The 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.

The Beautiful of Tawang Mangu

Tawang Mangu tourism place is the icon of Central Java. It’s located at about 40 km eastern of Solo as the second of the biggest town in central Java or at about 130 km from Semarang as the capital town of central Java. Tawang Mangu is a part of Kabupaten Karanganyar and this village is a hilly area. It’s taken about 40 minutes by bus from Solo town and the tariff about US$1.5 /people.
As long as your travel there you will find very beautiful panorama. The panorama content the dry field of villagers, pinus tree, the farmer activity, and the Lawu mount at the road side. One of the most amazing nuances is the misty which appear from morning till the afternoon at the area. It shows that, the area has temperature under the normal temperature at about 15 degree Celsius to 20 degree Celsius and 10 degree Celsius at night. The air of this area still very pure, fresh and comfort, it’s really very good place to waste our stress after working in a long time.
In fact Tawang Mangu is a National park. It is visited caused the waterfall and the rainy tropical forest. The waterfall called Grojogan Sewu “thousands waterfall”, it’s more than 50 meters length. It’s very beautiful waterfall and famous as the highest in the Central Java. At around of it, the tropical forest gave special nuance for the visitors, it contents of heterogenic forest and the condition looks like a jungle, in special moment you could see some tree will grow up their flower. The area will colorful by the flowers and make it very beautiful.
If you want to spend your time longer you no need to worry caused not far from there or at about 1 km you will find hotels and inns. The tariff is a cheap enough, only at about US$5 /night for the inn with minimum facilities and US$20 /night for the hotel tariff (Standard facilities). But it’s only for working time and the tariff will change in Holiday (Saturday and Sunday), it will be a little expensive at the day.