists also can have the seafood meal that catch from local fisherman in the some foodcourts that is available.

There is one hidden spot to take picture at the bottom area, it is called Tebing Keteb Widadari or Keteb Widadari Cliffs that is located next to the mosque.

Keteb Widadari Cliffs

After you explore the bottom part, you should explore the top part of menganti beach. If you want to go the top part, you can take a transport car in free charges. At the top part, it has some instagramable spots for you who want capture the moments with friends or family.  

The first one is Lembah Menguneng or you can called in English Menguneng Valley area. From there, you can take pictures in the sign of menganti beach. Then, when you walk down you can meet the view of camp area on the top of the hills and rocky beach at the bottom. 

The second is the red bridge. It is the most well-known spots in menganti, tourists who go to menganti often looking for this spot, so when you found this spot you will meet crowd of people that queue to take photos. This spot is also good to enjoy the sunrise and sunset.

Menganti has an amazing view in the sunrise and sunset time. Now tourists who want enjoy the view do not need to go in the early morning or go home late anymore because there is menganti cottage that make them easy to enjoy beach in a day. Menganti cottage can be booked by online through the Instagram account of menganti cottage. 

For nature lovers if you want to unite with nature, you can also enjoy camp village at menganti beach.

How to get there? If you domestic tourists who live in java island you can take a private car to menganti by the direction on maps. However, if you feel tired to drive long journey, you can take train to Gombong station. Then, you can find car rent or online transportation to go there. It is about 29 km or an hour from the train station.

For the domestic tourists outside the java island or the foreign tourists, you can take a plane to Yogyakarta International Airport. Then take, the train to Wates station. After that, you can take the train to Gombong station. As you have arrived at Gombong, you can find car rent to go there. The enterance ticket at menganti beach is about 20 thousand Indonesian rupiah, it includes the the parking and the transport car to go the top part of menganti.

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