Tangkuban Perahu, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

Tangkuban Perahu, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

About Tangkuban Perahu


Gunung (Mountain) Tangkuban Perahu is located about 30 kilometers north of the city of Bandung, more precisely in the area of Lembang, about 30 minutes with a car or motorbike. Tangkuban Perahu has a cold air and hot springs at the foot of the mountain at an altitude of 2084 meters. Cool air, tea plantations, valleys and tall pine trees will accompany you on your journey towards the entree of Tangkuban Perahu, where the tickets at Rp. 13,000 per person are sold (and the cost of parking your vehicle). Here you can already enjoy the beauty and coolness of Tangkuban Perahu.

Tangkuban Perahu is the largest mountain in the Parahyangan mountain range. The mountain is named this way because the shape resembles that of a boat overturned. Tangkuban Perahu is famous for its craters. There are two paths to go to the craters. The first street or road is more difficult and takes a longer time and is usually closed after rain because it is considered too dangerous. The second path is a new paved path that allows you to get to the craters also after rain, on the side of a curvy path are many trumpet flowers and trees. There are three famous craters in the Tangkuban Perahu region worth a visit, namely:

• Kawah Ratu (Queen's Crater):
  This is the largest crater of the three. There is a special bus parking area before Queen's Crater, if you come by bus here you need to get off and continue with the use of ELF. But if you use a private vehicle, you can simply park it on the other side of this crater. You can see the Queen's crater from above, barrier fence at the edges of the crater protect you from getting to close. You can also see the whole crater by climbing to higher grounds. The ground around the crater is generally white with yellow sulfur stones. There are shops in this area that offer a variety of souvenirs and accessories, some serve food and hot drinks like bandrek and you also can ride a horse here.
•  Kawah Upas (Upas Crater)
  Located next to the Queen Crater, this crater is more shallow and flat. Be careful because the path to the Upas Crater is quite dangerous.
• Kawah Domas (Domas Crater)
  This one is located below the Queen�s crater. if you come through the new path you will find the gate to Domas Crater before the one to Queen�s Crater. In Domas Crater you can get a closer look of a crater. You can even try to boil eggs in the crater�s water. If you want to see Domas Crater after 16:00 hour, you must hire a guide (for your own protection since it will be dark soon).

The legend of Tangkuban Perahu Mountain
Tangkuban Perahu has a legend, the core of the story Tangkuban Perahu is the presence of a young man named Sangkuriang who fell in love and wants to marry a woman named Dayang Sumbi. They fall for each other, but Dayang Sumbi realizes later that Sangkuriang is her biological child who went away long ago because she was very angry after Sangkuriang killed his pet dog when they failed to hunt deer. He did not know but that pet dog was his biological father.

Now, knowing Sangkuriang is her biological child she will not marry him, but he does not believe her and still insists. Finally she agrees if he can make a lake and a boat in one night. Aided by genies and spirits Sangkuriang began to make the lake and the boat. Seeing Sangkuriang nearly completed the boat Dayang Sumbi plans to trick him.She set fires in the east so the chickens start crowing and the genies that had helped Sangkuriang left because they thought it was already morning. Without their help Sangkuriang can not finish on time. Sangkuriang was furious and kicked the boat, the boat fell upside down and there was Tangkuban Perahu Mountain.

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White Crater Lake, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

White Crater (Kawah Putih)

About White Crater Lake

White crater (Kawah Putih) is a crater lake of Gunung Patuha, not far from Situ Patenggang (5km), and is located approximately 46 kilometers south of Bandung 35 kilometers from Soreang and takes about 2.5 hours drive from Bandung. Temperatures here are between 8-22 degrees. There are two craters, the Saat Crater (Saat in Sundanese language means subside) is in the west and the White crater underneath it at an altitude of 2194 meters. Both craters are formed by an eruption that occurred around the tenth or eleventh century
Long ago before the White crater opened to the public, local communities believe that the White Crater was haunted because of the many birds that die while traversing the White Crater, but in 1837 a scientist from Germany, Dr. Franz Wilhelm Junghun arrived. He then did research and found that many birds die when crossing the area is only caused by sulfur due to lava bursts.

