Sumenep

The island has been noted for its plant diversity and high concentrations of oxygen. It is known as the oxygen island.

Exotic small island in Sumenep regency.

The Kangeans are an archipelago of about 30 islands 120 km to east-north-east of Madura. These are relatively little known but with far better boat transport options than used to be the case, the islands are accessible for the adventurous traveller. The largest island is Kangean itself at about 490 sqkm. Others are as small as 1,800 sqm. The key attraction here is marine life and there is good snorkelling close to shore off many of the islands. As a general rule, the western coast lines here tend to be white sand while the eastern coasts are often covered with mangrove forest. Some Bali-based dive operators offer formal dive excursions to this archipelago, and there are irregular boats servicing the Kangeans from Sangsit nr Singaraja in North Bali. The only formal accommodation option in the island group is a fairly terrible government rest house (pasanggrahan) in Arjasa on main Kangean. As an alternative, you should also be able to find lodging with a family by approaching a local head of village (kepala desa). Both public ferries (ASDP) and private boats service Batu Guluk, which is about 12 km from Arjasa the capital of main Kangean. These leave from Kalianget just 6 km south-east of Sumenep, and the crossing takes anything from 6 to 10 hours.

It was built in 1644 as a royal cemetery. Do note that visitors are required to remove their footwear before entering the cemetery complex.

A Dutch fort was established in 1785. It was built by VOC.

Kalianget Old Town is one of the first modern cities on Madura Island. This city was built during the VOC era and continued by the Dutch East Indies government. You may see the remnants of the old city in the PT Garam (a state-owned company) area.