Angel Island Vacation Places

Angel Island is located in The Village Java Fortunately, Southern District Thousand Islands, Thousand Islands Administrative District, North Jakarta, Indonesia.Angel Island is one of the island located in the Thousand Islands region developed as a marine tourism. Thousand Islands consists of many islands, such as Pulau Onrust, Goda Island (Pulau Nirwana / Island Cipir), Kelor Island, Pulau Ayer, Mosquito Island, Pulau Damar, Java Lucky Island, Lancang Island, Isle of Man, Isle of Hair, Bird Island , Pulau Jong, Island Boy Scouts and many other islands.Angel Island can be used as a place for a vacation destination, as a place for relaxing and refreshing. Angel Island is located not too far from Jakarta, making it easier for tourists who want to vacation to Angel Island in just one day, then late afternoon return to Jakarta.

Activities Which Can Do At Angel Island 
At Angel Island, tourists can do such activities around the island on foot or by renting a bike while visiting the historical sites Martello Castle or see dolphins.Other activities like doing outbound activities, jogging, playing ATV, boat outings, banana boat, jet sky, canoe, swimming, fishing the edge of the beach, relax alongside the beach and when the late afternoon, tourists can see the sunset (sunset).It is also available supporting facilities, such as billiard halls, volleyball court, basketball court, park, musala, jogging tracks, souvenir shops, cottages, floating cottages, bungalow, gazebo-gazebo alongside the beach, restaurants.From Angel Island, tourists can also visit other islands crossed by hiring ships, such as visiting the island of Onrust, Goda Island (Pulau Nirwana / Cipir Island) and Pulau Kelor which have historical value in the past. The islands were once used by contemporaries as a bastion of VOC Government to safeguard Jakarta and also as a place to berlabuhnya ship before heading to Jakarta.

A little About Fort Martello On Angel Island 
Martello is a castle fortress remnants of the Netherlands in 1786, the state of the building is damaged. The building was in its time function as watchtowers and forts.Martello fort 23 feet in diameter, round, thick walls are 2.5 meters, 6 meters high building, a fortress made of red bricks on the wall and there are holes in the window. This castle has as many as seven ground floor rooms separated by brick walls and one of the room serves as a place to store ammunition. Uniquely, in the middle of the building there is still a circular wall that serves as a place for storage of clean water, clean water is used for drinking and cooking water to soldiers on duty.

Interesting Things On Angel Island 
At Angel Island for more than 60 percent of its territory consists of rare plants, such as a tree of peace (baringtonia exelsa), tree sentigi (pempis acidula), ebony tree (Diospyros maritama), billowing trees, glodokan trees, some fruit trees and mangrove forest preserved and maintained properly.There is also a community of lizards (veranus salvator) are living freely with a population of around 100 individuals and protected. On this island lives a community also Scaly-breasted falcon (halias indus). Scaly-breasted falcon bird species, including endangered and protected.

Go to Angel Island 
To go to Angel Island can depart from the Marina Ancol Pier using speedboats that have been provided by the manager of Angel Island Tours. The trip from the Marina Ancol Pier to Angel Island takes about 25 minutes, the distance ± 14 km. Speedboat departure schedule on Saturdays at most, whereas for a typical day speedboat departure schedule only twice.