Lengkuas Beach, Sumatra, Indonesia

5INKA97 5:00 PM Aug 13, 2020

Must see
Beautiful beach, as every where in Belitung. With a unique lighthouse. It' worth paying the entrance and take somthing like 200 steps because the view is majetic

4Philip C 5:00 PM Apr 7, 2017

Beautiful scenery, but try to avoid the crowds
As part of our island hopping trip, we stopped at Lengkuas Beach to climb the lighthouse and to snorkel. The first thing which struck us was the huge numbers of people there. It's a small island and only a part of it is accessible. So, when dozens of boats arrive at the same time bringing large groups of people, it ends up being very crowded. It appeared that most people were interested in taking large group photos on the beach. We were hoping for a nice get away to a secluded island. Nevertheless, we did appreciate the beauty. The lighthouse climb is a good workout, but the view is worth it. After having a light snack of noodles, our boat crew took us out to the snorkeling spot just off the island. That was initially a disappointment for us. There was a row of boats tied up with large numbers of people wearing their life vests floating around, and standing on and kicking coral. We saw a lot of crushed coral which had clearly been trampled by previous visitors. We swam a long way from the boats and found a place with still beautiful intact coral and lots of fish. Lengkuas Beach is a nice place, but there will be little to attract people to the area if someone does not figure out how to keep the coral safe. I would recommend that visitors arrange to go very early in the morning to Lengkuas Beach or later in the day. It appeared that many/most of the boats were on the same basic schedule going from island to island.