Nusakambangan Island

Nusa Kambangan is the name of an island in Central Java is known as a place located several correctional facility (LP) ber high security in Indonesia.

To reach this island people have to cross by ferry from the port of Cilacap in particular for approximately five minutes. The ferry port of this island called Wijayapura.

Kambangan island, which has status as nature reserves, often used in addition to military training, is also a habitat for rare trees, but many have been felled illegally. Currently the remaining are mostly herbaceous plant, palm, and thickets. Pawlar timber that can only be found on the island is often stolen because once dried, has a quality equal to the wood from Borneo.



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Tourism in Karanganyar : Tawangmangu

Tawangmangu known as a tourist attraction on the slopes of the mountains west of Mount Lawu which can be reached by land vehicles for about an hour from the city of Surakarta (Solo).

Tawangmangu is located 40 km east of Solo, this recreational resort offers fresh weather; scenic views, swimming pools, bungalow style hotels and restaurants. A cool splendid hill resort also on the slope of mount Lawu, at about 1400 M height above sea level. The road from Solo via Karangpandan is a fine trip thru magnificent green terraced hills.

From Tawangmangu can start climbing to the summit of Mount Lawu (Pos Cemorokandang). Besides, from here there is the pass that led to the Telaga Sarangan, in Magetan through Cemorosewu.

Tawangmangu has all kind of facilities, hotel, camping ground, forest tourism, etc. The climate is fresh and one can enjoy the beautiful scenery. Other features include nearby temples, a national park and 40m in high waterfall of Grojogan Sewu.


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Teluk Penyu Beach, Cilacap - Central Java

Teluk Penyu



Teluk Penyu is a coastal region south of Cilacap regency. Teluk Penyu beach is 2 km to the east of Cilacap District Government Center. Teluk Penyu beach is a natural tourism object quite famous in Cilacap regency, Central Java Province. Sightseeing this area has 18 hectares of beautiful natural panorama.

The existence of Teluk Penyu also supported by historical attractions Fortress Pendem, and Nusakambangan island located not far from the location of this beach. Fortress Pendem defense is the former headquarters of the Dutch army located about 0.5 km south attractions Teluk Penyu Beach and overlooking the strait Nusakambangan.



Along the coast are more neatly, especially at the entrance of the tourist area of Turtle Bay Beach, which has a lot of standing stalls / shops, who peddled dry salted fish and fresh fish / wet, is ready to be burned or cooked in accordance with desire visitors, and various handicrafts shells and other souvenirs along the entrance hall of this tourist location.

This tourist areas, crowded visited in the morning and evening by the residents of Cilacap city during the day while more often visited by local tourists, especially during periods of school holidays or on major holidays / vacation.
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Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is the name of a Buddhist temple located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. Location of the temple is approximately 100 km in the south-west of Semarang and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta.

Borobudur was built around 800 BC or 9th century. Borobudur Temple was built by the Mahayana Buddhists during the reign Sailendra. This temple was built in the heyday of Sailendra dynasty. The founder of the Borobudur Temple King Samaratungga from Sailendra dynasty. The possibility of this temple was built around 824 AD and was completed around the year 900 AD in the reign of Queen Pramudawardhani who is the daughter of Samaratungga. While architects who contributed to build this temple according to the story of a hereditary named Gunadharma.

The meaning of the name Borobudur "abbey in the hills", which comes from the word "coal" (temple or monastery) and "beduhur" (hills or high places) in Sanskrit. Therefore, in accordance with the meaning of the name Borobudur, then this place since long ago used as a place of Buddhist worship.

This Buddhist temple has 1460 relief panels and 504 Buddha effigies in the complex. Borobudur-shaped building with railroad punden consists of 10 levels. Height 42 meters before being renovated and 34.5 meters after the renovation because the lowest level was used as a drag. Six lowest level and square in the upper three floors and a circular highest level of Buddhist stupa facing to the west. Each level represents the stage of human life. In accordance with of Buddha Mahayana, anyone who wants to reach the level of Buddha must go through each of those life stages.



This temple for centuries no longer used. Then because of volcanic eruptions, most of the buildings covered Borobudur volcanic soil. In addition, the building is covered with trees and shrubs for centuries. Then the building of this temple began in the time-forgotten Islam arrived in Indonesia around the 15th century.

In the year 1814 when the British occupied Indonesia, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles heard of the discovery of huge archaeological objects in the village of Magelang district Bumisegoro. Because of the great interest of the history of Java, then immediately ordered Raffles HC Cornelius, a Dutch engineer, to investigate the discovery of the location was a hill covered with shrubs.



After Indonesian independence, in 1956, the Indonesian government requested the assistance of UNESCO to examine the damage to Borobudur. Then in 1963, out of the official Indonesian government's decision to conduct the restoration of Borobudur temple with the help of UNESCO. However, this restoration was only really started to be done on August 10, 1973. The process of restoration was completed in 1984. Since 1991, Borobudur Temple, designated as World Heritage or World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

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Dieng Tourism Village

Dieng


Dieng, is a highland region on the border between the District Banjarnegara and Wonosobo regency, Central Java.
Located about 26 km to the north of Wonosobo regency, with a height reaching 6000 feet. Dieng cool temperatures in the cold approaching. Temperature range 15-20 degrees in the daytime and 10 degrees at night.

