Parangkusumo Beach

Coordinates: 8.0227683°S 110.300942°E
Location Parangtritis, Kretek, Bantul, Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia
Parangtritis District Government Authority
Parangtritis District Government Operator

Entrance ticket to Gumuk Pasir Parangkusumo
Entrance ticket at the Parangtritis Beach Retribution Post, which is IDR 10,000 per person. Please note that Gumuk Pasir is in the Parangtritis Beach area, so the entrance ticket is one.
With that amount, tourists can visit Parangtritis Beach and Gumuk Pasir Parangkusumo at once, without paying another entrance ticket. For parking rates, the prices are as follows:

- Motorbike Rp. 3,000
- Car Rp. 10,000

Parangkusumo Beach is a tourist attraction located in Kapanéwon Kretek, Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. The distance is approximately 30 km south of Yogyakarta City. This beach is one of the famous tourist destinations in Yogyakarta along with Parangtritis Beach. This beach is located between Parangtritis Beach and Depok Beach.

Parangkusumo Beach has black sand with a wide coastline, not far from the beach there is the tourist attraction Gumuk Pasir Parangkusumo, Gumuk Pasir is sand that flies in the wind and falls into sand mounds that resemble a desert, this is what makes Bantul Regency is nicknamed Sahara van Java.

Visitors can enjoy the south coast of Java Island with strong waves. On this beach there are also petilasan which are believed to be traces of the history of Panembahan Senopati. In Yogyakarta society there is a myth about the meeting of Panembahan Senopati and Kanjeng Ratu Kidul.
Every year, the two splinter kingdoms of the Mataram Sultanate, namely the Surakarta Palace and the Yogyakarta Palace, hold the Labuhan ceremony on this beach. In the Surakarta palace tradition, Labuhan is held to welcome the Hijriyah New Year at the beginning of the month of Sura, while in the Yogyakarta Palace tradition, Labuhan is held as the culmination of the ritual to commemorate the birth of the ruling Sultan.
Parangkusumo Beach is very easy to reach, it can be reached on foot from Parangtritis Terminal, or using any vehicle, whether motorbike, car or bus, because this beach has provided a fairly large parking area. This beach can be reached from Yogyakarta City or from Bantul City.