Weather / Climate Chart, Karimunjawa Islands Yearly temperature and rain chart showing the best travel times and seasons for Karimunjawa Islands. best time to visit: April - October rainy season: November - March average humidity: 75 % annual rainfall: 1250 mm videos below are provided by YouTube under copyright of their owners. Karimunjawa National Park, also Karimun Jawa National Park, is a national marine park designated in the Karimunjawa archipelago, Jepara Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. It lies 80 km north west of Jepara, Central Java in the Java Sea. The national park was formally declared as Marine Protection Area in 2001. Based on popular local myth, this archipelago was discovered by Sunan Nyamplungan, the nephew of Sunan Kudus who is one of the Wali Sanga. Karimunjawa is also a tourist attraction popular for its white sandy beach, pristine coral reefs, challenging treks through the hills, the pilgrimage to Sunan Nyamplungan Cemetery, and the customs and traditions of the Karimunjawa community.

are under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License Designated as a national marine park. Karimunjawa consists of many small islands, with the main ones being Karimunjawa island, Kemujan island, Menjangan Besar island, and Menjangan Kecil island. Mostly low lying islands with sandy beaches. There is some fringing mangrove around Kemujan island. It is very hot here in the dry season (approximately April to October) and wet and humid in the rainy season. There are chartered plane from Semarang that flies from Semarang to Dewandaru Airport in Kemujan island. There also a regular ferry that sail from Tanjung Emas port in Semarang and Jepara port to Karimunjawa island. provided by Wikitravel underEnkele honderden kilometers ten noorden van het midden van Java ligt Karimunjawa. Deze archipel is een schitterende en nauwelijks bezochte bestemming. Het is een flinke omweg om hier te komen, het ligt niet echt op een logische route door Indonesië. Maar als je op zoek bent naar ‘iets anders’ is Karimunjawa absoluut een aanrader.

De witte stranden zijn prachtig, het water is heerlijk helder en de sfeer is er heel relaxt. De eilanden worden nauwelijks door westerse toeristen bezocht, de meeste bezoekers zijn Indonesische vakantiegangers. Let er op dat het weer hier tussen december en februari vaak niet goed is. seoul backpack targusHet komt dan geregeld voor dat er geen boten van en naar Karimunjawa gaan.hyannis port backpack Pulau Karimunjawa is het grootste eiland van de archipel. kriega backpack for saleHier zijn de meeste faciliteiten te vinden en hier is ook het meeste te doen. dabbawalla backpack canadaHet is een leuk eiland om te verkennen per fiets. backpack aarn

Je kunt vanuit het dorp naar een aantal leuke stranden in de buurt fietsen en de mooie natuur van het eiland bekijken. Als je uit gefietst bent kan je goed duiken en snorkelen, dit is prima te regelen op Pulau Karimunjawa. Uiteraard kan je ook gewoon relaxen op het strand.master mfg backpack sprayer Het eiland Kemujan is via een brug te bereiken vanaf Pulau Karimunjawa. buy bigger backpack esoOok hier zijn wat faciliteiten te vinden. De andere eilanden van de archipel zijn grotendeels onbewoond. Op Kemujan is tevens een kleine landingsstrip te vinden voor vliegtuigjes. Ga zeker met een boottocht naar de onbewoonde eilanden Mejangan Besar en Menjangan Kecil. Op deze twee eilandjes zijn de mooiste stranden te vinden. Dit is een heerlijke dagtrip. Er zijn gelukkig veel leuke homestays te vinden op Karimunjawa.

Tevens zijn er een paar duurdere resorts. De homestays zijn simpel, maar goed betaalbaar. Er is echter heel weinig keuze. Naar het eiland toegaan zonder een kamer geboekt te hebben is niet verstandig. Dit is een van de weinige bestemmingen waarbij we aanraden om altijd een kamer te reserveren, het liefst ruim van te voren. , zij hebben genoeg keuzes in leuke homestays. Vliegen naar Karimunjawa was voorheen heel duur. Sinds kort kan je vanaf Surabaya en Semarang echter al voor enkele tientjes het vliegtuig pakken. Vanaf Jepara, op het 'vaste land' van Java, kan je boot nemen. De snelste boot doet er twee uur over. De langzamere boten zijn wat goedkoper. Vervolg je backpack reis naar een van onderstaande locaties.Posted by Tom in Asia | This is the first of a new Active Backpacker segment I’m calling “Reader Tales”. These are stories from the readers who make up the world wide community of backpackers. Whether you’re travelling the globe or just exploring the beauty of your own country, everyone has a travel story to tell!

This one comes from Juanda who lives in Indonesia, who tells us about a trip to the island of Karimun Jawa – which looks absolutely stunning. I took a trip in November 2011 to Karimun Jawa with 7 friends of mine. It is located in Central Java Province of Indonesia. From Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, you can go there by plane to Semarang and continue by a speed boat for 2-3 hours to Karimun Jawa. Or, you can go by bus to Jepara which will be a 10-12 hours ride and continue by a slow big boat for another 5 hours. We took the latter. Because we are cheap hahaha. This is the route we took. Our journey was not a smooth one. First, we missed the boat. The boat departs at 8 am and it’s not daily. We missed the boat because we had a traffic jam going on from Jakarta to Jepara and the driver decided at that moment to take another route, which took an even longer time. Later on we found out that the other bus that stayed on the traffic jam got to Jepara faster than us!

This is the boat we were supposed to take. So after we arrived at the port, knowing that we missed the boat by one hour, we start looking for alternatives. And luckily there were fishermen who wanted to go to Karimun Jawa too. So we offer them some money to let us on their boat, and oh boy it was a journey we will never forget. 6 hours on the sea, sailing with a small boat and feeling the heat of the sun burning our skin! This is the boat we actually ended up on… But it was all worth it. Once we arrived there, only one word can describe how we felt for the 3 days we stayed there. Okay, that’s 4 words, and I might be exaggerating a little bit… Who knew swimming with a baby shark was so much fun! Our activity was mainly hopping from one island to another, which meant sharing the boat with other people. So if you’re in luck, you will be on the same boat with the most annoying, self-centered, selfish, ego maniacal and ugliest people in the world. Indonesians are well known for their hospitality, and it’s true for the most part, especially if you’re a foreigner.

So, we’re on the same boat with one family who had a son. This kid was being really friendly so he ended up on a lot of our pictures. The journey home was also quite adventurous. This time we managed to get on board the big slow boat. But even though the boat was not going to depart until 8-9 AM, we had to be on the board pretty early in the morning if we wanted to get a nice seat. So we woke up at 4 in the morning, packed our things and were already on the boat by 5:30 AM. We waited around 3 hours before the ship departed and we had to endure another 5 hours on the boat. The nice thing about it was we saw a group of dolphins swimming on the open sea and we didn’t have to dig deep into our pockets for the privilege. For this trip we spent less than $100 per person and that includes everything from accomodation to the activities. Now as a bonus. So is Indonesia now on my list of places to visit (it keeps getting longer and longer), you bet! Karimun Jawa looks awesome – and some of those water photos make me want to get out of Holland right now and avoid the looming winter.