EXPORING OF SUNGAI KUPAH DESTINATION

  

 

Sungai Kupah village is located in Sungai Kakap sub-district, Kubu Raya district.

Kupah River besides having a heritage of the past also has some interesting and amazing attractions. Such as the satellite tower, lighthouse tower and mangrove forest.

Lighthouse is a building built by the government of transportation that is in this Kupah river. To give a sign for sea voyagers. This building was built in the past 2016. Has its own attraction for the people in the Kupah River.

Kupah River Mangrove is a tourist destination on the coast of Sungai Kakap District. The closest mangrove tourism from the city center, Pontianak. Creativity Young people make this area worth visiting.

Travel distance to the Kupah River Mangrove from the urban center in Pontianak is about 30 kilometers. The travel time is around one hour. Many roads to Rome can also be interpreted as many routes that can be taken to get to the Kupah River Tourism.

Road access offered through Kom Yos Sudarso Road or familiarly called Jeruju. Crossing the new Nipah Kuning area into the Rengas River. This has entered Kubu Raya District.

From the Rengas River continues to the Great Jeruju. Only then arrived at the Kupah River. Although the name is the Kupah River Mangrove, but more precisely it is at Tanjung Intan.

Other access that can be taken is crossing the Kakap Highway. Arriving at the junction of the bridge on a large river, turn right into the River Itik. From here head to Sungai Kupah until you reach the destination point at Tanjung Intan. Mangrove tourist destinations are located.

Highway Kakap can be a good alternative road to cross. The condition of the road is better even though there is still damage to the road at a number of points. Starting from Sungai Itik, Jeruju Besar to the Kupah River.

It's not difficult to reach there. Directions can be obtained when using google maps. Along the way there are also directions to the location. Asking the local community would not hurt to get certainty about the Kupah River Mangrove.

This tourist destination began to be built in 2017. But it really became a new tourist destination one year later, in 2018. The creativity of young people from Sungai Kupah who beautified the region. From painting tracks to mangroves. Decorate the edges of the track using used tires. Place a hammock on a tree to make a chair.

Hadrani

Rendi Fahrizal

M. Agit Ramananda