Situ Patenggang Ciwidey

Situ Patenggang Ciwidey or also popularly known as Patengan there is a lake located in the tourist area of Ciwidey Bandung. Located about 47 km from the city of Bandung, you can arrive at this tourist area Situ with a journey time of about 45 minutes to 1 hour. From a number of attractions in Bandung, natural charm Situ is one of the popular destinations visited by tourists.

Situ Patenggang is located in the area of altitude reaches 1600 meters above sea level, you present the exotic scenery. As far as the eye could see the horizon in front, visible expanse of green tea gardens like a beautiful carpet that stretched nature. Breezy cool air of the mountains and its typical warmth of the sun touches the skin also adds to its charm. At first, the lake (there) is a nature reserve, but since 1981 the lake covering an area of 45,000 hectares was officially opened as a natural park.

Derived from the Sundanese language, the word "there" means lake and "patengan" means mutual searching. Once upon a time, there exists a pair of human children who love each other, namely Dewi Rengganis and Ki Santang. However, they are separated for a long time. Because love very deeply, they are looking at each other and finally Meet at a place now known as Stone Love. Dewi Rengganis last request made of a lake and a boat so that they both can sail together. This was met by her boyfriend.

Stories of local people call the boat today is the island of Asmara or also known as Sasaka heart-shaped island. It is believed, lovers who visit the Stone Love and around the island of Asmara will get a true and lasting love, as happened to the Goddess Rengganis and Ki Santang. 

To be able to get into the tourist area Situ Patenggang Ciwidey, you have to pay admission Situ Rp 15 thousand per person. This does not include vehicle parking fee. If you carry the motor, the parking fee is Rp 3,500 and for automobiles Rp 11 thousand to Rp 22 thousand buses. 

Conditions Situ Patenggang Ciwidey tourist infrastructure has been organized so well, from various public facilities to access roads and accommodation. You can find ample parking space, restaurant, gazebo, rooms, lodging, rental boats, water bikes, a souvenir shop, fruit store, to public toilets. For those of you who bring food or culinary jananan itself when it comes to this place, you can rent mats as dining while enjoying the beautiful panorama of the Ciwidey Situ. 

Interesting side Situ Patenggang Ciwidey 

There are many interesting activities that you can do in Situ. Ranging from cycling water, surrounding a lake with swan boat, fishing, visiting Stone Love, surrounds the island of Asmara, walk around the tea garden, or just a picnic at the edge of the lake. This is the reason why the attraction Ciwidey this one favored as one of the favorite tourist destinations in Bandung family. 

One of the romantic places in Ciwidey Bandung is also an attractive holiday destination for those who were on a trip with my beloved partner. The most popular way lovers do is visit the Stone Love Asmara and surrounding islands. Although only departed from a local myth, but it is an interesting activity for through time as a couple in Situ Patengan.
 

To be able to circumnavigate the island of Asmara, you have to hire a boat. The island is located in a multi-story middle of the lake and looks shady with trees overgrown lot. Meanwhile, Stone Love are on the opposite side of the lake that supposedly believed to be the location of the meeting Dewi Rengganis and Ki Santang.

There are many boats that are provided to visitors every day. Condition of the boat pretty well maintained and safe to use as it travels around Situ Ciwidey. If you want other water facilities, there is also a boat, paddle boats and water bikes. Each vessel is offered at rents of course you can negotiate with the provider.

Many families or group that spends its leisure time in the tourist area of Situ Patenggang by a picnic on the banks of the lake. You can use the facilities of the gazebo or a seat of cement available there. Renting mat also is the most common way tourists to relax together with relatives. The rental price of these mats can be redeemed at a cost of Rp 10 thousand.

If you want a hot shower, you can go to a hot spring pools Ciwidey not far from Situ's location. One popular hot spring is Walini Ciwidey.  

