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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Indonesia Tourism Placede Ranch as Other Side Tourism of Bandung

There are so many tourism places in Bandung, one of them is de Ranch. It is located in Maribaya, Kab. Lembang, Bandung, Indonesia. De Ranch is horsing tourism where the visitors are offered to enjoy the beautiful scenery by horsing. The visitors could be going around of ranch area by horsing use cowboys costume. This place has prepared special costume, guide, and special horse. The last data this ranch has 18 Holland cows, 22 local and import horses, and some Ottawa goats.

The horses content of import and local, so the visitors could choose by their self. Local horses sometimes for beginner and children whereas the import for the expert. The visitors will enjoy the beautiful scenery of Putri Mount as the background the Ranch. Putri mount very beautiful if we see it from far away, this area has fresh air and good for relax area. Beside of that you could choose another activity such as flying fox, rock climbing, outbound, go around by cart, and taste the delicious of traditional food.

In according to the visitor information, the tariff of horse if we want to ride is very cheap. Only by paying US$2/horse, you could ride it for one pit or about 700 meters distance. The visitors look very happy and satisfy to visit this place. More over this place not only for tourism but also for traditional ranch and milker place.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Indonesia Tourism PlaceSunset in Tanah Lot Bali

'Tanah Lot' is a tourism place in Bali, Indonesia. The unique in this place are sunset and the building on the top hillside of rock.

In Tanah Lot until today there are strange snakes. But if we analyze it from science this snake classified as sea snake with thin tail looks like a fish, black color with yellow spot, and have 3 times poison killing strength from the King of Cobra from India.

Tanah Lot is located in Brabanan Village, Kecamatan Kediri, Kabupaten Tabanan, about 13 km at Western of Tabanan city. The visitors will crowd this place at the afternoon to see the beautiful sunset and record it by Camera.

Indonesia Tourism PlaceThe Sensational of Baturaden Cascade

Baturaden is tourism place in Kabupaten Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia. It is located in northern of Purwekerto city (southern Hillside Slamet mount area). Because of Baturaden in hillside Slamet mount, makes this area has fresh and cold air especially at night.

Baturaden is very famous caused its well known as the tourism place with multiple-choice area that could be visited.

This area prepares:

1. Botani Park. The park prepares various plantations and flower e.g. various palm, antarium, Havana Plantation, Brimulia, etc.

2. Curug Gede. This tourism place about 3 km from main area of baturaden. This place offers beautiful waterfall as the tourism object.

3. Pancuran Pitu (seven cascades level). This place is a hot spring source area with 60-70 degree Celsius water temperature. The hot water flows from Hillside of the Slamet mount through seven cascades.

4. Pancuran telu (three cascades). This is a hot water spring area with 40 degree Celsius water temperature and content by sulfur. The water believed could be a medicine for various diseases.

5. Forestry Tourism. This area content by the homogeny wood and offers beautiful and green forest scenery. Its sometimes use as a camping or jungle tracking location.

6. Kaloka Widya Mandala Park. This place in fact is a zoo and use for educational tourism. Its content of animals from in and outside of Indonesia country e.g. python, Papua’s crocodile, elephant, hedgehog, goat with fives legs, Orang Utan, Sumatra tigers, bear, etc.

For the visitors who want to spend their time longer, Baturaden has been preparing everything. In main area of Baruraden tourism place prepares many villas and hotel. In eastern and western of Baturaden placed many tourism bureau, restaurant, Hotel & Spa, home stay, and handicraft outlet.



Monday, May 18, 2009

Indonesia Tourism PlaceSolo Handicraft

Solo is the second capital city in Yogyakarta. It is famous as the batik and handicraft producers. Klewer is the name of the traditional market there and you can find various handicrafts there. Solo’s batik, woodcarving, earthenware, wood toys, furniture, and traditional food are goods, which sold there. Especially for furniture, it produces in a village nearby Solo. Trangsan village is one of the famous places as the central of furniture producers. The furniture is sold for local and international market so it must be in export quality. It has been distribute and sold to Europe (Eastern & Western Europe) and around of Asia Pacific such us: Japan, India, Thailand, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Australia.


