The Oldest Civilization at Lake Toba

The largest lake in Indonesia which located in North Sumatera Indonesia i.e lake Toba is not only give an interest natural view. Here, in the vulkanic lake of lake Toba was saved a civilization of the ancient Batak before the arrival of missionaries Nommensen 1862. The lake Toba has 200 metres in depht. The trail of this civilization is easy to found in samosir island, an island which located amid lake Toba. if you want to reach this island is so easy, it can be reached by ferry boat from Aji Bata harbor in Parapat. If you depart from Medan(The Capital of North Sumatera), it will spend 4 hours.

The adventure of the old village civilization at Samosir can be easier with transportation rental from Parapat. Because the public transportation in Samosir is still rare and limited, so that the children on the island should be piles on the roof of the vehicle during the hours go out or go home from school.

if you take a ferry boat, you should bring a float by yourself while you was sailing the lake. Because it will be feared if in boat there are not floats. The adventure destination in Tomok village is begin.

Tomok village

Tomok is the village with population 6.000 souls.This village had built by King Sidabutar in hundreads time ago. In a centuries ago, the Samosir island is controlled by some small king that lead in several village area. The kings are imagined like the head of village in nowdays. They often doing wars, thes way they are build bastion or citadel to save their village themselves which indeed is the king's family and his descendant. This ancient villages are funcionate to be museum now.

In Tomok, there are original house of the king Sidabutar. It is the stage house made from iron wood, the house is still look so sturdy, supported by large wooden pillars that serve as the main pillar. The Batak traditional houses are built with peg system which Wooden rods to interlock with pegs its carved directly on the wood.

Not far from the house is tomb of the descendants of King Sidabutar, and in front of tomb complex stands a large gate with a rich ornamentation carved in red, black, and white. The three colors that became the spiritual symbol of the Batak. In the gate carved lizard is facing four breasts. According to the customary head of Tomok village said that the lizard is mean that the Batak people should be life like as lizard, it mean they can life anywhere and easy to adaptation. Then the breast is symbol of mothers, so that while the Batak people going anywhere they should have remember their mothers and so does their homeland.

While we entrance to the tomb complex, there are stone coffin carved human head which not buried underground but on the land, there are inside the coffin was King of Sidabutas and his descendant buried.

The Old Village of Huta Bolon Simanindo

"Huta Bolon" is the large village in local translation. This village had built by King Simanindo. The Huta Bolon located at 20 km from Tomok. While we entrance to the village we are greeted by the gate with dull paint it mean the gate is so old. In the gate wrote the name of the village. Then we see the tombs of King Simanindo and family in line on the road.

If Tomok village built the stone rail to protect the village, but the Huta Bolon built the land rail to protect the village from the enemies. That rail was be planted by a grass over the rail closely. In the village there are two rows of houses were built facing each other. One series is home to the king and his family, while the other is a row of houses barn, home guards, and family room king.

In the central pillar of wood stuck to tie the buffalo that are used in ritual offerings. days when tourists are still a lot of visiting Lake Toba, in Huta Bolon Simanindo often held traditional arts, like dance sigale-Gale and single-tor-tor panaluan. The show was a reconstruction of a ritual that held ancient Toba Batak society.

The Oldest history of Batak
It is in the old village of Huta Siallagan Ambarita, Samosir, North Sumatera, Indonesia. In there, before Batak people knew Christian religion, the King Siallagan use to lynch his enemies as a punishment.

The village was surrounded by a wall built of natural stone composition. In the middle of the village, there is a table of stone with stone seats arranged in a circle. That site is called a stone court. It was already more than 200 years old. In the past, before punishing criminals or enemy, King Siallagan and village elders held a hearing on a stone court. After the trial, the enemy or criminals brought to the place of execution which is behind the village.

