Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Kawah Putih (White Crater)


Patuha mountain, located approximately 2,300 meter above sea level, south of the city of Bandung, save a mysterious past. Mount Patuha community considers the area that is haunted, they consider the peak of Mount Patuha first is a meeting place where the ancestors South Bandung. However, the mystery that has become the generations that vanished after it was started by a German scientist Dutch half, Dr. Franz Wilhelm Junghun, who is also a Dutch businessman who plantation preservation of nature in the year 1837. Conditions in the valley of Mount Patuha time is still a dense forest, tree-filled tree species of local wood, such as rasamala, saninten, hurly, samida, and others.

Because the sense of curious and not trash , Junghun continue to penetrate the forest of Mount Patuha. And finally he found a crater lake that looks very exotic, and very beautiful. Although found in 1837, but the area is becoming a new tourist attraction in 1987 after being developed by PT Perhutani (Persero) Unit III of Banten and West Java.

After entering the crater area of white, not fear that you will be natural, but you will be glued to see so and so and see how the amazing own puddle of white accompanied by a puff of smoke above. The color of the water in the crater lake of white is not always white, the color white is the color of the craters found at the most visited, sometimes the water, green apples and bluish, when the blazing sun and fine weather, sometimes also the color of milk chocolate.

The less fun in this area is the smell of sulfur, which for some people, can cause cough-cough because the bad smell, even not far from the crater area of tourism, there are white artificial cave deep as 5 meters, which he said they had made a sulfur mine. When you pass through the cave you will smell the smell of sulfur that is all. Because the sulfur content is very high that, at the time it was built with a sulfur factory name of the White Zwavel Ontgining.

White craters occur as a result of the eruption of Mount Patuha occurred about a century to 10's century to 12. In addition, there are also white crater other craters, known by the name of the time.

There are stalls selling various souvenir that can be used as a by-by. In addition, there are also many traders who sell fruit typical Ciwidey, namely strawberry.

Unfortunately, when you are traveling to Ciwidey not stop to the of the White, you will spend the place that gives a very natural feel incredible. Especially on holidays, there you will see many people who came to tour the area to enjoy the beautiful paintings of how the creator. The beauty of being that will make you continue to remember it some time.

How to Achieve Area tour of the White

Tours of the White which is located approximately 46 km from the city of Bandung can be accessed by using private vehicles or public vehicles. When you use a public vehicle you need not worry, there are transportation that will take you to the tour of the White area. Or you can also use motorcycle with a friend - your friend (dwi)

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