Pangandaran is a small town and a subdistrict in southern Ciamis regency, West Java, Indonesia. It is located on the southern coast of Java. Pangandaran is a popular tourist destination, having a beach which is considered to be one of the finest in Java and which offers excellent surfing. In the Bay Area Pananjung are two beautiful Beaches for swimming, surfing or just relaxing. Here you have much Activities and Adventures like Trekking, Snorkeling, Fishing and many more.
The Penanjung Pangandaran nature reserve is nearby on a peninsula connected to the mainland by a narrow neck of land. About eighty percent of the nature reserve is secondary rainforest. The flora of the nature reserve includes the Rafflesia.
Pangandaran Beach tourism also provide alternative options to the attraction of the beach is fun, as there is parasailing, jet ski, cruise, wind surfing, scuba diving, Sea fishing, boat rentals that will cross over to White Sands and see beautiful coral in the sea and various ornamental fish.
Wildlife
In the Pangandaran beach area, there is a hill of more than 500 hectares that divides coastal area into two. West coast and east coast. This hill by the local government made wildlife sanctuary in which there are many kinds of flora and fauna. Here, we can easily find the types of animals such as deer, many kinds of monkeys, bats, even in the top of the hill there is a field that is still wild animals place like of bull. In addition, there are also natural caves and man-made caves such as Gua Parat, Gua Sumur Mudal, Gua Lanang, Gua Jepang and Rengganis water source, White Sand Beach with beautiful marine park.