Origin of the name "Serangan" is believed by locals derived from the word "sira angen" which means feeling affection or miss. This word is taken up when the Buginese sailors land on the island for a drink. After drinking water from the island, they are exposed to "sira angen".
They feel at home on this island and do not want to leave it. Serangan Island has a very beautiful nature, especially the sea is rich with a variety of marine biota. The golden sands of the beach had made this island dubbed the "golden island".
This rich and beautiful nature also makes the Muslim Buginese sailors choose to live on this island and live in harmony with the local Hindus.
Location of Serangan Island
Serangan Island is a small island on the island of Bali, precisely south of Sanur Beach. The island with an area of 73 hectares is located as far as 250 meters from the beach southeast of the island of Bali. The island is inhabited by about 3,848 inhabitants.
Serangan Island is connected to the island of Bali via a bridgehead. This bridge can only be passed when the sea waves are low. However, when the sea waves are high, you can not access the Serangan Island through the bridge. You can use the boat (boat) from Sanur Beach, Suwung, or Tanjung Benoa to get to this island.
Natural Beauty
In addition to the island's name, Serangan is the name of a coastal village on the island. Villagers in this village are livelihoods as fishermen. They catch fish or cultivate seaweed. The scenery by the shore of a row of fishing boats is a familiar sight on this island.
Serangan Island is also called turtle island. So called because on this island there is green turtle breeding. The fishermen who previously often took sea turtle eggs for consumption, now participate to preserve turtles in order not to become extinct.
At certain moments, visitors can see the release of the turtle (turtle child) to the open sea. Awesome scenery, seeing this endangered animal crawl toward its freedom in the vast ocean.
On Serangan Island there are also mangrove forests. This mangrove forest was damaged and disturb the surrounding ecosystem. However, various efforts continue to be done to fix it. This mangrove forest must be preserved to maintain the balance of nature.
Serangan Island has beautiful beaches and high waves. Well, this is the main attraction of this island. When the rainy season (November - April), sea waves on the beach Serangan island is very high.
At this time, the visitors flocked to go to the beach for surfing (surfing). Exciting too yes, especially for you water sports enthusiasts this one.