Bandung has long been used as a place to 'escape' from routine exhausting for some residents of the surrounding towns. The most tourists are from Jakarta, who came to the city of Paris van java. Please understand, because everyday Jakarta situation has triggered nervous and muscle tension. So, during holidays or weekends, many people who 'fled' to Bandung to refresh the nerves and muscles.
Location of Bandung is in the highlands so that temperatures tend to cool, even cold chills bone. Especially in an area located some distance from the city of Bandung, aka on the outskirts of the city. For example in Lembang, or the foot of Mount Patuha, where a tourist site called Kawah Putih is located.
Bandung tourist attractions are famous for its white crater and its natural beauty is a bit outside the city. But access is relatively easy. From the capital city of Jakarta will not cause any significant problems. Because the means of the road to the crater of White is very good and smooth, without obstacles.
Indeed, if the holiday season visitors must be queued and patient if you want to enjoy the exotic atmosphere of Bandung's tourist attractions, Kawah Putih. The enthusiasm shown by the people around Bandung is remarkable. Until sometimes reach thousands of visitors in a day who want to recreate there. But all the fatigue paid off when it was in Kawah Putih. Only a sense of satisfaction that was exposed to the faces of visitors after seeing the mysterious natural wealth.
Let alone approach the White Crater area, Patuha climbing even the community is reluctant. It is said to circulate the myth that in Patuha mountain, which means Old Man, is the sacred place of the spirit or the soul of the elderly reside. The elders inhabit the mountains and Kawah Putih after death.
This is according to the people in the days of colonial past. Therefore, they are afraid if they have to approach the real area is very beautiful and suitable to become the mainstay of Bandung attractions. The mountain they call Mountain Sepuh.
The myth even mentioned if the elderly often hold a meeting at the top of Mount Patuha, which is named Peak Kapuk. The elder leader named Eyang Jaga Satrulah acted as chairman of the regular meeting. While other members of the elderly named Eyang Rangga Sadena, Eyang Baskon, Ngahai, Eyang Camat, and the last is Eyang Barabak and Eyang Jambrong.
Some strange occasion of some unusual white sheep appearance. According to the residents this is a sign that at the top of the mountain is going on meeting the elderly who should not be disturbed. That is why the very rare residents who go to Patuha and Kawah Putih volcano.
They want to open the eyes of the local community that the myths they believe have been untrue. There is no such thing as a regular meeting of the elderly spirits at the top of the mountain. The result, after the group managed to climb a mountain that is very tight forest, found a source of sulfur that emit white smoke and the smell that pierced the nose.
Sulfurous smoke from the crater is what some people think of as white fleece. Crater that already contains water and form a lake because the mountain has long been inactive, it contains sulfur. The scenery is very beautiful and proved to be a favorite tourist resort bandung.
After research by Dutch scientists, the community began to dare to rise to Patuha area. The Dutch themselves, soon the colonist opened a sulfur processing plant near the location of the crater called Zwavel Ontgining. This is because their intention is to drain the natural wealth of Indonesia.
Now, after independence and escape from the confines of the invaders, the location is used as a mainstay of Bandung tourist attractions. Visitors sometimes still pick up a lot of sulfur granules that are found around the White Crater, and make it as a skin remedy.
Therefore, in addition to visiting Kawah Putih, tourists also usually menyempatkan to tea gardens that are on the ridge. Do not forget the typical souvenirs of the region, tea derived from Patuha tea plantations. It is said that the aroma of tea is very fragrant and healthy, because it is still fresh processed from the tea factory there.
They want to make the photos that they will remember for a lifetime that is beautiful and memorable always with an unusual background. Almost no other location in Indonesia that can give the impression of romantic as well as exotic like Kawah Putih.
Do not be surprised if you are visiting the White Crater, then see the artist from the capital who was filming for a video clip or even a movie. Some Indonesian artist song clips take pictures in the lake area.
Well, how about it? You are interested to visit the region located in Ciwidey, Bandung is not it? Please, go ahead. Ticket is cheap, only $ 2 just per head. This includes the cost of public transportation that is provided to the lake area, commute.
But if you choose to use your own vehicle to the location of the lake, then the ticket is rather expensive, ie one head and one vehicle charged $ 12. If a lot of heads, yes the more expensive of course.
But the scenery you will see will not make you feel the loss of spending that much money. It is incredible charm of Bandung tourist attractions.
Location of Bandung is in the highlands so that temperatures tend to cool, even cold chills bone. Especially in an area located some distance from the city of Bandung, aka on the outskirts of the city. For example in Lembang, or the foot of Mount Patuha, where a tourist site called Kawah Putih is located.
Bandung tourist attractions are famous for its white crater and its natural beauty is a bit outside the city. But access is relatively easy. From the capital city of Jakarta will not cause any significant problems. Because the means of the road to the crater of White is very good and smooth, without obstacles.