Hotels in the area Situ Patenggang Ciwidey

There are many hotels in the tourist area of Ciwidey, ranging from hotels, resorts, up to a variety of guest house and a villa. Some lodgings near Situ Patenggang and quite popular among them is Patuha Resort Kawah Putih, Sawung escarpment Restaurant and Bungalow Ciwidey, Villa Kampung Karuhun Sutan Raja, to Dream Hotel - d'Riam Riverside Resort Ciwidey.

You can contact the manager there or looking for a hotel in Situ Patenggang online.  

Trip Route Travel to Situ Patenggang Ciwidey 

A trip to the tourist sites in Ciwidey Bandung Situ relatively easy. Road conditions so well with the asphalt surface is flat. If you are from Jakarta heading Situ Patenggang, you can drive a car passing through the toll Kopo. Sekeluarnya Dair toll Kopo, you can follow the direction towards Soreang, then Ciwidey, until arriving in Situ Patenggang.

For those of you who use public transport to Situ Patenggang, from Bandung you can take public transportation to the Ciwidey. Arriving at the terminal Ciwidey, take public transportation that will take you to Situ Patenggang. 

One interesting thing, all the way to the tourist area Situ Patenggang Ciwidey, you will find a stretch of beautiful green tea gardens and forests. You can also see strawberry plantation, you can stop by there because it is open to the public. You can even picking strawberries straight from the tree planted in small plastic bags. 

 

Singkarak Lake or Lake Batur

A sea of clear water, fishing boats scattered on the surface of the lake for fishing, plus a green landscape around the lake. Yes, the view of this kind will be found in Lake Batur, West Sumatra. This lake is about 70 km from Padang, capital of West Sumatra.

Lake Batur stretching and administratively included in two districts in West Sumatra, namely Solok and Tanah Datar. With an area of about 1,000 hectares, the lake has become the second largest in the highlands of Sumatra after Lake Toba. Lake with a depth of 268 meters and is located at an altitude of 363.5 meters above sea level, including the type lake formed due to tectonic due to expected shift in the Earth's plates.

Although relatively wide, but there are many species of fish that live in the waters of Lake Batur. There are only 19 recorded species of fish that live in this lake. This is possible because of the limited amount of plankton into fish food in general. Plankton is difficult to live here because of the depth of the lake that makes the sunlight can not penetrate the bottom of the lake.

Because of its beauty, Lake Batur become one of the tourist attractions are crowded with people around and also from outside the city. The beauty of this resort was first known in 1905 through biology journal belonging to Ernst Haeckel, a researcher from Germany. Not only examined the Lake Batur and the surrounding ecosystem, Haeckel was also amazed by the beauty of this lake, making it encapsulates the beauty of Lake Batur in a painting.

There are many activities you can do to enjoy the Lake Batur. You can swim in the clear lake water, the boat ride around the lake, fishing by the lake or join the fishermen catch fish. Do not forget to bring your camera to capture the beauty of this tourist spot. Large lake with a green background Bukit Barisan opposite a pity to miss.

In addition to these activities, you can also do a culinary tour in the stalls that surround these attractions. If eating at stalls unsatisfactory, try fishing or fishing and burn it on the edge of the lake with friends. This could be a pleasant experience.

What is interesting from Singkarak Lake?

As the lake once the pride of West Sumatra natural attractions mainstay, Lake Batur has some unique things interesting for you to know, including: 

Tour de Singkarak Lake Batur be part of the Tour de Singkarak, an international cycling event is regularly held every year. Tour de Singkarak supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy and the Amaury Sport Organisation, organizer of similar events in France, the Tour de France.

Tour de Singkarak first held in 2009. Furthermore, when implementation takes place during the week between the months of April to June with seven stages that must be passed by the participants. Tour de Singkarak not just a cycling race on the highway, but also the introduction of the culture and the natural beauty of West Sumatra. Along the route to be taken, participants will be treated to views of Minang cultural diversity and natural beauty of West Sumatra.

