Parangtritis Sand Dune, Indonesian-Style Desert

"The scorching sun, air temperature and the surrounding environment will make your imagination to the Sahara Desert"

Who think Indonesia has a desert like Africa with Sahara desert ? Strange but true. This natural phenomenon does exist in Indonesia, exactly in Yogyakarta city. Unique, this desert is formed in Indonesia, which has a tropical climate with high rainfall. The uniqueness is named Parangtritis Sand Dune.

Entering this sand dune area, visitors will be welcome by the hissing of the soft sand blown by the wind. The harder the wind blows, the more sand particles are blown away. The hissing combines with the splashing wave of the south sea results in a harmonic tone. Not far from this place, there is a museum, namely Geospatial Museum. This museum serves as an educational attraction for add to visitors information about Parangtritis Sand Dune's geospatial condition. As well as a desert, Parangtritis Sand Dune has an extremely drastic temperature changes, hot sun like burning body and expanse of sand that the stretches wide. All of it, makes the imagination of visitors like being in the Sahara desert.

Because of its uniqueness dazzling, many photographers take photos here for photo sessions and many couples make this sand dune into the background of pre-wedding photos. Not only that, Parangtritis Sand Dune also used as a place for film-making and video clips.

As a rare natural phenomenon and the only one in Indonesia, even the Southeast Asia. This place become a famous tourist destination. Parangtritis Sand Dune has an easy to find location. The location is between Parangtritis beach and Depok beach, exactly in Parangtritis village, Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, is about 30 kilometers from Yogyakarta city. 

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