The place of execution's layout is similar to the stone court. It's just that there is a large rock and boulders elongated shape with a hollow in the middle. Large rock that extends it to lay the enemy king before her body slashed to eliminate immunity of his enemies bodies. After slashed, the head of enemies were decapitated in a hollow stone.

In the end of the adventure you still can enjoy the beautifull natural view of lake Toba, the largest lake in Indonesia. Happpy Journey.

The Most Beautiful Lake in Indonesia : Danau Laut Tawar

Danau Laut Tawar or Laut Tawar lake is one of tourist attractions in Indonesia. With two hills that flank the lake, you can see the beautiful scenery and feel the romantic  situation. That's why this lake become a pride of people who live around it.

 
Location:

Laut Tawar Lake is a lake and tourist area in Dataran Tinggi Gayo, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Indonesia. The extent of approximately 5472 hectares with a length of 17 km and width of 3.219 km. The volume of water is approximately 2,537,483,884 m³ (2.5 trillion liters)

How to Reach:

Access to the Takengon more easily accessed through the City of Bireuen. There is a small terminal where gather minibus transportation called "elf", specifically to Takengon. It will take you about 5 hours.

Other alternative can also be reached via Blang Kejeren and Kutacane. 
 

Tiket Price:

Until now, it's free.

Accommodation:

There is one motor boat used to carry passengers around the lake.  

And you can easily find  places of accommodation for tourists who want to spend the night at that location.

What you can do:

Fishing, Swimming, Mingle with the local community or just Sight seeing around the lake.

What you can find and buy:

Some of commodity grown in this place are: the Gayo coffee (coffee arabica, which is very famous in Japan), potatoes, passion fruit, tomatoes, peppers, corn, and vegetables. You can also buy delicious fruit like Jeruk Keprok Gayo (Gayo tangerine) and avocados.

You can find only in this place:

There is a folklore about a kind of fish named Depik fish. Shaped like a slender ornamental fish with glistening white scales. Very small fish. The size only similar with your thumbs. And they're only found in this lake. People said, depik derived from rice grains are discharged into the lake. They will come to the surface at certain seasons, especially during the rainy season. 

Before the season arrives, crowds of depik hiding in the south of the lake, at the foot of Mount Bur Kelieten. Depik is a gift from God to the people Gayo, although continuously consumed, they've never runs out.

Guarantee:

You will not regret coming here...

Picture taken from:

http://fajriboy.multiply.com/photos/album/3/Danau_Laut_Tawar

 

lake toba

Lake Toba is a volcanic lake with a length of 100 kilometers and 30 kilometers wide, located in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. This lake is the largest lake in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. In the middle of this lake there is a volcanic island called Pulau Samosir.
Lake Toba has long become an important tourist destination in North Sumatra in addition to Bukit Lawang and Nias, attract domestic and foreign tourists.

History

It is estimated that Lake Toba explosion occurred at about 73000-75000 years ago and an eruption Supervolcano (super volcano) the most recent. Bill Rose and Craig Chesner from Michigan Technological University estimate that volcanic materials spewed out of the mountain as much as 2800 km ³, with 800 km ³ of rock Ignimbrite and 2,000 km ³ of volcanic ash which is expected in the wind to the west for 2 weeks. Volcanic dust in the wind has spread to half the earth, from China to South Africa. Explosion occurred during 1 week and throw the dust up to 10 km above sea level.

This incident caused mass death and the extinction of some species also followed. According to some DNA evidence, this eruption also reduced the number of people to about 60% of the total human population of the earth at that time, which is about 60 million people. The eruption was also contributed to the occurrence of ice ages, although the experts still debate.

After the eruption, the caldera formed which is then filled with water and became what is now known as Lake Toba. Pressure upward by magma that has not come out cause the emergence of Samosir Island.

International multidisciplinary research team, led by Dr. Michael Petraglia, revealed in a press conference in Oxford, the United States that has found a new archaeological site is quite spectacular by geologists in southern and northern India. On the site it was revealed how people survive, before and after volcanic eruptions (Supervolcano) Toba at 74,000 years ago, and evidence of life under the ash heap of Mount Toba. Though the source of explosion is 3,000 miles, from the distribution of ashes.

