Berlibur di Teluk Kiluan

Holiday in Kiluan Bay

Last month, my friends and I went to the Kiluan bay which located at the end of Sumatra island. Together with my friends, I started the journey in the evening. We settled off from Bandar Lampung at 7:45 PM. We spend the time to shop for food in a supermarket for 30 minutes. We shopped instant noodles, ketchup, sauces, fish, vegetables, and the other foods. Those were used for our food supplies for living in the Kiluan island. We would stay on the island for one night, but we stayed at a friend’s house first for that night. After shopping, we immediately headed to our friend’s house to stay. Our friend’s house was located near the beach and the next day, we went to the Kiluan. During the night, we stayed at the home of our friends. We stayed up and talked so long because he had not met for a long time. However, on that night some of our friends did not want to continue the conversation and chosen to go to sleep because they had to prepare for tomorrow, the long journey.

In the morning, on Saturday, we went to Kiluan at 7:00 AM. We used motorcycles, we rode a motorcycle by two people. A few minutes after the trip began, we stopped at a gas station to refuel. The journey that we had to pass is quite far, we spent approximately 5 hours to get to Kiluan. On the way, after we refueled we also took time to stop at the restaurant den resting in a hut owned by residents. The journey that we traveled was very tiring, especially with the scorching sun which began to shine. At 12:50 PM, we arrived at the beach of Kiluan Bay. We stay in a cottage belonging to a friend, and we took a rest for a few hours. We carry the noon prayer and then talked about Kiluan island along with the native people in that cottage area.

When we had took a rest, a friend asked us to prepare for going to go to Laguna. Laguna is sea water trapped in rocks and formed a pool. Laguna is one of the attractions of the Kiluan bay and when you get to that place, you will surely be amazed. It was not too deep so we could swim easily. Next to Laguna, there was a small pool that had a hole leading directly to the beach. So, if the beach was touched by the waves, then there would be a big splash of water from that small pool. The splashes that went out were so high and we really liked it. We were in the Laguna to take pictures and to swim only for two hours. Then we returned to the lodge for a shower and took our stuffs. A few minutes later, there was a ship that came to pick us up and drove to the island. We headed to the real island named Kiluan. We left at 5:30 PM and we got there at 6:00 PM.

When returning to the beach, we immediately dived and see the beauty of the underwater life in Kiluan bay. We rented a float and equipment for swimming. We swam up to the middle of the beach and then watched how the beauty of the Kiluan underwater park. After a few hours of swimming, we get some rest and cook for lunch. We cook instant noodles and ate together on the island. At 3:00 PM, we were picked up by a boat that took us back to the island of Sumatera. We prepared quickly and went home. Holiday in the Kiluan island was a very pleasant experience. We could never forget how to experience swimming in the Laguna, seeing the dolphins, and diving. It was so impressive.