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Moramo Waterfall, The Fairies Bathing Palace

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Moramo Waterfall is located in Tanjung Peropa Nature Reserve Region. Precisely located in the Sumber Sari Village, Moramo Subdistrict, Konawe South Regency, South-East Sulawesi, Indonesia. Moramo Waterfall is an amazing nature gift for Konawe Selatan Regency, South-East Sulawesi, which has seven stages of waterfall where the place of water flowed freely. According to the story that developed in the community, this place was believed as the fairies bathed place that descended from heaven. Moramo Waterfall is the beautiful stratified waterfall (cascade) with height around 100 meters. From this height, the…

Tesso Nilo Wild Reserve – Riau

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Tesso Nilo Tesso Nilo National Park is reserve and special sanctuary for elephants, which was officially inaugurated on July 19th 2004, with 38.576 Hectares width. Tesso Nilo is the biggest low land forest in Sumatera, and habitat for about 3% species of mammals in the world. A single hectare of this national park consists of 360 flora, divided into 165 genus and 57 family, 107 species of birds, 23 species of mammals, 3 species of primates, 50 species of birds, 15 species of reptiles and 18 species of amphibians. this…

Bungus Beach, Padang – West Sumatra

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Bungus Beach Bungus Beach is located in a quiet Bungus bay. The atmosphere around the beach is beautiful and it has natural scenery. The hills surround the beach is looks like a tower toward the sea. Bungus is kind of sloping beaches with white sand that is suitable for a variety of recreation such as swimming, diving, sunbathing or boating. It located 20 km south of Padang, West Sumatra, and it takes 1.5 hours drive; the beach is easily reached by land transportation. On the beach, there are available tourist…

Tempe Lake, Sengkang – South Sulawesi

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Sengkang is the capital of a former Bugis kingdom, this historic and bustling market town overlooking Lake Tempe retains its traditional character, as well as many old cultural traditions, silk weaving, colorful Bugis weddings-celebration, Ancient customs based, dance, and a traditional orchestra. Lake Tempe is a shallow lake fringed by wetlands with traditional floating houses and a large population of wonderful bird life. Lake Tempe is the place for ornithologists. You can go by long tail boat on the huge lake and you will visit a traditional floating house and…

Nusrowi Island, The Exotic One On West Papua

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Nusrowi Island is located on the west of Rumberpon island, Wondama Bay district. This small island has an area of ??approximately 4 hectares and surrounded by shallow waters and filled with coral reefs and many species of ornamental fish. You can also see other marine commodities like grouper, sea cucumbers and lobsters. In this place you can do your favorite activities such as diving, coral reef observations and fishing; to get to this place from Ransiki to a location, we can use a longboat which takes about 1.5 hours. www.Indonesia-Tourism.com

Tanjung Lesung – Pandeglang, Banten

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Tanjung Lesung Banten is one area that has many beaches as tourism potential. We all know about Anyer, Carita, Sawarna, and Bayah. However, there is still one more beach tourism destinations in Banten, which way more beautiful; Tanjung Lesung. Tanjung Lesung is located in the village of Tanjung Jaya, Panimbang District, Pandeglang, Banten. This beach called Tanjung Lesung because the location is jutting into the sea so that its shape is very similar to the end of the dimples. As in Sundanese, the mortar is identical with the grooves or…

Atas Bawah Lake – Solok, West Sumatra

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Danau Atas Bawah Solok Regency has two lakes, separated by only 300 meters of land between them, so people call them Twin Lake. The upper lake is named as Lake in Bottom and the lower lake is named as Lake in Above or better known as Danau Atas Bawah. It located near the town of Alahan Panjang, Solok regency, West Sumatra, Lake Above and Below Lake looks unique because it is located near to one and another. The difference lies only in the height of the two lakes. Above the…

Situ Cileunca, An Artificial Lake In Bandung

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Situ Cileunca Situ Cileunca or Cileunca lake is a lake in the area of Pangalengan, Bandung, West Java. This lake is an artificial lake that covering an area of ??1400 hectares and it surrounded by hills and mountains background. Besides functioning as an tourism object, Situ Cileunca is also serves as a source of water for power generation. The water from the lake flows through the river Palayangan, which is also often used as an arena of rafting sport. At first, this lake was a wilderness area. Until the 1918’s…

Masalembu Islands – Madura

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Masalembu Islands Masalembu Islands are an archipelago in the Java Sea with consist of three major islands: Masalembu Island, Masakambing Island, and the Keramaian Island. Administratively, the islands are included in the District of Masalembu, Sumenep, East Java Province. Masalembu islands are located in the northern part of Sumenep, surrounded by the waters (high seas), which is about 112 miles northeast of Kalianget Port (Sumenep Mainland). This condition causes Masalembu Islands are directly adjacent to open water (sea). The local inhabitants that live around the islands are Madura people and…

Tau-Tau, The Figure Of The Death

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Tau-Tau Tau tau are a type of effigy made of wood or bamboo. They are particular to the Toraja ethnic group in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The word “tau” is a Torajan word meaning “man”, and “tau tau” meaning “men” or “statue” The death of a royal aluk is the start of the creation of a statue or tau-tau (‘little human’ or ‘humanoid’). There are two kinds of such statues: tau-tau nangka, which made from the durable, gold-colored wood of the bread tree or jack fruit (nangka); and tau-tau lampa, made…