For seven years, experts from Oxford University is researching ecosystem project in India, to seek evidence of life and the lives they left behind equipment in a barren desert. Region with an area of thousands of hectares of this was just savanna (grasslands). Meanwhile, animal bones scattered. The team concluded, this vast area was covered with enough dust from ancient volcanic eruptions.

The spread of volcanic dust was extremely spacious, found almost worldwide. Derived from an ancient eruption Supervolcano, namely Mount Toba. Allegations leading to Mount Toba, because it found evidence of volcanic dust molecules in the same 2100 period. Since the caldera crater, now a lake Toba in Indonesia, 3,000 miles, from the source of the eruption. Even that is quite surprising, it turns out that the spread of dust to be recorded up to the North Pole. This is reminiscent of the experts, how powerful the super volcano Toba eruption at the time. The evidence is found, strengthening the suspicion, that the strength of the eruption and sea waves could wipe out life on Atlantis.

Kelimutu ; The Three Colors Lake

The Kelimutu lake, is a paradise lake which also called The three colors lake. Kelimutu lake is one of wonder world which indeed save beauty and mystery. The unique of Kelimutu lake is color change. That changing is because of mineral content, the influence of biota type of moss and rocks in the crater. For local people that the color change has its own meaning. Kelimutu lake has three giant pools or crater which always do color change every year. Water in one of three pools is red and can change be dark green and red- hearts, in other pools is dark green and change to light- green, and in three pools is brown-black to blue -sky. Those three pools are contains Tiwu Ata Polo, Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai, and Tiwu Ata Mbupu

Kelimutu lake is located in 3 sub-district i.e Detsuko sub-district, Wolowaru, and Ndona. All of three sub-district are under the auspices of district II Ende, province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Kelimutu lake is exactly on peak of Kelimutu mountain about 1.690 meters on sea level. It is about 66 km from Ende, and 83 km from Maumere.

Kelimutu originally combination between 'keli' word and 'mutu', keli is mean mountain, and mutu is boiling. Kelimutu is trusted as dwelling place of human souls. The gate, Pere Konde is trusted guarded by the Queen, The Ruler. Meanwhile, Tiwu Ata Polo is trusted to be the gathering place of the bad guys, and Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai as place young people, while Tiwu Ata Mbupu is the gathering place for parent souls.

Morning is the best time to watch the lake, because by the middle of the day, especially at afternoon, the lake is covered by fog. That's why the tourists usually stay in Moni village and view the kelimutu lake in early days.

The colors change, in the middle of 2006 ago, several change mainly happen to two lakes i.e Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai, and Tiwu Ata Polo which located more adjacent. Tiwu Nua Muri is previously green in june last year was changed to blue. While Tiwu Ata Polo is previously dark brown changed to slightly reddish. A separate lake, Tiwu Ata Mbupu remain dark green or moss green. However, last December when Updates sector visited the lake, the color of Tiwu Nua Muri is back green, Tiwu Ata Polo became dark blue, and Tiwu Ata Mbupu became blackish brown. Anyway, the colors of Kelimutu lake is a mystery of nature.

The change toward a single color crater lake located on the island of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT), was initiated in December 2008. Tiwu Ata Polo Lake when it changes color from blackish brown to dark green. Followed by the Lake Tiwu Ata Mbupu from blackish green moss to light green.
The color of the two lakes are now the same color as the Lake Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai, who early studied in 1915 by BCH MM van Suchtelen lake was predominantly light green.

When first Suchtelen researching , Tiwu Ata Polo Lake show color of red blood, Tiwu Nua Muri Koo Fai is emerald green, while Tiwu Ata Mbupu is white.Visit The Kelimutu lake, one of the wonderworld.

