This reservoir becomes the most popular tourism spot in Purwakarta that must be visited while on Purwakarta. This Citarum river estuary has an area of 8.3 thousand hectares and offers a lot of recreation and water sports, such as windsurfing, sail boats, rowing, water skiing, etc. It lies just 9 km from the city center of Purwakarta. You can even doing camping, renting a bungalow, swimming, fishing or just walking around the reservoir with rental boat.

The reservoir was built in 1957; this is the first multipurpose dam in Indonesia. The water served as irrigation, power plants, raw fish and drinking water. The ambiance in Jatiluhur hill and surrounded by shady trees, the air that supported is very cool and this is a perfect place for relaxing.