Tourist info
Things to see
A tourism spot you need to come to in Tual City is Ngurbloat Beach, known also as Pasir Panjang Beach. At this beach you can see very amazing beach panorama and soft like-flour sand, believed as the softest sand in the world. Don't forget to come to Hawang Cave which offers you fascinating nature scenery and clear blue cave water. In Banda Ely village, a cultural village, you can find the social life which are still preserving the tradition and see for yourself the process of making several kinds of handicraft like silver, iron and earthenware.
Things to do
The best place for snorkeling in Tual City is at Ngursarnadan and Kapal Island water area. Enjoy the freshness and mildness water while soaking and swimming at Nen Masil Evu estuary. At Ohoidertawun Beach, you can go to a cliff with ancient painting on it using boat.
Things to eat
In Tual City, there's a typical food you can bring back home as gifts. It's nuts in a bottle. This food is made of peanut seasoned by spices then fried by hot sand and put in a bottle. There's also embal. This food has several kinds like embal goring, embal lempeng kacang, embal lempeng keju and lut-luthak (a kind of embal cooked with nut or canary). Embal is made of plaque-like tuber. This food is perfectly served with milk or dip into tea or coffee.
Getting to Tual
Flying to Tual: Tual is served by Karel Sadsuitubun Airport. Karel Sadsuitubun Airport is located about 13 km south from Tual. Read more about Karel Sadsuitubun Airport or look for flights to Tual