It made of by various raw materials such us: jati wood, mahoni wood, rattan, eceng gondok, even from banana’s tree. The raw materials are processed become various bags, chairs, cupboard, and bed. Especially for eceng gondok and banana’s tree, they are new raw material and taken from the farmer as the waste things (recycling). While mahoni woods, jati woods, and rattan taken from Celebes and Kalimantan Island as the wood main supplier in Indonesia. All of the raw material will be processed and changed into the beautiful and useful furniture. It as the product of handicraft has been increasing the villager’s income in Solo and makes this area is very famous in the world.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Indonesia Tourism PlaceTangkuban Perahu Mount

Have you ever been hear the legend of Sangkuring before? Maybe for the sundanese etchnic it is not foreign anymore even to the all Indonesian. The legend of Sangkuriang is a history that linked to the creature of Tangkuban Perahu mount. Tangkuban perahu translate roughly upturning of a boat in Sundanese refers to the legend there. The story tells about a Beautiful woman name Dayang Sumbi who has a child. She casts away her son “Sangkuring” for disobedience. Because of this she really so sad but in her sadness she was granted the youth eternal power by the gods. After many years not meet each other, one-day Sangkuriang meet with his mom, he fallen love to her. He wants to marriage her but Dayang Sumbi recognized her son from birthmark of him. Dayang sumbi prevent the marriage by asking Sangkuriang to build a dam in Citarum River and a large boat to cross it for a night before the sunrise. Sangkuriang agrees, he begins meditated and summoned mythical ogre like green giant “Buta Ijo” (in Sundanese) to do his job. Dayang Sumbi saw the tasks were almost finished and called her workers to spread red silk cloths at eastern of the city, to give the impression of impending sunrise. Sangkuring was fooled even believe that he has failed; he kicks the dam and unfinished boat, resulting in severe flooding and creation of Tangkuban Perahu from the hull of the boat.

Tangkuban Perahu is an active volcano about 30 km northern of Kotamadya Bandung as the capital town of West Java province, Indonesia. It has 2084 meters height above the sea water level. The temperatures at top of mount about 10 degrees Celsius. In fact, nothing special with this place but for the mountaineer it will be give you new experience caused you could hike to the edge of the crater to view the hot water spring up closed and cooks the eggs at its hot surface. More over you could see and smell sulfur which spread at crater of it. Maybe for unusual men it is sometimes make you fell dizzy so you necessary to bring masker. As information, there is a crater is forbidden to visit caused the of sulfur content by toxin.

Tangkuban Parahu is a stratum volcano in Java Island and the last erupted in 1983, but in April 2005, the government of Indonesia out of alert and forbid the visitors going up to the volcano. In according to the sensor equipment and explanation of government volcanologist Syamsul Rijal that Tangkuban Parahu picked up an increase volcano activity and build up of gases.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Indonesia Tourism PlaceBali Tourism "Uluwatu Cliff"


Uluwatu area is a cliffy beach and has beautiful green cliff scenery a long side the beach. The cliff face to the sea and at the point side of the cliff there is a Pura (praying place for Hinduism) if it’s seen from far away. The unique things before you entrance the area you have to wear closing clothes (polite clothes). You can’t enter the area if you wearing minimize clothes, such as: short skirt, short trousers, etc, because the native people there want us to respect the Pura area as a holy place to pray. But no need to worry cause there are some tourism guides who preparing saroong, yellow wrap, and Balinese kebaya which ready to rent. For the visitors who used polite cloth, they need to rent yellow wrap only, which wrapped into their waist and then you are pleased to enter. The Pura well known as a mystic place but in fact I don’t believe it so just prove by your self.


When we enter that area, we will walk on the path which is right and left side full by the tree and most them are Kamboja tree (funeral tree in Indonesia). The path way will take you inside the Pura area. When you arrive there, you will find many stairs made of stones. It will bring you to the top content of Balinese traditional Gapura. There are some groups of monkeys around the stairs. Sometimes they are so naughty and making trouble so we suggest you to keep your goggles, accessories, or any goods in the save place. I give you good tips for this. Bring some nuts or bananas to feed and make the monkeys far away from you.


