Again planning a vacation to Aceh? Or you are Acehnese and want to enjoy the weekend to a fun and exciting place, in Aceh Besar District is the place.
In Aceh Besar, there are many good tourist attractions, and guaranteed not to be boring. Like enjoying the white sand of Lampuuk beach, enjoy the cool waterfall Luthu Lamweu, soak in hot water pool in Krueng Raya, and fishing in Lhok Mata Ie.
In addition, if you are tired of traveling on the mainland merely, and want a more challenging again, namely a boat ride and enjoy the sunset in the middle of the ocean, in Aceh Besar is heaven. In Aceh Besar district there are many choices of island attractions, such as, Nasi Island, Breueh Island, Batee Island, Bunta Island, and several other small islands.
From a number of islands that Loveaceh.com mentioned above, Bunta Island worth your visit. Bunta Island is one of the small islands in Aceh Besar. The island is located in Peukan Bada Sub-district, Aceh Besar District. If viewed from Google Maps, this island is like a camel that is creeping, maybe for this reason called Bunta Island.
Before the tsunami hit Aceh, there used to be a residential area, Gampong Bunta name of his village. But unfortunately, after the tsunami struck, many residents who left the island and moved to the mainland of Aceh, they live in a number of villages in Pekan Bada sub-district, Aceh Besar district ", said village head Gampong Bunta, Amir told the Loveaceh.com team we met at his home in Gampong Bunta, Bunta Island.
Still according to the story of the village chief of Gampong Bunta, although many residents who do not settle on this island anymore, but in their ID card is still written address and residence in the Village Gampong Bunta.
"In a few months, we will hold a mass-gathering, clean up the village of Gampong Bunta, and will build a number of facilities, because we want to resettle and live again in this village of Kampung Bunta", said newly elected Amir as the village chief of Bunta Island new.
If you want to travel to this island, you do not worry about the absence of shelter, because there are still many homes residents, some are damaged not maintained, and some are still good because it is still in place.
According to our observation, from ten existing houses, about 7 houses are still in place. Those who are still living in this house mostly work as fishermen and gardening.
BANDA ACEH - About 36 Heads of Families (KK) or 102 people from Bunta Island, Peukan Bada Sub-district, Aceh Besar were asked to return home soon. The island that had been abandoned by its people after the tsunami of 26 December 2004 began to be restored, including the clearing of land for resettlement.
T Iskandar, Head of Peukan Bada Sub-district, Saturday (2/9) explained various supporting facilities for Bunta Island Village has started to be built, such as road, solar powered electricity, clean water source and empung rain water container at the top of hill. He said 10 housing units are being rehabilitated to be immediately occupied by their owners.
Bunta Island with the mainland is surrounded by sharp beaches and clear water mirrors. Stores a million charms. From this island, can be seen Bate Island and Breueh Island or also called Aceh Island located in the cluster of Indian Ocean.
Iskandar said that currently, Bunta Island is only inhabited by 2 families, while others live in Peukan Bada sub-district, including village equipment, ranging from keuchik, secretary, treasurer and others.
