Wisata Bahari Lamongan

Wisata Bahari Lamongan

Wisata Bahari Lamongan (WBL) or Lamongan Marine Tourism is available with its unique, the result of combination between natural aspects, cultures, and architecture, which is global, taste but still maintain local trademark. WBL is located in north coast of Java, in Paciran, Lamongan regency, East Java. It is on 17 hectares field and supported by some facilities, which are ready to please the guest with one stop service concept. Various facility which showed maritime tourism of Lamongan for example: Cat House, Video game, Hospital Of Ghost, Samba Jet Propulsion, Mini Of Train, Drive Arena, Go-kart, Motor Cross, Gallery Of Ship And Cockle, Tagada, Adolescent Playground, Space Shuttle, Swimming Pool Of Brine, Swimming Pool Of Freshwater, Bumper Boat, Banana Boat, Ski Jet Propulsion, Long Boat, Texas City and Indiana Camp, Agility Arena, Cinema 3D, Palace of Under Sea, Samba Balloon, Mini Of Columbus, Shoot Water, Kiddy Ride, Insect Cave, Piratical Den, Glass Planet, Bumper Car, World Irrigate, Water Boom, Happy Podium, Remote Boat, Traditional Boat, Cano, Ski Boat, The miniature of Walisongo. This tourism area also close to gold diligence centre, painting on cloth and embroidery in glorious countryside, Sendang and Sendang Dhuwur and also the center of fish landing of East Java in Brondong port

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The Majapahit dynasty, based in and around East Java

The Majapahit dynasty, based in and around East Java

The Majapahit dynasty, based in and around East Java, began the foundations of an empire that was to dominate the entire Indonesian archipelago, the Malay Peninsula and part of the Philippines for hundreds of years. This was the beginning of profitable trade relations with China, Cambodia, Siam, Burma and Vietnam. As the power in Central Java declined in the 10th century, powerful kingdoms rose in East Java to fill the power vacuum. During the reign of King Erlangga both East Java and Bali enjoyed lucrative trade with the surrounding islands, and an artistic and intellectual Renaissance. Parts of theMahabarata epic were translated and re-interpreted to conform to an East Javanese philosophy and view of life, and it was from this era that East Java inherited much of its temple art. Today the open-air amphitheater at Pandaan performan-ce ¬ s tell some of the stories of this glorious past, set against an impressive backdrop of distant Volcanoes, Capturing the spirit of the province's culture and scenery. East Java's claim to fame in modern history is the Vanguard its role in the struggle for independence against Colonial forces in 1945. Little of the Majapahit Empire's former glory still stands in East Java. Nevertheless, East Java has a variety of attractions, ranging from temple sites to unspoiled beaches, stunning Volcanoes, extra ordinary Highland lakes, resplendent marine parks and fantastic wildlife réservés. The provincial capital, Surabaya is second in size, population, and commerce only to Jakarta. It is also the most industrialized province in the nation with a strong economy based on agriculture, (coffee, mangoes and apples), fisheries and oil.

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Jatim Park

Jatim Park

East Java (Jatim) Park is located in Jl. Kartika 2 Batu offers recreation tourism of new entertainment amusement for all level. It begins from children, finite adolescent until grandmother and grandfather. Of course, this tourism object has drawn up as family tour area in East Java. To get to the location, is not too difficult, because, the object only 2, 5 kilos meters from Batu city. This tourism object is about 22 hectares width with 850 meters height to sea level, save the multifarious knowledge, and recreation area with various supporting facilities for having relax.

Jatim Park may have said as the different tourism object in East Java province, besides offering a recreation place and study center, we will get many kind new knowledge. Jatim Park has at least 36 kinds of facilities which able to be enjoyed visitor. Before enjoy all supporting facilities for recreation area, the visitors will find an interesting view of ‘Galeri Nusantara’. Then stepped into ‘Taman Sejarah’, which contained of miniature temple in East Java like Sumberawan temple (Singosari- Malang regency), customhouse of Kiai Hasan Besari Ponorogo and Sumberawan Statue.

The other facility which able to be enjoyed is ‘Agro Park’ presenting crop and rareness fruits, animal diorama, which consists of unique animals that have been conserved, supporting games (bowling, throw ball, scooter disco), Ken Dedes and Ken Arok food centre, etc.

Jatim Park is suitable for family recreation. The recreation area sites here offer unforgettable tour and can used as alternative media of study for your children.

