Pulau Kepala or Head Island is one of the outermost islands in Indonesia, it located in the Natuna sea or part of the South China Sea and bordering the east Malaysian state. Head Island is a territory of the Natuna regency, Riau Islands province. This island is also the nearest island to Serasan islands, and it located in the northwest of West Kalimantan province. Administratively, the island is located in the Nusa village, District Serasan, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands province.

Pulau Kepala is looks like a stretch of white sand stone with palm trees. At the center of the island there is 30 meters high lighthouse which was built as a sign that the island is owned by Indonesia.

To reach the Head Island is quite easy because there are lot of boats / fishing boats that from the fishing activities around the island. Head Island can be reached by fishing boat from the dock Serasan for about 3 hours drive with an average speed of 8-9 knots.

Pulau Kepala is very sloping island with the 2 m height above sea level. It has Rocky and sandy beaches, with the depth of the waters around 1-6 meters, while the depth of the waters in distant areas from the island can reach more than 15 meters.

The Lingga Islands or Lingga Archipelago or Kepulauan Lingga is a group of islands that located in south of Singapore, along both sides of the equator, off the eastern coast of Riau Islands province and south of the populated Riau Archipelago.

Lingga derives its name from the profile of Mount Daik; Lingam is the Sanskrit word for phallus. This mountain has three sharp teeth as peak, one of them seems to have broken off at its base, and it was immortalized by Malay poets as the symbol of durability.

To reach the island, people can use Ferry services to the islands from outside the archipelago come from the provincial capital to the north, Tanjung Pinang on Bintan, including from Singapore. These days the main industry is fishing. There are a number of fine beaches with some coral around the Archipelago but there is very little tourism on account of the poor transport links with the outside world.

Singkep has two ports, Dabo near Dabosingkep and Jago near Sungaibuluh. Service to the port of Muntok on P. Bangka of Sumatera Selatan ceased operating regularly with the demise of the tin mining industry. However, a high-speed ferry continues to connect Tanjung Pinang to Singkep, from where local boats may be chartered to Lingga. For Lingga, Daik is the major town and port. It can be reached in a day from Singapore transferring at Tanjung Pinang.

Mangkai island is one of the outermost islands that located in the group of Anambas Islands. This hilly island is having white sandy beaches and rocky land. On the next to Mangkai island there is also a small Mangkai island in smaller size. The island is inhabited only by the lighthouse keeper and the Navy.

Administratively, this islands are part to the area of Keramut village, Jemaja districts, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands province. The island is located in the Natuna Sea and it borders to Malaysia.

To access Mangkai island, it can begin from Batam to Palmatak, which is the capital of the island of Matak by small plane. It can be continue by renting a speedboat to Letung, the capital of Jemaja districts. Then, we can rent another medium-sized motor boat to the island Mangkai for about 1.5 hours drive.

In addition, the trip can also be reached by ferry which departed from Tanjungpinang. These ferry boats operate every four days, which is KM. Bukit Raya and KM. Lawit. From Tanjungpinang, the ship will directly goes to Letung – Tarempa and Natuna. The journey from Tanjungpinang to Letung takes about 8 hours.

Penyengat Island is a small island that is approximately 6 km from the town of Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands province. This island measures approximately 2500 meters x 750 meters, and is approximately 35 km from the island of Batam. This island can be reached by using a boat or better known by pompong boat. By using pompong boat, it takes approximately 15 minutes drive.

Penyengat Island is one of tourist attractions in Riau Islands. One of the objects that can be seen are Sultan Riau Great Mosque that have been made ??from egg whites, the tombs of the Kings, the tomb of the national hero Raja Ali Haji, the Palace complex and blockhouse Office at Kursi Hill. Penyengat island and Penyengat Island palace complex has been nominated to UNESCO to be one of the World Heritage Site. Penyengat island is the perfect island to be visited to enjoy the Malay cultural heritages.

