• Beautiful Lake Maninjau : West Sumatra Destination

    Lake Maninjau is a volcanic lake that is located at 461,50 meter above the sea level. Its width is 99, 5 km2 with 4, 95 meter of the maximum depth. The existence of Lake Maninjau has created a folktale called "Single Sembilan" (The nine Bachelors). People living around the lake believe that those nine Bachelors are real...

  • Bantimurung Waterfall the Best Destination in South Sulawesi

    Bantimurung waterfall (15 meters in height and 20 meters wide) is a very famous natural tourism destination in South Sulawesi. Pure water falls down from the crag every year. Beneath the waterfall, there is a bathing place made of limestone covered by mineral vein which is caused by the stream flow for hundred years....

  • Nimanga River, Best Rafting in North Sulawesi

    Nimanga River is one of the most favorite tourism destinations in the North Sulawesi. It has been popular as it is used for any kind of extreme sports and other activities. It will be great experience for having an extreme sport such as rafting along the river...

Friday, December 19, 2003

Ngasem, Bird Market

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In the past, amongst the Javanese community especially the noble community (priyayi), the possession of material symbols identified social status and prestige. One of the symbols was birds. For Javanese people, having birds as pets was a symbol of klangenan and social status. This also identified...

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Wonderful of Narmada Park in Mataram City

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Narmada Park Like other kingdoms in Nusantara (Malay archipelago), Bali Kingdoms which had ever ruled in Lombok Island built many parks as places for the kings to rest and enjoy the nature after the tiredness of managing the kingdom affairs. There are some equipments inside the parks which are...

Thursday, November 20, 2003

Wonderful of Komodo Island

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Having arrived there, Lieutenant Steyn and his crew saw giant lizards which length was up to two meters. Steyn could kill one of those giant lizards and brought it to his office in Ende City. Then, this giant lizard was photographed and the picture was brought to Peter A. Ouwens, a director of Zoological...

Tuesday, November 4, 2003

Muara Kuin Floating Market in Banjarmasin City

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Muara Kuin Floating Market Muara Kuin Floating Market is one kind of trading interaction patterns of people who live above the water. The sellers and buyers conduct the trade on boats called Jukung (Banjar Language). The trade activities start after morning prayer and usually end when...

Thursday, October 16, 2003

The Story Line of Kiskendo Cave

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Kiskendo cave, which was named Guo Kiskendo by the local people, was found firstly by a hermit named Ki Gondorio in 1700‘s. The hermit was also the first cave keeper. According to the local story, one night the hermit had a dream of entering a cave that looked like a palace. In the dream, Ki Gondorio...

Monday, October 6, 2003

Bau Nyale Festival in Lombok Island

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Bau Nyale Festival The festival “Bau Nyale” in Sasak language means “menangakap nyale” (catching nyale). Nyale is a kind of worms usually living at the bottom of the sea, such as in the holes of corals. This activity is held every the 20th of the 10thmonth of Sasak calendar...

Monday, September 29, 2003

Batuah Agro Tourism in Samarinda-Balikpapan

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Batuah Agro Tourism Batuah agro tourism is a tourism object based on agro business in the district of Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. This garden was officially declared on July 8th 2000 by the then Governor of East Kalimantan. The total area of the garden...

Friday, September 19, 2003

Kampoeng China

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Kampung China Kampoeng China is a residence and trade village in Cibubur, East Jakarta. This village is one of the cooperation between East Jakarta Regional Government and a foreign company to make the 300-hectare in Cibubur tourism area become Kota Wisata (Tourism City), Kota Mandiri (Independent...

Thursday, August 14, 2003

Visiting Gembiraloka Zoo Yogyakarta

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Gembiraloka Zoo The zoo well known as Gembiraloka is the only zoo in Yogyakarta. Although it is a zoo, Gembiraloka is still categorized as a museum included in category of zoologicum museum or fauna museum and special museum. Seen from the historical perspective, Gembiraloka is  the second...

Wednesday, August 13, 2003

The Wonderful of Lake Tempe in South Sulawesi

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Lake Tempe Lake Tempe is a tourism destination in South Sulawesi province that are frequently visited by tourists either domestic or foreign. The lake, which is 13.000 hectare in width, seems like a giant washbasin when it is viewed from above. Subsistence for people living around,...

Friday, July 11, 2003

Trekking in Mount Singgalang Bukittinggi

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Mount Singgalang There are many mounts in West Sumatera province, one of them is Mount Singgalang that is located in Agam district. It is at an altitude of  2.877 meters. Mount Singgalang covers some forestry areas, the Dipterocarpaceae Hilly Forest, the Dipterocarpaceae Upper...

Wednesday, July 2, 2003

Andong, Traditional Transportation in Yogyakarta

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Andong Yogyakarta Andong or Dokar is one of specific transportations from Yogyakarta. It is also known as delman, bendi, or sado. An anthropologist who once did a research on Andong indicated its small shape as the differing factor of andong in Yogyakarta to the ones in other different places such...

Wednesday, June 18, 2003

Indarapatra Fortress

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Indarapatra Fortress Indarapatra Fortress was built by the Lamuri Sultanate (The first Hindu Sultanate in Aceh) in the seventh century before Islam came to Aceh. It was built directly face to the Malacca straits for defensive purposes against the aggression of Portuguese. It was Laksamana Malahayati,...