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Ampel Mosque Surabaya

Ampel Mosque Surabaya Enter Ampel mosque area just like resides in Mid-East country. The typical aroma direct fragrant when we arrive there. Mosque that being built by Raden Rahmatullah in 1421, is reside in Ampel Street Surabaya. The pilgrim arrival or the visitor will be greeted by the merchants who sell various supplies to pray and also souvenir like godly clothes, prayer beads, cowl, cap, perfume until date. As one of the eldest mosque and most crowded in Surabaya, Ampel Mosque have special story with ‘Sunan Ampel’, one of ‘Wali Songo’ who have an effect in broad Islam in Java. Sunan Ampel Mausoleum located in building west of Ampel Mosque. When its firstly built, This fairish mosque 45 m x 45 m with number of pillars which made from teak wooden 16 each fruits is length 17 m without extension. Its diameter is about 60 cm. So this thing becomes a question mark and idiosyncrasy. At that moment there are not heavy equipments yet and few number of men, how to do the Mosque building. Enter Ramadan month, a fasting month of Islam believer, and this place become like fun visited both to implementing pray purpose and also for pilgrimage to Sunan Ampel mausoleum. There even has iktikaf. Iktikaf is break with all earthly problems for self-delivery fully to God in certain grace period. According to official member of the mosque takmir, every day around two thousands paid a visit. Sometime they come by using bus that is the numbers reach 30 buses. The Surabaya City Government gives some facilities for Sunan Ampel Religious. It provide with wide park area. This mosque surrounded dwelt by descendant majority from Central-East countries (Arab, Iran, etc). Ampel Mosque is located not far from Tanjung Perak Port about 4 km. The main port in Indonesia of east region, both of the Passenger boat and also cargo that always rotation to lean and sail.

Bromo Cottages Hotel was establish in 1991 with only had 66 rooms. Over times, we have been doing some additions, improvements and repairs for rooms, restaurant area and the most recently added, the passenger elevator.

Geographical situation

Bromo Cottage is situated in Tengger plateau. The area is approximately 40km to the south and north; 20 - 30 km from east to west, the altitude between 1000 m - 3675 m. Tengger area is located in four districts, namely: Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Malang and Lumajang. This type of land surface is mountainous with steep cliffs. Tengger caldera is the largest sand sea, situated at an altitude of 2300 m, with a length of 5 - 10 km. The crater of Mount Bromo, with an altitude of 2392 m, which is still. To the south there is peak of Mount Semeru with a height of 3676m.

The Soil and Crops

State of the Tengger friable soil is sandy, yet quite fertile. The perennials that grow primarily are laranthifolia agathis, pine merkusii, Tectona, grandis leucaena, and Swietenia altingia excelsa, anthocepalus cadamba. At the top of the hill, there are trees up to 3000 m on the slopes of Mount Semeru. The main plants that grow in that peak are Elfin and pine trees, while the mainly agricultural crops are potatoes, cabbage, sweet cassava, maize and so on.

Types of Animals

Most of the local societies have some livestock like bulls and goats. Other animals are wild boar (sus scrofa), east deer (Cervus timorensis), wolf or (muncak Muntiacus), and also leopard (Panthera pardus). There are also species of birds, such as water birds.

Climate and Weather

Tengger regional climate is rainy and dry. The dry season occurs between the months of May to October. The rainfall in Sukapura is around 1800 mm, while the rainy season occurs in November-April, with the percentage of 20 days / month. The temperatures are vary, depending on the altitude, between 3 º - 18 º Celsius.

During the rainy season, humidity is an average of 80%. The temperature throughout the day is cool, and at night is cold. In the dry season, the nighttime temperature is colder than the wet season. In the rainy seasone is usually shrouded by thick fog. In the area of the township, the fog began to thicken in the afternoon. In the area around the summit of Mount Bromo, the fog began to thicken in the morning before dawn.

Population and Livelihoods

The residents in the vicinity of Bromo National Park are about 128,181 people with the following distribution: 48 625 landless people (37.93%), laborer 10 461 people (8.16%), and military employees 1595 people (1.24%), merchant 3009 people (2.38%), craftsmen / small industries 343 people (0.01%), and others around 64,140 people (50.05%). Tengger society in general population residing in groups in the hills close to agricultural land. They live from farming the fields, with rain-fed irrigation. At first they are planting corn as a staple food, but it's been changed. In the rainy season they grow vegetables such as potatoes, cabbage, onions, and carrots as a cash crop. At the end of the end of the rainy season they grow corn as a staple food reserves.

Legend

Name Origin of Tengger

Tenggerese or Tengger People is one of Indonesian tribes that live around Bromo Mountain which located around Pasuruan, Lumajang, Probolinggo and Malang Regency.

