Many interesting destinations are available in Aceh province, the area is rich in beautiful beaches. One of the beaches in this province is Ujong Blang Beach, a wide stretch of beach accompanied by calm waves whilst adding to the beauty of the beach located in the city of Lhokseumawe, Aceh. On this coast it empties Cunda River Cangkoi River where the river crosses 4 villages namely, Ujong Blang Village, Ulee Road, Northwest Hagu, and Hagu Tengah Village.
The beauty of Ujong Blang beach lies in the sunrise view which leaves its own impression as the visitors. That's when visitors will be spoiled with beautiful scenery and can directly see the daily fishing activities that are located not far from the gas liquefaction plant PT Arun.
Ujong Blang beach has been inaugurated in 2012 as one of the tourist destinations by the Ministry of Tourism RI. It's just that the beach that has long been a recreational destination Lhokseumawe community, North Aceh and the middle of Aceh, still looks plain without the artistic touch of the architects. Yet the beach atmosphere that has not been touched by human development is a hallmark of the purity of the natural atmosphere.
Ujong blang beach is named after the name of the village where the beach is located. The meaning of ujong in Aceh is the tip and blang is the rice field or the garden stretch. This naming relates to the Lhokseumawe region which consists of areas of rice fields, swamps and vacant land.
The city of Lhokseumawe is closely related to the area of
rice fields and swamps that can not be separated from the water source, hence the name of this town Lhokseumawe which if diurai lhok means 'in' and seumawe means water spinning or the center of the springs so that the outline of Lhokseumawe city means area Which is covered by water.
In addition to the beauty of Ujong Blang Beach that can be enjoyed by tourists, there are other things that can not be forgotten when visiting this beach is a typical snack sold in the beach area. Of the various snacks, the most widely dikiniti is typical Lhokseumawe salad with a young coconut water drink. Price rujak is around Rp10.000, - for each portion of course the price is affordable for foreign tourists and local tourists.
For those of you who like swimming on the beach, then when the afternoon precisely when the temperature is not too hot then you can realize your hobby. Even if you are interested to browse the beach, do not need to spend much money because enough with Rp30.000 funds, - to rent rubber tires, banana boats, or fishing boats to be able to browse this beach.
If the coastal search is done in the afternoon, it is likely that the traveler can watch the fishing activity while pulling the trawl. Thus it can add insight into the diversity of activities and be grateful for the gift of God that has been bestowed on His creatures.
聽To the location
聽Indeed Ujong Blang Beach is a beach that is only 3 km from downtown Lhokseumawe. Therefore it is not difficult to visit this beach, the driver will drive you if you want to go to the beach.
But for those of you who have never been to Aceh, then if you depart from the city of Medan takes about 6-7 hours by traveling overland because Lhokseumawe City is located between the City of Medan and Banda Aceh.
For those of you who come from outside of Sumatra then you take the air path to Kuala Namu Airport Medan and connect the trip to Malikussaleh Lhoksemawe Airport with a tentative tariff of around Rp300.000, -.
Of course, the cost of tourism in the country is not quite sparing without the need to drain savings. As for the food available in Ujong Blang Beach is unquestionable, the article in Muslim-majority areas often put forward halal culinary. Even Aceh has been established as a halal destination by the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia.
