Danau Kelimutu (Kelimutu Lake) - NTT Tourism

Kalimutu Lake

Kelimutu Lake is located in the summit of Mount Kelimutu, Ende Regency, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Indonesia.
Kelimutu Lake is comprise of three backwaters. This backwater has formed of craters on the summit of Mount Kelimutu, height ± 1640 meters above sea level.
In Regency of Ende, this three backwaters is called Tiwu Ata Mbupu (Parent Lake), Tiwu Nua Muri Ko'o Fai (Lake of Young People) and Tiwu Ata Polo (Lake of Soothsayer). Tiwu Nua Muri Ko'o Fai and Tiwu Ata Polo is only separated with a steep wall that the width 15 to 20 meters, height of wall between 50 to 150 meters high. About 300 meters west of Tiwu Nua Muri Ko'o Fai, is located Tiwu Ata Mbupu.
Kelimutu Lake area is one of the existing National Park in Indonesia, the region include the 5 subdistricts, namely Detsuko, Ndona, East Ndona, Wolojita and Kelimutu.
Kelimutu Lake is one of the tourism in Indonesia, which is located on the Island of Flores. Many foreign tourists come to the Kelimutu Lake, and this make its name is famous to the various part of the world. 

Kelimutu Lake have a unique

Kelimutu Lake have a unique, namely the respective from backwaters, water color is always change each year.
Kelimutu Lake is one of the wonders of the world, beautiful, unique, glamour.
The first time, when the start is known by many people, the color of water from the respective backwater is red, blue and white. Each year, water color is always changes color.
According to information Kelimutu National Park, within 25 years, this lake has changed color as much as 12 times. Some researchers say that this color change may result from changes in chemical composition of water crater caused by the change in gas volcano, the effects of water temperature from the crater increases, sunlight refraction, reflection crater walls, the reflection of the lake basis, the mineral content in the crater , stones and moss.
Kelimutu Lake is one of the wonders of nature, often referred to as the Lake of Three Colors.
Kelimutu around the area, visitors can also see and enjoy the beauty of nature, such as waterfalls, hot water bathing places, rice fields, roads that circle along the ridge.
Regions of Kelimutu is a good area for hiking.
Kelimutu around the area, there is a forest with a variety of flora, such as: red wood, pine, edelweiss flower. There are also fauna, such as partridge, deer, wild pig, eagle.

Transportation to the Lake Of Kelimutu, Flores Island
By using the plane, leaving from the City of Kupang, Capital of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Travel to the City Ende, Flores Island. It takes ± 40 minutes drive.
Until the City Ende, go to the Village of Moni with the car. Moni Village is located in the Village of Kaonara, Wolowaru Subdistrict, Ende Regency. It take ± 3 hours drive to the Village of Moni, the distance 93 km. From the Village of Moni, the visitor must walking ± 2.5 km to reach the top of The Mountain of Kelimutu,

 

Best time to see The Lake Of Kelimutu
Time is the best in the morning when the sunrise. At 9 am local time, around the lake began to be covered by thick fog and continued until the afternoon. This fog will hinder the view of visitors.
In Kelimutu, the air is cold, it need to bring warm clothing or a jacket.

 

Facilities in the Area Of Kelimutu
Available car parking and motorcycle, inn, cottage, hut guard, shelter.

Facilities in the Area Of Kelimutu
Available car parking and motorcycle, inn, cottage, hut guard, shelter.

Salira Indah Beach Tourism

Salira Indah Beach

About 15 km from the Merak bus station is Salira Indah beach resort, located at scanning Tanjung Pujut. This resort on Java's west coast can easily be reached within a few hours from Jakarta either by bus or car.

Dua Island - Banten

Dua Island (Pulau Dua) is the name of a small nature preservation inhabited by some 50 kinds of fish-eating birds. It is located in the Banten bay and is accessible by boat from Tanjung Priok sea harbor or from Marina, Ancol.

This pristine island is also one of Indonesia's major bird sanctuaries, where more than 50,000 birds stop over during the winter or breeding season. Among these migratory creatures include egrets, ibis, teals, kingfishers and pelicans, while herons, storks and cormorants are some of the permanent residents. These birds originated from Africa, Asia and Australia and stay on this island to lay and hatch their eggs during April through August each year and fly back home afterwards. Little wonder, then, that this natural heaven is also known as Pulau Burung (Bird Island). The island is a hop away from Banten old town and can be accessed by walking on the shoal during low tide. The visitors can take a boat to get there quickly and safely.

Shadow Puppets Museum

This artistic building stay at Pintu Besar Utara Street 27, West Jakarta, was built in 1912, previously as land of a church, which was built in 1640 under the name of De Oude Hollandsche Kerk (The Old Dutch Church). In 1732 it was renovated and its name was changed into De Nieuwe Hollandsche Kerk (The New Dutch Church). The church building was once totally destroyed by an earthquake. Bataviasche Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Batavia Society of Arts and Sciences), that was an institution dealing with science and Indonesian culture bought this building.