At first, the Tour de Singkarak starts from the starting line in the city of Padang and ending at Pier Lake Batur. Then, since 2012, the starting line starting from Sawahlunto, a historic old town in West Sumatra and ends in the city of Padang. Although no longer the site of the finish line, but Lake Batur still remain part of the Tour de Singkarak along with Lake Maninjau and several other interesting sights.

fish bilih
Recorded about 19 species of fish that live in the waters of Lake Batur today. One of these fish species are fish bilih (Mystacoleucus padangensis). Fish bilih be special because it can only live in this lake alone. Many have tried to breed this fish out of Lake Batur, but always failed because bilih fish always die.

Bilih normally fish are small, only a maximum length of about 10 cm with sparkling silver colored scales. Of the 19 species of fish that exist, this bilih fish whose number is estimated at most in the waters of the lake. Fish bilih become an economic resource of local people. Fishermen catch and sell them to stalls. This fish is most delicious when fried and dipped in sauce.

Besides sold in the stalls, fried dried fish bilih is also available in the sale of souvenirs around these sights. Fish packed in plastic of various sizes and you can make souvenirs typical of Singkarak Lake.

Lake Batur length increased from time to time
Because belonging to the category of tectonic lakes, Lake Batur size can still be changed to follow the earth's shifting plates. According to research experts, the length of the lake at first only 3 km, then increased to 8 km, 13 km and is now about 23 km. The length of this lake is predicted to continue to grow. 

    
    

Toba Lake

The main allure of Lake Toba in North Sumatra lies in the heart of captivating natural beauty. The largest volcanic lake in the world is the prime tourist spot of North Sumatra, became one of the few Indonesian tourist destinations most visited by tourists, including Bali, Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Surabaya.

Administratively, the Lake Toba region lie in seven districts in North Sumatra, namely Samosir, Toba Samosir, Simelungun, North Tapanuli, Humbang Hasundutan, Karo, and Dairi.This is due to the length of the lake that reaches up to 100 km with a width of 30 km. Toba lake has a maximum depth reaches 529 meters with an area of ​​1,130 square kilometers of the lake.

Geographically, Lake Toba is located in the Bukit Barisan mountains of North Sumatra province with the topography of the area dominated by hills and mountains. Region into the catchment area in the tourist area of ​​Lake Toba is composed of natural forests, meetings, plantations, until the mixture gardens. The lake water level is located at an altitude of 903 meters above sea level. Here enchanting natural panorama treats when you arrive in the region of Lake Toba with the airflow so cool.

Lake Toba is a lake of volcanic activity results an old mountain, the lake created by a super volcanic eruption of Mount Toba happened about 69,000 to 77,000 years ago. The eruption of Mount Toba is thousands of times larger than normal and volcanic eruptions affect the world climate globally.This is the largest volcanic eruption on Earth ever known to man within the past 25 million years. The study found that the super volcanic dust from the eruption of the volcano early spread to the North Pole with the discovery of evidence of molecular forms of the same volcanic ash at 2,100 points.

However, local communities have their own story about the formation of the largest lake in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

According to legend, the lake came from the story of stealth fish family. There is a young man who is looking for fish and managed to get a fish. But it turns out that fish do not like fish normally, but can talk and transforming it into a flawless woman by the name of Toba. Long story short, they were married, but with the proviso that the young man should not even touched on the origins of the woman.

In the course of their marriage, Toba finally gave birth to a son and named Naidoo. The children loved to eat. Until one day, Naidoo was asked by his mother to deliver food to his father in the fields. But on the way, Samosir devour the food. The father who has felt starved decided to go home

On the way, the father saw traces of food that the child spent earlier. Finally the father got angry and said that Naidoo was the son of a fish. In that instant, the rain was falling and the water out of the ground to create a lake that is now known by the name of Toba and an island in the middle called Samosir.

Tourism Lake Toba you will be presenting captivating natural wonders on the island of Sumatra. Together with the Samosir island located in the middle of the lake, Lake Toba is the main icon of the tourist attractions in North Sumatra's most famous. Some of the most interesting activities carried out in the popular tourist area of Lake Toba is swimming, boating scenes, to climb the mountain. All are wrapped in a puff of air is cool and clean and kaharmonisan beautiful natural blends.