Glagah Beach is a multi functioned beach located around 40 km southwest of downtown Yogyakarta, on the village of Glagah, Temon Sub-disctrict Kulonprogo regency. Other than the beach itself, the wide coastal land of Glagah has other facilities that can be enjoyed. One of them is fishing as there are several fishing spots at the area. Glagah Beach can also be used as a camping site. Besides that, the extensive dry land around the beach is conveniently used as an agro tourism site for specific plants, such as dragon fruit, rosella plant, and others. Not only can you buy harvested crops, you can also observe the cultivation process of the plants ( on certain periods) and experience an agro tourism of your own.

Glagah beach is situated on the mouth of Serang River. You can see overgrown palm trees placed amongst the sides of the beach. The vast terrain without huge coral reefs gives its viewers a neverending sight of the sea. Any area you stand in or go to in the beach will still give beautiful unlimited coastal scenary. In addition to the beautiful coastal scenery, Glagah Beach also provides another facility, which is the motocross circuit located at the seaside of the beach. Moreover, the asphalted road connecting Glagah and other Southern beaches in Yogyakarta can be utilized for fun bike activity.

One of the most interesting feature of Glagah Beach is the long and captivating lagoon that divides the area into two parts. The first is the agro tourism area where is planted many spesies of dryland crops and the other is the sand dune area which directly borders with the beach. The sand dune area can be reached from the lagoon by a bamboo bridge that’s built on the edge of the lagoon. On this lagoon is where local inhibitants make their living by renting wooden and bamboo boats (also called gethek) . These boats are usually the main transportation used to take you from the sand dune area to the agro tourism area on the other side of the beach. There are also duck shaped rowing boats and also canoe boats that can also be occupied near the lagoon.
On a fixed occasion, Glagah Beach is used as a venue for presenting a special traditional ritual, named Labuhan. The ritual is conducted on the first day of the month of Suro (the first month in Javanese Calender). On this ceremony, the performers of the ritual presents certain offerings to the sea as an express of gratitude for their fortune during the previous year.

Bookmark It!

Hide Sites