Padi (Dangkalan) Beach

Dangkalan Beach,  the original name of this beach is "Pantai Padi Dangkal", but people often called this beach by "Dangkal" or "Dangkalan", it means shallow. It is located in Wora-wari Village, Kebonagung District, Pacitan. It is about 25 Km from the central of Pacitan to the East about 40 minutes by motorcycle.

This beach is not really recognized yet. That makes you will find a little trouble to find this beach. You may will not find any written direction to Dangkalan Beach, but surely, you can ask. Your first clue is "Wora-Wari Bridge". It is located in JLS (south Line Road). That bridge is about 20 km from The center of Pacitan.

After finding that bridge, asking about the location for the "Dangkalan" beach will be better option. You will find another village road that cross the rice field. There is absolutely no sign on it.After a while, the asphalt will change into rocky road.

You will find that this place is really magnificent with the green rice field, the original landscape of a village. Then there will be a river mouth and the Dangkalan beach have be found. You can cross that river mouth easily, it is shallow.

Dangkalan beach has its sand in white. With the hill that surround this area, the green color from plants there, the rice fields, the wave, the corals and the cliff, it make completely magnificent landscape. There is also a ladder to climb up the cliff. By using that ladder, you can see the full scenery from the top of Dangkalan Beach.

There is also tradition that is held by the local. It is called "eret" or "eretan" (eret means pulling). Eret is a tradition for looking fish with using very long fishing-net that is put in the dangkalan beach. Both of the fishing-net tip is placed on the land, then it is pulled together to drive the fishes into the edge of the beach. The fish that was driven will be caught in that long fishing net.

That is for Dangkalan Beach, see you in another post. Bye.<More Picture>