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The Natuna Islands (Kepulauan Natuna) are an archipelago of 272 islands, forming the Natuna Regency (Kabupaten Natuna) of Indonesia's Riau Islands province. The islands are in the South China Sea, about halfway between Peninsular Malaysia's East Coast and the island of Borneo.
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Giant Rock beach that is similar to Laskar Pelangi movie scene in Belitung.
Completed in 2009, the mosque is the central place for Muslims across Natuna Islands Regency to pray. As a sign of respect, remove your shoes and wash your face and hands before entering. Make sure you wear appropriate clothing although full-length jeans are sufficiently modest to be tolerated.
Historical mosque in Natuna Islands. If you're lucky, the locals will show you historical cemeteries in Pulau Tiga Island District/Kecamatan Pulau Tiga.
Trees are growing from cracks of the rocks in this "Island".
Main settlement in West Bunguran which is more populated than villages in West Bunguran District. 70% of the residents of this island live on houses floating on water and can be compared to Brunei's Kampong Ayer.
Also spelled as "Pring Mangrove Ecotourism". Opened in March 2022, the park consists of one kilometre exclusive wooden pier for boardwalk
Make sure to call the phone number if you want to go to restaurant for its crab or its Pilsbryoconcha exilis/freshwater clam. The locals called clam as kerang lokan/lukan. Try coconut drink in a hard shell mixed with mangrove syrup.
Spend the time by walking over the wooden track for at least 900 metres, seeing endangered Natuna Island surili known by local as kekah monkey/kekah, tracking the stream by wooden motor powered boat, or catching black crab/Scylla serrata/kepiting bakau and blue crab/Portunus armatus/kepiting rajungan.
A beach in Serasan Island.
People will usually use these opportunities to do snorkeling and diving by equipment that usually rented in Great Natuna Island, especially in Ranai Town.
A tiny island east of Sepempang Village in East Bunguran. The island is noted for its tiny cave, public bath, seeing kekah monkey, and coral reef. Snorkeling and Diving also can be done here
Bigger island than Setanau island, this island is the destination not only for snorkeling and diving but also for spear fishing.
An island in Sabang Mawang village.
By showing activated BPJS card, most of services in the hospital asked referral from government clinic in villages/districts. Even if you don't bring BPJS card, the hospital will bill the prescription and services in a reasonably price rather than private hospital in most metropolitan areas
Especially for non-Southeast Asian foreign passport holders, the office building is used to extend visas.
A Buddhist temple constructed above the water.
Pentecostal church near Buddhist temple and vegetables' market.
A Reformed church in outskirt of Ranai town.
Small Pentecostal church that becomes the only church in North Bunguran town. The road along hillside still not designed for cars.
A sole Lutheran low church in whole of Regency.
Buddhist temple in Ranai.
A Reformed small church in West Bunguran town.
An outstation from Immaculate Heart of St Mary Parish in Tanjung Pinang. Part of Diocese of Pangkal Pinang.
Pentecostal church with quite similar atmosphere to Kampong Ayer Brunei
Contains an inactive pier, a Confucian temple and a Muslims' prayer room/Surau constructed next to each other, and Sambal/Spicy Resto "Cak Kirun". Most were left in 1999, when the new port and seat of the government were set at Ranai.
Ranai has plenty of hotels. Mira guest house is one of the cheapest with Rp50,000 for a simple double room with fan and bathroom.
Its building design really fits an Indonesian ordinary people's house.
Natuna's first barefoot luxury resort.
By plane
By boat
Every 15 days or so, a PELNI ferry, usually the MV Bukit Raya, goes from Jakarta's port of Tanjung Priok to Pontianak, Borneo via the Natuna Islands, stopping at the following ports:
From Strait of Lampa, in the main harbour, you can get a small boat to Sabang Mawang Island, Kumbik Island or Sedanau Island for Rp15,000-20,000, where you can stay on a simple guest house. The trip takes a half hour.
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