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Half Day Trips: * Tembesi Valley * Sambu Island * Nongsa Coast *
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BATAM ISLAND: Half Day Trips:

Nongsa Coast

Fitness Level: Moderate to fit: You can see this area either on foot or bicycle.
By foot: Must be able walk in hilly terrain for about two hours.
Bicycle: Must be able to push bike up a rough grassy hill for 15 minutes and be able to ride on flat dirt roads for a couple of hours.

NONGSA COAST - FROM TELUK MATA IKAN (TMI) VILLAGE TO BATU BESAR (BB)
This stretch of coast has some quite untouched sections, all of which are doable on foot or mountain bike.
MOUNTAIN BIKING: The Nongsa Peninsular makes the basis for a big 30km bike ride. Start from the Turi Beach / Nongsa Village area, ride through TMI on the "dirt road through forest" (see satellite photo). Find the turnoff down to the coast, which will be on your left, ("Starting point of trek"). Follow the coast to BB then cross the main road and pass though more sand mines, pass through the forest behind (west side) the Citra Mas Housing Estate, come out on a main road and follow this back to your starting point passing Tering Bay golf on your left.

Color map from the early 90's, made by our old friend Victor Esbensen. Accurately shows the main roads and possibilities for a longer bike ride covering most of the peninsular.
To see an image full sized, click on it and press [F11]. AN IDEAL WALK starts from a halfway point between TMI and BB, which can be reached by car on a non rainy day. Driviong from Batu Besar, find the cross roads located a couple of hundred metres after the Citra Mas housing estate. Turn right and follow this road a couple of kliks - then start looking for a 90-deg turnoff to the right, the second one will bring you to the seaside. (You can see the sea from the turnoff.) Send the car to wait for you at the Rezeki kelong seafood restaurant at Batu Besar. There are village people mining sand in this area, just walk south, following the coast, you will soon get to the Batu Besar. Your first obstacle is the headland at the end fo the bech. At low tide, you can walk around this headland to the next village. At high tide, walk up the hill until you see a what was once a road off to your left. The walk on the hill is better than the coast walk.

Satellite photo taken in April 2003, shows the exact location of the "dirt road through forest".
To see an image full sized, click on it and press [F11].
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Start of forest road.jpg This what the start of the "dirt road through forest" looks like, just near the Batu Besar to Nongsa main road, just after the Citra MAs housing estate.
Travel along this forest road a few kliks until you can see a turnoff to the right, where the sea is visible from this road. This is the start of the walk. (Bike riders can start from Kampung Telok Mata Ikan, find this forest road and use this same turnoff to get to the coast.)

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Follow this trail south along the beach until it peters out at a headland.

At this headland, turn right and head uphill though the long grass, away from the sea. There are the remnants of an old track to follow.
When you have almost lost sight of the sea (two or three hundreds meters uphill), look for this trail off the to the left, which heads down to the almost abandonded Momban Villagein the next bay north.

Heading back down towards the coast.
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Just about back to the seaside again..
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Nongsa Coast Momban Village 03.jpg

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Batu Besar boat harbour. You have just passed the Rezeki Seafood restaurant.
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Two Hour Trips: * Duriangkang Dam * Batu Merah * Tanjung Uma *
Half Day Trips: * Tembesi Valley * Sambu Island * Nongsa Coast *
Full Day Trips: * Galang Islands * Rempang Island *
Overnight Trips: * Bintan Island * Kundur Island *
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Color map from the early 90's, made by our old friend Victor Esbensen. Accurately shows the main roads and possibilities for a longer bike ride covering most of the peninsular. To see an image full sized, click on it and press [F11].	AN IDEAL WALK starts from a halfway point between TMI and BB, which can be reached by car on a non rainy day. Driviong from Batu Besar, find the cross roads located a couple of hundred metres after the Citra Mas housing estate. Turn right and follow this road a couple of kliks - then start looking for a 90-deg turnoff to the right, the second one will bring you to the seaside. (You can see the sea from the turnoff.) Send the car to wait for you at the Rezeki kelong seafood restaurant at Batu Besar. There are village people mining sand in this area, just walk south, following the coast, you will soon get to the Batu Besar. Your first obstacle is the headland at the end fo the bech. At low tide, you can walk around this headland to the next village. At high tide, walk up the hill until you see a what was once a road off to your left. The walk on the hill is better than the coast walk.
Satellite photo taken in April 2003, shows the exact location of the "dirt road through forest". To see an image full sized, click on it and press [F11].	Nongsa Coast 02.jpg
Start of forest road.jpg This what the start of the "dirt road through forest" looks like, just near the Batu Besar to Nongsa main road, just after the Citra MAs housing estate.	Travel along this forest road a few kliks until you can see a turnoff to the right, where the sea is visible from this road. This is the start of the walk. (Bike riders can start from Kampung Telok Mata Ikan, find this forest road and use this same turnoff to get to the coast.)
Nongsa Coast 03.jpg	Nongsa Coast 04.jpg
Nongsa Coast 05.jpg	Follow this trail south along the beach until it peters out at a headland.
At this headland, turn right and head uphill though the long grass, away from the sea. There are the remnants of an old track to follow.	When you have almost lost sight of the sea (two or three hundreds meters uphill), look for this trail off the to the left, which heads down to the almost abandonded Momban Villagein the next bay north.
Heading back down towards the coast.	Nongsa Coast 12.jpg
Just about back to the seaside again..	Nongsa Coast Momban Village 02.jpg
Nongsa Coast Momban Village 03.jpg

Batu Besar boat harbour 01.jpg	Batu Besar boat harbour 02.jpg
seafood kelong restaurant2.jpg	kelong2.jpg