Parangtritis

Parangtritis is a sub-district in Yogyakarta Special Region, Central Java. It is known for its beaches.

Understand

Parangtritis is sometimes said to be a place to meet the legendary Nyai Loro Kidul (also known as Ratu Kidul) or 'Queen of the South'. Local folklore warns visitors not to wear green clothes or the queen is likely to try to entice the wearer into the ocean to drown.

Get in

By car

Parangtritis is located 30 km south of Yogyakarta.

Get around

In Yogyakarta, you may rent cars or motorcycles.

By dogcart

You may rent a horse cart, which Javanese called delman, dokar, or andong to go around the Parangtritis beach.

See

Beaches

• Parangtritis Beach (Pantai Parangtritis), -8.024563°, 110.329813°. Quite large crowds of mainly local tourists visit Parangtritis over the weekends and at holidays. Larger tourist buses as well as various types of cheaper minibuses ply the route to the beach from Yogyakarta. There are local tourist facilities at Parangtritis including parking arrangements, modest hotels which provide visitors with places to change and shower, and small restaurants. Often small ponies or horse-drawn carts can be hired for rides along the beach. The beach is not really a good swimming beach. Drownings are unfortunately not uncommon at Parangtritis because channels, strong rips and sizable waves often occur off the beach. 2020-05-02
• Parangkusumo Beach (Pantai Parangkusumo), -8.02357°, 110.32404°. Every year, the Yogyakarta Sultanate conducts the Labuhan ceremony at this beach, on the anniversary of the sultan's ascension to the throne. 2020-05-02
• Depok Beach (Pantai Depok), -8.013687°, 110.291438°. 2022-08-26
• Pandansimo Beach (Pantai Pandansimo), -7.988062°, 110.217813°. 2022-08-26
• Samas Beach (Pantai Samas), -8.005437°, 110.265187°. 2022-08-26

Wildlife

• Konservasi Penyu Samas, Dodogan, Sanden, -8.004687°, 110.264437°. A sea turtle conservation place. 2022-08-26

Do

• Sandboarding at Parangtritis Beach.
• Air sports, like powered or engine hangs gliding at Depok Beach. There is an 800 m runway. Also, you can fly your radio-controlled aircraft there.

Buy

You may buy local fishermen's caught.

• Pasar Ikan Segar Depok, Parangtritis, Kretek, -8.011938°, 110.292187°. Fresh fish, squid, shrimp, crab, clam, etc. 2022-02-12

Eat

There are a lot of seafood stalls and restaurants around the beaches.

• Rumah Makan Seafood Morotuman, Pantai Depok, Pantai, Parangtritis, Kretek, -8.012812°, 110.289312°, +62 812 261 71777. 08:30-18:00. Some grilled or fried seafood such as lobster and fish. 2022-08-26
• Bakmi Jawa Mbah Giman, Jl. Parangtritis, -8.021438°, 110.328438°, +62 895 084 02374. Serves mie jawa (Javanese noodle soup or stir-fried) also nasi goreng, nasi godog (soupy rice), and magelangan (fried rice mixed with noodle). 2022-10-08
• Ayam Bakar Trembis, Jl. Parangtritis, -8.017062°, 110.322812°, +62 882 216 86585. 08:00-21:00. Javanese grilled chicken. Around Rp25,000 2022-10-08

Drink

As a beach sub-district, the whole coconut drink is very common. The price is in the range of Rp10,000-20,000.

Sleep

Budget

• Adinda Hotel, Jl. Parangtritis - Panggang No.2010, Mancingan, Parangtritis, -8.020563°, 110.335437°, +62 274 368729. traditional wooden rooms. From Rp191,441 2022-08-26
• Penginapan Handoko, -8.025187°, 110.333938°, +62 813 912 38091. Rp50,000-150,000 2022-08-26

Mid range

• Villa Alcheringa, Mancingan, Parangtritis, -8.019938°, 110.333313°, +62 821 716 60999. a traditional joglo villa with four rooms and a pool. From Rp850,000 2022-08-26

Splurge

• Edge Resort Yogyakarta, Jl. Gua Langse, Area Hutan, Giricahyo, -8.035438°, 110.347313°, +62 812 277 31085. Check-in: 15:00, check-out: undefined. There is a swimming pool facing the coastline. From Rp1,566,000 2022-08-26

Stay safe

Try to travel in groups if going to or from Parangtritis beach. The long stretch between Jogja and the beach can be dangerous at night. You may get stopped by someone riding a motorcycle trying to rob you. There are few police stations along the road, and they are often unoccupied.

Never swim at Parangtritis beach due to strong rip currents.

Connect

Parangtritis is in Bantul Regency so the telephone code area is 0274.

Go next

• Back to Yogyakarta, don't forget to stop by in Bantul for a culinary tour and try some local traditional dishes such as sate klatak, sate kronyos, mangut lele, miedes, mie lethek, mie pentil and so on.
• Gunung Kidul