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Sentani Lake Festival is an annual event that takes place in Sentani Lake, Jayapura regency, Papua Province. This cultural festival featuring cultural diversity Sentani tribe, ranging from traditional attractions, dance, music, and cuisine.

Travelers will also be invited to interact directly with the Sentani people in their own homes. In this way, tourists can learn to get closer to Sentani culture.

First held in 2008 until now, the festival has succeeded to the attention of foreign tourists. Domestic tourists was increasing over time, especially the Indonesian people who live in central areas and eastern Indonesia.

Are you interested to visit the Sentani Lake Festival? Here are tips for designing a way to Jayapura for the following Sentani Lake Festival.

Well, bookmark this page if you are planning to visit Sentani Lake Festival. No harm in preparing everything ahead of time.

Execution place

The festival is held at Khalkote Beach, the shores of Sentani Lake. The distance is very close to Sentani Airport. Only about 15 minutes land travel by car.

Located on the edge of the lake, the stage was set, backs the lake. So that the stands overlooking the Sentani Lake.

Execution time

Each year the Sentani Lake Festival always takes place on June 19. This festival lasted for nearly a week. In 2012, this festival held on 19 to 23 June 2012.

2013, the festival plans remain open at the same date is June 19. You'll want to come the day before. Or, if you're from Indonesia the western, you can get on a plane the night and arrived at Jayapura in the early morning.

For example, from Jakarta to get on a plane at 9 pm on June 18 and arrived in Jayapura about 8 am on June 19. Arriving at the airport, you can directly proceed to the site of festivals and tours of the villages surrounding Sentani Lake.

When you choose an alternative, then consider the condition of your body is was strong enough to take a long time without a good night's sleep and immediately following event.

If not, then you should depart from Jakarta on June 17, so that you arrive in Jayapura on June 18. You also have a day to rest and be ready the next day's Sentani Lake Festival schedule is solid.

Entrance fee

Entrance fee is normally charged for parking. So if you bring your car, you will be charged parking fees of USD $1.07. When you enter the area on foot, then you are not charged admission.

Lodging

There are many inns are scattered in the surrounding Sentani Lake areas. There is a new hotel in Sentani namely Travelers Hotel. The price starts from USD $95.8.

As for another hotels to choose from like Sentani Indah Hotel and Ratna Indah Hotel. The price starts from USD $31.9. These hotels are close to the Khalkote beach, only about 10-15 minutes by car on a road trip.

It could also stay in hotels in the Jayapura city. Jayapura has several luxury hotels, such as Aston Jayapura and Swissbell Hotel. It's just a short distance road trip that is one hour by car from Jayapura city to the Sentani Lake.

Access to the Sentani

From the western parts of Indonesia, you can get on a plane to Sultan Hasanuddin Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi. From Makassar can continue to Sentani airport located in Jayapura, Papua Province.

Some airlines have to transit in advance at Frans Kaiseipo Airport in Biak City, Biak Numfor Regency, Papua Province. Travel time between the Makassar to Biak about 3 hours. While from Biak to Sentani Airport about one hour.

Airlines serving the Makassar route(Sultan Hasanuddin Airport) - Jayapura (Sentani Airport) is a Batavia Air, Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Merpati, Sriwijaya Air. Flight routes are available every day.

Ticket prices depend on the month the holiday season, but usually range from USD $106.49. It could even be cheaper to visit Low months. From Jakarta, you can take a direct flight to Jayapura with first transit in Makassar and Biak.

Transportation

From Sentani Airport is very close to Sentani Lake. The distance is only about 10 minutes by car. You can take public transportation there are in front of the airport, taxi or rental car at the airport. Another option is to ride motorcycles.

Agenda

You should know the agenda of the implementation of the Sentani Lake Festival. Every day during the week there are a variety of attractions that can be seen and followed.

Therefore, find out the agenda per hour event will take place at the festival. Better yet, if you can find tour packages that can be followed as well as booths that attendees can see.

It's just that, information on the agenda for the unknown is still low. Or if you open www.sentanilakefestival.com official website, then you will find the agenda of the event.

Should contact the committee secretariat phone number to get the agenda contained in these sites.

Another option is to find a series of live events at the festival. Comes ahead of the opening and immediately stopped by the office in the secretariat of the festival site (Khalkote Beach). The opening is usually carried out at 8 o'clock.

Food

Very easy to find food around the festival. You can eat at the festival area because there are many booths selling food. Merchant carts are also usually hung in the festival area. Food can be purchased at the festival area ranging from USD $1.06.

Want to eat outside the festival area? Just come to a few restaurants in around Sentani Lake. One is the famous Yougwa restauran that provides papeda and yellow fish sauce.

Another option in around Sentani highway is Micky restaurant, Jessica restaurant, Fista restaurant, Dapur Papua, Assei Faa, Mulya restaurant, Sari eating house, and others. Eating at restaurants is more expensive of course, need to spend start from USD $3.19.

Activities that can be followed

There are a variety of activities that can be followed. For example, curly hair weave. No need to have curly hair, your hair will be braided from the hair base to the ends.

Is also do not miss the tour of Sentani Lake with Onami ship to visit the traditional villages. Other tour is the tour of the land in around Sentani. Tour is managed by the Papua Guides Community.

Performances can be seen

The most exciting of course a Felabhe war dance demontrated than in 500 men. Various other dances you can see example of tribal dance from Sentani, the dances of various tribes in Papua, to the nationwide dances from various regions in Indonesia.

Souvenir

Souvenirs of Papua crafts can easily be found in the festival area. Each booth is usually displays a variety of crafts.

Such as bamboo for container plate to a bag. Then, a wooden spoon and wooden fork to make papeda(foods from sago from papua). Assorted pottery, Papua orchids, until Papua batik.

The price is varied and should be offered. Some goods are more expensive than purchased at the store souvenirs in the Jayapura city.

Estimated cost

If you are from Jakarta, you have to buy a plane ticket route from Jakarta to Jayapura. Airfare estimate in June ranging from USD $319.48 round-trip.

While for the rental car seat six people ranging from USD $37.27 per day is included drivers. You can only go by public transport or rent a motorcycle all day. Rent a motorcycle taxi from USD $10.65.

To enjoy the whole festival, it's good you are at Sentani for a week. But if not possible, within 5 days is enough to explore the Jayapura city, Sentani, and the Sentani Lake Festival.