The southern coast of Java Island hides gold to be explored. The beauty of the nature and the interesting people and culture should not be neglected. All of it awaits to be touched, a touch that will make it alive.
Yogyakarta has beaches on a line from the east to the west coast. It has untouched beaches such as Baron, Kukup, Krakal, Sepanjang, Drini, Sundak, Siung, Ngobaran and many more. With their own typical, the beaches offer different interest from each other.
Baron beach is about 50 kilometers to the south of Yogyakarta. It is on Gunung Kidul, a Regency known with its traditional food called Thiwul. In the beach, we can enjoy the beautiful view and enjoy fresh sea food that is cooked by order. The fishes available there are crabs, lobster, tuna, cuttlefish, sharks and many more. The price is relatively cheap, for crab is IDR40.000 per kilogram. If we want the fish cooked there is additional charge IDR10.000.
If you love to cook, you may ask to cook yourself. But don’t be shocked if there are no modern stove or oven. The cooks are cooking using traditional charcoal stove. People believe if the charcoal will give the fish more tasty.
Baron beach lies in Kemandang Village, Tanjungsari sub district about 23 km in the South of Wonosari city. Baron beach is the first beach that would be found in the junction of Baron, Kukup, Sepanjang, Drini, Krakal and Sundak beaches area.
In Baron beach there is a mouth of Underground River that can be used for bathing after playing in the beach. The visitors can also enjoy various kinds of low prices seafood or fresh fish and Baron's special menu namely Kakap fish soup. There is limestone hill on can reach the place by passing through a path. Visitors could have a magnificent view of the beach, about 10 kilometers in the West of Baron beach there are Parang Racuk hill with mountain slopes, it challenge you to do some adventures.
Every syuro month (the first month of Javanese calendar), the fisherman societies organize Labuhan, sea offering ceremony, to express their gratitude to the God for the abundant fish harvest and for the welfare in fishing).