The Tenggerese are the descendants of the Majapahit Princes. Their population  is about 600.000 inhabitants within thirty villages.

Tenggerese are being known as obedient Hindu followers. For them, Bromo Mountain is sacred. In once in a year they held ceremony of Kasada or Yadnya Kasada as a thanks giving to the Lord. This ceremony is always held in midnite in full moon time around date of 14 or 15, based on Javanese Calender.

Beside Hindu, Tenggerese are also incorporated with Buddhist and Animist. Like Balinese, they worship Sang Hyang Widi Wasa or Big Almighty Lord. Their places of worship include the Punden, Poten and Danyang. The Poten is a sacred area of ground at Mt. Bromo's Sand sea, and becomes the focus of the annual Kasada Ceremony. Within the Poten, it contains several buildings and enclosures, arranged in a specific composition called the Mandalas (Zones).

The Tenggeres also worship a host of spirits or such ancestor worship. Cikal Bakal is the spirit of the founders of the village, while the Roh Bahurekso is the village guardian spirit and The Roh Leluhur is the spirit of ancestors.

The name Tengger is believed taken from the name of the ancestor, who was Roro Anteng and Joko Seger. In daily speaking, Tenggerese speak in Javanese, in Majapahit dialect, which is Bahasa Tengger. They also have their own written based on Kavi script, an old Javanese Brahmu type.

The Tenggerese are basically either agriculturalists or nomadic herders. The agriculturalists generally live on the lower altitudes, while the nomads live on the higher altitudes, riding on small horses. Regarding that Bromo Mountain is the most attractive Mountain that visited by worldwide tourist, it makes Tenggerese find the opportunities to make a living by guiding, renting a horse, selling merchandise or selling food in stalls around Bromo Mountain.

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Prigi Beach

Prigi Beach

Prigi Beach is located in Tasikmadu village Watulimo district. It constitutes the most beautiful natural tourism object in Trenggalek regency and equipped with such facilities as Parking Area, Camping Site / Ground, Sport Center, Hotels, Restaurants, Etc. Beside to this Beach is a part of fish sale center. It can be reached by land transportation like buses and public van.

Prigi Beach is known for its magnificient rock formations. The most attractive part of this beach is its Southwestern coast. It includes a main bay, used by fishing boats as a harbour. The beach is also the site of Larung Semboyo, a sea festival worth attending. In the trip to Prigi Beach, the visitor could enjoy the beauty of nature for the length of the trip. Prigi Beach is known also as whichever fisheries tourist attraction to be gotten the big fishing port.

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Indonesia Vacation - Sarangan Lake

Indonesia Vacation - Sarangan Lake

Indonesia Vacation - Sarangan Lake Sarangan Lake scenery will spoil the eyes, because you could see the wide lake and green Sidoramping Mountains around the Lawu Mountain that soared that was located in Mid Java Province, Java Island, Indonesia. With calm lake water and become the mirror from mountains and the mountain in its surrounds. Gazed at the row of mountains and the mountain here also made the feeling more calm and peaceful was increased with cool air mountains with the temperature around 18-23 Celsius levels. Cool Air Mountains could be enjoyed by you because the Sarangan Lake was located in the height around 1000 meters from sea level. At the edge of the lake was available the water bicycle that resembled the duck and the boat. This could become means for tourists who wanted to surround the lake through water. Or tourists could go round used the horse or the buggy that was offered by the inhabitants around. Definitely this could please tourists' heart. Or for tourists who wanted to play sport, tourists could surround this lake by walking or running. Waterfall Close to the Sarangan Lake, there was the entrance towards the waterfall. There were three waterfalls that could tourists visited here that is the Watu Undo waterfall, Panda Kiwi, and Jerkin. Near the entrance of one of the waterfalls, there was the former aircraft that was made the monument in view of the fact that the Sarangan Regency was neighbors with the Medium City that was the AURI Main Base. The road headed the waterfall was not difficult, in fact half of the trip could be carried out by the car. The trip headed the waterfall will become the pleasant trip. Tourists will pass the slope of the mountain that was used for the plantation. Tourists could see various vegetables crops that possibly rarely were found in the city. Tourists also could dip foot in cold and fresh clear water that was used for the plantation irrigation. This could become means learning that was interesting for the childs. After satisfied to go round, tourists could order rabbit sate (sate is small pieces of mats roasted on seeker) and the rice cake that often were offered around this lake. Rare sate was found in this other area was appropriate tourists tried, because with tender and soft meat could make addiction tourists. The price that was offered by Rp 7,000/the portion, the price that was enough to be covered for the pocket of tourists. Other food that could be enjoyed here was rice pecel. The Sarangan area was neighborsith the Medium City that was famous with the spice and chili sauce pecel. Pecel became special because the peanuts spice that was lovely was increased various fried as the accessories. Hotel and Accommodation in the Sarangan Lake Around this lake, there were plenty of hotels of the jasmine class that could become the place of tourists spent the night. The competitive hotel mutually offered the price that was not too expensive. Tourists could spend the night in the room with 2 bedrooms, the bathroom and the sitting room with the price around Rp 500,000. - to overnight. Or was also that only 1 room with the cheaper price. The place of this accommodation also provided hot water to bathe and to drink. Generally, this jasmine hotel had 2 storeys so as tourists could free enjoyed the Sarangan Lake with the point of view was wider. Tourists could also find at least 2 luxurious hotels here. The present from the Sarangan Lake. After satisfied to go on a trip in the Sarangan Lake, before coming back tourists could shop for the present from the Sarangan Lake. Tourists could buy the bag, socks or the other handicraft that were the work from the community around. From the Sarangan Lake, if tourists headed the west direction or Central Java, tourist will find the Karanganyar Regency, Central Java that was famous with the Grojogan Sewu nature tour. Whereas if heading east, you could drop by at the Madium City bought the typical Medium present like brem and chili sauce pecel that was delicious. The Sarangan Lake that was beautiful really was suitable for tourist’s holiday with the family. Enjoy it your holiday in the Sarangan Lake, the beautiful nature tour and enchanted.