Indeed, if the holiday season visitors must be queued and patient if you want to enjoy the exotic atmosphere of Bandung's tourist attractions, Kawah Putih. The enthusiasm shown by the people around Bandung is remarkable. Until sometimes reach thousands of visitors in a day who want to recreate there. But all the fatigue paid off when it was in Kawah Putih. Only a sense of satisfaction that was exposed to the faces of visitors after seeing the mysterious natural wealth.
History of Places of Bandung - Kawah Putih (White Crater)
The fooling done by the colonialists against the Indonesian people led to a lot of confidence in the dynamism and animism that flourished in the society at that time. People living around the Patuha mountain where the White Crater is not daring to enter the area is very beautiful. It is caused by myth and wrong assumption.Let alone approach the White Crater area, Patuha climbing even the community is reluctant. It is said to circulate the myth that in Patuha mountain, which means Old Man, is the sacred place of the spirit or the soul of the elderly reside. The elders inhabit the mountains and Kawah Putih after death.
This is according to the people in the days of colonial past. Therefore, they are afraid if they have to approach the real area is very beautiful and suitable to become the mainstay of Bandung attractions. The mountain they call Mountain Sepuh.
The myth even mentioned if the elderly often hold a meeting at the top of Mount Patuha, which is named Peak Kapuk. The elder leader named Eyang Jaga Satrulah acted as chairman of the regular meeting. While other members of the elderly named Eyang Rangga Sadena, Eyang Baskon, Ngahai, Eyang Camat, and the last is Eyang Barabak and Eyang Jambrong.
Some strange occasion of some unusual white sheep appearance. According to the residents this is a sign that at the top of the mountain is going on meeting the elderly who should not be disturbed. That is why the very rare residents who go to Patuha and Kawah Putih volcano.
White Crater Contains Sulfur
The myth was finally heard by European scientists named Dr. Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn who at that time settled in Bandung. He is making quinine plantations for export. Year 1837, when the tourist attractions of Bandung has not been famous as it is today, Dr. Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn along with several indigenous people decided to examine the phenomenon of what is actually in Patuha mountain.They want to open the eyes of the local community that the myths they believe have been untrue. There is no such thing as a regular meeting of the elderly spirits at the top of the mountain. The result, after the group managed to climb a mountain that is very tight forest, found a source of sulfur that emit white smoke and the smell that pierced the nose.
Sulfurous smoke from the crater is what some people think of as white fleece. Crater that already contains water and form a lake because the mountain has long been inactive, it contains sulfur. The scenery is very beautiful and proved to be a favorite tourist resort bandung.
After research by Dutch scientists, the community began to dare to rise to Patuha area. The Dutch themselves, soon the colonist opened a sulfur processing plant near the location of the crater called Zwavel Ontgining. This is because their intention is to drain the natural wealth of Indonesia.
Now, after independence and escape from the confines of the invaders, the location is used as a mainstay of Bandung tourist attractions. Visitors sometimes still pick up a lot of sulfur granules that are found around the White Crater, and make it as a skin remedy.
Tea Plantation on Mount Patuha
The last Patuha volcano erupted in the 10th and 12th centuries. Then after that no longer active until now. The soil around the mountain is lush and becomes an ideal place for the growth of tea plants. Tea is a habitat of his life in the highlands such as the area of Mount Patuha around Kawah Putih with temperatures that reach 15 to 20 degrees celsius in the daytime.Therefore, in addition to visiting Kawah Putih, tourists also usually menyempatkan to tea gardens that are on the ridge. Do not forget the typical souvenirs of the region, tea derived from Patuha tea plantations. It is said that the aroma of tea is very fragrant and healthy, because it is still fresh processed from the tea factory there.
Ideal Location Photo Prewedding in Bandung
So exotic, romantic and mysterious impression gained when seeing white smoke billowing from the lake Kawah Putih. Bandung tourist attractions are now a favorite location for prospective brides who want to take pictures pre-wedding.They want to make the photos that they will remember for a lifetime that is beautiful and memorable always with an unusual background. Almost no other location in Indonesia that can give the impression of romantic as well as exotic like Kawah Putih.
Do not be surprised if you are visiting the White Crater, then see the artist from the capital who was filming for a video clip or even a movie. Some Indonesian artist song clips take pictures in the lake area.
Well, how about it? You are interested to visit the region located in Ciwidey, Bandung is not it? Please, go ahead. Ticket is cheap, only $ 2 just per head. This includes the cost of public transportation that is provided to the lake area, commute.
But if you choose to use your own vehicle to the location of the lake, then the ticket is rather expensive, ie one head and one vehicle charged $ 12. If a lot of heads, yes the more expensive of course.
But the scenery you will see will not make you feel the loss of spending that much money. It is incredible charm of Bandung tourist attractions.