Depok Beach, Enjoy Fresh Fish Dishes

Depok Beach serves fresh fish and a host of other marine catches in typical nuance of coastal restaurants. Not far from this beach, you can enjoy the panorama of sand dunes only in Southeast Asia.

Depok Beach, Enjoy Fresh Fish Dishes

Among the other beaches in the area of ??Bantul, Depok Beach was the one that looks most are designed to be enjoying the culinary center of sea food. On this beach, there are a number of traditional food stalls offering seafood, lined up not far from the beach. Several food stalls and even deliberately designed to face south, so while enjoying seafood, you can see the sights high seas with large waves.

Nuance typical diner coastal and fishing activities have grown since Depok Beach 10 years ago. According to the story, around 1997, some fishermen from Cilacap find an adequate landing places in Depok Beach. The fishermen with the catch that pretty much so evocative Depok Beach residents who made their living as farmers to catch fish.
A number of coastal residents began to become "tekong", local term for the fish finder. The tekong go to sea with a capital of which is equipped motorized outrigger boat. Catching fish is done almost throughout the year, except on certain days that are considered sacred, namely Tuesday and Friday Kliwon Kliwon. Outside the fish a bad season that lasts between the months of June to September, the number of pretty good catches.

Because the number of catches is large enough, then the locals opened the Fish Landing Base (PPI) which is then fitted with the Fish Auction Place (TPI) named Mina Bahari 45. Place the fish auction on the beach is even accept deposits fish caught by fishermen on the other beaches. When YogYES visit, where the auction is being visited by the tourists.

With the increasing number of visitors to the beach which is 1.5 kilometers from Parangtritis, then opened the diner-seafood diner. Generally, food stalls that stood on this beach offers a traditional feel. The building seems simple diner with a pyramid roof, while the seating designed Lesbian using mats and small tables. Simple, clean and comfortable dining.

A variety of seafood dishes are worth trying. The most popular fish dishes and cheap is tuna, worth USD 8000.00 per kilogram, equivalent to 5-6 fish. Other fish species that can be enjoyed is white snapper and red snapper with a price range of USD 17000.00 - 25000.00 USD per kilogram. What kind of fish is quite expensive pomfret, for Rp 27000.00 - Rp 60,000 per kilogram. Besides fish, there are also crabs, shrimp and squid.

Seafood dishes are usually cooked with baked or fried. If you want to order it, you can go to the fish auction to order fish or other marine catches. After that, you usually will be escorted to one of the existing food stalls on the beach by one resident. No need to worry about expensive pricing, plus half a kilo of tuna as YogYES drinks tasted, only sold Rp 22000.00 including cooking services.

Satisfied enjoy seafood, you can exit the beach and turn right onto Parangkusumo and Parangtritis direction. There, you will find a rare natural scenery and stunning, the sand dunes. Sand dunes on the beach this is the only one in Southeast Asia and is a rare phenomenon in the tropics. Here, you can enjoy the vast expanse of sand, like in a desert.

Sand dunes located near Depok Beach formed over millennia through a process that is quite unique. Formerly, there are various types are formed, ie barchan dune, dune comb, parabolic dune and longitudinal dune. Currently only a few artifacts, ie barchan and longitudinal. Sea breeze and steep hills to the east of Merapi activity of flying sand deposited near the river to the mainland, forming dunes or dune.

To enjoy seafood as well as this landscape of sand dunes, you can go through the same route with Parangtritis from Yogyakarta. After arriving at the near post levy Parangtritis, you can turn right onto Depok Beach. Entrance fee to the Depok Beach only $ 4000.00 for two people and one motorcycle. When you bring a car, you are charged Rp 5000.00 plus the cost of individual