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Thousand Island lies in the waters of Jakarta Bay which has 100 miles
length and 108,000 ha width. There're about 110 islands, in some large
and small group of islands in the Thousand Island. Those islands
divided into tourism islands, conservation, historical island, and
island for community empowerment in accordance with the
characteristics differences between each island.

Thousand Island is a district under the government of DKI Jakarta
Province and is headed by a regent which office is on Pramuka Island.
As the capital district, Pramuka Island has a complete infrastructure
such as school buildings, sports facilities, an integrated security
system to health facility and hospital units with some speed boat
ambulance.

There're 45 islands that are meant for tourism destination which are
classified into general tourism and special tourism. Among the islands
that are included in Thousand Island, six of them have been made as
the tourism islands. Those six islands are Ayer Island, Bidadari
Island, Kotok Island, Putri Island, Pantara Island, and Sepa Island.
Those tourism islands equipped with adequate and even complete
facilities and infrastructure.

Textile Museum
Battle'45 Museum
Maritime Museum
Ragunan Zoo
Schmutzer Primate Center Accommodations
Thousand Island

Planetarium
Inscription Museum
Kota Intan Bridge
Syahbandar Tower
Jakarta Kota Station
Jalan Surabaya Tourism Islands in the Thousand Island have a good
quality of accommodations with unique architecture and interesting
interior. Some of the lodging has a room with a standard suite and
executive room. Other supporting facilities on the tourism islands of
Thousand Islands\ are such as meeting/convention room, bar,
restaurant, karaoke, discotheque, swimming pool, tennis field, beach
volley and souvenir shops.

Some tourism islands provide a package called "inter island tours"
that allow tourists to visit the islands around with all the charm
various natural beauties they have. Islands that do not provide resort
equipped with home stay accommodation that are provided among the
residence of local people who lives there. Among the islands that
provide such accommodation are Pramuka Island and Untung Java Island.

Transportation
It will require about 20 minutes to reach the nearest island and
three hours to reach the farthest island by riding speedboat from the
port of Marina Ancol.

Some management of the tourism islands has its own transportation
facility. Likewise to the government of Thousand Island district. The
ships are operated every day to facilitate the needs of tourists and
local residents to visit tourism islands or other island with local
people settled there. The ships depart from the Marina Ancol at 08.00
or at 09.00 and return from the island at13:30 or at 14.00 Western
Indonesian Time (WIB)

In addition to the speedboat, other transportations used are timber
ships (some kind of traditional boat) with capacity of 50 - 60
passengers. Those raditional and motorized boats that is equipped with
life jackets for passengers are departing every day from Muara Angke
Port to Pramuka Island and Panggang Island with transit time about 2.5
to 3 hours.

Pictures of Thousand Island
Wooden Boat Dermaga Guest House Boats

Sports and Recreations
Thousand Island waters with its diversity of marine's flora and
fauna makes this place become comfortable place for nautical sports
and recreation. You can experience various kind of sports and
recreational facilities with marine nuances at Thousand Island such as
Jet Ski, Canoe, fishing, wind surfing, snorkeling, and scuba diving.
Other sports that tourists usually like to do there are jogging,
tennis, beach volley, billiard, and golf are also available at
Thousand Islands.

Travelers can also use having fun with glass bottom boat at Putri
Island to see the diversity of underwater wealth there or playing with
banana boat with family or friends.

Resort Islands in Thousand Island
There're few islands at Thousand Island managed to be resort island
or tourism island that are equipped with complete facilities...Read
more

Conservation and Historical Island
In the area of Thousand Island you can find a National Park which is
named Thousand Island National Park which includes 44 islands in the
Thousand Island area. The width of Thousand Island National Park is
approximately 110ha. National park area has a high conservation value
because of the type and diversity of the ecosystem there...Read more

Other Side of Thousand Island
The attraction of Thousand Island is not only on the natural panorama.
Other attractions are witnessed local people routine activities like
doing culture seaweed business, grouper fish, making boat/ship and the
conservation of turtle shell.

Many of Thousand Island communities, particularly those residing on
Pramuka Island lives from making many kinds snacks that many local
residents and visitors of Pramuka Island fond of.

Parts of Thousand Island that become residential for local people and
interesting to visit are Pramuka Island, Untung Jawa Island, Harapan
Island, Kelapa Island, Panggang Island, and Tidung Island with local
people's daily activity as fishermen, businessmen, traders and
employees.

Pictures of Thousand Island
Sea Porcupine Children Playing Swimming at Thousand Island

Tips for Thousand Island
Foreign tourists are generally visiting the island that already have
full facilities and infrastructure such as Ayer Island, Bidadari
Island, Kotok Island, Putri Island, Pantara Island, and Sepa Island.
Some of the management of tourism island (resort island) in the
Thousand Island are offering a day visit to the island. Travelers
depart from Marina Ancol Jakarta in the morning toward one of the
tourism island and return to Jakarta in the afternoon.
Local tourists are generally like to visit Pramuka Island besides
tourism island (Resort Island) in the Thousand Island. Th reasons for
local tourists visited Pramuka Island is the price that is cheaper
than tourism islands. However, it should be noted that the existing
facilities at Pramuka Island is not as complete as at tourism islands.
If you do not really depend on complete facilities and interested in
visiting the Pramuka Island then what you should know are that you can
reach Pramuka Island by wooden ship that depart from Muara Angke port,
Jakarta, every day on around 6 to 7:30 am. Return schedule from
Pramuka Island to Muara Angke is every day at 1 pm. Transit time from
Muara Angke to Pramuka Island or vise versa is about 2.5 - 3 hours.
There's no automatic transfer machine (ATM) at the Pramuka Island or
at other islands in the Thousand Islands.
Pramuka Island has limited the source of electricity of which will be
turned off several hours in the afternoon. It's suggested not to turn
on air conditioner until 21:00pm at night.
There are several home stay on Pramuka Island and lodging that is
located strategically on the sealie Villa Delima (phone: 021 –
54373149). Usually the lodging in Pramuka Island would be fully booked
on holiday season by groups of traveler.
Tourists are usually like to swim, snorkel and dive at around Pramuka
Island. To make the traveling cost cheaper it's recommended to travel
to Pramuka Island with minimum three people. It's because the cost to
do marine sports activities (like diving and snorkeling) is quite a
lot since you have to rent a boat to find good spots on the sea to
dive or snorkel. If you visit with a group of people you can share the
cost of renting boat.
Following are the estimation of cost/prices if you like to visit
Pramuka Island: rent a lodging Rp200 - 350 thousand per day and can be
used for 2 or 3 people, rent a wooden boat for half day will cost
about Rp150 - 200 thousand, rent snorkeling equipment about Rp25 - 35
thousand, snorkeling instructors Rp60 thousand, rent diving equipment
and instructors for a half-day about Rp300 - 500 thousand, freight
fare by riding wooden ship from Muara Angke, Jakarta to Pramuka Island
is Rp30 thousand for one way, freight fare by wooden ships from
Pramuka Island to Panggang Island or vice versa is Rp3.000, and the
price of food (rice + fish + vegetable) is around Rp10 - 15 thousand.
Those prices was updated on January 2009.