Because the sulfur content is very high in the White crater the Dutch had built a sulfur factory in named Zwavel Ontgining Kawah Putih which later during the Japanese occupations had its name changed to Kawah Putih Kenzanka Gokoya Ciwidey.
Then in 1987 PT. Perhutani unit III West Java, Banten began to develop the White Crater area as a tourist attraction, since the White Crater lake was absolutely stunning. The White Crater Lake has the unique characteristic of water that can change color: like apple green, bluish when exposed to the light reflection of the sun, sometimes looks like chocolate milk, but the water is most commonly seen as white with a thick fog on it. This area is often used for pre-wedding photos because of the exotic views.
The White Crater Lake is open for tourists from 07:00 until 17.00 hours, every day. The facilities available are adequate with a parking lot, transportion, information center and food stalls. Admission rates for White crater is fairly expensive: for cars up to Rp. 150,000 to get on top of the White Crater region, Rp.35.000 for motorcycles and Rp. 15,000 per person.

Getting to White Crater Lake

From Jakarta: take the toll road Cipularang and get off at the toll exit Kopo, then head to Soreang south of the city Ciwidey. From Ciwidey it is about 20 to 30 minutes to the entrance of the White Crater. Visitors are advised to use the car to get to the White crater due to its distance from the entrance (about 5.6 Kilometers) and quite steep.
If you use a private vehicle and you can go straight to the parking area not far from the White crater.
You can also use public transportion from Terminal Kebun Kelapa as well as Leuwi Panjang in Bandung, heading first to Ciwidey. Then proceed using local transportation heading for Situ Patenggan.

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Situ and Temple Cangkuang

Sub: Leles
Tour Type: Cultural and Natural
Attraction: Temple, customs and Lake Village
Distance: 48 km Bandung

A lake surrounded by mountain scenery right in the middle of the island in which therestands a Hindu temple relics to the seventeenth century there are also indigenous villageof Pulo village who still adhere to customs ancestor. to reach the temple and theIndigenous Villages tourists can rent a raft that has a capacity of up to 30 people, thereis also a museum which stores various kinds of relics of the Hindu and Muslim. In Situand Temple area has available a variety of souvenir and food stalls.
Having ample parking space, Situ and Temple Cangkuang a suitable place for yourfamily know the history.

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Crater Darajat

SKW : Crater Darajat
Sub-district : Pasirwangi
Tour Type : Nature
Attraction : Crater

Physical Environment
The crater is located in Padaawas Darajat, District Pasirwangi. This tourist attraction has an appeal in the form of craters that produce steam heat as well as their natural shape of mountains and plantations. Visitors who come to the crater area Darajat can do tourism activity tracking, enjoying the scenery and study volcanoes. Currently managed by Darajat Crater. Amoseas in cooperation with PT. Pertamina. with the status of land ownership by PT Perhutani. Darajat this whole wide crater about 40 ha, and visitors who wish to perform activities of travel must have permission from the Amoseas. Licensing is dibertakukan because this area is also the danger of industrial estates and natural gas.
The administrative boundary of this region are:
North: Padaawas
West: Regions nature reserve
South: Village Sarimukti
East: Padaawas

Environmental quality of this region can be seen from the level of cleanliness and landscape of a very well preserved. For the size of an industrial estate Darajat crater area is quite clean, no pollution tercfapat trash and vandalism.

Special Aspects
Darajat Crater is part of the mountain ranges Papandayan with 2 of the active crater and 24 steam wells used by the party as a force Amoseas Steam Power (power plant).The average height of this crater is 1920 meters above sea level, with the general configuration of the land is hilly and benembah.
Facilities that support tourism activities in this area is
- The parking lot, located on the front page of the main building PT.Amoseas with a capacity of 20 cars.
- Entrance with a reasonable condition intended to keep the industrial area of ​​PT Amoseas well as to control the inbound visitors.
Signposts
- Service information contained in every post guard with the condition and the service is quite good.

Accessibility
To visit the Crater Darajat can use. private car or public transport routes Tarogong - Pasirwangi a cost of Rp 3000/orang. Access roads located in the region has a wide crater Drajat? 5m and the length of the road? 3 Km.