Cold, cool and beautiful, that's panorama Dieng Plateau. Tourism which is about 30 km north of Wonosobo, or about 55 km east of Banjarnegara. Dieng Plateau in the district of Wonosobo and Banjarnegara. From these two districts, the most dominating Banjarnegara tourist objects. Dieng Dihyang comes from the word meaning in the days of kings Khayangan Rake Warak Dyah Vanara 809 years BC, as a sacred place to meditate.



Dieng Plateau is a lot of presents landscape, lake, cultural, and archaeological sites.
Telaga Warna Sightseeing and Dieng Plateau Theater in Wonosobo regency. Crater was Sikidang, Merdada Lake, Crater Sileri, Jalatunda Well, Crater Candradimuka and Arjuna temple complex in Banjarnegara district.

Tourism Object Dieng
Some of the cultural heritage and nature reserves have become tourist attractions and in the governance shared by the two districts, Banjarnegara and Wonosobo.
Several places in Dieng visit sightseeing in Wonosobo
- Telaga Warna
- Lake Pengilon
- Crater (sikidang, celery, Sinila)
- Complex of the temple (temple Gatotkaca, Bima, the five Pandavas, etc.)
- Eye Serayu river water (he could make young and can quickly match)

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Baturraden Tourism Places in Purwokerto, Central Java

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Baturraden is a tourist destination in Banyumas regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Baturraden located in the northern town of Purwokerto just south slope of Mount Slamet. With height 640 m above sea level. Air temperature ranges between 18 - 25 degrees Celsius with humidity from 70 to 80 mm Hg.

Baturraden air in this very cool, and the scenery was very beautiful and natural. From the town of Purwokerto, the road to this Baturraden only about 14 km to the north, and can be reached by public transportation.

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Baturraden also a tourist area visited by many local tourists, as well as foreign tourists, especially on Sundays and national holidays. The condition was causing a lot of hotels, villas and houses to stop here.

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Goa Lawa (Lawa Cave ) Tourism in Purbalingga

Tourism in Purbalingga is located about 27 miles north of Purbalingga, east of Mount Slamet, precisely in the village district Siwarak Karangreja. Lawa Cave is also one of the mainstay tourism Purbalingga, which many other Owabong visit. Especially during the school holidays and vacations Lebaran.

As a place of recreation Lawa Cave is very suitable for the refressing because air is cool and clean with a beautiful panorama, because it is located on the slopes of Mount Slamet in altitude ± 900 m above sea surface.

Lawa Cave is also equipped with several means: Lokarta Park, Kenanga Park, Stage Happy and Mosque, and a large parking area.

Unlike the usual cave in Indonesia that is usually located on hill slopes and limestone rocks that will arise Stalactite and stalagmites, cave has a feature that is formed from lava cooling process, so that rocks hard and strong without a Stalactite and stalagmites. In order to see up close the beauty of Goa Lawa, we have ground down the hole and down the hallway, aisle.

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Guci - Hot Water Bathing, Tourism Places ini Tegal

Guci is located at the foot of Mount Slamet the north with an altitude of approximately 1050 meters. From the city Slawi ± 30 km away from the town of Tegal, while the travel distance of about 40 km to the south. This tourism object precisely in the village district urn Bumijawa of the most southern district in Tegal regency.

There are about 10 waterfalls located in Guci. In the top 13 public bath shower, there are waterfalls with cold water waterfall named a firearm. So named because once the water around the 15-meter-high waterfall that was owned by a village chief called Lurah firearm. To get around in some tourist attraction can be done by renting a horse with rental rates are relatively cheap.

The facilities available include lodging (up to class five-star jasmine), forest tourism (ecotourism), heated swimming pool, tennis court, soccer field, and the campsite.

This place is crowded visited by tourists because of the guaranteed pemandiannya seger banget. Water is released in the spring is warm water, although containing sulfur but not foul-smelling and colorful.

In the vicinity of the baths have hotels Vases Garden Hotel and some Villa which can be rented with a fairly complete facilities. The price is relatively not too expensive, the standard for rental villa units.

Jatijajar Cave, Tourist Places in Kebumen

Jatijajar Cave is a tourist place of the natural cave, which is located in the village Jatijajar, Kebumen. This cave was formed from limestone. Cave Jatijajar length from the entrance to the exit along 250 meters. The average width of 15 meters and an average height 12 meters while the thickness of the ceiling on average 10 meters, and the level of 50 meters above sea level.

Jatijajar Cave, located 21 kilometers to the south Gombong, or 42 kilometers west Kebumen. Jatijajar cave at the foot of limestone mountains. This tourism object is very interesting indeed. This limestone mountain range stretching from the north and south ends jutting into the sea in the form of a cape.

Within this space, you can see the springs called Sendang. Number 4 is being such a fruit, that is Sendang Rose, kantil, Jombor and Puserbumi. Rose is being trusted has supernatural powers that can make a person stay young, so every visitor is always the time to wash the face with water that Sendang Rose.



In the Cave Jatijajar, there are many Stalagmite and Limestone Pillar or Pillar, namely the meeting between the Stalagmite Stalactite. All of this is formed by sediments raindrops that had reacted with limestone rocks in her translucent. According to research experts, for the formation of Stalactite it takes a very long time. In one year the thickest Stalactite formation thickness is only 1 (one) cm only. Therefore Goa is Goa Lime Jatijajar very old.
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