In Uluwatu there is path nearby the cliff lips. Some areas have been cemented and the others are still natural. If you fell tired after walking, believe me it will be erased by the beautiful green crag cliff scenery which spread as long as the blue beach. The blue sea and the impacting wave at the lips of the beach will give you unforgettable moments.

Indonesia Tourism PlaceBosscha Observatory


Bosscha Observatory building is the oldest planets observatory in Indonesia. Bosscha observatorium was built on January 1st 1923 by the Community of Astronomy of Indies Netherlands at the colonialism era. The Bosscha name was taken from the name of the donator from this observatory building - Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha – the owner of the tea field in Malabar, Kabupaten Lembang, West Java, Indonesia. It’s about 15 km at the northern Bandung as the capital town of West Java. The land area is about 6 hectares on 1300 meters above the sea water level, makes this area as the best place to observe the stars, planets, milky ways, others galaxy parts and has beautiful scenery, fresh and pure air.
Bosscha is well known as the best observatorium in the Southeast Asia. This Obsevatorium have six big telescopes, such as: Multiple Zeiss Refractor Telescope, Milky Way Schmidt Telescope, Bamberg Refractor Telescope, GOTO Cassegrain Telescope, Unitron Refractor Telescope, and Real Time Solar Telescope as the newest there. Each of them are used for difference purposes. For example: The Real Time Solar Telescope is used to observe the out circle of sun, spectrum, and the cronospher. At about 60.000 person visits this place every year, most of them are students and the others are scientist or tourists from local and abroad. The visitors came to this place to see and learn the discovery science of our Galaxy. Since this place was built in 1923, at least 500 of worksheet of the research results have been produced.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Indonesia Tourism PlaceBandung Tourism part 2

“Lembang” How beautiful you are!

How beautiful the view is ! That’s the first impression which we should say about the wonderful scenery in Lembang. It’s very reasonable cause the condition of the area such as fresh air, strawberry field, villagers custom, silent and cozy area (so far from the noisy condition) are completed by the beautiful green views. Kabupaten Lembang is located in West Java Province at about 10 km from Kotamadya Bandung, Indonesia. It’s taken 30 minutes by bus from Bandung to Kabupaten Lembang and the cost only US$ 0.3 (if you go there by DAMRI bus). In the morning the temperature of this area is about 15 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Celcius at night. It’s cold area so you must bring thick blanket to warm your self. According to the villagers history, in 2003, Lembang have ever been getting ice rain but it was no longer happened. The duration was about 5 to 10 minutes and at that time the temperature was about 3 degrees Celsius, but only happened once.

In fact this area is very famous as the producers of various vegetables and fruits e.g. cucumber, potatoes, cabbages, strawberry, corn, etc. These are supplied at the surrounding area and also distributed to Jakarta as the Capital town of Indonesia. Sometimes the fruit and vegetables were sold in traditional market but some others were sent to Supermarket. In Kabupaten Lembang, you could enjoy the delicious of strawberry juice, the price is very cheap, only US$ 0.5/glass and this is a special drinking of Kabupaten Lembang. Another special menu is roasted corn and the seller are spreading as long as the road to Lembang before getting Tangkuban Perahu area. Sunda ethnic, as the native speakers there, are very respectful and familiar men. They can make you stay longer. More over, in Lembang, you can enjoy the panorama by going around the area using the traditional transportation called Delman. Delman is a cart pulled by the horse and the tariff is very cheap, only about US$ 0.1/ person. By using it you can go around of Lembang area where ever and when ever you want.

If you want to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Kabupaten Lembang clearly, you can rent a villa or hotel at the mountain slope. From that area you can see the beautiful sight there, such as : the spread out of strawberry fields, the misty hills which exposed the dew in the morning, feel the fresh air and the blowing wind. I’m sure you will get very great experiences there. A little information that, the hotel’s tariff at about US$ 25/night for the standard facilities.