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Coban Canggu

Coban Canggu

This waterfall is located near to Padusan Forest Tourism because its location is at Padusan village, Pacet. Coban Canggu waterfall is a beautiful waterfall which has surrounded by the dense trees. Its cool air completed with the play ground, the beauty of this waterfall and give serene impression.

Coban Canggu waterfall is one of natural waterfall in Mojokerto area. This waterfall has beautiful scenery and clear water. This waterfall is also often visited by many visitors.

Visit the beautiful Coban Canggu Waterfall in Mojokerto tourism and enjoy its fresh air

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Suramadu Bridge

Suramadu Bridge

Suramadu National Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Madura Strait, connecting the island of Java (in Surabaya) and Madura Island (in Bangkalan, exactly east Kamal), Indonesia. With a length of 5438 m, this bridge is the longest bridge in Indonesia today. Southeast Asia's longest bridge is the Bang Na Expressway in Thailand (54 km). Suramadu bridge consists of three parts, namely the overpass (causeway), bridges (bridge approach), and the main bridge (main bridge). This bridge was inaugurated by the President of the beginning of construction Megawati Sukarnoputri on August 20, 2003 and inaugurated the opening by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on June 10, 2009 Bridge construction is intended to accelerate development on the island of Madura, including infrastructure and economic field in Madura, which is relatively backward compared to other areas in East Java.

Estimated cost of construction of this bridge is a 4.5 trillion rupiah. Making the bridge is made from three sides, both sides Bangkalan both sides of Surabaya.Meanwhile, at the same time span was also carried out development which consists of playing bridge and approach bridge. Suramadu bridge is basically a combination of three types of bridges with overall length of 5438 meters long with a width of approximately 30 meters. This bridge provides four lanes in both directions as wide as 3.5 meters with two 2.75-meter-wide emergency lane.

This bridge also provides a special lane for motorists outside the bridge on each side Flyover Causeway Road overpass or a bridge built to connect with the road construction through shallow waters on both sides. This flyover consists of 36 spans over 1458 meters on the side of Surabaya and 45 spans over 1818 meters on the side of Madura. Construction of this flyover using PCI buffer length of each span 40 meters foundation supported 60 cm diameter steel pipe Mediator The connecting bridge or bridge approach, the main bridge linking the elevated road. The bridge consists of two parts with a length of 672 meters each. Construction of this bridge using a buffer along the 80-meter concrete box each span with seven spans supported on each side of foundation support 180 cm in diameter The main flyoverThe main bridge or bridge consists of three parts, namely two side spans 192 meters long and one along the 434-meter main span.

The main bridge using a cable stayed construction supported by the 140-meter-high twin towers. The bridge deck using 2.4-meter-thick composite construction. To accommodate cruise ships crossing the Strait of Madura, the bridge is providing free space as high as 35 meters from the sea surface. In part this is what causes become difficult and hampered its development, and also cause construction costs to swell.

