FOR YOU who like the island, then filled with flying birds. you must visit Baby Island Destination. An island located in Pulau Banyak district, Aceh Singkil district, Aceh province.
Local people familiarly call Baby Island. The island is uninhabited, but it keeps a panoramic view of the beach that spoils the eye. The tiny island was only half the size of the volleyball court. And a haven for thousands of seagulls. Suguhank it really spoil the eye.
In the past, the island was overgrown with several coconut trees. However, when the tsunami devastated Aceh in 2004, and the tectonic earthquake rocked Nias in 2005, the island lost its sink due to land subsidence.
Since that incident, Baby Island has ceased to be seen from the waters of Pulau Banyak. Drown for years, only in 2014 the island will reappear. But the island can only be seen when the tidal water. Which reveals the shape is just a plain white sand, typical sand Pulau Banyak.
It unitknya, Novri said, when the island appeared, thousands of seagulls also participate into the sand plain it becomes a stopover. The bird stopped in large numbers, reaching thousands. Of course it makes the panorama on the island to be amazing and beautiful.
As if, the seagulls await the tourists present to see it or even photograph the flock with a mobile phone or camera. Not infrequently also, visitors pose with the background of thousands of seagulls.
For those of you who want to visit Baby Island, do not worry about transportation. There are several transportations offered to get to Baby Island Island.
If from Medan, North Sumatra, you have to travel overland for about seven hours, to get to Aceh Singkil. Or if you are from Banda Aceh, you have to take a land route that takes up to 12 hours to Aceh Singkil.
Furthermore, in Aceh Singkil visitors must cross to Pulau Banyak subdistrict using ferry boats or wooden boats owned by local fishermen. With three hours travel time sea lane. Arriving at Many, visitors who want to Baby Island should be forced to cross the island again about 30 minutes, using a boat machine to get to the '' seagull '' islands.