Losari
Beach is one of icon and famous beach in Makasar City, South Sulawesi.
Initially, its beach well-known as the longest table in the world because there
were lot stalls along the dike of beach. But now, those stalls have been
relocated to other place which is not far from the site. You probably will
surprise to know that 1 km of stalls can be seen there. The local government
has been beautify Losary Beach by providing a port to make it cleaner and more
comfortable to be visited. Around the beach, you can see cafes and restaurants
that provide you fresh seafood.
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Losari Beach becomes one of beautiful beach
because you will be able to see amazing sunset when the day almost dark. The
color of the sky will change and it looks so beautiful because it will reflect
into the water and this brings tranquil to people who watch it. You will see
many boats from distance with the wave of water become higher. Lot of people
comes there to shoot this beauty by their camera and keep it as nice memory
there. Losari
Beach is located at Penghibur Street, Makasar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The beach is surrounded by concrete dike to restrain wave of water. This beach
becomes the most popular destination for local residents because they can spend
their time to do exercise or jogging in the morning while hunting culinary
dishes. The situation in the evening becomes more crowded and the young boy and
girl love to enjoy romantic place there.
It
is easy to reach Losari Beach because this beach located in the city. Numbers
of public transportation pass the edge beach. From Hasanudin Airport, it takes
around 45 minutes by motorcycle. And if you come from Soekarno-Hatta Port, it
takes around 20 minutes. Losari Beach stretch along 4 km and you can see so
many hotel close to this beach. For instance, Aston Hotel, Aryadutta Hotel,
Losari Beach Hotel, MGM Hotel, and Quality Hotel. For you who have limited
budget, you can go to Kenari Hotel at Joseph Latumahina Street. But, most of
traveler loves to stay at Losari Beach Hotel and Quality Hotel. The ideal time
to visit Losari Beach is at evening, from 15.00 – 21.00. And if you come there
on Sunday, this beach will be flooded by people from around the country. In one
place, you can see old people doing heart exercise, or biking or just
strolling.
After
you tired enjoying Losari Beach, you can come to enjoy local dish. You only
need to walk for 5 minutes from the beach. Try Epe Banana. This is kind of raw
banana baked, then made it flat and you can taste it by adding brown sugar
liquid. In order to add the odor and taste, usually the seller will give
durian. Epe Banana becomes popular dish there. The other dishes you can try are
palu butung, meatball, konro soup, coto Makasar, pisang ijo ice, seafood, fried
rice, fried noodle and more.
The price comes from Rp4.000 – Rp6.000 or US$40
cent to US$60 cent. If you want to try something different, you can go the
southern of Losari Beach port. You will find floating cafe and floating
restaurant that uses Bugis’s traditional boat named ‘Phinisi’. There, you can
taste seafood. The price comes from Rp7.500 – Rp25.000 per portion or US$80
cents to US$3. When you want to experience sea sport, you can try banana boat
or ride the boat to get around the coast. And the last, try to take becak or
pedicab while enjoy the wind around this beach.
