When visiting Banda Aceh City in Sumatera Island becomes a new experience for everyone, especially travelers. It is because tourists have an opportunity to visit beautiful places like Ulee Lheue Beach.
Have you heard about Ulee Lheue Beach?
Ulee Lheue Beach is one of the favorite spots for the people of Banda Aceh City to relax. The location of this beach is very strategic, beautiful, and easy to access. The beach is famous among the locals due to its beauty and good facilities, actually.
Apart from its charm, this beach is the main road to Ulee Lheue Harbor which is the only connection to Pulau Weh. The beautiful beach is located in Ulee Lheue Village and it belongs to Meuraksa Sub-District.
This beach is a favorite location for family vacations. Many people on this beach would enjoy some fun activities like a family vacation, sightseeing, beach walking, conducting BBQ, and much more.
You can take your children to bathe in the sea without fear of being hit by big waves because this beach has a breakwater embankment. Apart from the sunset, other beautiful attractions are also available including the majestic black sand. People believe that the black sand has the power to eradicate diseases.
Another fun activity to do in Ulee Lheue Beach is definitely duck boat riding.
We recommend that you visit Ulee Lheue Beach in the afternoon. The nuance becomes more comfortable and stunning in the afternoon due to the presence of the sunset.
Lots of people are also seen as well, especially on the weekends.
While enjoying the sunset, you can be tasting some snacks sold by traders, such as roasted corn or rujak Aceh, which will provide a special experience for you.
But you should come early, so you can get a better spot and a plastic chair to enjoy the sunset.
There are several interesting things you can do on this beach besides just sitting and enjoying the sunset, namely photo hunting and fishing.
On the bridge to Ulee Lheue Harbor, you will find local people standing in line fishing.
The Banda Aceh City Government continues to beautify this beach. A number of infrastructures were built, one of which is Ulee Lheue Park as a culinary park. To entering the Ulee Lheue beach, you don’t have to pay a fee, because this beach is free for visitors.
Next to Ulee Lheue Beach, stands the Baiturrahim Mosque which was a silent witness to the 2004 Aceh Tsunami. When the tsunami waves nearly flattened the four kampongs (villages) around the Baiturrahim Mosque, but this mosque was only slightly damaged.
About 250 meters in front of the Baiturrahim Mosque, there is the 2004 Aceh Tsunami Mass Grave. There are about 14 thousand victims who were buried in this mass grave.
How to Get There?
Ulee Lheue Beach is located in Meuraxa District and is about 15 minutes drive from Baiturrahman Grand Mosque. Travelers can either ride a private vehicle or rented one in order to reach the beach, actually.
Some local transportation services are also available. You can go using a private vehicle or the Trans Koetaradja bus route corridor 2B.
If using the Trans Koetaradja, you can get off at the bus stop in front of the Baiturrahim Mosque or right at the gate of Ulee Lheue Harbor.
