Bidadari Island: A Peek Behind the Fortress of Natural Enchantment

Angel Island is one of the charming islands in the Thousand Islands Marine National Park. This beautiful island formerly known as Island Hospital and Pumered Island. Including the close location of Jakarta approximately 15 kilometers or 20 minutes away by speedboat.

Angel Island was among the cluster of Onrust Island, Island Khayangan, Moringa Island, and Pulau Ayer. Administratively, this island makes Fortunately Java Village, District of South Thousand Islands, Thousand Islands regency.

Angel Island is being developed as a tourist destination in the Thousand Islands Marine National Park as well as the historic natural beauty. Historic recall the 17th century, the Dutch build leprosy and leprosy hospital on the island. In addition, in 1786 also built a fortress to protect the city of Batavia (Jakarta) from enemy attack.

Angel Island has white sandy beaches with crystal clear sea water. Here grow mangrove forests and rare plants are well maintained as a tree of peace (Baringtonia exelsa), billowing trees, tree sentigi (Pempis acidula), ebony tree (Diospyros maritama), glodokan trees and some fruit trees. Approximately 60% of the plants on the island is fairly rare kind of protected.

Prior to 1970, the island was never visited by tourists. It was only after the 1970s, PT Seabreez manage to be a tourist resort at once popularizing the name to Angel Island. According to society, called Angel Island since ancient royal family Pengeran Jayakarta and make it as a place of recreation and only the royal family are allowed recreation on the island so called Angel Island.


accommodation

On Angel Island there are 49 floating cottages and also on land. Cottage is a house on stilts floating on the water and being in the trees overlooking the sea like a fishing village. This location is right for you who are looking for a honeymoon location because of the nuances here clearly evoke a romantic aura. In its land available also equipped traditional house of Minahasa AC, water heater, and television. There is also a means of karaoke, games, meeting room, restaurant, souvenir shop, bar, beach volleyball, and table tennis. The cottage also features a water sports equipment rentals, such as jetski, banana boat, canoe, and fishing gear.

Not all the islands in the Thousand Islands Marine National Park has a 24-hour electricity. Angel Island is one that provides 24-hour electricity. There is also a clean water unfit for use.


Tips

• If the holidays arrive, usually inn was full, so we recommend you order a few days before departure.

• The best visiting season is from March to May each year. In November through February is often the case that large waves so it is advisable to avoid it. Unfavorable weather also occurred in May and August. Thousand Islands include hundreds of islands that are close together so that ocean waves will break on the islands and reduce the brunt of which is more dangerous. If the weather is unfavorable then customarily trip will be postponed until the weather allows.

transportation
Angel Island can be addressed approximately 30-45 minutes from Pier 17 Marina Jaya Ancol with KM grouper. Rp32,000 ticket prices (not including admission Ancol) with a journey time of approximately 20-30. Scheduled departure from Marina Ancol at 08.00 or at 09.00 and return at 13:30 or 14:00 pm.

Leader Sea Marine Luxury Yacht charter offers rental purposes Ayer Island, Angel Island, Scout Island, Island Tidung, PulauKotok, Island Princess, Sepa Island and Island Pantara, as well as other islands in the region for the purpose for Thousand Islands Marine National Park. Contact his office at Pier Marina Ancol, for charter (021-6450310) and regular (021-6450315).

culinary

Angel Island offers a restaurant that is ready to pamper your taste buds with the main menu of processed sea food obtained directly from the fishermen. Taste menu favorites such as fish head soup, crab soup, mussels, baby stingray, and others. If you choose the taste of food other than seafood fried rice for Rp 20,000 per portion, Rp20,000 per serving noodle soup, or grilled fish baronang Rp55,000 per portion. Here sometimes there is a barbeque party in the evening.