In the reign of Sultan Riau, this island was used as headquarters ground in Malay land. It can be seen from the many historical relics of the past. Aside from being the headquarters of the government, the island was also being a fortress forefront in confronting the Dutch attack.

The evidence from the center of defense during the war is can be seen from the presence of a castle on the hill. The hill is known as Bukit Kursi. As a center of defense, it has some cannons that facing to the sea. The cannons are very strategically located, which can be use at any time when the enemy approached.

Rempang island, with an area of ??approximately 165 km ², is an island in the municipality of Batam, Riau Islands province which is the second major series of islands that connected by six bridges of Barelang. The island is located approximately 3 km to the southeast of Batam island and it connected by 5th Barelang bridge with Galang Island in the south. At this time, the island Rempang has been developed for agriculture and fisheries for Sembulang region, as well as having some nice beaches.

Together with the island of Batam, Galang Island and Rempang island is a cluster of large islands in the territory of Batam city, which administratively bordered with Riau Islands – Singapore – Malaysia.

Rempang island has an area of ??165.83 km2, while the Galang island has an area of ??80 km2. Physically, the development of these two islands is related with the existence of Batam Island which had first developed and populated. This region has no land topography with height of over 50 meters.

Sebetul island is the outer islands of Indonesia, which located in the Natuna sea or part of the South China Sea. It borders with the country of Vietnam and it administratively located in the territory of the Natuna regency, Riau Islands province.

Sebetul island is kind a rocky island with steep rugged coast and overgrown bushes. It is located in Air Payang village, Pulau Laut District, Natuna regency, Riau Islands Province. Sebetul island can be reached by fishermen boat who frequently fishing on the island. The island is accessible by fishing boat from Air Payang village, which takes about 30 minutes.

Sekatung Island is the outermost islands and it located in the north part of the province of Riau Islands, precisely located in the South China Sea and bordered by the country of Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. Sekatung Island is a territory of the Natuna regency, Riau Islands province.

Sekatung island is covering about 1.65 square kilometers. From Sekatung island, we get closer to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) than to Jakarta which is about more than 1,000 kilometers. The residents are consist of five group families which was populated since 2007, 2 security of navigation personnels division and 1 Company Task Force Marines. The island is also part of the 12 small islands, which are administratively entered into the District of Sea Island, Natuna regency, Riau Islands Province.

Surrounded by the sea which is clean and clear, Sekatung island is very beautiful destination to be visited. The air is fresh and pollution free. Sekatung island is also surrounded by wide coral reefs and the distance between the mainland border with coral lips in the southeastern part of the island is up to 2 km.

Semiun Island is an outermost Indonesia’s island that located in the Natuna sea or part of the South China Sea, bordering with Malaysia and Vietnam. Semiun Island is a territory of Payang Village, Natuna regency, Riau Islands province.

The island is formed in hilly shaped and on the side of the island there is a lighthouse. The island is an uninhabited island and only occupied by the lighthouse keeper. To reach Semiun island is quite difficult because there are no boats or ships that regularly sail to the island. The island is accessible by boat or a fishing boat from the island, which actually takes about 2 hours and 15 minutes by boat with an average speed of 5-7 knots.

The topography in Semiun island is a hill with steep rugged beaches. The depth of the waters around the island are 1-5 meters and its depth increases with increasing distance from the island, to a depth of over 10 meters.

Senua or Senoa is an outermost island, that located in South China ocean that has bordered with east Malaysia (north Kalimantan). This island is administratively part of Natuna regency, Riau Islands province.

Senua island is located at the tip of East Bunguran Senubing cape, Natuna. The word of Senubing is taken from the local language, which means pregnant. Urban legend said that this island wan an incarnation of the pregnant lady named Mai Lamah. In fact, this island is shaped like pregnant belly. Senua island is famous for its scenic beaches of white quartz sand and near to from the village Sepempang, Ranai, Natuna regency.