Kelimutu Lake

Kelimutu Lake is one of the tourism in Indonesia. Many foreign tourists come to this Lake. Kelimutu Lake is often referred to as the Lake of Three Colors, located in the summit of Mount Kelimutu, Ende Regency, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara.

The name Kelimutu is derived from the word ‘keli’, meaning ‘mountain’, and ‘mutu’, meaning ‘boiling’.

These colored lakes change colors on a regular basis. The western lake, Tiwi Ata Mbupu (Lake of Old People) is commonly blue. Tiwu Nua Muri Kooh Tai (Lake of Young Men and Maidens) and Tiwu Ata Polo (Bewitched, or Enchanted Lake), which share a common crater wall, are commonly green and red-colored, respectively, although lake colors vary periodically.

The colors of the lakes change over time due to volcanic activity which started millions of years ago. 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.

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.

Other Lakes in Indonesia:

• Limbungan Lake
  
• Lake Toba
  
• Maninjau Lake
  

potential central java nature

potential central java nature

besides has special language, purwokerto berjarak around 200km westside yogyakarta has also proper tour place is visited. that is stone tour area raden. tuk can kesanapun is not difficult. enough look for direction general vehicle purwokerto-baturaden from terminal kebondalem you udh bs refreshing to baturaden.
stone great garden raden located in south hillside slamet with height 640m above sea level and berjarak 14 km from downtown purwokerto. mount slamet self be biggest volcano and highest second at pulo java. because the existence at hillside, so not pelak if in place this is us can feel temperature very amicable alias cool. stone area raden has also potential flora and fauna that has tall conservation value and several mengantaranya even protected by uu sepert spotted tiger and monkey abu2 long tail.
follow a source, in place this us can meet several waterfall mengantaranya shower 3 (telu) that channel hot water bersulfur, shower 7 (pitu) berjarak around 2.5km from area baturaden, cave sarabada that present near shower 7, lonely lake berjarak around 3 km east baturaden, curug cipendok that has height 92 meters, curug ceheng, time swimming pool bacin that be one of [the] dutch survival place, with museum bri that founded in the year 1895. (unfortunately, all the that place is not yet sempat gw visit)s.
yg gw that photo is waterfall the name gumawang. at curug height achieves 25m this many anak2 free fall willing with payment around rp 3 thousands once jump. kl meliat cusorily, stone that pinch that waterfall reminds gw in foto2 baby often pose for face downward without clothing, hehehe
gw have a time maen to baturaden first day of idulfitri two last year when spend the night mempurwokerto before continue trip return to the village to jogja. year this is almost we are there again. praise be to god, we are ga so there, because on the same day moment we are sempat berpikiran tuk to baturaden, this place is bumped into calamity. date 25 octobers 2006, drawbridge longly 25 meters and present in height 20 meters above river surface gumawang collapse. bridge that aged 23 year not again strong hold back heavy more than 50 visitors moment that middle berliburan one day after first day of idulfitri. follow message that taked menkokesra date 27 octobers 2006, recorded 8 person pass away consequences fallen down and sink at river.

Cukang Taneuh ( Green Canyon)

Cukang Taneuh ( Green Canyon)

Its Green Canyon genuiness name is Cukang Taneuh, located in Countryside of Kertayasa of Subdistrict Cijulang about 31 km from Pangandaran.

this a place of tour represent the river stream of Cijulang penetrating cave by stalaktif and charming stalaknit and also flanked by two hill with the stoney and its leafy is grove present the nature attraction which typical and challange.

In mouth of cave, there are waterfall Palatar so that atmosphere in this place is felt so cold. int his palce we can conduct rock climbing, swimming, fishing.

To reach to this location, tourists can use the boat which is prepared in quary of Ciseureuh, like patch boat and also it's called Perahu kayuh.

this place is near a palce of tour of Batukaras and also Airfield Nusawiru.