Indonesia has thousands of beaches scattered throughout the country. These beaches come with different tourism potential. Each beach even has its own characteristics. For example, there is a pink sand beach which is obviously famous for its pink sand. 

Same thing with black beach Indonesia which has black sand. From the color, this sand looks like the sand used to build houses. There is also a beach with white sand which is also beautiful. In addition, there is even a beach with yellow sand.

3 Colors of Indonesian Beach Sand

Generally, the color of the sand on a beach can be different due to several things. Usually, this is due to the mineral content under the sea or due to certain processes after hundreds, thousands or even billions of years.

White Sand

This white sand beach is very easy to find in Indonesia. There are a large number of beaches scattered from Sumatra, Java, Bali to Papua including Kalimantan and Sulawesi. The beaches with white sand are indeed exotic, especially when combined with clear turquoise water.

Many tourists like this beach with white sand because it looks cleaner. This white sand itself comes from a very high amount of quartz that dominates the shoreline. Quartz is a mineral that is very rich with a hexagonal crystal structure made of silica.

Black Sand

In addition to white, beaches with black sand are also easily found on various islands in Indonesia. For example, there are places along Java and Bali. In Java, for example, there is Parangtritis Beach, Yogyakarta. Generally, beaches in Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta have black sand.

The black color of the sand is the result of volcanic material that comes from volcanic lava rock. Various natural substances in the iron oxidation process then make the sand darker or even black. Therefore, sand like this is also easily found in areas of active volcanoes such as Mount Merapi.

Pink Sand

Beaches with pink sand are very rare, in fact, there are only a few in the world. In Indonesia, there is a beach located in Labuan Bajo or Komodo Island. This pink sand beach is indeed very beautiful and charming. Many tourists from various countries come to see it.

The pink color comes from foraminifera or also called microscopic plankton forams. This organism has a pink colored shell. The color also comes from coral reefs with pink color that have been destroyed and washed out to the beach. This then dominates the shoreline to create a pink sandy beach.

In addition to these 3 colors of beach sand, there are still several colors of beach sand in Indonesia. There is brown or even bright yellow. This beach with yellow sand can be found in West Bangka. Indonesia is indeed rich in natural tourism potential, including beaches and their stretch of sand.

Paul Petersen