The distance from the Sepempang village to the Senua island is close enough, it only takes 15 minutes by hiring fisherman’s Pompong boat. Unfortunately, it costly, for it takes Rp. 300,000 for the round trip. Along the way to Senua island, you will be pampered by the exotic views of the crystal clear sea water and beautiful coral reefs. Moreover, the view of Ranai Mountain is also magnificent to be visited.

Other attraction in Senua island is coming from the swallow cave that directly overlooking to the seafront, which surrounded by steep rock. At the peak of the cave, we can see the magnificent view of Mount Ranai, Stone Sind, and Cape Coast. Senua Island will be crowded visited during holidays. Do not forget to bring the importance during vacation, for Senua Island is an uninhabited island.

Subi Kecil or Small Subi island is included in the cluster of South Natuna Island. The island is quite wide with white sand and rocks on the edge of the beach. Most of the land is planted with oil by island residents who inhabit the island.

Administratively, the island is located in the District of Subi, Natuna regency, Riau Islands Province. In this island there is a sub-district Subi. Small Subi Island is located in the Natuna Sea and borders with neighboring countries, Malaysia.

To reach to Small Subi island is quite difficult because there was no boat or ship to the island regularly. The island is accessible by boat or boat fishing from the Penagi Port, Ranai, which can be reach about 15 hours by boat or ship engines with an average speed of 2-3 knots.

Topographically, Small Subi Island is flat, either on the edge of the island and in the middle of the island, with white sandy beaches and rocky. The height of the land is reaching 1-3 meters above sea level. On the other side of the island covered with a fairly dense mangrove. While, the surrounding waters having a depth of 1-5 meters.

The island is fairly dense vegetation where the dominant crops are coconuts. On the sidelines of coconut growing shrubs and grasses. Coconut is the island’s main commodity is used as the main livelihood activities other than fishing.

Tokong Nanas island is one of the outermost island in Indonesian that located in Natuna islands and part of South China ocean that bordered with Malaysia. Administratively, this island is part of Natuna regency, Riau Archipelago.

This island is in big rock stacks formation in the middle of the sea, which there is a lighthouse above the island. Tokong Nanas is uninhabited island, because it’s not capable to be stayed. The word Tokongnanas, was taken from the situation at the ancient times, where there were bushes of Pineapple tree around the island; Nanas means pineapple in Bahasa Indonesia.

To reach Tokon Nanas, can be start from Batam to Palmatak, a capital city of Matak Island, by using small plane, and continued by using speed boat for about 5 hours drive. The island is a pile of large firm stones arranged. It has the type of rocky shore waters around the island, which have 2-5 meters depth and greater depth far from the island is about 8-10 feet.

Singkep is an island in the Lingga Archipelago, Riau Islands, Indonesia. It is separated from the east coast of Sumatra by the Berhala Strait. It is surrounded by islands Posik island to the west, Serak island to the SouthWest, Lalang island to the South, and Selayar island of Riau Islands between Lingga and Singkep.

Singkep has two ports, Dabo near Dabosingkep and Jago near Sungaibuluh. The service to the port of Muntok on Bangka of Bangka Belitung and Palembang of Sumatera selatan ceased operating regularly with the demise of the tin mining industry. However, a high-speed ferry continues to connect Tanjung Pinang to Singkep, from where local boats may be chartered to Lingga. Singkep island is also has a small airport capable of handling small 40 passenger aircraft. The airport was active during the tin mining operations, and is currently used by charter flights and the government patrol aircraft. Starting in 2011, an aircraft operated by Sky Aviation flies from Batam to Dabo Singkep four times a week. Singkep has many beautiful beaches such as Batu Berdaun Beach and Nusantara Beach that have yet to be discovered by outsiders.

Singkep island is a small island which has beautiful scenery and it is fun to be explored. Singkep island has numbers of enchanted white sandy beach, one of the famous beaches are Batu Berdaun Beach, or leaved rock beach, that located in south part Dabo town. The visitors who come to this beach can enjoy swimming or just having pleasant time during sunset.