Lagoi Beach, Pride of Bintan - Riau Islands

[Lindaa]

Lagoi Beach is one of the tourism pride District of Bintan, Riau Islands Province. This world-class tourism has beautiful scenery and clean look. In addition to the natural attractiveness, the hospitality of the indigenes and the beautiful view of coconut trees lining on the beach also become the special features of this tourism area. Over, there are several interesting places, each of which offers exotic panorama such as Sebong river and mangrove forest. Some resorts are built around the beach area to facilitate the tourists to longer enjoy the natural beauty of Lagoi Beach.

Lagoi Beach is located in North Bintan sub regency, Bintan regency, Riau Isles province, Indonesia. Visiting Lagoi Beach means whole day strolling around the beach to enjoy the warmness of the sun, splashing waves, and feel the sand under your bare foot. You will be amazed of its clean, fresh, crystal blue water which will make you can`t stand yourself to feel it touch your skin. Swimming in this beach will be another special moment in your life because while you are swimming, you can also watch the beautiful underwater view.



In Lagoi beach provides facility for the visitors with golf area, swimming pool, spa, and equipments for diving and snorkeling. In addition to the beach, this area also offers another interesting activity that is worth trying: boating along Sebong River. You can see mangroves; rhizophora, pandanus, and the rare nipa palm grow along the river banks.

For those who like fishing, fishermen living on the mouth of the river provide you some small huts built from mangrove woods and nipa palm that are used to fish bilis and squids. You can rent those huts to try your luck and see how many fish and squids you get. After fishing, exploring the mangroves on Sebong River will be gratified. The water in the mangrove area is divided into three zones: salty, brackish, and plain water. The vegetation in every zone is different. In the salty zone, you will see rizhophora. Brugueira grow in the brackish zone, while the plain zone is the perfect place for xylocarpus.



To reach Lagoi Beach, you can start from Tanjung Pinang by taxi, travel, or rent a car. It takes 1.5 hours from Tanjung Pinang to Lagoi. If you are from Batam, your starting point is from Telaga Punggur sea port. From Telaga Punggur, you should take the speed boat to Tanjung Uban which costs Rp 30,000,- per person. From Tanjung Uban you can reach Lagoi Beach by taxi and it takes 15-25 minutes.