Yokari District, Jayapura Regency, Papua has some beautiful beaches that are attractive for tourists to visit.
Access to these beaches must mostly be reached by sea trip by motorboat from the pier in Depapre District, Jayapura Regency.
Here are 4 beautiful beaches in Yokari District that MUST be visited:
1. Bukisi Beach
Quoted from Disbudpar.jayapurakab.go.id, Bukisi Beach comes from the Yokari language.
The word ‘bu’ means water and ‘lattice’ means white sand.
Bukisi Beach is a beautiful place with a stretch of white sand and has clear turquoise water.
Bukisi Beach is located in the north of Jayapura Regency, precisely in Yokari District can be reached by road trip -/+ 80 km from Sentani City and the airport or by boat or speedboat from Depapre District.
Around the beach, tourists can see a variety of trees including cypress and coconut trees.
Not far from this beach is the Maru River which is a clear water river. The outskirts of this river are heavily overgrown with sago trees. Visitors can go down the river by renting a motorboat.
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2. Sinokisi Beach
Sinokisi Beach has a curved coastline.
This beach has soft white sand with clear tosca water.
On the seashore, there are a number of cottages that tourists can use.
The atmosphere at Sinokisi Beach is not too crowded because there are indeed few residents who inhabit this beach area.
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3. Drakisi Beach
This beach has white sand with green hills with its back to the beach.
Drakisi Beach has clear sea water with a turquoise color.
The underwater scenery on this beach is also no less beautiful than other beaches in Jayapura Regency.
Not far from Drakisi beach there is a waterfall in the forest.
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4. Meukisi Beach
Meukisi Beach is located in Meukisi Village.
This beach has white sand with green hills all around.
The clear turquoise water will welcome tourists on this beach.
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