Bandung District Region has many resorts which offer beautiful scenery and interesting legends. One is the District Ciwidey located in the south of Bandung regency. In this area there is an interesting tourist attraction is Crater White.
White crater is a crater lake of Mount Patuha with a height of 2434 meters above sea level with temperatures between 8-22 ° C. At the top there's Patuha Crater Currently, when the mean low tide in Bahasa Sunda, which is in the west and beneath White crater with a height of 2194 meters above sea level. Both craters were formed by the eruption that occurred at about X and XII centuries ago. White crater is located about 46 km from the city of Bandung or 35 km from the capital, Bandung regency, Soreang, toward Ciwidey.
Legend of the White Crater (Legenda Kawah Putih in Bahasa)
Patuha said to have originated from the name of the Old Man or "Patua". Local people often refer to Mount Sepuh. Formerly the local people consider the region Patuha and White crater as a haunted area, no one dared to touch or to get there. It is said that because angkernya, any bird that flew past over the crater will die.
Mystery White crater lake beauty was revealed in 1837 by a German-born Dutch botanist researcher, Dr. Junghuhn Franz Wilhelm (1809-1864) who conducted research in this area. As a scientist, Junghuhn simply do not trust the stories the local community. As he traveled through the wilderness study Patuha, he finally found a beautiful crater lake. Like a volcanic crater, from the lava lake bursts out of gas and it smells of sulfur and a pierced nose. From this it was revealed that a very high sulfur content that is what causes the birds are reluctant to fly across the top surface of the crater lake White.
Because the content of sulfur in the crater lake is very high, in the days of Dutch rule sulfur plant was built with the name Zwavel Ontgining 'White crater'. Later in the Japanese era, the business continued with the name White crater Kenzanka Gokoya Ciwidey directly under Japanese military domination.
White crater around the area there are several graves of ancestors, among other grave Keep Satru grandparent, grandparent Sadena cavity, Camat grandparent, grandparent Ngabai, Barabak grandparent, grandparent basin, and grandparent Djambrong. One of the top of Mount Patuha namely Kapok Peak, said to be the meeting place of the ancestors, led by Jaga Satru grandparent. Perhaps, in this place sometimes in unseen visible set of white fluffy sheep called sheep lukutan community.
White crater lake has its own characteristics and uniqueness. The water in the crater lake may change color, sometimes colored bluish green apple when the hot sun and fine weather, sometimes also the color of milk chocolate. Most often seen in white water is thick with fog over the crater surface. In addition to the crater surface is white, sand and rocks around it were dominated by white color, hence the crater is called White crater.
Go to White crater
Since 1987, PT. Perhutani (Persero) Unit III West Java and Banten White crater region develop into a tourist attraction. For the entrance area attractions White crater, every person charged Rp 10,000.00, inclusive of insurance premium. White crater tourist attraction open from 07:00 and closes at 17.00, every day Monday through Sunday. Facilities for visitors around the crater White is a reasonable place in the presence of parking lots, transit transport toward the crater, information center, prayer room, and food stalls.
To get there, visitors from Jakarta to pass through toll Cipularang continue heading toward the exit toll Kopo Soreang southwards to the town Ciwidey. Approximately 20-30 minutes from town Ciwidey visible sign of entry into the tourist entrance White crater that is to the left of the road. To get to the White crater from the entrance gate area attractions crater White suggested using the vehicle, do not walk away because the road is slightly uphill and quite a distance, that is about 5.6 km or about 10-15 minutes drive. Personal vehicles may indirectly towards the available parking area not far from the crater. While visitors with a large entourage that use bus or public transport can use a special vehicle in the parking area near the entrance gate to reach the crater from the entrance. Small road conditions and the uphill is not possible to pass a big bus type vehicle or medium.
Public transport to Ciwidey from Bandung can be found in Terminal as well as Leuwi Garden Kalapa Long. Having arrived in the City Ciwidey then proceed using the rural transportation purposes patengan Situ. Rural transport that led to this patengan Situ crossed attractions in the area of Plantation Ciwidey Strawberry, White crater, Ranca Upas, & Cimanggu hot water pool. To be able to explore and enjoy the natural beauty surrounding the area Ciwidey and it's not enough just for one day.
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