The path to the crater has a length of 100 m and 1 m wide road

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Paraglaiding Mountain Haruman

SKW : Cangkuang
Sub-district : Kadungora
Tour Type : nature / sports
Attraction : paraglaiding

Tourist attraction and appeal of sport Paraglading Haruman Mountain is located in the village of Sari Haruman, District Kadungora, Garut regency, West Java Province.Ownership status of land used for community land Paraglaiding is still not managed specifically. Mount Haruman have the level of approximately 1300 m above sea level and the mountain is not a type of volcano. General configuration of land is mountainous with steep slope is good land absorption, satabilitas good soil and the type of material is generally sandy rocky soil. Mount Haruman is an object used for sport Paraglaiding for those lovers of kite flying.

The base used to fly kites have a large 40 x 15 m2 which has a surface layer of grass land with a slope of sloping land. To make sport kite flying, every visitor usually bring their own equipment, this is because there is no special management that is not available the necessary equipment.
To reach Mount Haruman kite flying area we can through highway Garut? Bandung through Kadungora District. From Sub Kadungora to use private vehicles or ojeg towards the village of Sari Haruman. The distance traveled from the District Kadungora towards Haruman Sari Village is approximately 15 km with 2-4 m wide road that has less road quality. As for kite flying toward the runway from the village of Sari Haruman is 7-8 km, which is usually the visitors use the jeep or the like, this is caused by road conditions are very damaged so it does not allow to pass by a car than jeep.

Tourism activities that can be done in this area is kite flying, tracking, enjoying the scenery and photography. Visitors who come to Mount Haruman came from Jakarta, East Java, Central Java checkers. As well as foreign visitors come from Singapore, the Netherlands, Korea and the United States who want to exercise Paraglaiding.

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Mountain Guntur

SKW : Cipanas
Sub-district : Tarogong Kaler
Tour Type : Nature
Attraction : Panorama Nature
Mileage : 8 km

Natural Physical Environment

Thunder Mountain is one of the mountain which is owned by Garut district, which is located in Kampung Hamlet Village District Pananjung Tarogong Kaler. This mountain has a total area of ​​approximately 250 ha of which still form an open area, and wholly managed by the West Java BKSDA II which refers to the legality of Minister of Forestry Decree No: 274/kpts II/99. Thunder Mountain region is located 3 km from the capital district Tarogong Kaler and 7 km from the capital city of Garut Regency. Thunder Mountain is an active volcano with volcanic activity has a height of 2,000 m above sea level and has a crater that contained in one peak. Mount Guntur has a unique landscape character which has three hills at its peak, each hill has a height of 1000 m (from the foot of the mountain), 1200 m and 1300 m the highest peak. This mountain has an appeal in the form of a challenging mountain terrain, valleys, waterfalls, rivers, natural panorama and craters. Mount Guntur has the general configuration of mountainous land with a very steep slope and a soil material in the form of rocky sand.For the stability of the soil is relatively unstable region, with high levels of catastrophic landslide and soil and adequate soil absorption.
District boundary Thunder Mountain Nature Park are as follows:
North: Village Pasawahan
West: Kab. Bandung
South: Village Pananjung
East: Village Rancabango
Thunder Mountain Regions TWA has not been intensively developed for tourism area, it's just a lot of Mountain Thunder visited by explorers and serve as areas for camping, hiking and tracking.

Special Aspects

On the Thunder Mountain area, there are no facilities and infrastructure that support tourism activities. This happens because the Thunder Mountain area has not received special attention by the local government to be developed into an area that can be used for sport tourism activities, especially the glading. But there are facilities to support the shelter with a single sufficient condition contained in the location of waterfalls Citiis.

Accessibility Towards Object

To reach to the foot of the mountain, a distance of 5 km from Garut city terminal (terminal Guntur), can use city angkuta cost Rp. 1.500/orang majoring in Garut?Cipanas which operates from 5:00 to 19:00 o'clock am, or can use a form of traditional freight wagon with a tariff of Rp. 3,000. Accessibility to get to the Thunder Mountain area is a highway with road class district that has a width of 3 m and a length of 3 km with good condition, road access has a sufficient condition by road class village that has a width of 2.5-3m and a length of 2 km, and There is also a path of width 0.5-1 m with a sufficient condition.

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