Bangka Belitung Islands are not only known as tin producing islands, but also have a complete tourism potential. You can find many interesting tourism objects, ranging from white sandy beaches, botanical garden, historic tours, culinary tours to sports tours. One of the sports tourism that currently being the limelight of the Bangka Belitung Islands government is Bukit Intan Golf Course or often referred as the Girimaya golf course.
Bukit Intan golf course located in the hilly area of Girimaya hill, Bukit Intan, Bangka Belitung Islands. This golf course is located in a strategic area due to its location among the central government of Pangkalpinang city, hotels such as Novotel and Santika Hotel and only 10 minutes away from the Depati Amir Airport. Due to its hilly location, you can enjoy the beautiful view of Pangkalpinang city both at night and day here. The atmosphere of the beautiful natural forest and fresh air make Bukit Intan golf course not only a convenient place to play golf, but also often used as jogging area, biking or other sports activity by the local community.
The Bukit Intan golf course is actually an asset of PT. Timah Tbk and managed by the Bukit Intan Golf Club. Thanks to its strategic location and its beautiful natural scenery, this golf course, then opens to the public, especially for local and international golf communities. This golf course has 18 holes with its national standard and has a vast green 60 hectare area.
The golfer will be presented with hilly contours, green view and varied sizes of bunkers. Due to its rugged contour, the golfer must calculate their swing more precisely to prevent the ball falling into the sand bunker that mostly located near the hole. Because of its unique character, the Bukit Intan Golf Course often used to hosting local golf tournaments held by the local government. It is intended to introduce golf to the local community as well as promoting the Pangkalpinang tourism spots.
Bukit Intan Golf Course Facilities and Green Fee
The Bukit Intan golf course is not only presents a natural scenic view, but also offers other facilities for its visitors. Beside the golf course, you can see the retro clubhouse architecture facing directly into the hills. You can relax while enjoying food and drinks at the Bukit Girimaya Restaurant in this clubhouse. It also offers a functional hall room for 100 people and VIP rooms that can be used for special occasions such as meetings or banquets. There are also locker room facilities for the golfer, men’s and women’s caddie facility and a driving area so the golfer can use it for warming up before the game start.
Although it does not offer hotel, villas or other lodging facilities, the visitors can stay at the nearest hotels which have a cooperating agreement with the Bukit Intan golf course. If you are planning to visit Pangkalpinang, do not hesitate to visit some other tourism locations. You can visit Bubble Waterboom water games, Bangka Trade Center, Pangkalpinang Tin Museum and Bangka Botanical Garden. There are Pasir Padi beach and Tanjung Bunga beach which is famous for its beautiful coral reef structure. For those of you who love the sport of golf while enjoying beautiful hilly scenery, you can put the Bukit Intan Golf Course into your holiday list.