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Belief in Kawi Mountain

Kawi mountain is a mountain that located in Malang town. Unlike the other mountain that only offer the beauty of mountain scenery but also we can see many people with big hope to change their live. we also can see there are many China building along the road around mountain. This building is used to pray for kong Hu Chu ritual. As have mentioned above that in this place there are many people hope safety, lucky or just walking around the road that has 3 km long.

You can pay attention for a tree that believed to give lucky for people who dropped fruit from it. that is why we see many peoples sit down under this tree to hope its fruit. The other place that can take your attention is shrine that visited by many people with big curious to their future as in this place there is crock that include of a massage that can explain your crock. But it rather difficult to know what massage mean hereby you need to be helped by translator to know what mean it is.

In this place also there are two graves that used by many people to Concentrate. They are Jugo grave and imam sujono. But it still confuse what reason that make people interested to these grave. Whatever it is, it gives benefits for people around this place as

To spent some days over there is not to be worried as there are many hotels, losmen or you can rent villager house to spent night there. It also do not to be worried if we want to souvenir for our family as we can find many people sell it. For tourists that want to have lunch, they can choose what food they want Chinese food or Indonesian food.

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Surabaya Zoo / Kebun Binatang Surabaya (KBS)

Surabaya Zoo / Kebun Binatang Surabaya (KBS)

The largest zoo and complete in Southeast Asia and divided to some places for birds, freshwater aquarium and brine, quarantine Toxidemi, night animal ( nocturama) and various mammals ( mammal). In Special place, there is also porpoise (pesut mahakam) and mermaid

Surabaya Zoo located in Setail Street 1 Surabaya (Wonokromo - beside Joyoboyo station area), KBS is big zoo and complete. It is in it are dwelt more than 351 composing different animal species more than 2806 animals. Include Indonesia rareness animal and also world consisted of Mammalian, Aves, Reptile, and Pisces.

KBS is part of education that is indirectly good for recognizing many kinds of animal so that planted early on feeling love to the nature and its contents. Besides, KBS (Shortly of Surabaya Zoo, commonly people called it as KBS) is animal garden with the meaning place with main function of conservation which is do some effort for treatment and breeding various animal types for the agenda of forming and develop new habitat as supporting facilities for protection and conservation of nature.

As a Dutch colonial heritage zoo with a width of about 15 hectares and stood since 1916. KBS pertained is ideal to evaluated from the location aspect, wide, and collection of animal reaching 400 types, from within and also overseas. Correction many done by management, like existence of parent program to take care of animal, strive free animal help from zoo beyond the sea, and the facilities development.

KBS is build based on Dutch Governor General Decision on 31 Augusts 1916 number 40, by the name " Soerabaiasche Planten-en Dierentuin" (Surabaya Botany Garden and Animal) for service a journalist named H.F.K. Kommer an animal collector. From the angle of financial H.F.K Kommer get help from some people donor. The first KBS location is in Kaliondo, in 1916, and then on 28 Septembers 1917 moves in Groedo Street. In 1920 it was moves again to Darmo area for new zoo area to OOST-JAVA STOOMTRAM MAATSCHAPPIJ or Train Station service.

For the first time in April 1918, KBS is opened but with paying admission sign (ticket). Then high operating expenses effect, hence on 21 Julies 1922 botany gardens / KBS experience monetary crisis and will be disbanded, but some of it members of are disagree.

On 11 Mays 1923, meeting of members in Simpang Restaurant decided to build a Zoo Organization, which is new, and referred by WA. Hompes to remain in the zoo. The big help for continuity of life in 1927 of DIJKERMAN governor and member of council A. Van Genrep successfully persuade the Parliament of Surabaya City to give attention to KBS, with SK DPR on 3 Julies 1927 bought land, which has 32000 m3 width contribution from Train Station (OJS). In 1939 hitherto KBS wide increase become 15 hectares and in 1940 it had finished the garden of 85000-m2 width.

KBS Philosophy:

Multifarious is animal which life dispersion in the earth is the one supreme God award and benefit to man and balance of nature as nature of The Most Generous character and The Most Enamored from The one supreme God to all his creation.

From year to year, KBS developments have changed its function. Surabaya Zoo, which is former just for recreation place, have been developed his function to become support facilities for protection and conservation, education and research. Animals becom KBS collection from year to year number and its types is always increase from outside and also in country.

For period to come progress, need the coordination with related parties like BKSDA (Conservation Hall of Natural resources) Department of Forestry, On Duty Breeding East Java Province, and Surabaya Sub Breeding Department.

Visit time every day started at 07.00 Pm –- 17.00 Am.

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