Pasir Kencana Beach

Pekalongan is the city that is located in Central Java. It is known as Batik City. Because it is known as Batik City, every year Pekalongan make some event like International Batik Week or National Batik Week. Many tourists visit Pekalongan to see that event. Pekalongan also has some tourism object, one of the tourism object in Pekalongan is Pasir Kencana Beach.

It is located in North Pekalongan. The location of the beach is not far from the city. It needs 10-15 minutes to go there. There are two ways to reach the beach. The first way is passing Senior High School 2 Pekalongan and the second way is passing Junior High School 1 Pekalongan. A few years ago, the second way is better than the first way. But now, both the way are easy to pass, because the road condition is better. For the entrance ticket, we only need to pay Rp.3000 each person and Rp.1000 for parking.

From the entrance gate, tourists can see some cartoon character or animal like Mickey Mouse, giraffe, and others in the left side. From the right side, tourists can see some animals like monkey, porcupine, snake, and others. We also can find a mosque for Muslim to pray. Then, after we park our motorcycle or car, we can see some trees that make the scenery around the beach look shady and beautiful. For the family, they can enjoy the beach by having picnic under the trees. It is so comfortable and can refresh our mind. If we feel hungry, there are some seller that sold food around the beach.

The next facility is a stage that is used to perform something like musical or others. Usually, in the new year or syawalan (Pekalongan tradition after one week Idul Fitri) this stage is used to hold some events like Dangdut Music, or another party. The other facilities are the playground. If you bring children, they can play in there. There are some toys in playground, like swing, and others.The children not only can play in the playground, but also they can play in the beach with their parents. Parents can teach the children how to make sand castle, fishing some fish or collecting some shells to decorate things. We can enjoy the beach with traditional boat. We only need to pay Rp.10.000 each person. Some teenagers sometimes enjoy the sunrise or sunset from the bridge. Although the condition of the bridge is little broken, but they still can enjoy the sunrise or sunset in there.

If we do not want to pay the entrance ticket, we still can enjoy the beach for free but there is no special facilities. In the afternoon, we can see some boys are playing football near the beach and we also can see some fisherman is fishing some fish. There is also a restaurant if you want to eat seafood. The famous restaurant in there is Ikan Bakar Wiroto. The other tourism object near Pasir Kencana Beach are Krematorium, Mangrove Park, and Large Aquarium that is located beside the harbour. In this place tourists can enjoy the scenery or doing some activity like fishing, sport beach, or just enjoy the air of the beach. Some people sometimes come to this object in Friday or Weekend.