 

The institution then delivered this building to the Stichting Oud Batavia (Old Batavia Foundation) and on 22 December 1939. It was made a museum under the name of Oude Bataviasche Museum (Old Batavia Museum). In 1957 this building was delivered to Lembaga Kebudayaan Indonesia (Institute of Indonesian Culture) and on 17 September 1962 it was delivered to the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, which later was delivered to the DKI Jakarta Administration on 23 June 1968 to be made Shadow Puppet Museum, which inauguration was carried out on 13 August 1975.

Shadow Puppet (commonly known as wayang) in Indonesia, especially on Java Island, was originally a product of the Royal Court culture. It was first used as an instrument of worship to the ancestors, and after the Hindu culture entered Indonesia iaround the 5th century, it developed shifting of values. The world of Indonesian shadow puppet got characteristically influence especially in term of story, like the Ramayana (the Story of Rama) and Mahabharata (the Great Bharata), making the form of presentation keep on changing and with wider range in performance and in the theme of the story. In its later development the Indonesian shadow puppet had become such tradition, that it has been capable to hold out in the supporting community consisting of various elements. Visitors of this Museum are invited to know various characters, attitude and behavior of the story from various regions through the performance of shadow puppet that has weight of high value in our culture and viewing a number of collections of shadow puppet like wayang kulit, wayang golek, patung wayang, topeng wayang, wayang beber, wayang kaca, gamelan (traditional music instrument set) as well as wayang paintings.

 

This Museum also displays various collections of wayang and dolls from friendly countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Suriname, China, Vietnam, France, India and Cambodia. It is not merely to be an object for recreation, study for students/ devotee can be carried out in this Museum, and this Museum even can be used as venue for training, documentation center and research on shadow puppet, and it can be used as inter-regional and international media on cultural knowledge. To support its existence, in this Museum wayang staging and attraction of wayang making are periodically organized.

Pawon Temple - Tourism

Pawon Temple is not a grave but as a place to keep King Indra's weapon namely Vajranala. Tiny temple 2 km east of Borobudur, contains a Buddha statue. The temple's style and the relief carved on the wall resemble most Javanese Hindu Temple. Pawon Temple is one and half kilometers westward from Mendut Temple and eastward from Borobudur Temple; it is also a Buddhist temple. When appreciating in detail, its sculpture is the beginning of Borobudur sculpture.

This temple was built with volcanic stones. Architecturally it is a blend of old Javanese Hindu and Indian art. Pawon temple is exactly in the central point of the straight line stretched from Borobudur to Mendut Temple. Perhaps it was built for kubera. It is on a wide rather terrace with steps. All parts are decorated with stupa(s) on dagoba(s) and its outside walls with symbolic pictures.

NGOBARAN BEACH - YOGYAKARTA TOURISM

Ngobaran Beach is located at Gunung Kidul region, 50km from Yogyakarta. This is a pure beach with a number of marine attractions to explore. When the tide is low around 3 in the morning, the visitors can join the local fishermen to collect seaweeds or go fishing for stranded fish between the reefs at the beach. The overall panorama creates some unexplainable yet peaceful feelings. Some believe that somewhere in the beach lie the remains of King Brawijaya fort and his men “Sabdo Palon Ngoyogenggong”. Other uniqueness of this beach includes a cave, which leads its explorers to a striking underground stream.

Going to Ngrenehan Beach and enjoying the grilled fish will be complete if we drop by Ngobaran Beach that is located adjacent to it. The location of the beach with high cliff is around two kilometers from Ngrenehan Beach. The local people of Ngrenehan Beach even talk and visit Ngobaran Beach.

Ngobaran is such an exotic beach. When the seawater had falls, we can see the spread of both green and brown seaweed. When it looked from the top, the spread of the algae growing in coral reef looks like spread of rice field in a densely populated area. Tens of sea animal species also present in between the coral reef, ranging from sea urchin, starfish, to various types of cockleshells.

Kalasan Temple - Jogjakarta Tourism

Kalasan Temple is built in Kalasan village about 2 km west of Prambanan, 15 km from Yogyakarta. _It is dedicated to a Buddhist Goddess, TARA. It is 6 meters tall and has 52 stupas. This unique Buddhist temple is located east of Yogyakarta, on the south side of the main road between Yogyakarta and Solo. It was built in honor of the marriage between king Pancapana of Sanjaya Dynasty and a Princess of Syailendra Dynasty, named Dyah Pramudya Wardhani. It is beautifully ornamented with finely carved relief and coated with "vajralepa", a yellowish material made from the sap of a certain tree. The vajralepa functioned as an adhesive and as protection against moss and mildew, while at the same time it refined the carvings. This temple is 24 m high and its base built in the form of a Greek cross.