Tourism Objects in Moyo Island

TOURISM OBJECTS IN MOYO ISLAND

Sultan

Moyo Islander, 6th Semester Student, STKIP Hamzanwadi Selong

Located in West Nusa Tenggara Province, more specifically southern to Sumbawa Island, there is a small but beautiful island. Visitors who come from overseas call this island “a unique and mysterious island”. It is Moyo Island. There are two villages In Moyo Island: Sebotok village that is located in the eastern area and Labuhan Aji village which is located in the western area. Moyo Island is administratively part of Labuhan Badas subdistrict, one of subdistricts in Sumbawa Regency. Although this island is small, it has incredible natural resources. Moyo Island is one of international tourist destinations in Indonesia. Visitors who come to spend holidays on this island are generally not ordinary tourists, but mostly those with international reputation, such as a British royal family member Lady Diana and famous singer Mike Jagger.

The natural wealth that becomes tourism objects in Moyo Island encompasses the beauty of the beach, sea, underwater scenery, untouched forests, waterfalls, and nice natural rivers. All of them offer serenity for nature lovers. Tourists can also go for hiking in the jungle, along the rivers, waterfalls and some caves that can be reached on foot. One of the caves is Ai Manis that can be reached through climbing a rocky path.  In this place, there are thousands of bats. Another activity that we can do is tracking, starting from Labuhan Aji to Brang Rea waterfall. The local people call this place Duwembai (in Bimanese) located right on the middle of the island. The area around the island offers tourists a variety of beautiful underwater adventures of snorkelling or diving. The other beach attraction of this island is a beautiful marine park that constitutes a formation of soft and hard corals with several small fish of various unique colours. All of these objects are found in the western area of Labuhan Aji Village.

 Tourism objects in the eastern are not less magnificent. We can also find a long beautiful beach with white sand and amazing natural scenery located in Sebotok village. In addition, there are many coconut trees along this beach that makes it perfect.  

 We can find a mysterious cave in Sebotok village which is called goa panihi (in Bimanese language; in English, it is called Bat Cave). Thousands of bats of many kinds and sizes live in the cave. Visitors can also find hundreds of butterflies from behind the bushes and trees in the wet season. In the forest of Sebotok, there are many species of birds, wild pigs, deer and also snakes.

For you who want to visit Moyo Island and enjoy the panorama of this world nirvana, you can reach it through Muara Kali subvillage of Labuhan Sumbawa. It takes 3 hours from Muara Kali to Moyo Island by ship. Alternatively, you can reach it through the town of Sumbawa Besar, by taking a rent car to the coastal village of Ai Bari. It takes 15 minutes from Ai Bari to Moyo Island by a speedboat. You will enjoy a paradise.